The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-01-12

iional statements credited to him
from Denver. According TO Callun.
dan, Jordan never saw the reports In
the case and therefore is not In a po
sition 10 make any revelations regard
ing any new developments which
might occur.
% feel sure DIR. Jordan did not come
out and make any such statements as
those attributed to him. said Callun'
dan last night. "There are only three
persons who know anything about the
reports. They are Attorney Mount.
ford Wilson. Charles Lathrop and my
self. DR.. Jordan was not shown these
reports and therefore is not in posi-
tion to make comments.
81 will saw that If we had any such
evidence as DR.. Jordan claims is on
hand we would have made arrests long
ago. For instance, Miss Richmond
Mrs. Stanford g former maid, has been
allowed by us to go to her home in
England several months ago. IL We
did not think her entirely innocent we
would surely have detained her
IF DR.. Jordan is quoted correctly, he
directs his suspicion directly against
two persons, Miss Richmond and Al
Wing, the Chinese cook. Long ago we
proved both to the satisfaction of our
selves and to the general public that
neither of these persons had anything
to do with a conspiracy to turn Mrs
Stanford against her secretary, Miss
Berner.
There could be no one else to cast
the finger of suspicion at, for Miss
ID s,1,, A 1, 1aa
persons who were close enough to the
dead woman to hatch out such a plot
But they had nothing to do with it
and we allowed them to go their way
after the investigation.
las regards the hold-ups by Homo
lulu officials, ! will answer that it is
all nonsense. For instance, there were
four doctors attending to the case
They worked hard over 1t and each put
in a bill for $500. That was very rea-
sonable, considering the work they
did. was surprised at the small
amount. / know just what was spent
at Honolulu, for 1 was in touch with
every phase of the case there, and no
hold-up occurred.
The officials did not have a chance
to do any work in this line, for the
reason that the investigation was sim
ply confined to the household, and as
there was nothing of a startling ma
ture to keep quiet the public knew just
what was happening and therefore no
one had a chance to make any de-
mands High Sheriff Henry conducted
the case in a business-like way and /
know neither he nor any of his depu-
ties ever attempted to play the game
of hold-up on any Of US while we We're
there.
1.-The bills have all been paid long
ago. They We're all reasonable, and
therefore / can not understand how the
hold-up story managed to crop out, or
where 1t came from. Dr. Jordan did
not know any of the details in that
line and this further convinces me he
Is being misquoted.
while making my investigation at
the islands / employed five stenogra-
piers, so many people did I question
and to such an extent. 1t would have
been impossible for any one to secure
d full text of these reports save my
self. 1 had them all Transcribed and
brought them to this city, where
body save he. Charles Lathrop and my
self knew what they contained. DR..
Jordan was not informed and could not
have learned their contents.
II have been turning in reports to
Wilson and Lathrop from time to time,
and they have kept the matter secret
from everybody else. We are still
working on this case, though nothing
has developed that would furnish any
startling news. 1 am not in a position
to make public any of the data col
lected during my research. In fact,
there is nothing that would interest
the public, and that is one of the rea-
sons that Mr.. Wilson has not deemed
1t necessary to give out the report.
There is absolutely no necessity to
plunge into the poison mystery any
more. We fully demonstrated after
Mrs. Stanford's death that strychnine
never killed her. That is an old story
now, and 1 thought it had been settled
to the satisfaction of everybody. 1t
seems strange that DIR. Jordan should
this again, for it was settled
so long ago as to have almost entirely
slipped the minds of all of US con-
nected with the case"
Albert Beverley, the butler, who was
by Mrs Stanford some time
before her death and whose name was
with so much prominence
turing the noted case. has left his San
Mateo home. Last October he disposed
Of his property and came to live in
his city. An attempt was made to To-
cate him last night, but without sue
cess.
Beverley is still in this city. He was
'een at the racetrack a few days ago.
he was never kept under surveillance
lfter the police and the Morse dectec-
i've agency became satisfied he was en-
tirely innocent of any plot Or scheme
o obtain money from Mrs. Stanford.
All Wing Is also some place in the vi
Unity. He was allowed to go where
he chose after the case had been clos
ID several months ago. Some suspect
ID that the Chinaman knew more than
lie wished to tell at the time, but Cap
ain Callundan was convinced the Ce-
estial was innocent, and for that rea-
on no watch was kept on him lately.
Captain Callundan said he did not
hink anything would come of the pres
mt story. and that neither himself nor |
Wilson would take anv action q thav