1905: "I Am Poisoned!"




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Summary: Jane Lathrop Stanford, co-founder of the university, survives a poisoning attempt at her palatial home in San Francisco. Devastated, she sails to Hawaii, vowing never to return to her house. She doesn't. A second poisoning kills her—a murder that Stanford's president covers up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices