The San Francisco call., 1905-03-11
Jury SKATERS
BELIEF THAT IT
WAS NOT MURDER
Voyage Is One of Anxiety for Dr..
Jordan and Hopkins Over
Outcome of Inquest.
SPECIAL CABLE 10 THE CALL.

HONOLULU. March 10.-Dr. David
Starr Jordan, president of Stanford
University, and Timothy Hopkins.
member of its board of trustees, Detec-
tive Callundan of the Morse Agency
and Detective Harry Reynolds of the
San Francisco Police Department ar
rived on the steamship Alameda this
morning.
The Call correspondent boarded the
vessel outside the harbor shortly be-
fore z o'clock and obtained interviews
with the four men who have come to
take charge of Mrs. Stanford's remains
and of the investigation in connection
with her death.
Timothy Hopkins asked the corre-
spondent for an outline of the proceed
ings that have taken place in Homo
lulu while he was on the high seas.
Both he and President Jordan listened
eagerly while the details of the inquest
and the work of the police were being
recOunted
After thanking the correspondent for
the information given. Hopkins said:
Both DR.. Jordan and myself have
been earnestly hoping during the voy-
age that by the time we should arrive
at Honolulu the news would have been
cabled to the world that poisoning was
not the cause of Mrs. Stanford's death.
Now that the Coroner's jury has de-
cided that her death resulted from
strychnine administered with purpose
of murder our hopes are blasted. l
cannot say what course we shall pur-
sue. Detectives Callundan and Rey-
nolds are here with us and they will
take charge of the case
HOPED 1T WAS NOT MURDER
Before we left San Francisco The
Call had very thoroughly covered
everything we know in connection with
the mystery" said DR.. Jordan. Il did
not .think it possible that any one had
attempted to murder Mrs. Stanford at
the time of the poisoning in San Fran
cisco on January Ia, but she laid much
stress on the matter. An investigation
was accordingly instituted, but there
have so far been no tangible results
from the work.
1--WE have been hoping against hope
that this last poison theory was un-
true. 1t is terrible, terrible. Mrs.
Stanford was such a good woman and
it is horrible to think that her life
should have had such an end.
II presume the police of Honolulu
will hand over all papers in the case
to Callundan and Reynolds. They are
to take full charge of the investiga-
ton.
"Mr. Hopkins and came here to es-
cort the remains of Mrs. Stanford back
to San Francisco. We shall return on
the Alameda, which sails from Homo
lulu on Wednesday,"
Eyes. we know the contents of Mrs.
Stanfords will answered DR.. Jordan
in reply to a question.
JORDAN SPEAKS EXUTEDLY.
What about Beverly and Miss Rich
mond? Were they left anything in the
will?''
mo, SIR" replied DR.. Jordan emphat-
ically. She would never leave those
people anything, never"
This was the only time DR.. Jordan
showed any signs of excitement.
He said that the reports that Mrs.
Stanford was a spiritualist were un-
true. She had told DIR. Jordan that
she hoped there would some day be an
opportunity for scientific research into
psychological matters so that the living
might be placed in communication with
the dead. Mrs. Stanford hoped she
might gain communication with her
husband and son, If it were possible,
so she could be guided by their sug-
gestions as to what she should do dur
ing her lifetime.
'I never knew" said DR.. Jordan,
that Mrs Stanford was a spiritual
ist as that term goes. With the name
spiritualist associate masks and other
fancies."
rs Miss Berner spiritualist?" was
asked.
mo, I certainly think not. I have
known her the past fifteen years and
am sure she is not.
Miss Berner was Mrs. Stanford's
stenographer and secretary and one In
whom Mrs. Stanford reposed the ut
most confidence"
Dr. Jordan concluded the interview
with the statement that the trip from
San Francisco had been a period of
great anxiety for him.