The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-01-12
Or. JORDAN MUST
Do THE TALKING

PADO ALTO, Dec. 3O.-' Or. Jor
dan has done the talking about the
case and he will have to answer the
questions" said Charles G. Lathrop
brother of the late Mrs. Stanford, last
night when asked about the results OF
the investigation into the death of
Mrs. Stanford and the accompanying
charge that there was a conspiracy
among the servants to discredit Miss
Bertha Berner in the eyes of Mrs
Stanford so that she would not be re.
membered in the will of the philan.
thropist.
81 tell you Dr. Jordan has done all
the talking, and he will have to an
swer the questions when he returns
from the East. / do not know thing
about the case, not one thing
"Have you been conducting an in.
vestigation2" was asked.
81 tell you that / don't know a
thing about the case. You will have
to see DIR. Jordan.'
In spite of the declarations of Mr..
Lathrop that he knows nothing about
the case the general feeling in Palo
Alto among those who are close to the
business management of the university
Is that a most. searching investigation
has been conducted concerning the
death of Mrs. Stanford.
A man VINO is very ciose to the man.
agement said last night that he had
been told by member of the univers-
ity board of trustees that the board
had been conducting an investigation
and taken up every phase of the case.
A great deal of money has been spent
in clearing up the mystery surround
ing the woman's death, with the re-
suit that now every iota Of evidence
connected with the case has been
slfted out. Detectives have been at
work since the hour of her death and
only completed their work a few
weeks ago. Chemists in San Francisco
have been examining the vitals of Mrs.
Stanford and subjecting them to
severe chemical tests to find out
whether they had been affected by any
poison.
1t was proved that Mrs. Stanford
did not die of poison, but from heart
trouble, caused probably by overhead
ing on the day of the picnic, which
she and her companion, Bertha Berner,
attended. 1t is a matter of proof that
the other servants about the house
tried to cause the impression that Miss
Berner had placed the poison in the
water the first time Mrs. Stanford COM
planned. So much has been unearthed,
and probably much more, which the
trustees have not made public 1t is
said on good authority, however, that
the trustees were very angry at the
Honolulu physicians who worked upon
the case and alleged at the time that
they were incompetent.
When asked questions along these
lines Mr.. Lathrop refused to talk, say.
ing that Dr. Jordan had done all the
talking, and that he must answer all
questions. He evidently was not
pleased that the head of the uni
versity had given out any information.
The members of his family were
equally reticent on the subject. DR..
James C. Branner, vice-president of
the university, was nearly as mum as
Lathrop. 81 do not know anything
about the matter" he said. "No; I
will not say that no investigation has
been conducted i will only say that
I know nothing about it whatever.
President Jordan will be home on
Wednesday and he can answer all
questions
DIR. James A. Stillman, head of the
chemistry department and many times
acting head of the university, declared
last night that he knew nothing of any
investigation. G.. A. Clark, secretary
of the university, would not discuss
the affair.