The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-02
STRYCHN|NE FOUND IN
BICARBONATE OF
SODA.
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time before her departure for the Ha-
waiian Islands. She took a glass OF
Poland water a beverage which 1 pre-
sumo comes from Poland, Me, place
which 1 know very well. They her
metically seal those bottles. The cork
of that bottle was drawn by one of the
servants of the Stanford household in
the lower part of the house and given
to the maid, who took it to Mrs. STAN
ford. They made an analysis of the
contents and found it contained
strychnine. That maid was discharged.
Now we have bottle of bicarbon-
ate of soda. containing it is said some
strychnine. Does it seem possible that
the same person that put the stryca-
nine in the bottle of Poland water, al
so put strychnine in the bottle of BIZ
carbonate of soda?
Il would not want to state this as
positive. However, 1 do not wish to
be quoted as making a positive states
result of the analysis in my hands.
We have placed the glass she drank
out of, the spoon with which the mix
ture was stirred and the bottle from
which the fatal dose was taken, in the
hands of the chemists
DISPOSITION OF REMAINS
The remains of the late Mrs. STAN
ford may be taken back to California
on the S. S. China, leaving here March
g. They will be accompanied by Miss
Berner The burial will take place at
Stanford University in the family maui
solemn beside the bodies OF Leland
Stanford and son.
THE AUTOPSY.
The remains were removed yesterday
morning to the Queens Hospital where
an autopsy was performed. The physi-
clans performing this work were Drs.
Wood, Day and Murray. The asult
of the autopsy will not be given out
until the coroner's inquest
takes place, but it is known that the
to her death from tetanus of the re-
spiratory organs, and this could have
been caused by strychnine poisoning.
The remains were yesterday embalmed.
THE SUICIDE THEORY.
he
lay that Mrs. Stanford may have COM
nitted suicide. The grounds for this
belief are that for many years Mrs.
has been spiritualist and her
mind has been impregnated with all
manner of Authorizations. Although she
.alked nationally on some subjects, yet
when the question of spiritualism was
up, she showed an eager be-
ief in it. She is known to have con-
suited mediums.
CORONER'S JURY.
Deputy High Sheriff Rawlins swore in
he following coroner's jury early yes
erday morning at the Moana Hotel:
". c. Peacock, ]. H. Hertsche, T. A.
lays, H. Jeffrey. j. W. Harvey and E.
). Cunha. The jurors viewed the re-
mains at $50 a. m. The jury was then
dismissed subject to the call of the High
Sheriff. The inquest may be held to-
lay, but al any rate it will not be held
until the examination of the contents
If the stomach has been made.
DIR. HUMPHREYS POSITION.
DR.. Humphris, the physician called to
attend the dying phiIanthropist, re-
used to give out any statement yester-
lay He stated he would be a witness
1t the inquest, but would make no
statement beforehand. He did not at
end the autopsy.
When DR.. Humphris was first called
n to attend Mrs. Stanford he secured
he vial of soda and took it away with
him. This is regarded from the stand
point of law as having weakened that
should have been allowed to come first
nto the hands of the police
DR.. Humphris admitted yesterday how
ever, that he had tasted the contents.
out refused to say what he believed the
stuff to be- 1t was bitter that was all.
He said the taste of bicarbonate was
not bitter
DIR. JORDAN NOTIFIED
DR.. Jordan, head of the Stanford Uni
was notified early yesterday
by a cablegram sent by DIR.
of the tragic end of Mrs.
Stanford. a cablegram was received
during the day from DR.. Jordan asking
that Judge Stanley take charge of all
matters affecting Mrs. Stanford
MISS BERNER'S STORY.
Miss Berner, the companion and sec
rotary of Mrs. Stanford, was question
ed yesterday by High Sheriff Henry.
but little was learned from her. or the
maid, Miss Hunt, which threw any light
on the tragedy. Miss Berner said that
an attempt had been made in California
to poison the deceased, and that was
one of the reasons she left California.
She had drunk then from a bottle of
Poland mineral water and became very