The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02

Isfeei sure that 1t does contain strych- nfne."
 Respiratory Tetanus.
 An autopsy on the body of Mrs. Stanford was performed this afternoon. The physician who conducted the au- topsy said that the cause of death was tetanus of the respiratory organs, but that he could not say how the tetanus was brought about until after an ex- animation of the contents of the stomach. No inquest will be held until High Sheriff Henry receives the report of the chemists. The report will probably be received tomorrow.
 The House of Representatives of the Territorial Legislature adopted reso- lution of sympathy and adjourned out of respect for the memory of Mrso Stanford.
 The bottle containing the bicarbo- nate of soda bears the label of a firm at Adelaide, Australia, but 1t Is be- lieved that it has been reflled. Miss Bertha Berner, Mrs. stanford's secre- tary, says a previous attempt on the life of her employer was made on Jan. 14 at her home in San Francisco. when strychnine. she says. was found in a.
 
 said to correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press: We went to a picnic yesterday. Our luncheon consisted of the ordinary cold dishes prepared at the Hoana Hotel and there was noth- ing in 1t of the canned variety. Mrs Stanford ate heartily. She said she felt very we'll.
 We returned to the hotel at 1 o'clock and Mrs. Stanford retired to her room | f>r ct tA I~Az fAv fn- ner. When the soup was served she said that would be sufficient, as she was not hungry.
 Asked for Medicine.
 we then went to the veranda, where Mrs. Stanford planned a trip to Hale- iva, a suburb. for today. She then said she would retire early so as to be refreshed for the trip. At S:s0 Mrs. Stanford sent for her maid. May Hunt, whom she had recently employed. She then said to me. I shall retire and take my medicine. please get 1t for me-
 T got a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of sodar. one purgative tablet and a bottle of mineral water. Mrs. Stanford forgot to take the medicine and lay down and slept. As soon as she awoke she took the medicine and again re- tired.
 Mrs. Stanford soon thereafter was seized with convulsions. which threw her out of bed The maid and myself went in answer to her call. as did also | a guest from a nearby room. She said. I am poisoned. The convulsions con- tinued in spite of the effort of the phy- sician. The bottle of bicarbonate of soda was purchased by me at Adelaide several years ago, but think it had been refilled for Mrs. Stanford at San Francisco; I do not know by what drug gist."
 How News Was Received. News of the death of Mrs. Jane |. Stanford at Honolulu last night was received today with surprise and sor- row. to which was added horror when 1t was learned that probably she had been poisoned. Her brother, Charles J. Lathrop who is treasurer of Leland Stanford, Jr., University. refused to believe that her death was due to other than natural causes and her att torney. M s. Wilson, declined to dis cuss the report that a previous at- tempt to poison her here had been made.
 MT. Wilson is awaiting advices from | Honolulu before taking any action | regarding Mrs Stanford's business af- fairs. which are intimately connected with those Of tho university which she and her husband founded at Palo Alto, Cali. in 1891. in memory of their | son. The institution has already been endowed with $3s.o00,000 in property | and money, to which may be added about $10,000,0 ,000 from Mrs. Stanford's s personal estate.
 The university was closed today and is not expected to reopen until after Mrs. Stanford's body has been placed | beside that of her husband and her | son an fhe coIleRa camnus
 The story of an attempt to poison Mrs. Stanford on January 14 in San Francisco was made public on Febru- ary IS, when 1t was declared that 1 strychnine had been found in a bottle of mineral water, of which she had taken several drinks. She was made sick and an analysis, 1t was said. , showed the presence of strychnine In the water. To Dr. William Boericke. who attended Mrs. Stanford she told the story of what she believed to be an attempt on her life She suspected no one and on the physician's advice soon went t othe country. Returning. apparently in improved health, she sailed for China and Japan by way of | Honolulu on the seamer Korea, Feb. ruary IS. arriving at the Hawaiian port five days later.
 The alleged attempt to poison her was investigated Dy a. 0etecIiVe aBen- cy, but no results were obtained. and the matter apparently was dropped. In her California street house, the | first of the handsome mansions erect ed on Mob Hill. there were ten persons at the time of her illness, which be- gan with her drinking the water on January 14. There were besides Mrs. Stanford, An Wing. Chinese factotum. who had been in Mrs Stanford's em- ployment for twenty-five years: An Young. house boy. Yeng. cook; An Lo. second cook; Wong, second butler: William McWhinney, butler, and Miss Bertha Berner. Mrs. Stanford's secre- tary, who accompanied her on the voy- age to Honolulu.
 It is reported tonight that R. A. Dun can, Territorial Food Commissioner and Chemical Analyst, has found strychnine in the bottle of bicarbonate of soda. No report of such finding has yet been made. and other chemists have been called in consultation. It Is prob able that the inquest will be delayed several days. awaiting the complete an- alysis of the contents of the stomach.
 USED sTRYCHNINE.