New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-18

FIVE Yor-NG WOMEN THINK GUEST WHOM THEY
RECEIVED rpIEp To GIVE THEM ARSENIC
THE pocroK SAYS Not
Tiy. vouur women Of the church Settlement So
cicty a charitable organization connected with the
Protestant Episcopal church OF III" RedeetheV' De
lieyr they have hal a narrow escape from death 10y
poisoning and that the would-be posoner was
recent guest In the society's house. a. NO. loNo
Avenue \ The alleged posoner IS now under po-
lice silpcrvlsIon in Albany. and Is thought to be
dement,d. The young women refused last h'sht 10
reveal her name or theirs. Their BELIEF Is al va
Rance with that of their attending physician ""o
told a Tribune reporter yesterday evening that
she dd not believe an attempt AK poisoning had pe'"
made.
The church settlement Mission has three stories
Of Ia, house 40 so avenue \, and is connected
with the parish Of the church OF the Redeemer IL
Eighty second-st. and Palk-aNe. under the super
vision of the rector the Rev W. Everett Johnson.
Its Held Is among the poorer classes ana especially
the poor children OF the upper East Side. It's work
is carried on by nyc young women, who live by
Themselves Io their mission work voluntarily, With
out religious or promises To THIS iit'le mousse
hold Of which Sister superior Marian Quincy Is
,b,. b.od came two weeks ago II woman, introduced
bv the Rev Dr William Il. huntington OF Grace
Church She said she wanted to study the methods
of IN. church Settlement Society and that she was
about t. join the Episcopal Church Nhhe she
MAS i'm the house she acted In manner mat soon
made the inmates believe she WAS mentally ui'-
sound Pusoly. particularly. seemed TO be con
ycrsational hobby with her Her companions APP
pealrd 10 Dr. Huntington and she was induced 10
leave the .ociety's house a week ago last MohuaS'
She departed ia the afternoon, without any APP
parent l-feens. After supper that nsht tue hVe
members of the society became H. On the following
Tuesday morning they were much better. ana were
treated los Or. Evelna OIIrien. Or O'Brien attends
to the dspensary work In the society buiIdihs put
has 10 further connection with the organization
She saw the five patients about noon on TUESDAY AMI
alarmed them by telling them that perhaps th'y
were suffering from Lrsencal poisoning Nheh the
young women heard her. they Immediately thought OF
the guest who had departed the previous afternoon
and thought that IN her insanity she had tried TO
poison them.
Tn. Rev DR. Huntington. who felt responsible n
the matter afterward talked with the supposed
poisoner \ detective was present. ana agreed win
DR. Huntington that the woman was a dangerous
unatic but ns the members OF the society refused
to take action against her the police allowed her to
return to Albany. where she came from originally
with "A letter from Bishop Dcane.
Or huntington when seen last night. said he had
received from Bishop Doane q letter In which the
Bishop wrote that the suspected woman had arrived
In Albany that he had seen her, and believed her
to be crazy The Bishop said he greatly regretted
| that he had been instrumental IN introducing the
woman. aud that she would be watched In Albany.