The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-06
.STRYCHNINE
FOUND IN SODA
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President Jordan, Timothy Hopkins
and several detectives.
The chemists did no work on Satur-
day evening. The room i'm the dis
pensary where for days they have been
working on the stomach of the deceased
woman was deserted. Both men were
nearly exhausted after their long task.
They had had only few hours sleep
each since noon on Tuesday, when the
stomach was turned over to them. Yes
terday they were engaged i'm the pre-
paration of a report for the sheriff.
Sheriff Henry declared emphatlcally
yesterday evening that he did not know
| the result of the chemists investiga-
tons. though the tests had been COM
| pleted "a hours before. He stated that
he was awaiting a written report from
the chemists and had not received any
oral report also that he would not re-
ceve any oral report. He was still
utterly ignorant of whether the che
mists had found any strychnine i'm the
stomach or not. Ashed if he did not
need to know for the purposes of his
own investigation of the tragedy whe-
! l.
! Henry stated that he was still as much
i'm the dark as to the results of the exa-
mination as when the tests were begun.
He would give no information and
take no steps of any kind until he had
a written report and he didn't even
want to know the result by oral re-
port.
Deputy Sheriff Rawlins appeared to
be in an equally happy state of ignor-
ance. In fact the two men who are
in charge of the whole investigation
of the death of Mrs. Stanford had not
been enough interested in the work of
the chemists, it appeared, to even re-
ceive news of the result of the che
mists' Investigations, and the chief who
was at the head of the case declared
that he didn't want to know, unless the
chemists wrote it out and sent it in as
a formal report.
Both the chemists had a short inter-
view with Deputy Sheriff Rawlins on
Saturday evening. 1t is stated, how
ever, that no communication passed
regarding the result of the chemica
tests, though the chemists had at that
time ceased work. For the rest OF
Saturday night the Stanford medicine
bottles and stomach remained in the
dispensary building. while the chemists
went home and enjoyed well earned
slumber. According to their state
ments neither Sheriff Henry nor De-
e putty Rawlins cared enough about the
{ important case on which they are en-.
gagged to ask the chemists whether the!
found strychinne or not.
J On Saturday the police made som,
. Investigations at local drug stores, tax
9 ing down from the poison registers tn
e records as to purchases of strychnih
q for three months back. This is sup
posed to have been for the purpose
of finding out whether there is an!
chance that the poison Mrs SANFORD
is thought by some to have taken wal
purchased here. The investigation
was made by Deputy Sheriff Rawlins.
= Yesterday the sheriff was engaged
: much of the day on a burglary case anC
other police business, but he found tim,
i'm the evening to go with the deput!
to the Moana hotel. Then he return
ed to the station and was closeted will
Chemist Duncan. After the interview
= with Duncan, Henry stated that the re
port, instead of reaching him at one,
as he had stated was his expectation
might be four or fire days in beinl
made. He declared that the chemists
were about to resume work and tina
he didn't know when they would report
1t might be four or five days In tn
meantime nothing was known as to tn
results of the work they had done.
The remains of Mrs. Stanford ar
still at the Henry Williams undertaking
parlors. A policeman is on guard al
night at the door of the establishment
1t fell to the lot of the officer on guar,
last night to deny a rumored yellow
report of an attempt to kidnap tn
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