The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-06

A number of cables have been re-
ceived from San Francisco during the
past few days to the effect that High
Sheriff Henry had cabled to San Fran
cisco reports of the finding of strych-
nine in the stomach or medicines being
examined in the Stanford case. The
sheriff has denied sending any such
cables and states that he does not
know whether the poison has been
found or not. This morning The Star
made inquiries by cable for the san
Francisco accounts. The reply, from
an absolutely reliable source, was as
follows;
Henry cabled Thursday that the
Stanford bicarbonate bottle contained
forty-three drachms in which were 662
grains strychnine and that examina-
tion of the organs of the deceased were
progressing. Has not cabled results
of analysis of the stomach"
1t is known that another cable was
received here yesterday to the same ef-
feet. It is apparently a settled matter
in San Francisco that large quantity
of strychnine has been found in the BIZ
carbonate bottle from which Mrs.
Stanford took medicine just before her
death and that Henry has so cabled
from Honolulu.
This would practically settle the
question of the cause of Mrs. Stanfords
death. According to the best scienti-
fic authorities, the failure of chemical
tests to develop strychnine in the
stomach or other organs is not at all
decisive proposition. Strychnine is
an organic poison. 1t does not main
tain it's identity in the human system.
It's identity i'm the stomach of the de-
ceased might be irrevocably lost even
though enough of it to cause death had
been swallowed.
The Stanford case chemists were at
work again this morning in their la
boratory in the free dispensary build
ing. Shorey and Duncan, refreshed
after some good sleep Saturday and
Sunday night, were both back amid
( the smells of their mysterious tests and
both again under police orders OF alb
solute secrecy. Up to Saturday night
they had worked for eighty hours, with
about eight odd hours off for sleep.
Just what was the work being done
this morning was enveloped in the
usual mystery that has surrounded all
the rest of the Stanford case. The
chemists were ready with a report on
Saturday and 1t is said that they hsd
reached all the possible results then.
The sheriff, however, states that they
did not report to him, even verbally.
This morning a part of the final report
to the sheriff was drafted and writ
ten. 1t could be seen on the chemists
typewriter and had their attention as
much as any other work.
At about nine o'clock Sheriff Henry
| accompanied by ]. f. Hackfeld and
Judge Stanley. representing the stan
ford estate called on the chemists. They
found Duncan and ShOrey standing
off" a press representative and two lD-
cal physicians who were in the dispen-
sary, and had climbed the stairs of the
building to look into the sacred door
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two chemists and the police-and those
the police bring with them. Henry
and his two companions entered the ex'
pertinent room and closed the door, an(
remained some time with the chemists
High Sheriff Henry when seen afsei
his visit to Duncan and Shorey, sait
that the inquest would probably he heic
i this afternoon, at the Moana Hotel.