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Show WOMAN ASKED SIM TELL-TALE QUESTIONS Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, Accused of Murder, Sought Information Regarding: Re-garding: Arsenic SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Tho feature of tho morning session of tho Botkin murder trial was tho close cross-examination by Attorney Knight of Mra. Tucklcr, the clerk In the City of Paris dry goods store, who had testified tes-tified that she sold Mrs. Botkin tho handkerchief which was enclosed In tho fatal box of candy. Sho was questioned regarding her family affairs and associatoa until she wept and appealod to tho court for protection. pro-tection. Objections by the dlutrict attorney at-torney finally ended the Incident Mrs. Alvira Rucff, a trained nurse, testified that whilo she was attending Mrs. Botkin tho latter had asked her regarding the effects of arsenic She also Identified the address oh tho box of candy as tho handwriting of Mrs. Botkin. Dr. Thomas Cook of Stockton, testified testi-fied that while attending Mrs. Botkin during an Illness In July and August 1898, he had discussed with her the results re-sults of arsenical poisoning. |