-- --rrr- --- t . fr r f-f- f ' . j

HAWAIIAN GAZETTE, FRIDAY. MARCH 3. 1905. SEMI-WEEKL- Y, MRS. JANE STANFORD DIES AT MOANA HOTEL

In Honolulu iilnce February 21st. been which could be caused by strychnine ford may be taken back to California one of the reasons she left California. She was accompanied on her arrival poisoning; nnd on the S. S. China, leaving here March She had drunk then from a Left hero by her secretary, MIbh Burner, Second, that strychnine has been 9. They will be urcompanled by Mlsi bottle of Mrs. Highton She , Told Henry and by a maid who Is known as May. In Poland mineral water and became very-ill- found the bicarbonate of soda in Eerner. The burial will take place at I Both women were completely pros ex- the vial from which Miss Bemer Stanford University In the family thuu-soleu- m and. It was alleged that strychnine-hu- trated by the suddenness of last tracted the fatal dose which Mrs. Stan- beside Because of At-- night's tragedy. the bodies of Leland been found In the water. Mls Ber-- San Francisco ford nfterwnrds swallowed. Stanford and son. ner Mrs. Stanford had made numerous How did the strychnine come to be said Mrs. Stanford was conscious edhVca mixed In with the bicarbonate of soda? THE AUTOPSY. to the last moment of her life, and the temot Made There on Her Life. tr Md tXnTcSe" This Is the question which the police The remains were removed yesterday latter had strongly asserted that Bhe V I She was hero In April, 1902, when the department Is attempting to unravel. morning to the Queen's had been poisoned. students gave her reception the Hospital where a at The police have the 'fact that Mrs. an autopsy was performed. The physi- As to the movements of the entire-part- Moana. She visited the islands again Stanford was almost poisoned In San cians performing on Tuesday, Miss In August, 1903, April, 1904, this work were Drs. Berner said. and in Francisco shortly before her departure Wood, Day .urs. wianioru. Miss stopped on her way home from a tour and Murray. The result Hunt, herielf and for Honolulu, and that strychnine had of the autopsy will not be given out a driver went over the Pall to Koolau. of the Orient. been found In the bottle of Poland mln. officially on a picnic trip. The lunch Sheriff Rawlins was the until the coroner's Inquest consisted .tra 3TClnv Deputy at eral water from which she drank. On place, of three kinds of sandwiches made - :. midnight, takes but It is known that the of x- 2JBifcw wfik. Moana very shortly nfter top of this fact comes the additional findings Graham bread, tongue, made close examination of the were that Mrs. Stanford came with Swiss T&. and a cne that Mrs. Stanford was poisoned a cheese nnd lettuce between amxMj,., room nnd the body of Mrs. Stnnford. to her death from tetanus of the re- the bread second time, and that strychnine was hard-boile- spiratory organs, and this could Jiave layers. There were also d He also summoned a coroner's Jury the drug used. ThlB also came from eggs, among guests been cnused by strychnine poisoning. pepper, salt, n fresh loaf of gin- from the of the hotel. ) bottle, (containing tiUMtmm&A a bicarbonate, how The were yesterday gerbread, cold coffee, oranges, choc- and declared his purpose to have a ever), which been In remains embalmed. i had the Stanford olate, candy, and sugar. The par-.- ty mzzw ( post mortem held early today. home In San Francisco prior (o Mrs. THE SUICIDE THEORY. , vT h "I found nothing wrong in Sirs. had an enjoyable trip and return- fi&5WU XSSSS Stanford's departure for Honolulu. The theory was ed to the Moana Hotel 4 p. ' Stanford's room," said the Deputy. Two were advanced during the about m servants of Mrs. Stanford Mrs. Stanford ate heartily of wRgWiz "Ilut there was a bottle of discharged from her service nfter the day that Mrs. Stanford may have com- the lunch, mi ate of soda, which Dr. Humphrls took and on returning to town said she had first alleged attempt. A theory of mitted suicide. Tne grounds for up town with him, and which I nm this had an enjoyable outing. She did not r vir. -- High Sheriff Henry, Is that the same, belief are that for many years Mis. ftffw ,l told did the work. Mrs. Stanford took touch the eggs. peisons mny placed In I upon have strychnine Stanford has been a sptrituall't and her At 6:30 Mrs. Stnnford. (lrpsulm- - a dose of that medicine tonight morn than one mind been Impregnated nfter retiring. The bottle was purchased In container. has with all with care, went down to The police here have obtained ewy manner of hallucinations. Although dinner, and; San Francisco, nnd some part of Its she nbout S:30 returned to room re- bottle ot medicine and other medicines talked rationally on some subjects, yet her and contents had been taken out. But It tired. Mrs. Stanford some-soda-. which Mrs. Stanford had,. Deputy when question of spiritualism was asked for had not been touched, before tonight, the Miss Berner went to .a. High Fherlff Rawlins has tukeVcharge brought up, she be- trunk since leaving the coast. bottle, showed an eager nnd procured It, said That i of of soda bottle, but she had the bicarbonate the lief In It. She Is known to have con- . I am told by people here the hotel, The maid, combine-Mrs- at cascaret capsules, some medicine used sulted mediums. who was lind strychlnne mixed with the BOda. I Stanford's hnlr, gave her a spoon. for nasal trouble, some homeopathic CORONER'S JURY. can say nothing positively as to this pills, and a partly filled bottle of ,The bicarbonate of soda was In a small until I se Dr. Humphrls. some Deputy High Sheriff Rawlins swore In glas bottle and was In bulk. She took questioned secretnry, Bartlett water of which Mrs. "I have her MIfs Stanford drank the evening of her the following coroner's Jury early yes- out a half spoonful and laid It on the Iiurner, a middle aged woman who has table. death. No other medicines or bever-age- s terday morning nt ,the Moana Hotel: Mrs. Stanford asked Miss Ber- been with Mrs. Stanford for twenty W. C. Peacock, J. II. Hertsche, T. A. ner to take some of It, but she replied years, were found. AH these ore to be and the maid, May, a woman of examined by the chemists. Hays, H. Jerfrey, J.'W. Harvey and E. she would take a cascaret capsule, and 20, can get no about but coherent S. Cunha. The Jurors viewed the re- one of these was also laid out statement from either of them. They Thus far, all theories, nil facts and for mains nt 3:30 n. m. Jury was Mrs. Stanford. The take-th- e completely all Investigation lead to the single, the- The then latter did not are prostrated by the ory dismissed subject to call of High soda at once, said she shock. ' that Mrs. Stanford came to' her the the but would death from poison criminally ad- Sheriff. The Inquest may be held to- wait and take a drink of wnter with ' 'fjhus strangely, far from the graves ministered by some unknown person day, but at any rate It will not be held Berner then retired and Miss Hunt jlhwWMm!mMMiiiA'' hffi of those two who have been to her nil or persons. until the examination of the contents left her mistress about 9 o'clock. Mrs. the world, Mrs. Stanford passes to her HIGH SHERIFF'S STATEMENT. of the stomach has been made. Stanford, It appears, fell nsleep then, long JANE L. STANFORD. rest. Long ago, In that fertile High Sheriff Henry, after making a DR. HUMPHRIS'S POSITION. but later awoke and took the medicine. plain of Central New York, to In Later in night Miss that has visit the laboratory which the Dr. Humphrls, the physician to the Berner wasi been proline of great men und women, chemists are making the examination called startled by hearing Mrs. cry attend the dying philanthropist, re- Stanford woman who the-nam- e this has been great In so of the contents of Mrs. Stanford's fused to give lout, "Bertha!" and then "May!" O4-0OO- muny ways gave out any statement yester- Hf her life Into the keep- stomach, made the following statement day. He of the maid. Both sprang up and KK4400444-f- ing of Leland Stanford. He was to the Advertiser: stated he would be a witness saw Mrs. leaning a at the Inquest, would no Stanford against the country merchant, nothing more. No "This Is a most mysterious thing. but make side of the, door, which she appar- Mrs. Jane L. Stanford died at the I It at- had man then could have foreseen hn appears an nttempt was made to poison statement beforehand. He did not ently opened. that tend the autopsy. . was to be one of the bold spirits Mrs. Stanford In California a short I "Oh, get who When Dr. Humphrls was Bertha, a doctor right away Moana Hotel at 11:40 o'clock last night un- wuuiu uinu logeiner me opposite slues time before her departure for the Ha- first called I am suffering terribly here," was In to attend Mrs. Stanford he secured Mrs. of a continent, he would waiian Islands. She took a glass ot Stanford's first same-tim- e that become the vial of soda away statement, at the great In affairs; that his administra- Poland water, a beverage which I pre- and took It with running her hand up nnd down der circumstances that point very strongly him. This Is regarded from the stand- tive ability would guide enter- sume comes from Poland, Me., a place her stomach. Miss once-fo- r a vast point of law as having Berner went at prise through feebleness to the magnifi- which I know very well. They her- weakened that help, nnd a gentleman In Important link of evidence, ns the hotel to poisoning. cence of a great success. metically seal those bottles. The cork the vial went for a doctor. Miss Berner, fear- should haveVbeen allowed to come Yet all these things Leland Stan- of that bottlo was drawn by one of the first ing Mrs. Stanford been poison- Into the hands of police. that had ford, President of the Southern Pacific, servants of the Stanford household In the ed, gave her hot water to drink nnd did part Dr. Humphrls admitted yesterday how- Governor, Senator, e, the lower of the house and given everything to get to She-cou- ld ever, he her vomit. (From Wednesdays Advertiser) founder of one of the great universities to the maid, who took It to Mrs. Stan- that had tasted the contents, notyomlt. Mrs. Stnnford stated ford. They made an analysis of the but refused to STy what he believed the t tOt1H of America did. He was the best loved she had a convulsion which threw her-ou- contents It stuff to be. was bitter, was The story of her death, as it is told, is a most terrible one. and the best hated man of his day. and found contained It that all. of bed. Her Jaws finally became-rigid- , strychnine. That maid was discharged. He said the taste of bicarbonate was And through It nil, In his humble days but she remained conscious to the-end- . Mrs. Stanford arrived in Honolulu on the last Korea, accompanied "Now we have of bicarbon- not bitter. and hla great, when he was store- a bottle Miss Berner cannot say where the- - a ate ot soda, containing It Is said some keeper In Sacramento, DR. JORDAN NOTIFIED. bicarbonate of soda came from. She-thoug- by her maid and her secretary, and went at once to the Moana, and when he strychnine. Does It seem possible stood beside the 'nation's greatest men that Dr. Jordan, head of the. Stanford Uni- the bottle had been purchased announcing she come here for a few ' same person put strycli-nin- c that had to rest weeks. as their peer, this woman of his youth- the that the versity, was .notified early yesterday several years ago Adelaide, Austra- In the bottle of Poland water, al- at It developed, last night, that there may have been a darker ful love stood beside him, a fitting help- morning by a cablegram sent by Dr. lia. Mrs. Stanford had had the bottfe--a so put strychnine In of bi- meet. She kept own Sac- the bottle Humphrls of long time. She did not reason. her house at of soda? the tragic end of Mrs. know whether ramento as fittingly carbonate A cablegram Mrs. Stnnfford was In She as she presided In "I would not want to state as Stanford. was received the habit or seemed, however, very cheerful and received the many the palace that the wealth of later ths during the day from Dr. Jordan nsklng sending the b6ttle out to be refilled or years positive. However, I do not wish to friends who called on her in that spirit, although to one at least of reared for her on the crown of be quoted as making a positive state- that Judge Stanley take charge of all not. the more intimate ones she threw aside her, cheerfulness and spoke Nob Hill. ment, and will not, until I have the matters affecting Mrs. Stanford. I The capsules had been purchased And, when the university Is MISS from Wnkelee's drug store San of the fears that beset her. that the result of the analysis In my hands. BERNER'S STORY. at Fran- most lasting Stanford monument was We have placed the glass she drank Miss Bemer, the companion and sec- cisco Just before leaving. The prescrip- Yesterday Mrs. Stanford went on a drive to the Pali, and founded, Leland Stanford associated out of, the spoon with which the mix retary of Mrs. Stanford, was question- tion was procured from Dr. Hlllmnn. down into Koolau, where the party had a picnic dinner. Mrs. his wife with himself as his full equal ture was stirred and the bottle from ed yesterday by High Sheriff Henry, Miss Berner haB been with Mrs. Stan- In Its administration during his life- but little was learned from her, or ford for nearly a score of years, but Stanford ate very heartily, and seemed to enjoy every moment of which the fatal dose was taken, In the the time and left the task for her com- hands of the chemists." maid, Miss Hunt, which threw any Usht Miss Hunt was engnged only on Febru- the drive. , . , T,& pletion after he died, with full faith on the tragedy. Miss Bemer said that ary 9, although she had been In her ser- ,,u that the trust would be faithfully car-- DISPOSITION OF REMAINS. an attempt had been made In California vice many years before. The party returned to the Moana hotel, and at dinner time "KVin .,... 1tn1 Hilt n lin.1 1n,n.n,.,1 I. The remains of the late Mrs. Stan- - to poison the deceased, and that was (Rnntlnueil on pnui" n.l Mrs. Stanford went into the dining room. She did not remain more i,er through the years than three minutes, but made no complaint of feeling ill. In fact, It Is only recently that this task ha3 $?5fw3e she said that she felt remarkably well. It was supposed, however, been, In effect, completed. On Novem- A friend of the late Mrs. ber 9, 1901, that she had eaten so heartily at the picnic Mrs. Stanford signed the that she did not care two deeds that turned over to Leland rV.. Aagft" ll Stanford said last night. for dinner. Stanfoid, Jr., University bonds, realty ."hi Did some one want to pro- Leaving the dining room, Mrs. Stanford sat on the lanai talk- an Rtorks of the estimated value of fit by her death? Not all $28,000,000. This transfer was accepted ing very cheerfully until bed time. by the trustees of the university and, her fortune was turned over At a little after ten o'clock, although this is not very clear, she while It was distinctly understood that to the University. A mil- went to her room on the second floor of the hotel, and retired. Mrs. Stanford did not thus relinquish lion or so was withheld for her voice of contiol In the management At ii o'clock a guest in an adjoining room heard her groaning, of the Institution, It was still plainly private bequest. Perhaps and going into her room found her lying on the floor, moaning ' understood that it was a preparatory some of the heirs got in a step to the end. v- - U as if in . - . r hurry." pain. The original grant Ki.STW'i'HaiTmm? ' MmT7r?ltIV V , .11 Zt to the university '. i , .ifei3&i . - : ..-'j- "I have been poisoned!" she gasped. embraced tlnee great ranches nt Palo mk.m'.;... ' k. She had evidently been taken violently ill in bed and, stirring to Alto, Vina and Grldley. Following the get up to summon help, had fallen to the floor and been unable to panic of 1S93 nnd the tying up of the estate In the probate court, Mrs. Stan- rise. At once Dr. Humphris was summoned, and to him Mrs. Stan- ford had a very pevere struggle to keep ford repeated: thu university on its feet. She said, once, of that trying time: "I have been poisoned. Get a stomach pump at- - once." "I piayed to God for guidance eery Dr. Humphris called Drs. Day and Murray to his assistance, ilny. and I know He gave me light to and although all that was oossible was done for her. Tane Stanford Rull,p ' feet .!, U,,a !, nu n( ,i;,,i v,i a ,,.. i. u- - I "ow much of her fortune Mrs. Stan .ui ford reserved for her own use nt the (M her last. time of making this record deed of gift Almost with her breath, she gasped: Is not known, but there can be small fca last "This is a horrible death to die!" doubt that It was her Intention, as It was known tq be Senator Stanford's, 'PSW As soon as Mrs. Stanford had breathed her last, an examina- to leave all her wealth to the unler-slt- y. tion was made of her room and upon a table at the bedside was Leland Stanford, found a vial containing carbonate of soda, which had been used a Jr., University was as founded In 1SS" by Senator nnd Mrs. corrective medicine. Stnnford as a memorial to their only It is not stated whether Mrs. Stanford had taken any of this son, who died In early ynith. Its doors were opened 1S91, last night, but mixed in with the soda there was found some in and It has ri en trace to the rank of one of the greatest uni- of strychnine, so it was said last night. versities In the United Stntes. Almost at once after Mrs. Stanford's death. Dr. Htimnhris started to notifv Hitrh Sheriff nf h fnrfo ,?n K. a'r0.m Thursday's Advertiser) Thr the coroner's inquest today and almost certainly a post mortem exam- - J Jttr ination, necessitated by the very grave circumstances surrounding ' TuZ" i " ,Mrs- - Stanford took,'Tthe the case. I .4 ?'"ch That Mrs. Stanford feared death by in fact, I feared that It might ImPSE I """ ' poisoning, was learned positively last to - fact was adduced last night. a delusion, but she talked so ration- .S It was because of this fear that niiy I could hardly hold by she came to that that Chemists Shorey and Honolulu. Mrs. Stanford lief nut was very uneasy, nnd I ald as much herself In course of i Duncan, and given unofficially the wrote to friends Frnn-i- i. conversation mutual in San a with Mrs. Henry E. el-c- bv them, to HlBh Sher,ff Henry. illghton, an very about the matter. old nnd Intimate "She told me that she feared the per-- By 9 o'clock this morning the friend, within a few days of ar- I her sons who were attempting to poison chemists hope to be rival here. house-- able to fa"- - "Thp her were members of tier own '. reason I left San Francisco," hold. But she mentioned no names.,10 tne proper authorities the Mrs. Stanford said to Mrs. Hlghton. The woman who accompanied her to formal results of their examina- - "was because an attempt had been w uonmuiu sat on the porch lth us nnd tinn wnf Vi made upon my life. There was enough .1...... ,.. T . contents of the !,.,,!.V(ll4 HIC lUIMUiDUVJUIIt UUlT... 1 CUIIHUk """. , "c poison used then to kill twenty people, recall her name. We had been tnlklng Stomach, Investigation and an of the facts Is of spiritualism. And as I say. 1 Thus far. two facts have become now being made In San Francisco." sought to disabuse Mrs. Stanford's known from a medical examination: "Mrs. Stanford seemed very greatly mind of the Idea that seemed to pos- First, the nutopsy evenled-t- o the was affected when she telling me this," sess It." three surgeons who performed that STANFORD MEMORIAL CHAPEL FROM WHICH THE REMAINS OF MRS. uald Mrs. Hlghton last night, "and I Mrs. Stanford, nt the time of her duty that Mrs. Stanford died from sought to disabuse her mind of the Idea. death, was In her 77th year, and had tetanus of the respiratory organs, STANFORD WILL BE BURIED.

.&i4i8m-- i ,iM, zm&'M iBBaMariMHataaaiiiaBaaMiHBIMHB i