Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-15
MURDER
MOST
FOUL
mrs. Van Drzn MetfS Death
at HaBds Of cOwzrdIy
P0ls0ner

MrrdI. aeeidsnt. mriride-fhs@ are
tkree tbesriss that hsrs bsea aErares5
esaserzisg to dsafh u Mr. Mamie
- Vas Dran- whs fen dezs 4. an IL
staut after spaiigEing a psrfion q the
c~onesutp 81 q bstfis q EiEEcr alf. AZ ber
residence. p Nsrfh sevesfeesth
street PsEfls.4, late SATURDAY. svso
lag Ts suicide srphnatfOz - seosi@s
there IL every iD5icsfiou that se,ids.f
IL fhis regard w9sd - izPpsabls; yss
who Was tbs possible mcrieref, hov id
hs 20 about bis deadly york and did
he aim 70 strike the wozaa o. her has
bandf are the questions being asksd By
eorouer. sh@iH and police. Ksspar
Wan Dram, hgsbaad Of the dad vozaz
declares the Psison v1s irtesde8 for
him, bot there are others gho take
. deeidsdF opposite views A post
norteun sraminasios - being made. ssd
IN Inquest held
TIE mystery is deep. and gives prom
iss Of proving the cnmisal eassfion
Of the ysar IN PEfland.
To establish 20 q certainty that the
cane deadly poison discovered in the
glass fss= zAiss &Ts Eisni- 3. vsu
Dran dTsBk an sngan. before. her sud
den death 90 her home, 30 North Sew
s=ss street. saturday niRht, Is re- /,
sponsibls for the violent deniss, a post +,
norton eEamiRation Is being conducted
By Dr.. Mary u Parker and vietoria L
Hampton q local ehemie snd assayer
today. BY this means Il l. intended
through an analysis Of the eontents o.
the stomach 10 establish q scientific ard
legal verify that Mrs.. Van Dram zane ,
20 her death by means Of p0isoning :
This will b. q valuable point in the !,
eoBduet 81 the prosecution, should IL
ever zone 70 pas that the supposed :
murderer Of the woman should b. :
brought into q court Of justice charged
with taking human life. Tomorrow
morning an inquest will be held City Y
Detective Joe Day has been placed on
the ease, bot says be has no elew.
Prom all the evidence now in hand
8 IL already assured that Mrs. Van :
Dran was poisoned. The circumstances
point 20 murder, the mos, sensational
ever perpetFated - the criminal annals r
Of Portland Hydroeyanie seid, com
monty known as pTussie acid, or cyan
ide q potassium. both deadly Poisons
% deadly in point Of scientific fact, snd /.
- rapid In the process q destroying !
life that no antidote has ever been sue ,
eessfuly applied. was the means by |
which this foul deed was done. s
Death Almost I~nstAntAneous. :
Mrs. Vas Dram drank t~wo.thirds Of q /,
glass Of ginger ale. and died almost in
stantly. TIE most plausible theory +,
thus far advanced b. which 70 account
for the pressucs o. the Pois0n's that
il vas placed in she bottle for fatal
purposes The suggestion has been #,
made that a may have been placed In
the glass, bot the fact that the glass
was taken from a shelf. where IL stood
Inverted, would seen 70 explode this
theorx The poison vas placed there
By someone beat on murder. The bot
he stood IL a buekei In the pantry, neaE
the window. And " IL quite svidsnt that
anyone WITH murder 10 HE heart could
have entered the room or reached the
bucket through the pantry window,
and substituted a possessed bottle for
TIE on In the buekei A. uight. without
bsing detected IN the act
When Polsoa Wa Piaeed
The bottle Vas poisoned and placed
h she hoase betwscn NE hours Of Early
Friday mofning and saturday night
Kaspar vau Dran. Husband of the dead
Wonan. tock two bottles home from
Ms saloon after elosiug 81 J o'clock
Friday morning The two bottles Wefe
placed on leo in the baeket Friday. II
done In the house, the poison must nee