New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-02

picious circumstances surround the death Of
Mrs. Stanford She was taken i'll at IL o'clock
and said. Il have been poisoned" Her last
words were This is a horrible death to die
In accordance with the local law. coroners
Jury was Immediately summoned. and viewed
the body in the hotel at $50 o'clock this morn
ing. The members of this jury were W. c.
Peacock. proprietor. and J. r. Hertsche. man
ager of the hotel; T. A. Hays. H Jeffrey and
J. w Harvey, and f. S. Cunha. who lived near
the hotel.
DR. HUMPHREYS appointed ex-Judge Stanley.
who is a guest of the hotel. to look after the
interests of Mrs. Stanford's estate temporarily,
and then sent a message to President Jordan
of Leland Stanford, asking for instructions.
President Jordan replied approving the action
of DR.. HUMPHREYS and requesting Judge Stanley
To act.
Mrs Henry Highton told The Associated Press
correspondent that Mrs. Stanford said to her
shortly after arriving here:
The reason left San Francisco was because
an attempt had been made on my life-an at
tempt to poison me-and enough poison was
used to Kill twenty persons
Mrs. Stanford seemed to be greatly affected"
said Mrs HghtOr Il sought TO disabuse her
mind of the idea, l feared it might he only a
deIusion hut Mrs. Stanford talked nationally
about the attempt on her life that do not now
believe that ii was mere fancy. l was very
uneasy after this talk with Mrs. Stanford. and
wrote to mutual friends in San Francisco re-
garding the matter They told me they feared
such attempts had been made no names. how
ever being mentioned"
DR. HUMPHREYS made the following statement:
When 1 was called in 1 found Mrs Stanford in
commissions and applied the quickest rer'-edies.
but il was not possible TO save her life. Mrs.
Stanford said TO me:
Doctor | have been poisoned.
Mrs Stanford's condition seemed to indicate
strychniue poisoning between Commissions her
mind was unusually active and she said; Inns Ihls
is the second time they have tried it, They
tried it last January. and / came here to avoid
them" -
tasted the contents of the bottle from which
she had taken a dose. Before making an analysis
! am unable to swear that it contained strych-
nine but l am perfectly positive that 1t does
contain strychnine-
An autopsy on the body performed this
afternoon The physician who conducted the au-
topsv said that the cause of death was tetanus
of the respiratory organs, but that he cannot
state how the tetanus was brought about until
after an examination of the contents of the
stomach
II is reported tonight that " A. Duncan. the
territorial food commissioner and chemical
ANALYST has found strychnine in the bottle Of
bicarbonate of soda. No official report OF such
finding has vet been made and other chemists
have been called in consultation II is probable
that the inquest will he delayed for several
days. awaiting the analysis of the contents OF
the stomach.
No Inquest will be held until High Sheriff
Henry receives the report OF the chemists. This
report will probably be received tomorrow
Mrs Stanford came here from San Francisco
on the steamer Korea on February y.
Before retiring last night, Mrs stanford took