The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1905, Page 2

(1] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1905. THREATENING LETTER ENTERS INTO THE CASE JORDAN SAYS EVIDENCE WARRANTS CONCLUSION Strange Insinuation Against the Authorities of the Island Metropolis. Continued From Page 1, Column 4. tion one way or the ARTOOK OF SODA er partook the same soda then.” Berner took a short time reasured out half appeared to be nind that the fact chnine in the y drank was sive that the soda was free Mrs. Stanford took prior to death NO LIGHT ON OTHER CASE. have reached the conclusion s no poisoning at Hono- opinion as to the in San Francisco shortly n Francisco for Hon- mind made up from given out by the Ha- as conveyed in the that the same per- had tried to poison mansion were re- death in Honolulu etween the lines Hopkins and I to make it clear inection between and the death ther words. the tions in Hono- y light on the way or the Stanford was when she in which no theory ials egrams ns wi Nob Hil Mrs and the on with g le to give that flort to N iching i them many what o« rred at a 14, and she January to the detectives ght be advantaged llars copcerning the b e happenings sur- g the ng of the poisoned as far as 1 kn evidence that in mplicates any one. EREOF HE SPEAKS. KNOWS WH f the e suterview evidence gather- Wilson bei r- Hookins made Y 1 = prepared th only m, and consultation h Detectives Callun- sured that we g about i parting as- nd it confidence Stanford and could say € about those who par- ion conduct- ities, were that causes pkine refused absolutély i He referred the Jordan, whom Kesman 1 the trustee d in the best other than the ion there had been of the voyage to the islande and return. They found 8 £ the fact that Mrs. Sanford’s life had not been taken by a f derer’s d. Both Jordan ded directly from Palc - REID HAS NO OPINIOY train in car- Altc hen t« Wants to Know the Evidence Before Forming Any Conclusion. Whitelaw id of New York, who is one trustes of the Leland Stan- ford Jr ¥, was at the Oceanic wharf vesterday when the remains of anford were brought ashore. nied the procession to the did not go on to Palo Alto. 1 have come to no cpnclusion what- ADVERTISEMENTS. e crofu t is commonly inherited. la Few are entirely free from it Palé, *weak, puny children ‘are af. flicted Wwith it in nine cases’out of ten, and many adults suffer from it. Common indications are bunches in neck amed eyelids, sore . ears, tarrh, wasting and general rickets, ¢ Hobd‘s JSarsaparilla and Pills it, positively and absolute- his statement is based on the ousands of permanent cures these meédicines have wrought. Testimonizls of remarkable cures mailed on reyuest 1. HOOD V., Lowell, Mass, Eradie abscesses, cutaneous erup- | jever in regard Stanford,” nalist to the death of Mrs. and -diplomat. who ceed Joseph Choate as Embas: Brit Great n. Though assurances given & death was due to Reid said he would natural cau form no definite opinion untii an op- | portunity the | evidence.” was given “to look at SR MEET ALAMEDA IN BAY. Representatives of Stanford Estate Go Out in Government Tug. Through the courtesy atton of this port the Government bay steamér Golden Gate was placed at the disposal of the sentatives and a large party was taken out to the Alameda to go aboard: as soon as the steamship passed quaran- tine Many of the relatives, among them Charles Lathrop, his wife and his daughter, Jennie Lathrop, did not take advantage of the offer, however, but awaited the Alameda at the pi A who awaited the ar- c Alameda at her dock were , Professq: Duni- tillman, the an Francisco, Beedy, A. A. Wilson =X and J. F. 5 Those who went out on the Golden Gate were: Mountford Wilson, Charles M. Fickert, Joseph .D. wurant: C. Hodges, architect of Stanford Univer- sity; J. D. MacGilvray, the contractor; Professor Professor Duni- way, Profe Stillman, Professor Abbott, Professor Levens Professor Stearns; George Crothers, secre: v of the board of trustees. The Stanford students were represented by C. >} Hyde, senior; W. . B. Fowler, jun jor C. MacFarland, sophomore and C. C. McColloch, freshman. . ARRIVES HEARSE LATE. Painful Delay of Half an Hour at the steamship Dock. which Mrs The hear anford’s body was conveyed to the railroad depot was not at the wharf when the Alameda arrived and it had to be sum- moned by a telephone message. e was accordingly a painful delay of half an hour after all preparations had been made for taking the c shore from the hold of the steamship. ertainty as to the hour of the ves- ival was responsible for the miscarriage of the undertaker’s plans. After the arrival of the hearse there long was a question whether it was enough to contain the large coffin. undertaker first took a mes hearse and then of the coffin, tunately there was just room enough and the fears of another unfortunate delay were not realized. The coffin fitted so closely into the hearse that flowers on top had to be removed. Gt S Removal Permit Filed. The permit for the removal of the remains of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stan- ford om Honeolulu to San Francisco i yesterday at the Health Of- The cause of death is given as rychnine poisoning.” which will be PASS TIME SITTING 0N Miss Berner and Mise Hunt Do Not Suffer Any From | said the distinguished jour- | I ) ;Union Jack in Alameda’s; Bow Is Carried at Half-| of Collector Stanford repre- | {in the | On | Continuea From Page 1, Column 6. on the official rec " The ! s dated Honolulu, March 14 1905, and is signed by Dr. H. Hum phris, physician; L. E. Pintcham, ex- ecutive officer, and D. P. Lawrence, Registrar of Births, Deaths and Mar- riages. SIS Special Tug for Press, The tug Hartley was onlated service tesy of Collector Stratton, who sent Deputy Collector C. A. Stephens to represent him on that boat, and who did everything in his' power for the convenience of his guests. at the PINT OF WHISKY KILLS A WOMA s REDDING, March 21.—Emma Wor- den, head housekeeper at House for the last four years and who Wi well known here, died suddenly this morning at the office of Dr. L. A. Bauter of this city. About 11 o'clock the woman felt an attack of heart failure, of which she was a vietim, coming on. She drank a pint of whiskey and then started for the doctor's office to get medical aid. By the time she arrived there the liquor had begun to affect her. She flew into a rage when she found that the doctor was out and savagely attacked his wife, who was there alone. Being a large woman-she probably -would have injured Mrs. Bauter seriously had not her husband arrived. The physician succeeded in quieting the drimk=-crazed woman, but in-a few moments she fell to the floor in con- vulsions. GOVERNOR PUTS NAME TO, MANY MORE BILLS | SACRAMENTO, March 21.—The Gov- ernor has signed the followin~ “viis relating to the revision of the codes: Eenate bills—120, 185, 137, 139, 141, 142, 161 186, 157, 158, 159, 160, 410 411,413, 41 453, 454 406, 45 474, 476, 478, , 480, 487. 4S5, 480, 490, 402 ! 8, 614, ‘815, 750, 703, 14, 25: bly bilis—218, 264 268, 390, 391 The Governor has also signed the fol- lowing: Senate 448, raising salaries in Solano County; 426, raising salaries in Mendo- | cino County’; 640, relating to the estab- | lishment of high schools; 734, amend- | ing the county government act: As- sembly bill 602, relating to city and county school tax: Senate $83, relating Lo money received by, wardens of State | prisong; 554, in regard to lending money on persqnal -property; - 598, creating ireclama‘iun district No. 7 in Sutter County; €32, authorizing suits | the State. ¥ Assiopy the Alta | She died half an hour later. ! R of the press through the cour- | { Seasickness and Spend Their Days in Open Air e e PECT IS SHOWN TO MEMORY OF DEAD Mast During Voyage From Honolulu to This City i The trip across from Honolulu was very pleasant, and both Miss Berner and Miss Hunt were not troubled any extent with seasickness. They came to nearly all their meals and spent a great deal of time on They were naturally more or less cast down by the terrible experience they had been through, but both appeared exceedingly brave and tried to be as cheerful as they could under the cir- cumstances. They did not attempt to keep especially aloof from the passen- gers on board and conversed pleasantly with any who addressed them. They, however, when they were on deck, spent practically all their time in com- pany with David Starr Jordan and Timothy Hcpkins. They were both dressed very plainly in black during the voyage, Berner being in partial mourning with short black veil. Miss Hunt wore a simple garb of black, with biack hat, but nc mourning veil. They both looked very pale, tired and thoroughly worn out when they landed at the dock. During the voyage the union jack the vessel floated at half mast. The remains of Mrs. Stanford reposed in a specially constructed compartment forward hold. It was about ten feet square and ven feet deep. was hung in heavy black and draped about the sides with deep purple silk. side was a small cluster of electric lights and an electric fan was at one end. Resting on a dais at one side was the coffin, strapped to the side of the vessel. The remains were encased in a metalic octagonal coffin, the top of which was covered by a mass of lovely fioral offerings, sent by the of- ficials of Honolulu. The coffin was in turn enclosed in a heavy walnut case, cver which was thrown a pall of black. A guard was in attendance day and night, while a special guard paid hour visits to see that everything was in order. During the voyage up David Starr Jordan paid one visit to the rest- ing place of Mrs, Stanford, and Timothy Hopkins paid one. S8urrounding he cofhin were magnificent flowers, sent by friends in Honolulu, One floral piece was six feet high and represented an urn. It was wrought in the choicest flowers of the southern clime. CONDUET OF CORONER' JURY 1S CAITICIED oetis D S8 on e has worked alone with Raw- I'he composition of the Coroner’s jury is also a subject of criticism. Its six nembers included the manager, part- ne oprietor, two employes and a gu Moana Hotel, where the tragedy occurred. They are men of high standing, but it is said that prac- tically all of them should have been witnesses in the case, instead of jur- ors. INQUEST CRITICIZED. The conduct of the inquest is also | strongly criticized. There was no close | examination of witnesses. Deputy Sherifft Rawlins and those whom he called appeared more as if they were rehearsing well-learned parts than as if making important investigations. The witnesses seemed to be kept with- in the bounds of a preconceived the- ory of the case and when the evidence was in both the Sheriff and deputy remained in consuitation with the jur- ors. Alverdict was written out dur- ng this consultation. Most spectators and press representatives retired while this was being done. Returning in a few minutes they found the Sheriff and deputy just with- drawing from the juryroom. The door was closed and in two minutes the si men signed the verdict and return it, declaring that murder had beer done. The. verdictthus arrived at, i& »relz:arged with little respect in Hono* lulu. . : On the part of the police -there 1a 3 disposition- to regard Detectives Reyr nolds and Callundan in the light of special counsel. The idea is that they came here for the purpose of trying to prove-a naturai-death; for-the sake-of the good name of the deceased, and that therefore they may be expected to criticize the Honolulu police - worl and the jury's verdict. - JORDAN’S WISH. Dr. Jordan hd® from the first openly stated his hope and wish that the in- vestigation might result death resulted from natural causes; and at the conclusion’ of his visit heére, he freely expressed the opinion that such was the fact, 5 . From the first the Honolula ‘police pursued a policy of most extraordinary and inexplicable secrecy and mystifi- cation of every one concerned. No ex- planation of it has been made except Sheriff Henry's statement as regards the sclentific men, that he didn’t want them to be embarrassed at the inquest by having expressed their opinions. 0 The fact is that nearly all of them [0 its resting place in the hearse. Al-!pants to a place of seclusion. did so-in a private way. The Sheriff made numerous conflicting statements | reached land the whistles of near-by |the station entrance the hearse drove the | factories shrilly sounded the noons|to the train sheds at Fourth street, which served to utterly mislead public and gave rise to endless ru- mors. There are many who think that the cause of Mrs. Stanford's death will never be known. It has apparently troversy and unless some striking reve- lations are brought forth from sources now unknown there can be no intelli- gent conclusions drawn from the dif- fering opinjons of the doctors. —————— e To Prevent the Grip 5 Laxative Bromo Quinine,-world wide Cold and fGrip remedy, removes cause. Call e ind 100k Tor S\gnatir B. W Gg'""w ¥ to ; deck. | in _proving ! ENDS LONG JOURNEY 0 THE DECKS| * PALD ALTO Men Representing Stanford on Hand to Receive Body From the Alameda’ |NO CEREMONY MARKS ' | ARRIVAL OF REMATNS Now Res the ~TFuneral ~Will" Take Place = Friday Afternoon } Continued From Page 1, Column 7. seen lining;the, ra were visible' “on the Oceanie line pennant_at the maintop and the Union Jack &t halfmast. steamer, the ALAMEDA ANCHORS. As the Alameda reached a point op- posite Meiggs wharf she cast anchor and the Government quarantine boat General ernberg, closely followed by the Government tug Hartley .with the newspaper men on. board, put off for the liner. As the Hartley drew near the faces of many of the | passengers became discernable, among them Detectives Callundan and Rey- nolds, Dr. Jordan and Timothy J. Hopkins. Neither Miss - Bernér nor Miss Hunt approached the rajl while the vessel was at anchor. While the Hartley was maneuvering for a berth alongside, the Golden Gate drew up on the starboard side of the Alameda and the members of ti party, together with Detectives Tom Gibson, Ned. Gibson and Jerry Dinan, went aboard after the tapid inspection by the quarantine omficers. Among those who climbed the lad- der from the Golden Gate to thé Ala- meda were Mountford S. Wilson, George Crothers and other Stanford representatives. At the same time all the press representatives were receiv- ed on board the Golden Gate, but per- mission to board the Alameda was re- fused, although the quarantine flag had been lowered. Soon thereafter the Golden Gate proceeded down the bay to the Ps cific-street wharf, where the Alameda docks, and as it drew near the whar? the true significance of the last home- coming of Mrs. Stanford became ap- parent. Ships and buildings all had figgs at half-mast and at the end of the long wharf stood groups of rela- tives and friends of the home-comers. | Interspersed among them were /squadg | (of police “with stars draped with | crape. Syt i The police arrangements - were as elaborate as any seen here for many yvears. Squads . 0f'< mén * ayeraging. twenty-five 1o \theisquad from all the stations in the city, under command of their captaing and lieutenants, gave the one bright flash to the other- wise, somber setting of the funeral cortege. The police at the en- trance of the pier were under com- mand of Captain Thomas S. Duke, while Captain Gleeson had charge of the pier itself. Acting Chief Spillane n citizen's dress kept-a watchful eye on all the details. LATHROP ON THE PIER. Carriages bearing Charles Lathrop, his wife and daughter and many mem- bers of the family stood under the long shed. Relatives of Miss Hunt and other passengers on the steamer were the only ones allowed on the wharf. At the entrance were drawn up two corc | dons of police, while detached squads under the command of sergeants kept the crowds back. The crowds were forced back to the | sidewalk on the south side of East street and filled the wide thoroughfare on each side of the lane formed by the men in blue. At all times, despite the constant pressure of people and jam of trucks, were the spectators orderly and the police had little difficulty in keeping them in check. Thousands | took advantage of the Jackson-street | pler and it was packed with a mass of curious humanity that waited pa- tiently the arrival of the Alameda. Many had found places of vantage early in the morning and the varie- gated colors of the women's ‘garb {'added to the picturesque scene on the | water frogt. Their period of waiting came to an end at 11 o'clock, when the nose of the Alameda appeared around the end of the Broadway wharf, and soon she was moored alongside the . Pacific-street pier. The same faces were at the rail, neither Miss Berner nor Miss Hunt | appearing. . Immediately the gangways were } hoisted and the police superintended the boarding of the boat. At first only the relatives of Mrs. Stanford, Miss Berner and Miss Hunt and press rep- resentatives were allowed to board, but Jater, after the main salon had been ‘carefuily guarded from passers, the police-allowed all visitors in the shed to go aboard the steamer. In the main salon, under the watch- ful eyes of detectives and those, in- terested in the Stanford estate, Miss Berner, heavily veiled and in deep mourning, and Miss Hunt, whose' face was framed in black. On one side of Miss Hunt was her mother, ‘and on the other Mrs. Irvine, a friend from ‘San’ Mateo. 5 BODY BROUGHT ASHORE. #Down in the forward hold beneath the forward hatch lay the body of Mrs. Stanford, reposing in the Tnetal and mahogas ( ) | ny coffin in the purple black-draped compartment built espe- ]clally for its accommodation. On all sides were stands of flowers, and the floor was strewn with rice chaff. Half +an hour after the Alameda docked the forward starboard freight port was thrown open and the coffin was carried by six stalwart sailors from the ship most at the moment that the body hour and the gilt hands of the ferry clock pointed to 12. After the body was placed in the hearse the twelve carriages that ac- companied it to the Third and Towns- | special train of three passed into the field of medical con- I end streets depot drew up at the main | funeral coach ‘in the middle, started on jsangway and began to receive their |its journey to Palo Alto, carrying Mrs. In the first carriage sat|Stanford for the last time from the Charies Lathrop, his wife, and his | city that has so long witnessed her occupants. daughter, Jennie Lathrop, and Judge | 8; F. Leib. In the second, Miss Berner, Detectives Callundan and Reynolds and | ‘Wilson. In the third, | wealth led to the founding of the great Miss Hunt, her mother and Miss Irvine. | university and the dearly beloved son Mountford In. the remaining. ca fessor Jordan, imothy Pro- CET istate and the Univers;ityl Hold t at Residence in College Town, From Which | e oo et But two flags | | sat | . Hopkins and | inspiration. | % POLAND WATER MYSTERY IS 'NEAR A SOLUTION. l | i i { i ; i i TOEN X o< CADPATHY (7772754 CRLZLIN DA o Continued From Page 1, Column 2. | it was learned that its contents are simply a reiteration of the statement made by Dr.Jordan and concurred in by Timothy Hopkins and given to the press on the eve of their departure from Honolulu, except that their for- merly expressed views are elaborated upon so far as details of the investiga- tion pursued by the San Francisco de- tectives are concerned. Though the murder theory -is not popular with the San Franeiscans w ho went ta Honolulu, Attorney Wilson sald last night that this fact does not mean that the vigilance of the detec- tives will be relaxed in the least. “All that no murder had been committed, bur.if it “wves fmurder, we want the world to know it, and will never rest until the guilt is properly placed.” The mystery attending the sending of the dispatch from Honolulu by High Sheriff Henry to Acting Chief of Police Spillane, which the island official later repudiated, was cleared yesterday. It appears that High Sheriff Henry was informed by the chemist who analyzed the bicarbonate of soda found in Mrs. | Stanford's rooms at the Moana Hotel that the bottle contained forty-three grams or 663 grains of soda, in which strychnine was found. The Sheriff, however, misinterpret- ed the information as meaning that in a bottle of forty-three drams there had been discovered 663 grains of strychnine, and so advised the local officials. Later, when he disecvered his mistake his humiliation prompted him to deny the authorship of the ca- blegram. Captain Callundan said vesterday that he had found High sifting the mystery of the Stanford | case. d With a view to making a further and more careful investigation of t.hei probable causes of Mrs. Stanford's. death, the detectives brought with them from Honolulu portions of the of the bottle of bicarbonate of soda and the cascara capsules found in her S will be turned over to local chemists to-day for a thorough analysis. rd i e POLICE GET 'BEVERLY LETTER. Miss Berner Fulfills Promise Made to | police in making the fiying visit to Palo Alte after the arrival of the Stan- ford remains was to obtain possession of an alleged threatening letter ad- dressed to Miss Bertha Berner by the former butler, was secured and is in the hands of Captain Callundan, who declined to discuss its contents. local detectives should find it necessary to accompany the body to Palo Alto. especially in view of their statements that they would return the same even- | ing. The theory was advanced that they | were keeping Miss Berner under sur- | ficient reason for their taking the trip | to Palo Alto. fore Detectives Gibson and Callundan were out of the cars and Into a car- riage headed for the Stanford estate. There Miss Berner had told them they letter began. —— 22273 co o FHIFRY & zZz GIBIaN. REYNOLDS, —_— Berner found it and gave it to Captain Callundan. The detectives then hurried back to the station and caught the special train back to the city, arriving here much earlier than they expected, they hav- ing believed that a search for the let- ter would delay them until a late train. EYE OF POLICE - FOLLOWS HIy we want,” safd he, “is the H\u;h.»:mxg ) > if a crime has been committed I { 2 geL ! our intention to use every possible | GROUP OF DETECTIVES ON THE 1B & = mBane to punigh the criminal. It is | peck or mue sreawssie | | Frank Thomas, Suspected of rue” that ‘we :should prefer o learn | o { Being Little Girl’s Assail- ant, Is Arrested in Vallejo The police of Vallejo arrested Frank Thomas of this city last night and he 1is strongly suspected of being the brute who flendishly assaulted seven-year-old Alice Armstrong of 5 Detectives. One of the important motives of the 5 Zoe street Monday afternoon in a va- cant house, into which the little girl was enticed as she was returning home from school. Thomas went to Vallejo yesterday afternoon from this city and was closely watched by the police. When taken into custody he could not give a clear explanation of why he was in Vallejo. He admitted having come from San Francisco, but stoutly de- nied having attacked or even having ever seen little Alice. Still the Val- lejo police are not satisfled with his tale and he will be held until the lit- tle girl has seen him. Albert Beverly. This Some surprise was expressed that the | Sherifft Henry a very obliging and]| veillance, but this they denied. The Thomas is 32 years of age and willing assistant, who, however, had | bringing of the letter with them when | weighs about 145 pounds. He has a lacked the necessary assistance in | they returned in the afternoon is a suf- | sandy mustache and dark hair. He wore a short tan colored box coat. He | says he is a wire worker and has been out of work for some time. He says he roomed at Second and Natoma streets. —_—— THURMOND, W. Va, March search for bodies of the victims of Scarcely had the train stopped be- woman’s organs, among them the [ would find the Beverly letter, and upon the ax- brain, heart and contents of the | the arrival of the hearse and Miss Ber- | plosions Saturd LyLn((l:::d'::-.ah;yR“'x\:n‘ Asn stomaéh, together with the remainder | ner in the carriage the search for the | ‘7% W co, 8 0 composing the bodies In a few minutes Miss | party have been recovered room on the night she died. These o . 2 members of the university faculty and student body. After all had entered the carriages the funeral cortege began its journey to the depot. Slowly the hearse and carriages passed out between two files of police, who stood with bared heads, while the crowd thronging the street and sidewalks looked silently on. At .its head rode an escort comprising mounted Policemen Merchant, Greg- gains. Daly. Haley, Harrington, Guest, Norton and Pidgeon, and a foot escort consisting of Policemen Cavanaugh, Maloney, Driscoll and Tillman, headed by Corporal Birdsall and Sergeant Gorman. _ START FOR DEPOT. In order to avoid notoriety and curi- osity the corteg® proceeded by an in- direct route to the railroad station. | Passing along East street it turned in- to Howard and thence iInto Second street. Leaving Secona street the fun- eral train passed through South Park and thence along Third street to the depot. Before the depot another cordon of police with a provost guard of mounted imen all under the command of Lieu- 1 tenant Michael Conboy, were drawn up to receive the funeral procession. One by one the carriages drove up and their occupants entered the station between lines of police. The carriage contain- ing Miss Hunt, her mother and Miss Irvine drove up to the entrance and then drove rapidly away with its occu- / ‘While the mourners were alighting at where another guard of police was sta- tioned, and the casket was placed on the funeral car without any special ceremony. At flve minutes to 1 the with the generous acts and noble career. In alo Alto she will rest in the Stanford ausoleum beside the husband whose whose name it bears and who was its A Universal Remedy for Pains in the Back. For painsin the ion of the K or fora Weak Back the plaster shoul -~ be applied as shown in illustration. 's Plasters have been in use over 55 years. 0t 10 comain belladonaa. oplum