Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-21
MOTIVE FOR POISONING
THIS IS INTIMlTEO BY
mrs. STANFORD'S ATTORNEY
WAITING, HOWEVER, FOR FUR
Their DETAILS FROM HOMO
lULu-WHAT WILSON
HAS TO SAY.


San Francisco, March 9.-The Ex-
aminer says:
A motive for the poisoning of Mrs.
Stanford is established in the minds
Of those engaged in the investigation
of the mystery. and suspicion points
in certain direction.
Yesterday Mountford s. Wilson, at
torney for Mrs. Stanford, admitted this
much. But at the same time he would
not SO much as hint at the suspected
motive or the suspected poisoner.
Beyond this Mr.. Wilson said that
though he was not yet at all certain
that Mrs. Stanford died Of poison in
Honolulu. he was entirely satisfied that
deliberate and purposeful attempt
was made to poison the aged phi,an.
thropist in this city on January 14th.
II is out Of this certainty that has
come the supposed motive and the sus.
picion as to the identity Of the poison.
er.
With everybody else the detectives
and Mr.. Wilson await impatiently tho
full result Of the Honolulu coroner's
inquest and the Honolulu detective In
quiry. 1t is hard to proceed further
without knowing for a certainty that
Mrs. Stanford died of poison, though
that Is the belief upon which those
conducting the local inquiry are pro.
ceeding. Even should 1t be shown that
Mrs. Stanford did not take enough poi.
son In Honolulu to kill her, the mo.
tive and the suspicion concerning the
poisoning in this city will not be dis.
turbed.
It is suspected by the detectives
that there was conspiracy to muir
der Mrs. Stanford In this city. More
than three persons are believed to
have been concerned in that conspir-
acy. An effort is being made to trace
the daily actions Of all those under
suspicion.
The detectives say they are almost
positive they have located the place
where the strychnine used In the poi
soning was obtained. II they once
made absolutely sure OF this point, a
long step will have been taken toward
an arrest and a conviction.
Yesterday there was long confer.
ence at the Hall of Justice between the
police detectives. Attorney Wilson and
Detective Cleary of the Morse agency.
At the conclusion of this conference Mr..
Wilson was asked by an Examiner rep.
resentative as to his views on the mys.
terry surrounding the death Of his rich
client. He has been very careful
about expressing himself on the case
and yesterday spoke with extreme eau.
ton. But his first statement was to
the effect that the Investigators have
ct last reached definite conclusion as
to the motive for the attempt on Mrs.
Stanford's life in January.
There is no doubt now that there
was a motive In this case" said the
attorney emphatically.
do you refer, Mr.. Wilson, to the
poisoning of Mrs. Stanford In Homo.
lulu?"
Wilson 10 Cautious.
mo; cannot say as to that, be-
cause we must first learn automatically
whether Mrs. Stanford really died of
poisoning and that we can only deter.
mine after we hear officially from Ho.
nolulu."
"Then you mean that there is no
further doubt in your mind that an
attempt was made to poison Mrs.
Stanford on January 14th at the Cali.
fornia street mansion?" was the next
question.
THAT seems to be fairly well settled
from the chemists report" was the
reply. THAT report shows that the
Poland water contained strychnine."
'Now, Is 1t not fact that you have
certain persons under suspicion and
that developments are likely to take
definite shape shortly?"
II must leave those deductions to
you. You can readily understand.
Please do not misconstrue my motives.
] should like very much indeed to tell
you who the persons might be-(but
do not speak of suspicions) only
there Mr.. Wilson hesitated for some
time) only, II you should publish It
in your paper, you can readily under
stand that the persons whom we have