Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-04
TAKE UP
POISONING CASE
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION IS
COMMENCED
Captain of Detectives Burnett viii
Personally Superintend the ln-
quiry-Man to Be Sent to
Honolulu
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, March 3.-The
police department of this city today
cast aside it's uncertainty regarding an
official inquiry into the mysterious
death of Mrs. Jane l.. Stanford at
Honolulu and began making thor
ough examination of all the circum-
stances surrounding the case in San
Francisco. The first move was a
lengthy conference between Captain of
| Detectives Burnett, Detectives Rey-
I-riolds and Gibson, Attorney Mountford
S. Wilson and Captain Jules Callun-
dan of Morse's detective bureau, which
into the reported attempt to poison
Mrs. Stanford at her mansion on Cali
fornia street. At the conclusion of the
investigation of the January case
Morse's agency made voluminous re-
port to Mountford S. Wilson, the at
torney of Mrs. Stanford, and that re-
port was made the basis of today's
conference.
The Morse report contained the
statements made by the various en-
ployes of the Stanford home and they
are of much value, as they were made
at time when suspicion had not CEN
tered on any particular person or per-
sons and will be utilized largely for
the purposes of reconciling them with
subsequent conduct and statements of
the Stanford domestics.
Captain of Detectives Burnett this
afternoon decided to place the burden
of his general duties upon a competent
subordinate and to personally enter
into the case. He will have as his chief
assistant Detective Thomas Gibson,
who has figured prominently in all of
the mysterious cases that have for
some years been presented for solution
to the police.
Burnett and Gibson today visited
Mrs. Stanford's home on California
street and MADE searching examina-
tion of the premises, particularly in
that section in the vicinity of the lady's
apartments. This examination was
made with the purpose of determining
whether or not easy access could be
had to Mrs. Stanford's rooms, but the
conclusions of the detectives on this
point, if any, were not disclosed.
Detective Going to Honolulu
Capt. Burnett also decided upon the
necessity of having one of his own men
at Honolulu and accordingly Detective
Harry Reynolds will tomorrow leave
on the steamer sailing for the islands.
No fresh testimony was taken today
and no arrests were made. It is COM
mon report that suspicion has mar
rowed down to three persons who were
closely connected with the affairs of
Mrs. Stanford i'm the capacity of SER
wants but there has not been thus far
any disposition manifested by the po-
lice to place these persons In custody
l, is known, however that certain peo-
pie formerly employed by Mrs. STAN
ford, and now residing in nearby locali-
ties are under surveillance by Morse
men. The men and women who re-
mained at the Stanford home are, how
ever, virtually prisoners in the man
sion, guards being stationed at the
doors to prevent egress or communica-
tion from the outside.
1t is not improbable that If the re-
port of the Honolulu chemists declare
strychnine was found in the contents
OF Mrs. Stanford's stomach the police
lines will be drawn more closely and
that the people against whom sus-
picion now points will be detained in
the Hall of Justice until they can con-
vince the authorities of their abso-
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