The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-03
MRS. JANE STANFORD DIES AT MOANA HOTEL

which could be caused by strychnlne
poisoning; and
Second. that strychnine has been
found in the bicarbonate Of soda in
the vial from which Miss Berner ex-
tracted the fatal dose which Mrs. Stan
ford afterwards swallowed.
How did the strychnine come to be
mixed in with the bicarbonate of soda
This is the question which the police
department is attempting to unravel.
The police have the fact that Mrs.
Stanford was almost poisoned in San
Francisco shortly before her departure
for Honolulu, and that strychnine had
been found in the bottle of Poland min
eral water from which she drank. On
| top of this fact comes the additional
enc that Mrs. Stanford was poisoned a
second time, and that strychnine was
| the drug used. This also came from
bottle, Containing bicarbonate, how
| ever), which had been in the Stanford
home in San Francisco prior to Mrs.
Stanford's departure for Honolulu.
| Two servants of Mrs. Stanford were
discharged from her service after the
first alleged attempt. A theory of
! High Sheriff Henry is that the same
persons may have placed strychnine in
more than one container.
| The police here have obtained evai-y
bottle OF medicine and other medicines
which Mrs. Stanford had. Deputy
High Sheriff Rawlins has taken charge
of the bicarbonate of soda bottle the
casoaret capsules, some medicine used
for nasal trouble, some homeopathic
I pills, and a partly filled bottle of
| Bartlett water some of which Mrs.
Stanford drank the evening of her
death. No other medicines or bever-
ages were found. All these are to be
examined by the chemists.
Thus far, all theories, all facts and
all investigation lead to the single the
ory that Mrs. Stanford came to her
death from poison criminally ad-
ministered by some unknown person
or persons.
| HIGH SHERIFF'S STATEMENT.
High Sheriff Henry, after making a
visit to the laboratory in which the
chemists are making the examination
of the contents of Mrs. Stanford's 8
stomach, made the following statement
to the Advertiser:
This is a most mysterious thing II
appears an attempt was made to poison
Mrs. Stanford in California a short
| time before her departure for the Ha-
waiian Islands. She took a glass OF
| Poland water, a beverage which l pre-
| sumo comes from Poland, Me-. a place
| which I 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 1t contained
strychnine. That maid was discharged.
Now we have a bottle of bicarbon-
ate of soda, containing 1t is said some
strychnine. Does it seem possible that
the same person that put the strych-
| 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, do not wish to
be quoted as making a positive state
ment, and will not, until l have the
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