The evening world. Newspaper, March 2, 1905, Page 1

RESULTS EDITION | PRICE ONE CENT. ‘ t i f, _ DEATH San Franco F Friends of Philanthropist Puzzled by Poisoning Report, REVENGE NOT PROBABLE ‘Her Fortune Not’So Large as Was Supposed, She Having Transferred a Big Portion. STRYCHNINE KILLED HER. i + Analyele of the Bicarbonate of Soda Whioh She. Took Shows Prea- ‘ence of the Polson, GAN FRANCISCO, March %—The ews received from Honcluia that @tryohnine had been discovered in the Dloarbonate of soda bottle from which ‘Mrs. Jane Sanford took a dose shortly before her death has convinced most Of her friends here that she was the Miotim of polsos, ‘though many are re- fuctant to admit’ fat Filok, ould have been the cass. | Phe apparent absence of a plausible fmotive for such a crime baffles har @cquaintances os well a9 the de- biel | if Revenge Not Poesibie. Revenge. or animosity are not te- warded as factors of the ques @on .and nothing: hae been shown to], fndlonte that a 40 obtain an ox: deed. ‘Mra. Stantord 414 not leave oo large Qn estate as wes suppored, for during ‘er lifetime whe deeded the property ‘the inherited from her husband to the HONOLULU, ‘Hawatt, March 2.—Qfre. Wane Btanford, widow of Leland Btan- ‘wes murdered, ‘That the California philanthropist who , Bled here suddenly Tucatay night wes put to death by polsdn was proved be- Goubt to-day by the report of the efter an examination of a bot- tle of bicarbonate of oode, some of ‘which had been taken by Mis, Stanford pb short while before her death, ‘This soda was found tb contain a Qarge quantity of strychnine, The re- port of the chemists’ findings was made fo the police, and at once @ opble mes- gage was sent to San Francisco, Ar- wests are expected to follow at once, Drug Quickly Brought Death, "The soda was brought here by Mra. @tantord from Ban Francisco, and tho bottle was never opened by her until she took a dose of the drug on Tuesday (night after returning from a plonio, ®hortly after taking the soda she was stricken and death followed, ‘The theory of the police was that the @trychnine was put in the bottle by the wame person who on Jan, 14 attempted to put Mra, Stanford to death by poison, ‘Zt tw pelieved here thet the assassin fe’ under suspicion and that he will be taken into custody, . — Mra Stanford came here after the fret atbempt was made to murder her, @he was greatly woakened in health by ‘the first dose of the deadly drug that ‘was adminiatered, and was nervous and frightened. After the first attempt was made to in her Mrs, Stanford waa very ill, She fecovered, however, and employed pri- ‘vate detectives to run down the polson- er, Tho police were not asked to ald in the investigation, Fied to Escape Assassin, ‘What the private detectives reported > Mrs. Stanford has‘not been made Mia, but immediately upon her part Roane Mrs, Stanford set sail for Hone oll, It by sald here that she took this wtep because she was in fear that the asassin would axteck her a socona ume. Mrs, Btantord oooupled &@ room be tween rooms ocupled by Miss Berner and her maid, May Hunt, ) Heun- fah, of San Frenoisco, had a room ad- Joining that of Mre, Stanford, About i o'clock Mra, Hounlah heard groans coming from Mra, Stanford's room, She gave the alarm, and Mrs, Stanford waa found lying on the floor under the elec- tric cull button, It was plain that she i i had got up to call for assistance when} she fell from pain and weakness, Victim's Dying Words, “I have been poisoned,’ wh told the phyaiclana, Then she added in her dy- ing breath: “This is @ horrible death to die,’ |» An autopsy showed that death’ was baw — { | } iit (Continued on Third Page.) bp yoaROGT ON 86.75 te ‘enti, Te ki via tenths Talltoad, ete on wale March arch erie ‘until 8. ia ‘DEEPER MYSTERY N MRS. STANFORD'S TION BY POISON DOCTOR INILL HEALTH ENDS: LIFE WITH RIFLE William J, Robinson, MD., of Harlem Kills Himself in Massachusetts, AILING FOR A YEAR. Puts Muzzle of Gun in Mouth and Blows Off Top of Head. (Special to The Brening ‘Wortd,) FALL RIVOR,\Maes; March &—Dr. ‘William J, Robinson, of New York, committed suicide yesterday at the home of H. F, Hurlburt, in East Free- town, where he’ bad been ataying in company with iis mother for a few weeks In hopes of revupetuting, he hav- ing been in poor health for nearly a year, ' He loaded a rifle with @ high explosive and presumably. placed the mutsie in his mouth before discharging It, aa the top of hin head Waa blow off Despondency of his falling health ts the aporibed for the deed, although ‘the physician had ap- peared to be in e twtional state of mind aince ‘coming to the Hurlburt home, whencd he waa to go to a sanitarium in fow days, Hiv aged mother ts pros- trate Dn abinsont was fifty-four yearw ol)” ‘and was well known among the médical profession in New York, where he had ‘an éxtensive practice Medical Hmaminer Buok, ae ly was notified and after viewing tte maine gave | permission for thelr he | boertteh a atanit tuoi ty aid The only Dr, William J. Robinson whose name appears in the city direo- tory has been living at No, 119) Bast One Hundred and Twenty-elghth atreet, where he conducted a medical registra, tion bureau, To an Evening World re- porter who visited the house to-day a boy about seven years old, who said he was Dr. Robingon's eon, said his father and mother ealled for Hurope on’ the Kaiser Wilhelm Feb,'7, The boy sald further that he had received’ a letter from his father since the arrival of the latter in Hurope, ‘This statement wee corroborated later by. Dr. Robinson's seyenteen-year-old daughter, who sald in eddition that Dr, Robinson's mother bas begn dead for many years. Friends of the doctor scout the idea that he could tbl; be the Boston suicide, anaes SCHWAB CLERK AGAIN ACCUSED Mre’ “oye, Who Hat Who Had Her Hus- banw’ Arrested Last Week, | si Makes Another Complaint in Police Court Against Him, Mra, Catherine D. Spayd, who had her (husband arrested last week on » charge of beating her, rushed into Flatbush Court, Brooklyn, this afternoon in great. excitement. She was pene pyater- folly, officers that ehe had been assaulted by ‘her husband, Clarence B, spayd, confidential secretary to Charles M, Bohwab,She left court to go to her law- yers, Towns & MoOrossin, No, 873 Ful- ton etreet, The court officers said that the papers in her complaint of to-day might not be served on Spayd until next Monday, when he Is to appear in court to answer to the compliints made by his wite and by his sister-in-law, Mary D. Jenkins, lt was sald that Mrs. Lande com- plained that her husband broke into her room and tried to take a letter from ther by force, Mrs, Spayd has just instituted a sult against her husband to recovers money she alleges was turned over to him after thelr marriage two years ago, et | Negro Stabbed, Dying, Joshua Whitehouse, a negro of No, 4) West 'Thirty-seventh treet, was found in the gutter on Ninth avenue to-Iay with a fractured skull and a stab wound In the side, He was taken dying to Roosevelt Hospital, Detectives arrested his wite, who admitted stab- bing him and @aid he iater fell fa the street and she loft him there, Laeger penning ml run’ spacial Tiokei eR Ss ee Beaoeee ei 4 ‘efisre pb yinanbér FIRST RACE WON BY CATERPILLAR Defeats Sadducee, the Favorite, “In Opening Event at Crescent _Gity. Tragk’” To-Day—Nlard ‘Finished Third, Mt, Spayd, {t 1s understood, tola the |° ORESCENT TITY V WINNERS, |S t omamnenmmnell Fl ReT 'RACE—Catorpiliar: (7 ow 1, Sadducee (8 to 6) 2, Alard 3, ) @ECOND. RACE — Blennenworth (0 to 1) 1, Whorler (4 to 1) 2 Red Raven 3, THIRD RACE—Inepector Halpin (8 to 6) 1, 11 Dottare (40 to 1) ud Clique (40 to Wikads 8. FOURTH RACE—Becutcheon (8 to 5) 1, Jake Sanders (9 to 2) 2, Edith May'3. NEW. ORLEANS, Mi larch &—The turf war still. continuds ‘merrily in the Orescent City, and despite the counter attraction at the New City Park track, a latge crowd turned out et these grounds this afternoon, The card was.far from.en atfractive ‘one, the fields in the» majority.ot the events being made. up of very ordinary horses, Racing conditions, however, were pertect.. The weather was warm and the track lightning fast, ai Bi ree eee eT 5 ab ae Ae irae CB—Aelling | and upward, ose Ros ia Bete Aa SECOND. BACE—ha RSet brn and Shy | 1,41 1-6: Won bya Tae kina, id Agate Lewin, Tort Sater love land Trogon all fe ane RAC a 0 er gids and | UP teen by tour Tenet Btarters, wt. ae aS, Inspector robbing Ob" co i eile 4 10 4 ious cr pe 108 “6D gs fouearian Yady Mercury, Mr, Jack, Calen: Mon Amour also ran, dula, Myopia ani Pastor alata CLEARED BY M’ADOO. Pe raat three-year. alt ne Tooke) Charges Against Surgeon De Forest in Goodale Onse Dismissed, Commisstoner McAdoo to-day dismiss. ed the charges against Police Surgeon Honry P, Do Forest, accussed of false representation in the/case of Edmond 3, Goodale, a wealthy clothing mer- chant, of Watertown, who died on Jan, 14 last, in the house of a Mrs. Hawerds at No, 166 West Worty-seventh sticet He watd tht Dr, De Forest had gatly- fled him (hat there was no_Irregularity about his conduct, Mr, Goodale waa taken from. the house where he died to another by friends, who walked the decd man to a cw, to give the {m- | pression he was alive, but intoxtoated, <<< ASCOT RESULTS. FIRST RACH—Dixelle (7 to 1) 1, Mer- ces (7 to 1) 2, Sweet Kitty Bellaire 8, —————— Special ‘Traine guration, from In. a eae: ‘stare aie + DEAR MISS—Hncuse my net. keeping my Inst appointment, Now, meet mo Tharsday mora- (gy March @, at the Riverdale depot. Mave with you $200,000 ‘Amsetther gold ox sliver. We. will elope. If you. don't appear, yom ont, ii ‘This note, the of, three ‘theeeten: fue one eddressed to yinncee cath He brn Aeaighter of Giovannt, P, M tg are So ‘Sanker, hen threwn the « a" me * He tera miay be imagined, ‘The first letter reached Mies Morosini early test’ week. | She tove it up as soon as ahe had read AMENDMENTS T0 BOXING BILL Senator Raines Adds Them to Frawley’s Amateur Aot, and Chances of the Bill Being Passed Look Good. (Special to The Evening World.) ALBANY, N, ¥., March 2—The Sen- ate to-day amended the Frawley Box- | sng bill aril advanced {t to third reading. Its prospects of passage are hell to be very #romising. Senator Raines introducued the amendmenta, to which the introducer consented, By the amendments the pro- “:| visions of the bill will apply only to ‘yogularly Incorporated athletic onganim.- tlons. It ds aleo provided that two men may Wot meet in a boxing cont more than fifteen minutes, and 6 meeting may not occur more often than once in twenty-four hours, Senator Lewis declared the Frawley bill would reopen the way toward prize- fight exhibitions, Senator Grady de- lvered a bitter speech, condemning football as more brutal ¢han boxing. The Democrats seem in favor of the bill to @ man, and some Republicans. During the debate on the bill in which douon Senators participated there was a general discussion of prine-fight- Ing Senator Raines, the Republican lead- er, sald the bellef was shared by many persuna that the Frawley bill would permit a return of the slugging maiches | which disgrared New York under the Horton bill Senator Frawley denied thls state- ment, saying that the provision to havo boxing contests under the supervision of the A, A. U. would be @ giarantes that the contests would bo between legitimmte amateurs and that they would not run’ for proilt. Old Point Comfort and Virginia. ee a tae ae aa, ela ie hat AAMAS lib ea DEMANDS $200,000 FROM MOROSINI GIRL Mysterious Crank Sends Crank Sends Threatening Letter to Millionaire Banker's Daughter, Ask- ; ‘ing for a Fortune and Suggesting ~ that She Elope. with Him. ‘ ; inviove with ter, He asked her, one with her, mo gays Jater-the second letter came, Mins ‘Moroaln! for having ignored: the first letter and told ‘her to} . meet. the writer on Tuesday evening | . near, the Riverdale depot, “Bipingg $200,000.in. ebther gold or sliver with you,” {t concluded, The young horsewoman to her friends: that pe was no clue 10 the ‘writer, Calls Him a Crank, , "% don't take the affair Ley od -all,'’ eaid Mr, Morosini to i iain pid fhe Hvening World te 9 bp: 1h or is almply a crank, I have had muoh experience With cranks that they ne ni bother mé, I know cranks Salen ane Baoein ol Sree oy woe rying fn tl Menai ea IT0-GENT GAS BILL HEUTE Fitzgerald Measure Makes Prog. "ress at Albany and a Compro- mise at 80 Cents Talked Of— Higgins to Foroe Action, | (Bpecia! to The Evening. World.) AYBANY, March 2—The Senate Com- mitttee on Miscellaneous Corporations this afternoon decifed to report with- out recommendation the Fitsgerald 70-|, cent mas bill, This transfere the fight for cheaper gas to the Benate, ‘There was no Oo} ton to the mo- tion to report the Dill, which wae made by Senator Mualby, ut {s understood that it is the heer of four members of committes to amend the bill making the price 9 ents, The gas Senators say that it is not at all certain that a bill will pass in any 5 copalapeeaboses HIGGINS TO FORCE GAS LEGISLATION. (Special to The Evening World.) ALBANY. March 2-—Goy. Higgins broadly hinted to-day that he would probably be forced to take drastic measures to compel the Legislature to give New York City some relief from the present gas situation, He sald; |_"I believe that {f the people of New | York want a legislative remedy they should have it.” “Do you intend to make any effort to gas Dil?’ was asked, “I don't want to say anything about that to-day, but I may later,” he re- | plied. It is believed that the Governor will send a special mesgage to the Senate urging fas legislation, if that house does not show any disposition next week to do something on its own ac- count, eatena been ‘the mai sreties San IRME ona have the Legislature pass a low-rate| |Left Wing of His Hensy nll Ba . Oyama Is Hurling His Forces Agai Right and Centre—Big Battlein P Pr i (Bp the Absoctated Preed,) ST. PETERSBURG, Match; 2A ahi; thes dated March 4, says: ‘in a third attack on the Russian detachment n HK ne rele ALG ol ea he i : t 1, bag to. sa -RIFTH. RACE—Judge Saufley ys to. 8) 1h; Liddon (0: to 2) 2 awit} Mad as Wing | of the City, Park The covered to-day there was rane ita oi that: and)’ the Fair City Park had tor ite features) rll bala ay opring fron whith Frontenae, rn good ones wore ourded, The ent was bright: and. clea and warm en orcwd. swe in_ town, pe =a anonym da FIFTH acs PAVONIN 13 to 5) 1 1) 2, GRAVINA (1B to). 8) Hes. Soratched—Hiokory Renney; Love's 8 abot oration, SIXTH—-HANNIBAL BEY (7-to: ws warca PRESTIGE (5'to:1) 3. Scratched—Tanbula, Nat Eyoleston, HOT wor ae WINNERS. FIRST RAC! fast—Kesayer (67 ‘Weathor olear, track to 1) 1, Little Grogs Mies to) % Mise ie (7 to 1) &, Mime 116. n, Leo CITY PARK. penacary tt fed a Mama 3] SIXTH RAGE—RIGHTPUL (9 to 1) 1, wena » 8 Time 493+ THIRD “RAGH-Waswitt (even): | AUSTRALINA (7:to 5) 3. { ulna 0 te DINEAG ee sed eee Scratched—Roundelay. Foor rn WOME Dt Ariotta dams bast | ham «Sad “4K AT: HOT. SPRINGS, FIFTH RACE—SHADY. LAD, (4 to 1) 1, LADY: 6)'2, SCHHARIE (2 to 1) 3, SIXTH: RACE—BAIKAL (7 to 5) 1, CELEBRATION GLISTEN (7 to 2) 3. ———— B. R. T MUST GIVE TRANSFERS | (Special to THe Hvening World.) ALBANY, Marth '2—The Assembly passed to-day th¢, Welsnach bill com- pelling the B, R.T. to iesue A eS ge rat Peto te ‘ew Yorks 0 freasure is in the-Interests of the real- dents of Queens County, AT ASCOT. SECOND. RACE—LURENE (8 to 6) 1, PRESTOBUS. 2, HEADSTRONG 3, iD PASADENA THIRD, RACE—FIREBALL Gs to 5), Cc se a 134