The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-01-12
DAVID STARR JORDAN
AND us STATEMENTS
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Psychologist, when interviewed last
night said: Mrs. Stanford died of
natural causes. i would not talk on
the case, having been retained with
that understanding, but as long as DIR.
Jordan has given out the statement
that Mrs. Stanford died of natural
causes, viz, fatty degeneration Of the
heart, / will say that so far as to her
having died of natural causes DR.. Jor-
dan is right. Mrs. Stanford did not
however, die of fatty degeneration OF
the heart. True she died of a heart
lesion; just what it was l am not pre-
pared to say"
DIR. Morgan was 10th to talk on the
case. His reason for reticence regard
ing the findings in the Stanford case
was that he had been retained for his
chemical and medical assistance, pro-
viding that he report, and report alone,
to Mountford Wilson, attorney for the
Stanford estate.
DIR. Morgan examined some OF the
alleged strychnine-po poisoned bicarbon-
ate of soda and filed his report with
Wilson. He would not state whether
he found strychnine in the powder. He
said that he was not given the work
of examining Mrs. Stanford's heart. He
saw 1t, however, saw the report, and
knew that the death of Mrs. Stanford
had been due to a heart lesion. He
said that there were several physicians
retained In the case and they made the
report in regard to the hearts condi-
ton. The report was signed Jointly by
all the physicians connected with the
case.
The report OF the chemists and ply
sicians has been in the hands of At
torney Wilson since May. DIR. Morgan
/ stated that Wilson had intended to
make the same public last June, having
received the written consent of the
relatives Of Mrs. Stanford. DR.. Nor
gan says other information was being
looked up, and the publication Of the
report was withheld for the present.
DIR. Morgan said, in conclusion: Mrs.
Stanford died of natural causes She
did not die of strychnlne poisoning.
/ Whether an attempt to poison her by
means of strychnine was made, / can
not say. / did not do any detective
work on the case, but merely did the
! chemical testing that was allotted ia
| me.
II have never found in any case that
where enough strychnine has been
taken, a toxic dose, the same poison
could not be found in VEGETABLE guam
titles in the body of the person killed
by 1t. You may get coloring Of the
drug where non toxic guam
tity had been taken. Mrs. Stan
ford took capsule for her
heart the night preceding her death.
This capsule contained as one Of its
ingredients minute quantity OF
strychnine. 1t was not enough to kill"
DR.. Morgan was asked II. in the light
of his statement, concurring with the
statement OF DR.. Jordan, that Mrs.
Stanford's death was due to natural
causes. It would be logical to presume
that there was no strychnine In the
bicarbonate of soda she had taken
prior to her death, providing she had
partaken of the same bicarbonate OF
soda as was examined by the chemists.
or that the compound OF soda taken
contained such a small quantity OF the
poison as TO be harmless. He replied
with a shrug OF the shoulders that he
could not say, again stating that he
was forbidden TO discuss the case.
A physician who was employed by
the Stanford estate To examine Mrs
stanford's heart but who refused to