The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-29
WOMAN ATTEMPTS
TO POISON RIVAL
Mysterious Box Of Poisoned
Candy on Christmas
WAS VERY CLUMSY JOB
ALBANY, N. ", POLICE AT WORK
ON MYSTERY SIMILAR TO
THE 6oTkklN AND
MOLiNEAUx CASES.

/ Albany, N. ", Dec. pa married
woman, said to be young and ex-
tremely jealous, holds the key to the
mystery surrounding the attempt to
poison Miss Elsie Maria Smith, the
! Queen Titania of last years Hal
loween Carnival
| Thus far have the police advanced
n their effort to clear up the case,
which has tremendously stirred AL
bany and called up comparisons with
the BotlSin case of San Francisco and
Molineaux affair of New York, though
ieath did not follow in this case to
make the parallel complete.
Who the woman is and where she is
to be found the police as yet do not
know.
From what has cropped out today
1T is clear that the mysterious pack
age Of candy went to Mss Smith on
Christmas Day in the guise of
friendly offering, was dispatched by
one of her rivals for the honors which
'ell upon the intended victim 10
months ago
Wrote Threatening Letters.
More than so anonymous letters re-
ceived by Miss Smith in the inter
vening period were produced today
letters which pleaded with her to dis
continue her acquaintance with Clay
On Mckinley. the Prince Charming
If the carnival. which later turned to
imprecations and finally to threats of
,odily harm and death II the ac.
uaintance was not ended.
Other letters to Mckinley have ap-
Deared, attacking the character of
Miss Smith and warning him against
her; and It is significant that the
handwriting in all of these letters
Gears close resemblance To that in
which the poison package was ad-
dressed.
The candy with the suspicious green
substance that was found on the in
side of the chocolate creams is in the
lands of DIR. VIM G. Tucker, of the |
Bender Hygan,c Institute, who will re-
u,n TO Albany tomorrow with his re-
lort on his analysis of The stuff,
Not until the police have thoroughly |
the friendship of Mr.. Nc |
Kinley for woman in Albany. older
han himself by few years but of
treat beauty and married to a we'll
llaown Rsspbeis NJ the ,yspnysnYpityt. nys "
viii they, regard .,the solution.of thisI
nystehy asa hopeless. y. ~ - ~
4 4 "A Clumsy job, sisEs., -
.Thb attempt 70 EpoIsduF Miss Smith I
assclunisRy doneGThe candy was in,3-
closed In .a;sonepound box from "a
noted tirnf'ss Albany branah. bFtIil wa
evident that thebox had been us6d be-
ore. and II it.ceftainly was not Wrapped
Is if it had cong sfrom. the stSre. The
.ns iss"s pSgSs sS sSI2 lt 1ag 'D'iSd Da1,
ion which divides the candies packed
by the iifn AT the local bfanShssto
Z was RaH that il was impossible tb
race tbs box In any way. iIs''f ~
The wrapper was a course niec3 of
'elIow MANILA paper, wrinkled ;ahd
ioied. The address, Elsie NJ Smith,
ritania. 400 Hudson Avenue. Albany,
v y" had been written in black
Three ltwo-cent stamps had been
lffixed and postmArked in a manner
o make It. impossible TO learn Che
,lace from which the package vas
ent. . % q
There Is no doubt, however. that the
lackage was mailed In this city. Al
east two-thirds of the chocolate
'rsams in the box had been broken in
lalf. partly filled with green powder
md then joined again II was bung-
ing and defective manner Of attempt
ng TO conceal the presence OF the poi.
(Conffnnad ON Ennrfh Paral