The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-15
FUNERAL OF MUnDERESS
IN LITTLE VILLAGE
NsighbOTs Of Family Aided in
Keeping Disgrace From
knowledge Of Parents


In the little town of Healdsburg, Cal,
woman was buried. BY the side of
her grave as the bier was let down
into the earth s.ood the woman's
mo.her, old and gray.
The daughter who had died, went
to her & ave In disgrace She had
been arrested, charged with murder
She had had three trials in San
Francisco court and finally spent
twelve years in the peni entiary at
San Quentin. where she died.
The aged woman, who saw her
daughter buried, never knew of this
agedy.
The mother was Mrs. Richard
Browne, so years old. The daughter
was Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, convicted
of poisoning with arsenic a Mrs.
Dunning of Dover, Della,
Mr.. and Mrs. Browne, the mother
and father; MIR and Ms. N, G. Nc
Clure brother-in-law and sis,er
and Dora Browne, another sister, all
moved TO California after the trial
began They went TO a small town
near San Francisco. where they
could be close to Mrs. Botkin and
whe they would have lit,le diff
Guilty in keeping the news Of the ter
ID affair from their parents.
Another sister. who married an
Englishman, lived in Europe This
sister wrote home frequently and the
letters were read to the aged couple
by Doa. he youngest daughter, as
coming from Cordelia. COrdelia, The
parents were told, was travelling in
europe Win her husband.
Citizens Aid Family.
The citizens in the town were as
eager to- keep the sJCry from the old
couple as were the members of ihe
family The editor OF he local pa
per printed the story briefly du,ing
the trials, referring 10 the ease as
the "Dunuing' case and 10 Mrs. 30
kin as "the accused
If a stranger happened 10 come
into the town who might carry ihe
story TO he aged couple messen-
ger was at once sent 20 the younger
members of the family TO warn them.
In this manner the father was saved
from knowing the ignominy attached
to his daughters name and the moth
er sin lives, mourning only The pass
ing away of a daughter whose life
as far as she knew, was without a
tain
Cordelia Botkin, or Cordelia
Browne, as she was then known,
spent her early life in Kansas city,
The Brownies lived in the old sydney
MeWiltams house at the southeast
curner OF Ninth and Locust streets.
Out Of ihis oil home which faces
The public library they have made a
0oiol None OF he boa rs who
come and 30 through ils spacious
rooms today realize thai Il was
through hose same rooms that Cor
della Bo5km rompcd as child and
in one Of which she married the man
on account OF whom She was to figure
in one OF he most famous murder
trials in America.
Graduate of Central High
Cordelia Browne was is years O
when she married The year previ.
Gus she had graduated from the Cen
tral high school. There were four
other girls in this family all Of whom
have moved from Kansas City but
one. This sister asked That her
name not be used in connection wi h
any story that might be written about
her unfortunate sister and her wish
was granted. This morning she talk
ed about Cordelia.
"Cordelia was a dear. sweet girl.
she said as the memories of other
years returned. she was SO pretty,
so bright. Don't say anything about
her but what Is good She is dead
The sister OF the dead woman is old
aud gray also. As she spoke tears
OF the window. near which she was
sitting, but her eyes seemed not to
rest on anything She saw only fond
memories of Other years when
bright future was before her sister,
before dark clouds cast a shadow of
gloom over her life to remain there
as long as she lived
eThe man Della married. she
went on, was responsible for what
ever she did IN her later life, good or
bad MIR Boikln was 36 years old
and Della was only Is. Ii was his
duyio mold her character. TO guide
her Instead, he let her do as she
pleased and never questioned any
thing she did.
Husband Made Her jealous.
The first year they were married
Mr.. BotlSin made her Jealous He
was the Kind Of man who would stand
4 ound on the street corners and look
At ihs pretty women. Della found
his Out and los interest in him. Ard
so, for This reason, Della did things 1
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