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Show MRS. STANFORD A SPIRITUALIST So Informed Woman Friend. Intended to Establish Department De-partment at Stanford to Investigate. Cried When She Told a Friend of Former Attempt to Poison Her. HONOLULU, March 2. Mrs. High-ton, High-ton, wife of Henry E. Hlghton, the well-known San Francisco lawyer, says Mrs. Stanford cried "when telling her of the attempt which had been made to riolson her in San FranclBCO, and said that she could not conceive why anyono should try to do so. Beliovcd in Spiritualism. During the discussion of spiritualism, Mrs. Stanford said she believed in spirits, and Intended to establish a department de-partment at Stanford university for the Investigation of psychic phenomena. Miss Berner, her secretary, says in regard to tho alleged attempt at poisoning poi-soning In San Francisco, that Mrs. Stanford drank a glass of Poland mineral min-eral water with the bicarbonate of soda, so-da, the strychnine in which made her violently 111, so much strychnine being absorbed that the stomach rebelled and she finally recovered. Opened Bottlo of Soda Herself. Miss Berner says, and Mrs. Stanford's Stan-ford's maid, May Hunt, agrees with her. In their statements to the police, that the bottle containing the strychnine strych-nine was packed up In San Francisco five weeks ago preparatory to coming here and that it remained untouched since then until It was opened last night by Mrs. Stanford herself, before taking the dose. On arriving here after leaving San Francisco on the mall steamer Korea, Mrs. Stanford said that she had loft San Francisco unexpectedly and In a great hurry. The police he-re will not express any theory regarding the unfortunate occurrence. oc-currence. Suspected of Poisoning. Thoro aro Indications today thnt tho pollco of this city suspect a member of Mrs. Stanford's household of having placed strychnlno In tho bottlo of bicarbonate bi-carbonate of soda, a dose from which nho tcok before retiring Tuesday night. High Sheriff. Henry says that thero havo been no further developments In tho case, and that thoro aro likely to bo nono before tho holding of the Inquest. Body Is Embalmed. Tho body of Mrs. Stanford has boen embalmed, em-balmed, and It will probably bo taken to San Francisco on tho Pacific Mall company's com-pany's steamship China, which will sail from Honolulu on March 10 and Is duo to nrrlvo on March 17. Strychnine in Soda, High Sheriff Henry of Honolulu says: "Tho Stanford bottlo of bl-carbonato of soda contained forty-thrco drams, CC2 grains of strychnine. An examination of tho organs Is now under way." Polico Without a Theory. The pollco Investigation Into tho death of Mrs. Jann L. Stanford Is practlcaiiv at a standstill tonight. High Sheriff Henry is without a theory as to tho cause of her death. It had been expected expect-ed from tho report of tho chemists on their analysis of the contents of her stomach would bo made tonight, but the chtmlstH announced that they had not concluded their investigation nnd would not bo ready to mako a report before tomorrow to-morrow morning. It Is probable that the Inquest will commence tomorrow afternoon. after-noon. Former Attempt to Poison. High Sheriff Henry said: "The San Francisco papers which has Just been received, re-ceived, containing fuller accounts of the alleged poisoning case of January 14, havo not been of any help to mo. I am awaiting results. The analysis of tho stomach und tho contents of the bicarbonate bicar-bonate of soda bottle, together with the inquest which will follow, may develop somo new facta. When these chemical analysis have been completed I shall have all tho other medicines of Mrs. Stanford Stan-ford similarly analjzcd Her mcdlclno chest contained a number of bottles, but I bellovo that tho bicarbonate was tho only one In which It was possible lo conceal con-ceal strychnine." Trunks Are Sealed. This afternoon Sheriff Henry. Judgo Slcnley and Miss Berner, at the Hotel Mcana, went through all of Mrs. Stanford's Stan-ford's trunks, which had been packed, lecked and scaled, preparatory to shipment. ship-ment. A theory suggested hero is that Mrs. Stanford accidentally took a wrong dr,so of medicine by mixing tho strychnine strych-nine with the blcaiJ'Onato of soda Sheriff Sher-iff Henry says that there was no strychnlno strych-nlno among Mrs. Stanford's medicines found In tho chest Tho opinion of most of the Investigators Investigat-ors hero is that If there has been a crime at all It was committed In Snn Francisco, and possibly nt tho same tlmo that strychnine Is said to havo been placed In the mineral water. |