Show OLIA BOTKIN T I Ib b GUILTY IL T OF t MU MURDER tR Jury Her in the First Degree 1 Fixing Penalty at al Life Imprisonment WILL WLL BE SENTENCED APRIL 16 I 6 Her Crime Was as Sending a n Box BOI or of Poisoned Candy Cand to Mrs Irs John Joint JohnP P Dunning San Francisco April Cordelia Cordella accused of ot killing Mrs Irs John J JohnI hn 1 I Dunning of ot Dover Del by b send sending ing her hel poisoned candy through the mull malls was tonight convicted of ot murder In tho the first degree with tho the penalty fixed at It life Imprisonment The Jury jur was WIS charged late this ufo and at retired to deliberate te Later Inter they were taken out for dinner and upon returning asked to have some testimony read to them At 11 1115 15 the Ih Jury reported that an agreement had been reached The of or the tho announcement was roe apparent In the Iho attitude of ot tIle the de do defendant fondant who wh burled buried her hor face In her hOr hands and remained In that position until unU the foreman of ot tho Jury had h tl fin In finished speaking The court Inquired If I a n verdict had been arrived at and the foreman handed him a slip of paper upon which was written We the tho Jury find the defendant Co Cordelia delta guilty of ot murder In the lUst degree denee and fix Ix the tho punishment at Imprisonment for foP life lite Mrs Mra Irs Botkin looked up as RS th the court was vae thanking the Jurors for tor their close attention to the case caso and presented a 1 countenance e to 10 her coun counsel eel sel who spoke poke some Bome comforting words to 10 her herTha herThe The Tha court named April 16 for tor tot for formally mally pronouncing sentence During Its progress a sensational In Incident Incident occurred in which one of o the tho Jurors claimed that he ho had lied been ap op In the interests of ot the defend defendant ant Judge Cook was wu on the point of ot discharging the Iho Jury and ancl beginning anew but the defendant misted upon the continuance of ot tho the trial Mrs MrA Botkin was wag W S tried for tor the murder of ot Mrs John P Dunning In August 1813 In that month Mrs Dun was living with her father tather at Do Dover Doer Doer ver er Del She Sho received through tho the mall mail a box of ot chocolate candy and en enclosed enclosed closed clo In the box was wn a handkerchief and a n rote note of ot affectionate greeting signed slimed Mrs Mn Irl C 0 Mrs Dunning and her sister Mrs Deane partook freely of ot the candy won soon became Ill III and died diM with withIn within In n R few tew days da An analysis of the tho re reo pieces of oC candy showed them to be strongly Impregnated with ar aI arrenie renie enle Suspicion Ilon was vas directed against Mrs Mr of this city on account of or I h liar her r prior friendship for tor John P I Dun Dunning Dunning ning husband of Mrs Irs Dunning Mr Ir Dunning upon leaving California lund had I said that he would never nover return I This was the second trial of ot the case On the first trial Mt was j convicted anti to I on ment for tor The Th state court I granted her hAr a now new trial on In th the courts to 10 the Jury jur I |