The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1898, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, UNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1898. MRS. BOTKIN BOUGHT ARSENIC. A Damaging Record Found at a Mar- ket Street Drug S tore. @nother Woman Becomes @larmed Because a Net of Suspicious Circums Surrounds Her. TIME, NAME OF PURCHASER Zn e fia@%{(fi,f&?fi fi;—%% B e R e e e ars examiae the record and talk with Mr. | Grey, who said: | he entry in the book is in my hand- | ting, and I remember the circum- | s attending the sale of arsenic on | I also remember the appearance | nnerisms of the woma the Owl bought two oun Fr S. Grey 2 her ss as Califcrula and P ot hase, but I do on o " me whether I think N on S chaiEe s 1t the pofson was Mr | proper time and under the proper ecir- { cumstances I will state definitely whether | tances ADDRESS OF PURCHBSER NAME OF POISON QUANTITY SOID FORWHATUSED DISPENSER ettt 4444424424+ + 1244444444444 4444442+ 4 4TI 4P 4L LT 444 + + Frank 8. Grey, clerk at the Owl drug store, made the following statement to Chief of Police 4 Lees in regard to the sale of two ounces of arsenic to Mrs. Botkin on June 1, 1898: + “The lady came into the store and said she wanted some arsenic for bleaching. She gave the 4+ mname of Mrs. B. T asked her what articles she wanted to bleach and she said ‘straw hats.’ I told 4+ her there were other chemicals less dangerous for that purpose. Her answer was that she had used 4 it before and understood its manipulation. With that answer I gave her two ounces of arsenic, + wrapped it up in yellow paper and marked it ‘poison.’ She left the store and I have not seen her + since.” + Y R R e A s ah 2 SR ok SR SR SR SR SV S SN SN S S SP G Ep SP U P PP U shake the shadow off, and trembles y as the police fail in tlelr efforts to tr: the insiruments and agente of death to their source, The woman's name is Mrs. F. C. Ed- wards. She is not unknown to the police nor to the public. er face is familiar at 1in the corridors of the City 1s worked in the service of thorities, seeking evidence nly a woman can ob- employed also by the Rallway Company in the artment, her duty being to se- not e police . on occ She h t corner of Hyde a 1 deduct prison is he poison. r as known, and Porto Rico. ] ), Mrs. Bo from D ing intended to rejoi f the war and g tkin had n whi on and the Owl drug ore and »oison register prior to and Botkin and her burg on Aug mbered that the poisoned | 1 on the latter day.) No | : was recorded on any of ‘ nd the officers continued 1g at the record of s v found this ent: . Bothin, o0z.; bleaching; of poisor s P and Hyde, ¢ 1l drug stores where the State laws d a detailed record of sales of s is kept. The register is ruled rly, with these captions the head of the double pag Date. Hour. Name of Purchas Name of FPolson. Object Which Bought. Name of Salesman. When Kearney and Downs discovered startling _entry they immediately Frank S. Grey, by whom it was and he recalled the circum- | of the sale. was sent to the police headquar- last evening and Cnief Lees was in- ummoned from the theater, | tox: perpendic across Ad- | for dress. |MRS. F. C. EDWARDS, the Woman of Strange Coincidences. was spending the evening. Ac- | d by Captain Seymour and De- | the woman under arrest 1s the person ives Glbson and McVey, the Chief | Who purchased the poison.” went to the Owl drug store. Arriving there | SNt the Chicf went into the private ofiice ana | AFRAID SHE WOULD | closely e iined the poison register and | took the statement of Clerk Grey. When BE SUSPECTED | this was completed the newspaper men | were called in and they were allowed to | ==—=——==———————=Strange Coincidence of Mrs. F. | C. Edwards’ Acts. ADVERTISEMENTS. CUTICURA 'WORKS WONDERS. A Remarkable Cure of Sore Eyes And Sight Restored: ' Yam agraduate of Oberlin Collega, taught long enough after I graduated to have them give me the Honorary degree, and I have a great many acquaintances inand around Boa- ton. About three years ago my son brought " home a box of CUTICURA (ointment), and I picked up the circular that wasaround it,and Jearncd about the CUTICURA BOAP, and told him to get me a cake, When I got it, the cir- cularadvised its use for the bath, teeth, scalp, etc. 1had been a great sufferer all my life from sore eyelids, the wholelid outside and in ‘was red asa beet. Ihad to sitina dark room, avenings, for eight and a half years,and wear Black spectacles to keep the sun from my eyes fn the daytime. When I got the CUTICURA BoAP, I got a fine, soft cloth, dipped it in hot water and rubbed it on the soap and washed my eyee with it. I can’t tell you how much it has done me, although it smarted very much at first. My eyes are as clear and bright as when I was & young lady. Ihad to backwards in getting spectacles and wear 0. 15, the same as I did twenty years ago, I can rea’” medium sized print in daylight with- out any spectacles. As a matter of course Iam kind of a walking advertisement of CUTICURA. People will call to me when I am going along. the street and tell me how much good my CUuTiOUBA S0AP has done their eyes. Mrs. M. R. CONGDON, Jan. 18,’97. 26 No.Cedar Avenue, Oberlin, O. &3~ We take pleasure in publishing this test monial as showing the interest taken in CUTI- CURA REMEDIES, and the various uses made of them not anticipated or suggested by us. We cannot, of course, anticipate how CUTICURA Boap will work in casessimilar to the above, but to those who desire 10 try it we would suggest beginning with a very weak solution or * suds " of warm water and CUTICURA SoAr until its action 16 determined. For inflamed, granulated, or eczematous eyeltds, light applicatioas of CU- TIcURA ointment will in most cases be found to work wonders. She Knew Dunning, SheIs a Candy- Maker and She Mailed a Box of Confections on August 4. The shadow of guilt has fallen on more than one household In this city since the cruel murder of Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Deane shocked the continent and aroused a tragic interest in the affairs of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin. There is in San Francisco a woman who has lived in daily i dread of accusation and suffered in an | agony of suspense that every knock at her door meant a summons from the Chief | of Police. This woman knew John P. | Dunning. She believed that her associa- tlex with him was more intimate than had been that of any other woman in San Francisco. She wrote him many letters of endearment. She knew his affairs and those of his wife and family. She cared ; for him, and tells with an expression of | fear that she does not attempt to disguise that she slgned her letters of affection almc t with the fatal “Mrs. C.” Further than this, to carry the remark- able story to the very precipice of coinci- dence, the woman insists that she was a rofessional candy maker, and dangerous- y corresponds to the description of the Wwoman whom J. E. Fennessee saw at the ferry postal station on the afternoon of August 4. When tho news came that the wife and sister-in-law of John P. Dun- ning had been murdered, this woman be- came sorely troubled. As the dreadful particuiars of the assassination centered the conception of the crime in this city this woman's distress became dread. She saw In every face a glance of suspiclon. In her imagination she felt that she was being followed and that she might at any moment be placed under arrest and charg- ed with the crime of which Mrs. Botkin is _accused. The agony of suspense could no longer be endured. The woman wrote a plemifng letter to Dunmni, begging him not to reveal the story of their association or to drag her into unwarranted notoriety. Having written this appeal, she went be- fore the police and confessed everything that might in any waK connect her with Dunning or with the horrifying crime of the poisoner. In this way she sought to silence her fears and the_ suspicion that she believed was directed against her. It required but a brief ln%l:lligr to convince the authorities that she not the re- motest connection with the murders. She was able satisfactorily to account for all her actions during the })eflad that is vi- al to the discovery of the murderess. here was nothing more than a strange cure the statements of injured persons be- | fore they have an oportunity to tell their Story to a lawyer. It 18 many months since Mrs. Edwards has been in the service of the police.Since tirement of ex-Chief of Police Crow- nd the election of Chief of Police 5 the woman has been forced to ex- ercise her detective abllities for others than the municipal authorities. Her con- nection wi the Market-street Railway Company ceased perhaps two years ago. She insists that she is still being “!fiud- owed, and the persistence of the person whom she believes is a detective from the East is driving her to distraction. Her story of the strange affalr is dra- matic In the extreme. In outline she ad- mits a most remarkable set of coincl- dences. She admits her assoclation with Dunning and that she may have written him letters signed *Mrs. F. C.,” a signa- ture dangerously near that found in the box of polsoned candy. She declares that she kept a candy factory in East Oak- land and knows professionally the busi- ness of m&klng candy. She declares that she went to the ferry postal station one day in August and malled a package. She spught to have it weighed and wish- €d to purchase stamps. Each of these facts and incidents has a corresponding one in the evidence obtained In the ter- rible case, and with the last Mrs. Ed- wards begins her recital. ADVERTISEMENTS. STANDARD BRANDS OF WINES, SPIRITS, MINERAL WATERS CHAMPAGNE | tion, but I felt that it was necessary to forney and ADVERTISEMENTS. FRANK 8. GREY, Who Sold DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT ! SPECIAL OFFERING ——OF— Fine White Blankets! imperfect) figure. in any particular. Arsenic to Mrs. ‘‘Bothin.” Mrs. Edwards was noticeably agitated as she told her story. ‘*‘One d last month,” she declared, “I went to the ferry postal station to mail a package to a friend at Manila. While at the sta- tlon I was accosted by a man, a stranger to me, who saw that I was seeking in- formation and offered to assist me. Be- lieving that he was connected with the postoflice I allowed him to talk. I sud- denly asked him if he was connected with the postoffice and finding that he wus informed him that I could get mys what information I needed. Having con- | cluded my mission I took one of the Mar- ket street cars to go to my home. “To my surprise I found that the stran- ger who had spoken to me at the ferry was on the same car. Again he accosted me and we talked in a casual way until I arrived at my destination. I started to get off the car and the stranger followed, remarking: ‘This is also my destination.’ I was disturbed and troubled. | saw that the man was shadowing nd I deter- mined not to go to my ho t once. I could not escape him, however, and when I arrived at my apartme I ‘found that | be was on the opposite side of the street, watching my windo “A day or so afterward he came to my rooms, and to n surprise and consterna- tion began to question me about the Bot- kin case and my relations with John P. Dunning. I gave him very little iInforma- take some steps to protect myself. He called again and his anngyance became 8o great that I datermined o consult my at- v his instructions. Bven s 1 went to my lawyer's office the stranger followed. To my attorney I told all T knew. I admitted that I had known Dunning very well, and that I had corre- sponded with him. I related all of the coincidences that seem so strange, and which to a casual observer might seem to involve me. 1 took at once every pre- caution to protect myself, as I know the Chief of Police to be a bitter enemy of mine. “It is true that T kept a candy factory in East Oakland. It is true that ‘C’ is one of the initials of my name. I have written to Dunning and was at the ferry postal station one day last month, But' I know nothing of the murder of Dunning's wife and sister-in-law. 1 am able fully to explain and detail my move- ments during any time that may be asked of me. 1 have written to John Dun- ning, asking him not to connect my name with' the case. I think that it would be wise for him to keep his own counsel. 1 know him, as every other woman knew him, a piece of human putty to be molded by any woman who cared to take the trouble. He is_ involved enough as it is, and if he speaks he should remem- ber that others can talk. “I do not mean to insinuate that I know anything associating Dunning, dircelly or indirectly, with these murders; but I do know of his life and his indiscretions in this city, and the story, I think, would not be pleasant for Mr. Dunning. I have told the police all I know. Fearing certain contingencies, I'went tothe authorities and ave an assurance that I was neither in iding nor yet ambitious to obtain noto- riety In this case. 1 gave my address and promised to be ready at any time i1 I were needed. I have nothing to tell and am concerned only to rotect myself. Mrs. Cordelia Botkin and not I is called upon to explain.” WILL MAKE A FIGHT ON EXTRADITION Governor Budd May Decide in the Botkin Case. Attorneys for the Accused Woman Score Lees and Lees in Turn Scores the Newspapers. The habeas corpus proceedings in the case of Cordelia Botkin, under arrest for the Dover murders, will not come up Tuesday in Judge Cook’s court. Knight, McGowan and wheeler, the attorneys for the prisoner, have decided to let the case remain in statu quo until the requisition papers arrive and Governor Budd is asked by the Delaware authorities to issue his warrant for the surrender of the alleged poisoner to Detective McVey. Barring unlooked for delay the request of the Governor of Delaware for the de- livery of the accused woman should ar- rive on the Eastern express at 8:45 o’'clock this evening. To-morrow being a legal holiday nothing can be done until Tues- White Seal, Grande Cuvée, Briit Imperlal Messrs. Moet & Chandon, Epernay. CLARETS and SAUTERNES Messrs. Dubos, Freres, Bordeaux. HOCK and MOSELLE WINES Messrs. Deinhard & Co., Coblentz. MINERAL WATER Johannis Co., Ld., Johannis Sprin, GINGER ALE Messrs. Cantrell & Cochrane, Belfast. CANADIAN CLUB WHISKY Messrs. Hiram Walker & Sens, Ld., WALKERVILLE| AMERICAN WHISKY “The 0id Government.” Bottled in Bond. COGNAC BRANDY Messrs. ). & F. Martell, Cognac. SCOTCH WHISKY Messrs. Andrew Usher & Co., Edinburgh BASS' ALE and GUINNESS' STOUT Dog’s Head Braad Messrs. Read Bros,, Londen. mm«owmr:'zan a0d VITAMALT Bartholomay Brewing Co.,Roehester, N.Y. 'OR SALE BY DEALERS an0o GROCERS) Wm.Walff & Go. PAGIFIC COAST AGENTS series of coincidences and the exaggera- tion of a woman’s fear. She was Mfl‘l?refl o S R . 1 "9, ) that gullt pointed to another, but she can- | | day. The matter of extraditing Mrs. Bot- kin has not as yet been brought to the attention of Governor Budd, and it is not known whether the battle for the posses- slon of the prisoner will take place in this clty or in Bacramento. The place of hear- Ing depends wholly upon the Governor's convenience. Mrs. Botkin’s attorneys will make a desperate fight to prevent extradition. They have prepared an exhaustive argu- ment to combat the contention of the prosecution, and will cite many decisions of Eastern courts to sustain their posi- tion. Attorney Knight says the case of the State of g!nrth Carolina vs. Hill is analogous to the Botkin case, and the Su- preme Court of that State decided that a prisoner whose extradition was request- ed was not a fugitive from justice in an- other State, because the accused person ‘was not in the State when the crime was committed, and had not fled from the urisdiction of the laws of that tate. Messrs. Knight and McGowan are positive the vernor will not grant the request of the Delaware authorities after the case has been pre- sented to him. Chief Lees and Detective McVey feal assured that Mrs. Botkin will soon go to Delaware for trial, but they will not tell on what they base their assurance. The Chief intends to make a personal appeal 0 the Governor, and he thinks success will follow his efforts. Mrs. Botk{)n'l attorneys are not in the least perturbed over the probable indict- ment of their client under section 347 of Penal Code. Attorney Knight de- s that such an Indictment would not prevent the extradition of Mrs. Bot- but _In_addition would be null and void. Chief Lees will effectually defeat his dearest desire—the extradition of the sed woman—by procuring an indict- ment by the local Grand Jury. Lees’ ac- tion in this instance has been illegal and unjustifiable. He had no right, lezal or moral, to appear before the jury as pros- cut] nor_had he any right te nt of his views regarding cuilt or innocence. _Under the Jaw, the District Attorney is the only the cl or kin yards in lenpgth, full latest designs. gains cver offered in San Curtains. We beg to inform our customers and the public of the purchase of 48 cases FINE WHITE BLANKETS (very slightly at about ONE HALF THE REGULAR MILL PRICE, and we will offer them for sale at a correspondingly low The imperfection consists in a slight stain or discoloration, and will not injure or affect the wear of the blanket In connection with the above sale of Blankets we will also offer 500 pairs FINE NOTTINGHAM, FISHNET AND GUIPURE CURTAINS, In White and Ecru, at $2.00 and $2.50 per Pair. These Curtains range 3% yards and 4 width, and the very Housckeepers will find the above the Greatest Bare Francisco in Blankets and official who_can be present at a session of the Grand Jury, excepting, of course, the witness under examination. Lees over- stepped his prerogatives as a wiiness and ecame speclal prosecutor, Lees is at- empting to use the Grand Jury as a drag- net to assist him in securing evidence agninst Mrs. Botkin, and the Jurors are illegally allowing the incompetent head of the Police Department to occupy their official time without reason or justice. If the grand jurors so desire they can violate their oaths and prostitute the functions of that body by listening to Lees’ pitiful appeals and granting his prayer. In this, however, they wouid be wasting their time, as any action they may now take will come to naught. Baffled in his efforts to trace the pur- chaser of the box of candy at Haas' store and the handkerchief at the City of Paris, Chief Lees now depends wholly upon thé handwriting experts to connect Mrs. Botkin with the murder of Mrs. Dun- ning and Mrs. Deane., The Chief still re- ) @92 i, u3, us, 0z, 19, » > v 121 POST STREET. fuses to allow the newspapers to trace the reproduction of the defendant's let- ters, and contents himself by saying he is satisfled that she wrote the anony- mous letters so frequently referred to. He angrily declares that he will not give the newspapers samples of the writings, because the editors would immediately submit them to experts, whose opinions might differ from his own, and he swears by all the gold lace on his most gor- geous uniform that he will conduct his case without the istance or interfer- ence of mewspapers. Mrs. Botkin’s version of the poison story told by Mrs. Rauof differs widely from the tale the nurse told before the Grand Jury. Bhe says her conversation with Dr. Stone, when he called to attend her at Stockton, related only to medicing containing toxin, which he prescribed She was suffering from hysteria, due to cold and an annoying trip on the steam- er "and the physician prescribed valerfan and opium as a tonic and sedative. Mrs. Botkin _says she informed the physician she had never taken opium in any form, and was afrald of the effects of the drug. She also asked him what the ac- tion of oplum would be on a person of her temperament. Dr. Stone advised her to try small doses of the prescription, and if no evil effects followed to con- tinue taking the medicine. The preliminary examination of Mrs. Botkin, which is set for Tuesday in Police Court No. 3, will be deferred indefinitely. The attorneys on both sides agree that all proceedings, except on the main issue before the Governor, would be trivial and DE YOUNG NOT A CANDIDATE NOT IN THE RACE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. Declares That His Only Ambition Is to Aid in Bringing About the Success of the Party. M. H. de Young has defined his position as regards his supposed political aspira- tions. In an open letter addressed to the Examiner he announces that he is not a candidate for United States Senator and declares that he has no further interest in politics other than a laudable desire to aid in bringing about the success of the Republican party. The declaration will, no doubt, relieve the anxiety of many people who have claimed to see in recent political events certain indications of a re- turn of the ambition that has possessed Mr. de Young in years ga,st. The letter, which is self-explanatory, is as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 3, 1898. Managing_Editor San Francisco Exam- iner—Dear Sir: In an article in the Ex- aminer this morning, referring to local politics, I nots the following part of a sen- tence contained therein: ‘“De an Young's ac- Deslens N thayinaye Wherelorenanreed ltive candidacy for the Senate.” sto: e 9 oy extra- this connection you hav . dition. All the evidence Chiof Lees and | pordons y ve been im. Posed upon. I am not making any efforts n that line. I am not a candidate for United States Senator. I have no political manager nor any political bureau. I dis- pute the right of any one to inject my name into this campaign. I have in past gears been an aspirant for the United tates Senatorship, but realizing that the McVey have gathered must necessarily be presented to the Governor when extra- dition is asked for and the merits of the case will then be developed. . The police have not secured any addi- tional evidence a[za.lnst Mrs. Botkin, and the case against her is not very strong. questions to be settled for this Govern- ment by the Republican party are of more importance than the private ambi- tions of any individual, T am anxious for the success of the 'Republica ticket, and shall bend ively to that result, as I hope every Re- publican will during the ensuing -cam- palgn. Respectfully yours M. H. DE YOUNG. e S —— AFTER THE SUTRO ROAD. There is considerable speculation going on over the Sutro Electric Railroad, which runs from Central nue and Sutter street to the Cliff Hou It is understood that the heirs of the Sutro estate will dis- pose of the road as soon as the condition of the estate will permit of it. This fact is known to the managers of the Market- Street Raliroad Company and to the gle who run the Sutter-street lin State energies exclus- and 0oth companies are anxious to obtain econ- trol of the Sutro line. To the Sutter- street corporation, whose line it connects with at Central avenue, the Sutro road would be of vast importance, as it would give it a through route to the ocean. On the other hang the Ma treet comi- bine has its roads on each side of the Sutter-street company’s lines in such a manner as to prevent its extension in any direction; hence the great desire of this company to get control of the Sutro line, which not only runs to the park but to the Clff Hou The Market-street combine leased the right from the California-street Cable Company to operate the steam dummy, so called, to the Cliff House. The franchisa for these steamcars from_ Central avenue to the ocean and to the Park by w: of Sixth avenue expires on the 27th inst. After this date the company must either discontinue its service or equip the road with cable or electricity. Consequently the bidding for the Sutro line, if it is put on the market, promi to' be most spirited. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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