The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-11
JORDAN AND HOPKINS

JORDAN AND HOPKINS.
Dr. Jordan, President of Leland STAN
ford. Jr.. University, Timothy Hopkins
ore CT the trustees of the Urivc.-s:t.:
Detective Cullunden of the Morse De-
tective Agency of San Francisco, and
Detective Harry Reynolds of the San
Francisco city police department. ar
rived On the Alameda yesterday morn
ing, and interviews were at once OBJ
tanned from DR.. Jordan and Mr.. Hop
kins by an Advertiser representative
who went out in a launch to meet the
vessel The detectives declined to make
any statements, referring the report
ers to Mr.. Hopkins
DR.. Jordan and Mr.. Hopkins asked
for a sketch of the whole proceedings
here, from the time Mrs. Stanford was
found i'll by Miss Berner and her maid,
until the time when the coroner's jury
completed its labors. Both listened
eagerly to the news, commenting here
and there, briefly. during the recital
At the conclusion of this sketch. Mr.
Hopkins thanked the reporter for the
information, and said:
las for myself and Dr. Jordan we
probably have no information that you
do not already know. We both hoped
that on arrival here we would find that
the news cabled to San Francisco that
Mrs. Stanford was poisoned would not
be true. L see that the jury has de-
cided that Mrs. Stanford was poison
ed. L cannot say what course we VIII
pursue but Detectives Cullunden and
will take charge of the case. The San
Francisco papers have pretty fully COW
cred everything that we know in re-
gard to the case
Dr. Jordan said:
Mrs. Stanford told me that an at
tempt had been made made to poison
her in San Francisco in January
did not think it quite possible but Mrs.
Stanford laid considerable stress on the
matter, and it was given an investi-
cation, with what result you already
know. for it all came out in the San
Francisco papers.
Il have been hoping against hope
that we would learn on arrival at Ho-
nolulu that the poison theory was un-
true, but 1 see that the police here
have come to that conclusion. 1t is ter
rible. 1t is terrible. Mrs. Stanford
was such a good woman and to have
such an end to her life
I'VE do not know what course we
shall pursue. The police here, of
course, will probably hand over all pa
pers in the matter to Mr.. Cullunden,
who is taking charge of the affair.
CAS- for ourselves, Mr.. Hopkins and
I, we came here to act as bodyguard
over the remains of Mrs. Stanford, and
to take them back to San Francisco.
The remains will be taken back by US
on the Alameda, leaving next Wednes-
day morning.
Mrs. Stanfords will? Yes. that was
made public we know it's contents
thoroughly. Miss Berner was left $15,-
900, and thousand dollar requests were
left to some of her servants. Miss
Hunt, 1 do not believe, is a beneficiary.
as she only recently returned to Mrs.
Stanford's service. All Wing, I believe,
is to have 1000
AN EMPHATIC STATEMENT.
What about Beverly, McWhinney
and Miss Richmond-are they mention
ed in the wilI?" was asked.
NO, Sir replied DR.. Jordan, en-
phatically. SHE WOULD NOT
LEAVE THOSE PEOPLE ANYTHING
.NEvER!"
1T is an exaggeration to say that
Mrs Stanford was a spiritualist. Mrs.
Stanford did hope that there would
some day be an opportunity for scien-
life research in psychological matters,
so that the living might have converse
with the dead. Mrs. Stanford hoped
hat this might be, so that she might
De in communication with her husband
o act on his suggestions as to what
,he should do during her lifetime. 1
lever knew that she was spiritual
st. as that term goes. a spiritualist
associate with masks and other fan
les.
was Miss Berner a spiritualist? No,
certainly do not think she was L
AVE known her for the past fifteen
ears. and feel sure she was not. She
vas the stenographer and secretary
nd one in whom Mrs. Stanford reposed
he utmost confidence I have, of !