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Show WAS' ESS. STANFORD POSSONED? SE I MATS IN HONOLULU IS SUSPICIOUS;. . ! ; Wi POLICE. ARE WORKING ON THE 'CASE Widow of California Million-I Million-I 1 aire Expires Suddenly, As-i As-i . serting That Poison Had r Been Given to Her. ; -- - " ":- , :. v StttLETIir. ' ' HOiroi.'DXTr, March 1. Mrs, f Jane Lathrop Stanford of San ITan- ;l dsoo, -widow of TJnitad States Senator Leland Stanford, dlad at 11:40 elock last nlfht at th Moana hotal htn. Btupielons' drenmstasee aurround the death of Ura. Stanford. Sha . I ynm taktn HI at. 11 o'clock and aald: -, "I hart been poisoned." Her last irord were: ' "This 1 a horrible ;' elama to die.". ; s Hn. Stanford -came here from Sa n Frandaco on the Korea, February SI. In converaatlon with Urs. Henry Hlghton of San Francisco, who la ' . now here, XErt. Stanford said that an attempt had been made to poison her in that city, and that this was. her reason for' sailing on the Korea. 'It Jas 2Irs.' Stanford's belief, according; to Mrs. Hig-hton, that enough poison ! "kd beeii used to kill twenty persons. I It is xmderatood that an in res tig atl on of the case is now being; made ' by the police of San Francisco. ' The police here are also conducting' an in-Testigation. in-Testigation. ' ' . . ' ' " ' . . i ...... -t. . ' f ; : ". -, - HONOLULU. March 1. Before retiring retir-ing last night Mrs. Stanford took a dose ' of bicarbonate of soda, which she pur-i pur-i chased in San Francisco-. It is reported ) that the soda contained strychnine, but i . this report cannot be verified. ' ' Dr. F. H. Humphreys, who attended 1 Mrs.1 Stanford. Is now making an exain-( exain-( Inatlon of the contents of .the bottle, I which' had not been touched since Mrs. ' Stanford left .San Francisco.' ., , i); Had Eaten Ho Dinner.' - 1 "Testeraay afternoon rmT Stanford went to a picnic She ate heartily on returning .to the hotel, but took no din- , ner. and retired shortly after 10 o'clock. At 11 o'clock a guest of the hotel who ; - occupied an adjoining room heard Mrs, , Stanford groaning, and running to the i room found her lying on the floor. She ' had evidently tried to summon help. . .' At the time of Mrs. Stanford'a death I, there were present Miss Burner, her secretary, and her maid, May Wilson. Both are prostrated. No statement has been Issued by Dr. f Humphreys or by Dr. .H. V. Murray, L who w as-called into consultation. ' Awaiting; an Autopsy. The remains were taken to an- underta-i underta-i king establishment, where they are await-' await-' ' lor an autopsy. ,' . The investigations of the police have so far failed to find any evidence of poisoning, poison-ing, but the authorities decline to express any opinion pending the result of the au-' au-' topsy and the analysis of the bottle of bicarbonate bi-carbonate of soda. A box of capsules wai" also found In the room and these are be-. be-. Ing analysed. |