The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1898, Page 2

2 | were ill, while all those who ate the same sup- per and did not eat the candy were not il and he concluded from that circumstance that there was some noxious principle in the candy. Mrs. Dunning would not retain any medicine given her during that day longer than five or ten minutes. In the afternoon, seeing that | they already had gastro-enteritis, I began the use Of demulcent drinks, white of the egg, acacla water with ice, etc., but could not re- lieve vomiting until after midnight of the same day. After that time they both continued to take nourishment, all of which was retained uptil they died.. Mrs. Deane died at about 4:30 | p. m. August 11 and Mrs. Dunning at about | §:45 p. m. August 1 % soon as I discovered that there was gastro-enteritis set up, I knew. there was some local poison that had produced such a condition. From the symptoms and condition of the two patients 1 know they came to their death by poison. On the morn- ing of August 15, John B. Pennington gave me five pleces of chocolate covered candy, which he took from a box which he had locked In a bureau drawer In his residence; that he saw him unlock a drawer and take therefrom a box and that he (this affiant) took the five pieces from the box; that this afflar ced the flve pieces of candy in another box and dellvered the box and candy to Dr. T. R. Wolf, State Chemist at Newark, Del., on the same day. A. H. BISHOP. State of Delaware, Kent County. Presley S. Downes deposes and says: That he is 43 s old, that he is a practicing phy- sician and has been so for twenty years; has resided’ In the town of Dover, Kent County, Del., nineteen years; that he was called in consi tion with Dr. Bishop to the house of Mrs. John P. Dunning, in the town of Dover, on Friday, August 12, last at about S a. m.; that he found her In a state of collapse with cold, clammy perspiration, her eyes and face ewollen and” congested, with a livid condition of the skin. not fully developed, lips 1ivid, mu- cous membrane of the mouth reddened and covered with a slimy substance: no pulse could be detected at wrist, the heart not possessing gufficlent strength to produce a pulse from lack of nerve force: respirations were labored and irregular, showing a threatened paralysis of merve centers.. She complained of & be- numbed and tingling sensation In legs and feet and a burning and boiling sensation ut the stom These symptoms continued until death, but sed intensity. From the histc of ven by Dr. Bishop and the symptoms and conditions which 1 found I know she came to her death by P n S. DOWNES, M.D. State of Delaware, Newcastle County—ss. Dr. Theodore R. Wolf deposes and savs: That town of Newark n the professor of chemist Newark, Del., and has vears last past; that he and “ollege at seven is & graduate of Heidelburg University of Ger- many nd has been engaged In general and analytical chem 'y sin 187 that on Au- gust 16, 159, betwe e hours of 11 and, 12 Dr. L. H. Bishop of Dover, Del., ded him in h home in Newark, Del, five feces of ch im to make overed candy and requested an_analysis of the same for the purpose of determining whether It contained polson of any character, but more particularly as wheth it contained arsenic; that he re- ceived the andy and n aking the usual tests discovered that it contained large quan- titles of white arsenic ( senous oxide); that he examined three pieces of the candy deliv- o him and found therein about twelve of white arsen| a quant| sufficlent to cause the death of fc persons; that he ex- amined remaining pleces of candy handed him eye that it col d discovered by the naked ned lumps of white arsenic. THEODORE R. WOLF. State of Delaware, Kent County. John P. Dunning deposes and says: That he is the husband of Eliz- abeth Dunning, who died at Dover, Delaware, on the 12th inst., from eat- ing poisoned chocolate-covered bon- bons, which appear to have been sent to Dover frem San Francisco, California. That deponent further says that he is familiar with the handwriting of Ada Botkin, other- wise called Cordelia Botkin; that he has seen the anonymous letter now in the possession of Detective Bernard J. McVey in San Francisco, addressed to Mrs. J. P. Dunning, which reached Dover in July, 1897, and that he be- lieves the handwriting on the en- velope which enclosed said anony- mous letter is the handwriting of the said Ada Botkin. That deponent further says that he has not seen the writing on the wrapper which en- closed the box of poisoned candy and is therefore unable to state in whose hand the same is written. Further the deponent sayeth not. s JOHN P. DUNNING. State of Delawars stable of said co Whereas, John B. Pennington of Dover, Dela- ware, in behalf of the State of Delaware, hath this day before me, Peter L. Cooper Esq., 6ne of the Justices asslgned to keep the peace In and for the county aforesatd, made oath in due form of law that a certain Adelaide C. Botkin, allas Ada Botkin, allas Cordelia Botkin, af county aforesaid, on the Sth day of August, 1898, 'did murder one Elizabeth Dunning by the use” of poisoned candy and against the law, peace and dignity of the said State. Wherefore, the sald John B. Pennington prays that the eaid Adelaide’ C. Botkin, allas Ada Botkin, slias Cordelia Botkin, may be forthwith appre- hended and held to answer this complaint, and to be further dealt with as the law directs. Kent County—To any con- nty JOHN B. PENNINGTON. Forasmuch as the foregoing complaint hath been made before me in manner aforesaid, these are therefore in the name of the State of Delaware to require and command you forthwith to apprehend the said Adelaide C. Botkin, alias Ada Botkin, alias Cordelia Bot- kin, and bring her before me, or some other Justice of the Peace for thé county afore- sald, that she may be examined touching the Premises and to be further dealt with as to aw and justice shall appertain. And you are likewise required to summon the complainant, John B. Pennington, to appear and give evi. dence relative to the subject-matter of said complaint, and when and where you have the said Adeiaide C. Botkin, alias Ada Botkin, allas Cordelia Botkin Given under my hand and seal at Dover, the day and year aforesald. (Seal) PETER L. COOPER, J. P. To His Excellency, the Governor of the State of €allfornia: I, Robert C. White, Attorney General of the E'?l"; of D{tln:m. do_hereby gertdfy that the ollowing facts are true to the of knowledge and belfef: o e Extradition fs asked for Adelalde C. Bot- kin, otherwise called Ada Botkin, otherwise called Cordella Botkin, and the proposed_agent for this State is Bernard J. McVey. In my opinfon the ends of public justice require that the alleged criminal be brought to this State | for trial at the public expense. I believe we have sufficient evidence to secure | the comviction of the fugitive. The person named as agent is the proper person and has no private interest in the arrest of the fugi- tive. The fugitive {8 now under criminal ar- rest ih the State of Callfornia and eity of Ban Francisco. This application is not made for the purpose of enforcing the collection of 8 debt or for any private purpose whatever, and if the requisftion npan for be granted the criminal proceeding shall not be used for any of sald objects. The crime with which she is charged of having here committed i murder of Elizabeth Dunning, and our statute fixing the punishment for the same is chap- tet 127, page 23, revised code of the State of Delaware, punishment—death. The crime charged to have been committed In this State was on the 9th day of August, 18% ROBERT C. WHITE, Attorney General of Delawars. Dover, Del., August 2, 1898. Btate of Delaware_ss. ., James H. Hughes, Secretary of St the State of Delaware, do h-m? cerm;“m:g Robert: C. White, whose genuine signature ap- pears to the above and foregoing certificates, was at the time of making the same and now 18 Attorney General in and for the State afore. safd, duly commissioned and qualified, and that' full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. In_testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and afixed the geal of my office, at Dover, this %th day of Aogust. A. D, 140 (Seal) J. H. HUGHES Secretary of State. MRS. BOTKIN'S STATEMENT The Story Told Chief Lees by the Prisoner at the Time of Her Arrest. In the affidavits of Chief Lees is incor- porated the statement made to him by Mrs. Botkin, in which she detafled her movements at about the time the poisoned candy was sent from this city up to the time of her arrest. The statement of the prisoner 1s”as follows: I left San Francisco on_the even! 27th of July by boat for Stockton and arrived the next morning early, July 2. 1 remained in Stockton until the 30th of July, having had & doctor attending me all the time. I was there from having taken cold and going on the bost. (To Chief Lees): You can get the doc- {or's address in Stockton. T arrived here in a Francisco the night of the of July. l;“r 1 arrived here I called in Drm%rflll l!!d of the was sick Sunday and Monday. 1 was il on the 318t of July and on the Ist and 24 of Au- , Monday and Tuesday, respectively. 01 ‘uesday, August 2, I packed up at the Hotel Vietoria and ;IIM my things in the corridor, that % the 2d of August. On th I rested in the forenoon and in the afternoon I visited a friend, a Mrs. Carter, at the Went- gum. and gave them to Charlie. look for the woman in the case. on the inside of the box and the wrapper to | the box is the writing of a woman, but whether they were written by the same person cannot be decided. The they were. a stupld attempt to disguise the handwriting, | while the writing on the outside of the box ap- | pears like a natural hand. Q. Hearing the above read to_you, did you | prepare and mall a box such as I have read to vou? | celved at Dover, 18 have been mailed upon the 4th city? the city four or five days previous' to this. I Francisco four or five mained from the 80th of July, or rather I re- turned from Stockton the event DA‘ Jul‘x ugust: !‘“I.(ulw‘ at the Hotel Victoria, California and the 24 of Au can assure you on the subject. worth on Bush street, between Powell Stockton, and spent the afternoon there. turned Liome and had my dinner. Wednesday, the 3d. and I re- ‘This was In the forenoon of the 4th | of, August,’ I think, I finished up some little things and packed my small portmanteau, be- cause I was not golng to have my trunk at St. Helena, but it was going on to Healdsburg, after stopping at the sanitarium, as I told you. 1 did not go out until T packed my portmanteau and took The train for Bt. Helena. I left here on the afternoon train, the time, I think, was 3 something—went out’ at the invitation of M. C. McClure, my brother-in-law, and remained there the balance of the 4th of August and then left there, St. Helena, on Sunday, the 7th of August, and went to my sister's and drove across country thirty-five miles in her car- rlage to my sister's in Healdsburg. I arrfved at Healdsb at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the 7th of August, then the following Sunday, the 14th, 1 picked up the Examiner and found an account of the deadly tragedy, the death of Mrs. Deane and Mrs. Dunaing. Q. (To the Chief by Mrs. Botkin). Shall I say_of having read the article to my sister? A. Yes, it you wish. I read the article to my sister in absolute consternation (to Mrs. Me- Clure); that was Sunday afterngon, August 4 (By Mrs. Botkin to the Chief). Shall I say to you how I passed the remainder of the atternoon? The Chief—Answer just as you please. A. We went through the afternoon in the regular routine household work. On Tuesday, August 16, Miss Livernash, sent by the Ex- aminer to Interview me, asked me what I knew about the death of these people at Dover (Mrs. Deane and Mrs, Dunning). 1 said I knew noth- ing, as I never knew Mrs. Dunning nor Mrs. Deane. On the morning of Wednesday, the 17th, she came again to my sister’s at Healds- burg and informed me that the Examiner sald that I was very strongly suspected of this crime. After pulling myself up from the shock 1 took the next morning's train to my husband in Stockton. This Examiner reporter insisted upon accompanying me. She did accompany me and sald she was doing so out of the most extreme heartfelt sympathy, thereby leaviny my sister In & more comfortable frame of min than if 1 had gone alone. I wired my husband to meet me at the train, which he did. We went to the hotel with my husband and re- mained there untll to-day (Wednesday) ,or rather until last night, but remained in Stock- ton up to the 24th (to-day). I was arrested on the night of the 23d of August, and came to San Francisco on the morning of the 2dth, ac- companied by my husband and officers. = (To the Chief)—And you know where I am now. Q. (By Chief Lees). When was the last time you purchased candy? A. The last time I pur- chased candy was about the 1st of last June, at 1 o'clock, when I bought some lemon drops for my nephew, who was visiting me. Q. Where did you buy it? A. I bought it as we were taking the car to go to Camp Merritt from a man with a box who sold chewing I bought 10 cents' worth of lemon drops Q. Have you read a description of this box that was sald to have been sent to Dover, Delaware, to Mrs. Dunning? A. I have read what the ‘papers say. Q. That It was a white-glazed one-pound box tled with a pinkish ribbon? A. I do not re- member the description the paper gave. Q. That there was a handkerchief inside, a white cambric one with a price mark, 25 cents, containing three kinds of candles. [ will read from the paper (reading): The box Is a stock box (one held in stock) and contains the words “bon bons” printed on top. (Interrupting) I see. The Chief (continuing). The candy was of three kinds: ‘‘Chocolate caramels, which were evidently purchased at the store, choco- late bonbons, which were evidently purchased the same way, and cream chocolates, which might have been home-made. The candy was of a medium grade.” Q. Did_you ever purchase such a box manufacture such a box? A. Never, Q. Did you ever malil to Mrs. J. P. Dunning of Dover, Del., such a box containing the can- dies heretofore named? A. I never did. Q. Did you direct in your handwriting the boxX or the note which was placed inside of it? A. T never did. Q. Did you place a cheap pocket handkerchiet Inside the box? A. I never aid. (Chief reading from paper: ‘The postmark on the package contalning the candy may be San Francieco. That the polsoning the or work of a woman there is no doubt, and friends | of the family who are in a nosition to know the suspicion say the authorities had better appearances indicate that The note on the inside looks like A. So help me God, no. Q. You Know that Mrs. say. 2 mow that they died at Dover, Del.? A.'From what the papers say. Q. Do y know that the package was re- Del., on the 9th of August, A. As the papers say Are you aware that that Q ay of August | A. That being the The writing | Dunning and Mrs, | Deane are dead, don't you? A. From what the pape | | deals in candy | Jackage must | to ask you this question: This package T have | suddenly. We put into this place, which Is above described arrived at Dover, gUst §, 1895. Mrs. Joshua D. Deane, other- wise known as Ida Deane, and Mrs. J. P. Dunning, otherwise known as Llizabeth Dun- ning, partook of the contents of this package the night of its arrival. Mrs. Deane died at 4:30 p. m., August 11, and Mrs. Dunning lingered until August i2. Now do you know of your own knowledge or did you participate in any way in causing to be administered the poisons contained in the above described candy to either of these persons? A. I never did. Q. __You know nothing whatever about it? A, Nothing whatevel QDo you know any person or persons who ad anything to do with malling the same? A. T do mot. Q. There were other persons, M s Wellington _and Miss Parkes, who were ) made sick but recovered. Do you know vthing about who sent the box of poison_to people? A. 1 do not. Del., Aul Betterim, s there anything else you desire to say o about this matter? One moment. Q. Did direct in your own handwriting this packi or write the note contained therein or place that handkerchief in that box or have any- thing to do with it at all? A. No, sir, in no way whatever, shape or form. Q. (To the Chief, by Mrs. Botkin.) Q. Will you please tell me if this is a court statement? A. This Is the statement made for the benefit of the police for the purposes of their investi- gation to get a start for fyture investigation. e T will not anything’ further than I have said. I have said all 1 know. I know nothing more. Q. You say you were in Stockton—you say you left July 27 for Stockton? A. I did Q. You left there on the 30th? -~ A. Yes. Q. When you were in Stockton at any time did you purchase any candy from anybody. all in Stockton similar to the one I have he tofore described? A. I' purchased whatever while in Stockton. Q. Did you cause any one to purchase for vou?. A. i did not: I was ill 'in bed. Q. Did you have a nurse? A. I Qid, Mrs. Rauoff. Q. Did you purchase or did you cause to be purchased through by yourself any candy in tockton? A. None whatever; not 5 cents’ wWotth or anvthing else; I was not in the shop. Q. If there Is a person In Stockton who ates that you or anybody else for you or through an agent, that they did sell ‘such stuff to you or such agent on your behalf, is this true or false? A. It is false. FARRR SRR R AR R R R R R R e R R RS BELIEVES HE SOLD THE POISON. Some New David ( name is David Green. in this city and county. arsenic. water and soak the straw in it. lection she is the same woman. B R s S S S S S S David Green, in an Affidavit, Gives the Police City and County of San Francisco. cen, being first duly sworn, on his oath deposes and says: I reside at 722 Franklin street in the city and coun- ty of San Francisco, State of California. My occupation is that clerk for Mr. Gleason on the southeast corner of Clay and Kearny streets During the months of May and June, 1898, I was employed at the Star Drug Store at 1002 Market streef, this city and coun- ty. In the latter part of May, or the first or second week in June,a woman came to the Star Drug Store, where 1 was employed, and asked me for I sold her about 25 cents’ worth in and some small. When I so0ld it to her I asked her what she wanted it for. She sald she wanted it for bleaching straw and the fact that she wanted it for the purpose she mentioned brought the occasion back to my memory. I asked her how she used It, and she sald she would dissolve the arsenic in She was in the store about five minutes walking up and down, talking all the time. She said something about the Owl Drug Store, which I do not remember. She either said they would not sell it to her there, or she had been in the habit of getting it there. I made no entry of the sale of the arsenic. sale-book of polsons kept in the store. It was kept on tags in the rear of the store whenever there was a record kept. 1 have seen Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, the woman under arrest charged with the murders of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunning and Mrs. Ida H. Deane, and in bufld and general bearing she resembles the woman to whom I sold the arsenic at the time mentioned and to the best of my impression and recol- LR R R TS Testimony.. Stateé of California. My of drug stals and lumps, some large When I sold it there was no DAVID GREEN. 4+t + 44 R e B A R R e+t to have reached Dover when it did? A. Not without calculating. (By the Chief). It would take flve and one- | half days. Q. A package from here to Dover, Del, would have to be malled at least on the 4th of August to reach Dover, Del., on the after- noon of August 92 A. 1 suppose so. Q. That was the day, August 4,"you left the A. T lett the city August 4; I was in left DflhlhI llnehr;ao:n train for St. Helena, 3 something, think. &Tp to that time you had been fn_San lays previous? A. I re- of the 30th and remained here until the 4th of I took my things on the 24 of Au- de streets. Having had » doctor I rested e 84 0 l!l.nd l‘ehlhc“h. 1 visited Mrs, 3d on Bush Carter on the afternoon of the street, between Stockton and Powell. Q. Have you sald all you wanted to In rela- tion to the receipt of this box or package at Dover, this package of candy. containing cheap” handkerchief, containi: note signe Mre. C.7 1 will read a better ription of it. (Mrs. Botkin, interrupting) You asked me these questions preceding this article, and I have sald all I possibly can 1 know no more. Please read that last answer to me (turni to Heyne- men). Reads, Mrs. Botkin: Thank you, that s _correct. The Chief (mdlng)“"l‘h- box e of white lazed \’Ifieutx. s oblong in sh: (designat- ng) and made to hold a pound of Around the ends are narrow pink satin rib- bons tied in & bow knot, and on the top in gold letters are the words ‘‘bop bons.” The wrapper i8 of the common light-brown kind 82d 8 in no way of the variety usually in use by confectioners. There are four or five cent stamps and one 2-cent stamp on the wrapper, on but one of which is the cancellation mark legible. The address is evidently written with a cramped hand or with an effort at disguise, Within the box was a common plain white handkerchief, with the price mark, 26 cents, still in one corner. The note written Mrs. C. is written on ruled white paper in-lead pen- cil and the words “with love to yourself and baby'’ are written jerkily and in an entirely différent hand from the superscription, very like 8 woman's hand. There are three kinds of chocolate candy in the box, one hard and similar to @ confectioner's make, the other lnla, with every appearance of being home made. The impression of Dr. Bishop s that the poteon will found in the latter kind. Q. Now Is Mrs. Botkin, I want to ask you, after havi read the above description, if you purchi , If you packed,’ If you ad- dressed or if you placed the kerchief and note in that package and if you placed four 6-cent stamps and one 2-cent sf p and if you mailed that ?wlnn n San clsco or any other point in this State to Mrs. J. P. Dunning at Doyer, Del., the .wife of J. P. Dunning? A To ‘all your questions 1 say 1 not. i Do _you know anything whatever about A. Nothing whatever. Have you ever seen this above described ' § Never. P9 Bla_you ever authorize wf e ot FY hal B o Q. You nave no knowledge of sena. g T AT Bave o Al i None whatever? . None whataver. Jam to Wndbratand. thay you know noth- ing whatever, tively nothing of this - age or of its being mailed? A. Nothing - ever; nothing. K By the Chiet—Q. Now, Mrs. Botkin, T want candy. W Not 5 cents’ worth SIQOCKI!O;:i . D anybody. resent you with in: Stockton? " A. NO.D 1 hady a . very 'c:‘n;z_‘y’ liver attack and was under the doctor's care lng v;im( ymente\t‘l with no candy. . Have you at any time or at a within this State at any point; have l;g“p‘l’;o: ;gale:- tnymcnsddy ll!l::yl excbenl that which e med "as having bouy to Camp Merritt? A. I hx{‘\'e nO{hl S Q. You have not recetved any from any one? A. I have not, and am not fond of it ANy Wi Q. 1 wish to repeat again if a person nfn Stockton who ‘deals in candy ahd who says that he sold candy to a person about three weeks ago there (interrupting) three weeks ag0 that It Is not 80?7 A. It is not. - o Q. No one purchased any for you? You had no one purchase any for you? You did not cause any to be purchased? "A. No, 10, 10. . What is your ful K v 1l name? A. Cordelid M. . Your husband? A. Wel } Fo hos St 14 o A Botkint MRS. CORDELIA BOTKIN. DUNNING’S NOTES TO NES. BOTKIN Chief Lees Incorporates "My Dear Ada” Letters With His Deposition. The "My Dear Ada” letters written by John P. Dunning to Mrs. Botkin while he was at the seat of war, are incorpora- ted In the deposition of Chief of Police I W. Lees. In the deposition Chief Lees glves a list of all the evidence which has come into his possession. The Dunning letters were found in Mrs, Botkin’s trunk. The letters follow: KEY did I purchase while in . EST, Fla., April 14, 1898, My Dear Ada: YI\IDW‘G lyml have judged the papers that I have ieft Havana: we had to get out. arrived here three days ago. ‘The town is full of correspondents and n:sl.l officers and the only lhlng.une'bell'l 1s war, I don't ses how war cah avolded now, and all that is worrying me is how 1 am golng to see it. 1 am doi mybenwntouthe!u- ship New York, it 1t looks as if the Navy epartment would not allow any one to accom- pany the fleet when it leaves here. It has been my ambition for years to be on a man-of-war in action and I am Wlllmgow risk everything 1o get there this time. far as the — Bpanlards are concerned I don't think it will take us long to settle them. 1 hove you sent me a letter addressed to Key West. any T recent letters have 't know when, I will You had better send everything to the Hotel Ke pororten Sy Bl SL s gt ving mall fo 5 f-‘muwbo:vary:!l:'rmmt 'Euun. best I can do now and it is know I'am alive and well and want to. hear from , and 1 hope with all evi ing 18 well with you. i s -of George A. Ki a British pssession, for coal two days ago, in- tending to leave right away and return to the American fleet off the southern coast of Cuba, | but We fell up aguinst the British Government | and a British man-of-war here good and hard. | They would not let us buy any coal here, | clatming they would be violating the neutrality | laws in Qoing so, as they claimed we were con- | nected with the United States navy. They tied us up here for two days without coal, during which time we 'made very vigorous Kicks. Finally the Governor General of the island re- lented and told us we could have ali the -coal we ‘Wanted. We are taking it aboard now and are piling it all over the deck, so that we will have enough to last a week or so. We are go- ing to leave here fn an hour or two and try and find the fleet again off Cuba, as there seems every possibility of a fight with the Spenish fleet any minute, provided the Ameri- cans can find the — Spaniards, which they have not been able to do up to date. 1 have g0t the war fever bad and am out for gore. The name of the boat I.am on is the Dandy, and she is one of the A. S. 5. V. Press boats, 50 that if you see anvthing in the papers about her you will know ‘I am there. 1 have no idea when I will get back to Key West. 1 sup- pose there are one or two letters waiting there for me from you. I am very well and have gained over ten pounds since I started into this war racket. With my love. L MARCH 16. I have been too much rushed for days to send you even a line. I am now on my way by train from New York to Key West, and will take the steamer from the latter place for Cuba. 1 will reach Ha- vana Saturday morning, March 15. My ad- dress will be Hotel Ingeitarra, Havana, Cuba. You must understand that the chances are ninety-nine in a hundred that all incoming letters to Havana are opened by the Spanish authorities there, so please be very careful and do not write anything relating to the United State-Spain controversy or I will prob- ably never get them. I learned this in New York. I have been treated most kindly by the New York papers which I represent and they | have practically assured me that I shall have | a nice position when I return to New York; that will probably be my permanent home when I get back. I am goilng to try with n,ll‘ my power to live down the past with all its Dear Ada: the last few sorrows and if anything arises in Cuba to give me a chance to do something I belleve that my future Is assured. God grant that every- thing is well with you. I want to hear ‘;rum you. 2 pEORT ANTONIO, q.}una is: . Plegse excuee the yriter, but 1 fhave Uh-.h!‘lfi’ and will us f(mh let you know that up to date I all right. I have not written<you-for a week or two for I have been ashore: very little in that .time and had no opportunity to mail letters. I have not had a letter from a soul for a month and don’t know how I am going to get one, for T can't tell whether I will be In this part of the world a week or four or five months, though it 1s beginning to look like the latter. When you get this I wish you would address a line to me and let me knowif you are all right. Send It to me as follows: On steamer Dandy, care of Tichfield Hotel, Port Antonio, Jamaica. I may get it or I may not. Anyhow 1 will like to hear from you. I have spent most of the last week over at Guantanamo, Cuba, forty miles east of Santiago, on the southeastern coast of the island. There are 600 American marines there and there has been a small fight nearly every day. I have slept In trenches and riffe pits at the American camp and have had a glorious time listening to bullets whistiing over my. head. These Spaniards cannot hit the side of a house.. We are expecting the troops from the United States dally and when they come I may follow them into Cuba or remain on the boat to see the naval end of the fight. I can't tell you just yet what will be my plan; T never felt better in my life and T think!I am in my element, though I get as dirty as a plg en the 0ld boat and knocking about around camp. I had all my hair taken off yesterday and look like a singed cat. I have mot been able to do as much for my paper as I would ltke, as the British cable facilitles in this country are the worst that can be imagined and it is almost impossible to get anything through. However, 1 send what I can and also send something by mail. I suppose you have seen some of it If vou still get the papers. Tt 1§ hotter thar blue blazes and T can't wear any- thing but linen clothes. Don't feel any alarm about me at all. T will pull out of this all right. With my love. g KINGSTON, Jamalca, July 24, ' My Dear Ada: I am leaving heré to-day for Porto Rico, as the campaign at Southeastern Cuba is practically closed. As you know by the papers we have taken Santiago and smash- 0 the Spanish fleet, o there s nothing more there to conquer. Five of us are going to Porto Rico on our yacht “Wanda’’ I do not belleve the campaign there will last long and there .may not be much fighting. After we take Mhe place I suppose the next thing will be Havana, but we will hardly attack that before October on account of the climate. T have ordered my mail forwarded in care of the United States Consul at St. Thomas, Danish West Indles, but 1 can't say whether I will get any there or not, as my movements for the present are too uncertain. But please ad- dress me_there for the present, as it s the only address 1 can give now. 1 know that my let- ters must seem very few and far between and very unsatisfactory, but Itving in the rush and excitement that 1 4m in now it is almost Im- possible for'me to settle myself at.any time to write any letters. I have not understood quite one' or two of your recent letters. You spoke of having come into some kind of a windfall financially, but did not give any par- ticulars, but God knows if any good fortune of that kind has befallen you, no one is any more glad of it than I am; for myself I can say that everything seems to be working out a0 right. 1 have seen nearly all the bi events of the war, Including the destruction o Cervera’s fleet, and the account of the great affair which you read in the papers was mine. I am simply Imbued with the war fever and I can barely put my mind on anything else. I have gone through all kinds of experiences, sea fights and land fights, and have also lived in that yellow fever camp near Santlago, and I haven't a scar or a blemish on me yet and never felt better than I do now. It is more heaithy in Porto Rico than it s in Cuba and there s no danger of contagion there. Do not feel any alarm about me, for I am bound to come out all right. I do not think I will be on our dispatch boat much. from now on; will prob. ably be on shore in Porto Rico with the army. It you could see my make-up you would think me- a dream—tan top boots and ridin breeches, with a broad sombrero and belt an revolver and all the other paraphernalia of war, It is & dead hard life I can assure with little to eat besides hard biscuits and n, but I am getting on it and am enjoying {t. T find myself getting very cold blooded with constant contact with all kinds of scemes of War. As a sample of some of my recent ex- plofts I will tell you that a few days ago I went aboard the wreck of the Viscaya, one of the Spanish war vessels that we destroyed on Taty B and cut oft part of the skull of & deed Spaniard I found on the deck. I wanted it as a souvenir, but I afterward threw it away, as it was anything but attar of roses. - God blesé you and don't be alarmed letters are infrequent. With my love, Letter brought to I W. Lees, Chief of Polfce, and opened by 1. W Lees and Attorney George A. Knight after consultation with and consent ht i e e etter reafally e o .| Botkin's handwriting. T PON rto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 13. - Ak:lhlwmnhmtmd.‘fh& world for.about two or three weeks, withou any means of fctuu any mail and very lfttl chance of sending any away. Just befors I left Kingston I wrote to you asking you to ad- dress me at St. Thomas, but I have never been there yet, having come here direct and I have received no mail. We got the news to-da that peace had been declared and I suj 1 soon, but I know will have to will be golng to New Yor othing posttive about it. you-an address when I get to New York, Tbae, 6 T provably Wi ot %"" . Thia " the most beadtieal taiand 1 homs ey seen and T have been almost constantly in the saddle, wearing holes in my anatomy. I am really ‘sorry the war is over, for I have cer- tainly enjoved it and'T am considerably uncer- tain about the kind of work I will do when I get to New York. I-am perfectly’ well, ‘but it is hotter than blue blazes here. I hope everything will con- tindte to be well with you. W! CANDY GIRLS ARE ‘NOT SURE Recognize Mrs. Botkin Chiefly Through Her General Appearance. Nelther Miss Heney nor Miss Dettmer, the candy girls, recognize Mrs. Botkin positively as the woman who bought the candy. Miss Heney says I am employed as saleslady at the candy store of George Haas & Son, 810 Market street. On Sunday afternoon, the 3lst of July, 1898, I was on duty in said store and I remember a lady coming in about 4 o'clock in the after- | noon. She was a lady about 5 feet 1 inch in height, stout full round build, full round | fleshy face; her complexion was not very light nor very dark; age about 42 or 43. I think she | wore elther a tan or gray street dress. 1 would | not be sure, but I beleive she wore a dotted | light veil. 'She bought a box similar to the | box shown me by Chief Lees. It was the | same size and shape, but 1 cannot remember as to the shade. : When this_lady came in she Called for a fancy box. She said she wanted to see some fancy boxes, and 1 brought her over to the fancy candy boxes and asked her what size box, and she told me she wanted a box that | would hold about a pound of candy. I do not | remember whether she had much trouble in picking onme out or not, but she selected and bought a box similar to'the one shown me and above described. 1 took it over to the candy counter to fill it with candy, and she told me she did not care for any other candies except chocolate creams. While I was filling up the | box she told me ot to fill it quite full, because she wanted to put something else into’the box. I forgot whether she said a present. Several times she told me to hury up. There was another young saleslady behind the counter at the same time, Miss Kitty Dettmer, -und 1 <alled to her to get the llnlua‘fmper out for me! the fancy. hox in, and siso the, Fibbon to tie it up, which she A1d. I remember re= marking to Miss Dettmer at the time that L had chnr%?d only 40 cents for the candy’ in- stead of 60 cents because the lady did not want the box full. 1 have examined the candy shown me by Chief Lees contained in the box shown me as | aforesaid, which I recognize as chocolate can- dies of the size, shape and manufacture and sold by George Haas & Son and Sold over is | counter at his store on Market street on Jaly | 81, 1868, and they are the same style, size ard shape of candies that were put up by me for the lady, above described, In the box sold to her on the 31st of July, 18%. While I was flll- ing it _this lady appeared to be in baste, and | several times requested me to hurry up, and | finally when she left the store she walked | hastily to the door. She was very active in her manner and movements. Being shown the yrapper contalning the ad- dress ‘‘Mrs. John P. Dunning, Dover, Dela- ware,” with four 5 cent and one 2 cent post- age stamps thereon canceled, 1 recognize the wrapper now shown me as the same character of paper that was used as an outside wrapper of & box of candy purchased by the lady as I have herein stated. It corresponds in color, texture and lines of folding with that in which the package was wrapped by me at the time of sale and delivery. § I have seen Mrs. Botkin now under arrest on the charge of murdering Mrs. J. P. Dun- ning. Her helght, build and manner of car- riage, walking and bodily movement are the same as the woman who bought the candy of me on July 81, 189. I have not had a full view of her face as to enable me to know whether 1 recognize her features, and do not know as I have sufficient recollection of it to know it if fully seen. I have been shown what I recog- nize to be a part of a seal of light color and printing as was used in the store of George Haas & Son, and which have been used dur- ing the five or six months last past continuous- Iy and was used oh the 3ist day of July, 188 Such sgeal, to the best of my recollection, be- ing placed on sald box of candy as sold'July 31, 1598, Kitty Dettmer eald: T am employed as sales- lady in the cAndy store of George Haas & Sonat 810 Market street. On Sunday afternoon, the 3lst of July, 1898, I was on duty as saleslady in sald etore, and Sylvia Heney, another sales- Iady in_the &tore, was aiso on ‘duty that after- noon. Between § and 4:30 o'clock of the after- noon of that day I remember a lady coming in and Sylvia waiting on her. 1 did not give particular attention to the lady, but noticed that she was shorter and stouter In build than Sylvia Heney, and as I was waiting on differ- ent customers 1 paid very little attentivn to the lady until Sylvia Heney, who had nearly finighed filling a box of candy, turned to me and asked me to get' the tiasué paper for her for the first wrapper of the box. 1 had, now- ever, noticed that when Sylvia Heney com- menced the filling of the box she selected can: dies from the rows of chocolate candies. When she requested me to get the tissue paper I com- lied with her request and paid no more at- Yfllllm to the matter until the womam went out Sylvia Heney then asked me my opinion about charging 40 cents for the chocolates, as the woman did not get the box full, and I said she did perfectly right. Ae long as the woman did not get the full pound of, choco- late she charged 40 cents. To the best of my recollection 1 heard a remark passed that she ald not want the box filled, as she wanted to put a amall present in it. I'did not see the top at that time. 1 have seen Mrs. Botkin, now under arrsst on the charge of murdering Mrs. J. P Dunning, I have no recollection of her face, but in height, bulld and walk she re. sembles the woman who hought the candy from Sylvia Heney on July 81, 188; her move- ment of body and the way in'which she car- ries her head are the same as the woman who bought the cand; DUNNING KNOWS HER HANDWRITING Detective McVey Tells of an Interview With Him on the Subject. 5 Detective Bernard J. McVey, who' came from Delaware as the representative of that State to take Mrs. Botkin back, if the request for extradition be granted, tells of Dunnifg's identffication ‘of Mrs. The salient points of his affidavit follow: 52 On Monday, the 230 day of August, 188, T received at the town of Dover from Hon. John B, Pennington, father of Mes. Eilaapeth bun: {né:fi'-mc chocglate candies, handkerchief and e wrapper. I also recefved from the Hon. R. C. White, Attorney leral of the ‘State of Delaware, a note and the writing known as the anonymous letter and envelope inclosing the same. The box and candy and.contents were repre- sented to me by Mr. Pennington as being the box and contents received b’gell . Dus through the mall at Dover, Delaware, "1"“’“‘%““1?’3"’""’ also re me’as being the er. Sontainy e stamps lan’d ostmark. whih t ing the surrounded the 'box, od by Mre. ing on-satd Aususs 5. 198, v ; ui-n;‘ Jmp'amm'i’n.. ifornia 1 saw him in the (im for town of Dover. At the time with Mr. Dunning I had present the note and the letter known as the anonymous letter, and the envelope supposed to have inclosed the anonymous letter. All of the letters were shown to John P. Dunning. The Attorney General sald: “Those are the anonymous letters re- celved by your wife.” Dunning then read the letters, making the remark: “She deceived me. She led me to belleve that Mrs. Seely had written those letters. I did not reccive the original letter. It was a copy of this letter I recelved from my wife at Salt Lake City, which I forwarded to Mrs. Botkin at Ban Franeisco, and she wrote me stating that it was Mrs.’ Seely's writing.”” Then the Attorney General asked him if he could identify the writing. Dunning replied he knew it as Mrs. Botkin's, aé he had re- ceived over 300 letters from her and had also seen her write. Then the Attorney General handed Dunning the not~ which was stated to have been the note inclosed in the box of candy received by Mrs. Dunning from San Francisco, and asked him if he could identify that writing. His answer was ‘‘That is con- sistent with the rest.”” Dinning said that he had written a letter to Mrs. Botkin, telling her that he was going East to live with his wiie as soon as the war was over, which would be in a few weeks. *-—nng the reasons I have for thinking this case showld be tried in the State of Delaware is the fact that Hon. John B. Pennington, who would be one of the principal witnesses for the State, is a resident of Dover. Del., and Is a man § years of o thereabouts and is in a feeble bodily con: tion, 1 know he would not be physically able to stand the trip from Delaware to California to attend the trial of the case. There are also of their knowledge become witnesses in this case, and I do not belleve they would be will- ing to leave their business in Dover, Del., for the time that would necessarily be consumed in the trial of the case here, they not being | amenable to the process of this State. MRS. BOTKIN'S PREMONITIONS Miss Livernash and Mrs. Rauof Deal With Her Con- fessions and Fears. Through the columns of The Call the evidence of Miss Lizzle Livernash has been previously glven. Miss Livernash was the constant companion of Mrs. Bot- kin during the trip from Healdsburg to | Stockton by way of San Franclsco, and in her affidavit deals solely with the hysterical condition of Mrs. Botkin at that time, as well as with her admissions of intimacy with Dunning. The orgles at 927 Geary street are described at length, as is the scene in Stockton upon the first meeting of Mrs. Botkin with her husband after she had learned that suspicion had rested upon_her. Of this Miss Livernash says: “At Stockton we were met at the train by Mr. Botkin; he conducted us to the Imperial Hotel; as soon as Mr. Botkin appeared Mrs. Botkin was again visibly affected to such an extent that it required both of us to assist her to the hotel; arriving there Mr. Botkln requested to be ieft alone with his wife for & few moments and standing in the corridor, right near the door, the transom being open, I could distinctly hear every word Mrs. Botkin said to her husband. She beseeched and im- plored and begged him to give me & statement for publication In the Examiner saying that the fault was his that they lived apart. She sald, ‘You must do It—you must do it; You must shield me for you have the power to save my life; you must save my life; you must say that the fault is yours that we itve apart; It you do mot help me, If you do not save my life I will hound that woman to the very ends of hell.” Speaking of the quarrel with her dis- solute son, Beverly Botkin, which was an episode of the same meeting, Miss Liver- | nash says: ““When I stepped into the room Mrs. Botkin was on her knees before her son crying and carrying on in a very hysterical manner: her son was also erying. He exclaimed, ‘‘Why, Jack Dunning loves my mother.’ Mrs. Botkin exclaimed, ‘Beverly, Beverly, you will ruin me.’ ““Alone In our own rooms after we had left the son and husband, Mrs. Botkin exclaimed to me that her son had the power to damn her. The knowledge that Mrs. Almira Raouf of Healdsburg might have of the case has been much speculated upon, but her affidavit develops that what she knows can be used only as corroborative evi- dence. It rambles through many mat- ters of utter insignificance, and is only saved from valuelessness by two or three points, Of these her ready identification of Mrs. Botkin's ‘handwriting with that of the anonymous letters is most remarkable. Concerning that point Mrs. Raouf says: ““I-am acquainted with Mrs. Cordelia Batkin and-have known.her betwWeen seven,and elght ears. 1 have.recelyed MaNy etters from her written by herself, having been in eorrespand- ence ‘with her for two years and upwards. I have been shown the anonymous letters, also the original envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. John P. Dunning, Dover, Delaware’; also the orlg- inal paper lused os'a wrapper and containing two addresses, ‘Mrs. John P. Dunning, Dover, Delaware,’ also the note, ‘With love to your- self and baby. Mre. C.’ and in my opinion and judgment all the writings contained in these several originals are in the handwriting of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin." . Relative to the handkerchief alleged to have been bought at the City of Paris, Mrs. Raouf says: “ I have been shown the handkerchief of which exhibit 5 is a photographic copy. I saw one similar to that when I was in company with Mrs. Botkin in the City of Parls, marked “%5 cents.’ I was there with her and she asked me if I did not think they were handsome. She did_not_purchase any at that time. “On the 1st day of June I called to see Mrs. Botkin at the Hotel Victoria, on Caiifornia and Hyde streets, in this city and county, hav- ing just come from Stockton. It was about 11 o'clock in the forenoon. She asked me, when I was In the mililnery business what T used for Bleaching hats. I told her I never did that sort of work, but always sent it out. She asked conmlnlnfil the address, Dunning, on the candy box wrapper and the note, and also the writing in the body, exclu- sive of the stub in the three orders for made by M letter carrier. me If I ever heard of usjng arsenic. I tod her I never had, and she told me that she hed been told that it was good, and I told her!f - such were the case and she wanted to bleat hats, why, to use arsenic. She then asked my Where she should get it, and I told her to g to some drug store where she was acquainted and tell him what she wanted it for and I thought she would have no_trouble in getting |t HANDWRITING IS EXPERTED Kytka's Opinion of Mrs. Bot- Kin’s Chirography, Based on Comparison. O. H. Heynemann, stenographer of the Police Department, being shown the orig- inal statement of Mrs. Botkin, made to Chief Lees, recognizes tne signature as being in her handwriting, it having been written In his presence. Theodore Kytka the handwriting exe pert and document photographer, testh fles that he has carefully examined the original writings of the letters and ene velopes addressed to Mrs. Price, and the doctors who have been called in and by reason | canceled original writing containing the address, “Mrs. W. A. Botkin, Healds- burg, Cal., care M. C. McClure,” and rep resented to be the handwriting of Mrs. Botkin. He has compared these writings as exemplars with the original letters and envelopes addressed to Mrs. J. P. Dun- ning, Dover, one dated June 17, 1897, and the other July 10, 187, and also with the original writing on tue purported wrapper of the candy box, and the original writ- ing on the note in the box. r. Kytka expresses the opinion that all of the handwriting above referred to, including that in the letters and on the envelopes, wrapper and note, are in the handwriting of the same person who wrote the letter x;’zl"? envelope inclosing the same to Mrs. ce. Mr. Kytka has also examined the orig- inal writing of Mrs. Botkin on her state- ment made to Chief Lees, and the writing other than the address, to wit, ‘‘For Mr. O. H. Heynemann, New City Hall, San Francisco, California,” consisting of the capital letter “M the words “Mr.,"” “Mrs.” and *‘Cor.” He has compared these writin as exemplars with the writing of the letter and envelope ad- dressed to Mrs. Price, with the writin, ‘Mrs. W. A. Bot- kin, Healdsburg, Californla, care M. C. McClure,” and with the original letters and envelopes addressed to “Mrs. J. P. over, Delaware,” the writing the change of address, and he is of the opinion that all of the handwriting above referred to is in the handwriting of the same person who wrote the signature, “Mrs. Cordelia Botkin " to the statement Botkin to Chief Lees. HANDKERCHIEF 3 lS_ll_DENTlFlED Mrs. Harris Recognizes It by the Price Mark, Texture and Pattern. Mrs. Grace Harris, employed at the handkerchief counter in the City of Paris, testifies that the linen handkerchief is of the kind carried in stock by the com- pany. The handkerchiefs sold at the City of Paris had upon them price marks and figures identical to those upon the hand- kerchief shown to the witness, what | printed them from a rubber type stamp. In November and December, 1897, she oc- cupied her spare time in price-marking the handkerchiefs, and from that time until the present ail handkerchiefs sold in that_store have those price marks. The handkerchief shown to the witness is of the same grade that has been sold all of the time mentioned for 25 cents. She identifies the handkerchief in addition to the price mark by the texture and pat- tern. POSTAL MEN TRACE THE BOX Follow It on Its Fateful Course From This City ... to Dover. Among the depositions taken here are those of James W. Erwin, United States Postoffice Inspector; John D. Dunnigan, a maliling clerk, and Oscar A. Forster, a The latter knew Mrs. Bot- kin, having handled her mail while she resided at Victoria Hotel. He identifies certain orders regarding change of ad- dress as having been received by him from Mrs. Botkin in person. Mr. Erwin traced the fateful box of bonbons from the time they left this city on August 4 until they were delivered to Mrs. Dunning in Dover on August 9. The times of their arrival at the principal points en route were all carefully noted to the minute. ing mark on the made at Station He identifies the cancel- ‘g:ckage as having been , in this city. Maliling Clerk Dunnigan tells of hand- ling" a package aadressed to John P. Dun- ning in August. owing to the similarity of the latter name, to his own. He noted it at the time, Fat Facts for Slim Purses everything. ADVERTISEMENTS. e e We’ve a half-million dollar stock of Clothing for Men, Boys and Children. It's all that's good in quality and all that’s late in style. sale prices and save you ome-half on We sell at whole- You can dress well on little money buying from us, for a dollar goes such a long way here. Look and you’ll buy—buy and youw’ll save money, be satisfied and buy again. BROWN BROS. & CO., Wholesale Clothin Proprietors Oregon % Manufacturers, ity Woolen Mills, - L 121-123 Sansome Street, ‘Between Bush and Pine. Look for All Blue Signs. "d‘ LOOK OUT FOR IMITATORS.