Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-10
Verdict Of COroner's Jury Says
That ii Was Due to Strych.
nine Poisoning,
NO CLEW TO THE MURDERER.
High Sheriff Henry Thinks Poison
Was Placed in Soda In San
Francisco

Honolulu. March 9,--The coroner's
jury tonight returned a verdict that
Mrs. Jane l.. Stanford died an unnatur-
al death.
The verdict says that death was due
TO strychnine poisoning, the poison
having been introduced into a bottle OF
bcarbonate OF soda, with felonious in
tent by some person or persons 30 the
jury unknown,
The end of the inquest with a posi-
tive verdict of murder leaves the police
OF Honolulu as much without a clew as
when Mrs Stanford died High sheriff
Henry said, after the inquest that It
was his opinion that the strychnine was
placed In the soda IN San Francisco
by member Of MRS Stanford's house
hold At the inquest Or, Shorey test-
fled that the strychnine used as shown
by the tests, was strychnlne such as
Is not used generally for medicinal pur-
poses, but used principally for poisoning
animals This statement Is regarded as
Of possible assistance In tracing the
purchase Of the strychnine
The jury returned It's verdict after
about two minutes elaboration.
The detectives who are expected to
arrive from san Francisco on the
steamer Alameda tomorrow may be
able to take up the investigation on
new lines. The local police admit that
thew are mt sea.
The fact that Bertha Berner and
May Hunt secretary and maid respec-
lively to the late Mrs. Stanford will
not leave Honolulu on the Pacific Mail
company's steamer China tomorrow
but will remain until the sailing Of the
Oceanic steamship company's vessel
Alameda, ls due to police Instructions
10 the two women Atty-Gen An
dreWs suggested that tsey should not
be allowed to leave before the arrival
of the detectives from san Francisco
on the Alameda, which Is due here at
dawn tomorrow,
DIR. JORDAN IN HONOLULU,
Honolulu, March l0.--Dr David starr
Jordan, professor OF Leland Stanford.
Jr, university Timothy j, Hopkins, a
member OF the board Of trustees OF the
university; Capt. Jules Callunden, rep
resenting a detective agency of san
Francisco, and Detective Harry Reyn-
Odds Of the San Francisco police de-
partment. arrived here today on the
Oceanic $, S, company's steamer Ala
media
Or. Jordan and Mr. Hopkins said 10
the correspondent OF the Associated
Press that they had come 10 show prop
er respect TO the memory OF Mrs. Stan
ford and TO escort to San Francisco the
remains OF the woman with whom thoy
had worked for many years in the great
project of the university founded by
her and her husband the late Senator
LELAND stanford
DR.. Jordan said that al the way TO
Honolulu he hoped he would find on
arriving that the death Of the great
benetactress was due TO natural causes
Mrs, Stanford, I'm conversations with
him, he said. made 1.-THE reference to
the attempted poisoning at the stan
ford mansion In San Francisco on Jan.
II, and did nor appear to think very
much of IT,
Or. Jordan and M. Hopkins both
said they had nothing whatever to do
with the investigations which the 20.
lice Of San Francisco and Honolulu are
conducting,
San Francisco, March lO.-The fact
that the coroners jury at Honolulu last
night decided that Mrs Jane stanford
was murdered by means OF strychnlne
has added interest 10 the mysterious
case A conference viii be held here To-
day between Dist, Atty Byington and
Mounttord Wilson, attorney for the late
Mrs, Stanford, at which all the phases
OF the situation were discussed, and IL
was determined to probe the matter 10
the bottom. While no ntimation OF
the proposed course Of action has vet
been given out, the district attorney
says that no arrests are likely to be
made today.
All the present and former members
Of the stanford household are being
closely watched and If warranted by
the evidence any one OF those under
suspicion can be promptly arrested.