The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-02
|MRS.STANFORD
Dies from Poisoning in
Honolulu.
TAKES DRINK OF SODA
Medical Examination by physicias
indicate Strychnine Was
Given.
AN INQUEST WILL BE HELD
Evidence by Authorities Secured But
They Refuse to Divulae the Ma.
ture OF It--No pnbt But That
She Was Poisoned.

Honolulu. March 1.-Mrs. Jane Lath'
rop Stanford Of San Francisco, widow
4 OF the late United States senator, Lee
land Stanford. died at Il:4O o'elocI
last night, 40 minutes after she wa'
taken III al the Moano hotel here
under suspicious circumstances, point,
ing. in the opinion, OF her physician
who attended her In her dying hour
TO poison by the administration o.
strychnine in vial OF bicarbonate oI
soda.
Mrs, Stanford when found by IN,
guests OF the hotel, who heard hel
groaning In agony and suffering from
convulsiopa. deeiared. Been poisoned
and her last words were. This Is q
horrible death TO die" The physicians
say that between convulsions Mrs
Stanford repeated the assertion that
she had been poisoned and said It was
the second time the attempt had been
made the first time being in San
Francisco at her home, and It was this
attempt which caused her to come to
Honolulu.
An autopsy on the remains showed
the cause of the death to be tetanus
OF respiratory organs, but how this
was brought about will not be known
until after an examination has been
made OF the contents Of the stomach,
the result OF the examination viii be
probably known tomorrow,
No inquest will be held until High
Sheriff Henry receives the report of
the chemists. The house OF represen-
tatives of teh territorial Legislature
adopted resolutions Of sympathy and
adjourned out of respect to her NOM
ory. A bottle containing blcarbonate
OF coda. bearing the label of Charles
Fells & Co., Adelaide, Australia, was
found. but II is believed that Il had
been refilled since It was purchased
there.
Miss Bertha Berner, Mrs. Stanford's
secretary, says that previous to the
attempt on her life made January II
last at her home on Mob hill, San
Francisco, when strychnine was found
in q bottle OF Poland mineral water
Miss Berner said to a correspondent of
the Associated Press; We went to
picnic yesterday and was planning to
go again today to Heleiwa, a subur-
ban resort. Our luncheon yesterday
consisted Of ordinary cold dishes pre-
pared at the Moano hotel and there
was nothing in II Of the canned va
riety. Mrs. Stanford ate very hearth
ly. She expressed great enjoyment in
the trip and said she felt WELL"
I'VE returned TO the hotel at 4
o'clock, and Mrs. Stanford retired to
her room to rest. Later she dressed
for dinner When soup was served she
said that would be, sufficient, as she
was not hungry. We then went to
the veranda where Mrs. Stanford
planned the trip to Heleiwa for today.
She then said she would retire early
so as to be refreshed for the trip, AT
$3.50 Mrs, Stanford sent for her maid,
May Hunt whom she recently en-
ployed, She then said to me: I snail
retire and take my medicine; please
get 1t for me- got a teaspoonful of
bicarbonate Of soda and one purgatiye
tablet and a bottle of Bartlett water,
Mrs. Stanford forgot to take the medi-
cine and laid down and slept. AS soon
as she awoke she took the medicine
and again retired.
Mrs. Stanford soon thereafter was
seized with convusions which threw
her out Of bed, The maid and myself