The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-02
POISONED CANDY
STIRS UP GOSHEN
Three Narrowly Escape Death in
Utah County Town.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS CASE
BOXES WITH DEADLY BONBONS
FOUND IN SHEET.
Especial to The Herald.)

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GOSHEN. Utah. March 1.-Two boxes
u of poisoned chocolate candies
which were picked up last Monday
III the main street of the town almost
caused the death of Adam Jenson Miss
Virginia Cook and Miss Myrtle Nelson.
y rigid investigation is being made
INTO the mysterious case by the author
tiles OF Utah county An examination
OF the candy which was made yester-
day showed that the chocolate drops
had been cut open, the middle taken
out and filled with strychnine. Sheriff
j. NJ. Harmon and Marshal William
BurraSton are in search of evidence
that Will lead to the discovery OF the
guilty parties, but little Roadway has
been made. The officers are unable to
advance any theory in regard to the
case and the candy was not left where
any particular person or family would
be likely to discover it first.
Adam Jensen picked up one of the
boxes of candy Monday morning on
the sidewalk near the road and opened
it. On his way home he ate two
chocolate drops and at the gate in
front of his home he was seized with
commissions. His sister saw him rolling
on the ground in agony and called for
help He was carried into the house
and il was suspected at once that he
was suffering from poison. Salt water
and milk was poured down his throat.
Soon after medical attention was given
him he was pronounced out of danger.
His dog which followed him home ate
a piece of the candy out of the box
which was left in front of the house.
The dog died.
Strychnine in Candy.
A chemical analysis was made of the
candy and it was found to contain
strychnine. The candies had been cut
open with a sharp knife and filled with
the poison as was afterwards dis
covered. The pieces were carefully put
together again. The boxes was care
fully wrapped in an issue of the Age
of Reasons. a paper published in the
east.
Girls Have Narrow Escape.
After Jensen had been poisoned it
was learned that Miss Virginia Cook
and Miss Myrtle Nelson had found a
box of candy on Sunday night on the
opposite side of the street from where
Jensen had picked up his box. Miss
Cook unwrapped the box and when she
found il contained candy took a piece
out. She bit into it but it tasted bit
ter and she did not eat it. Miss Nelson
took a piece but she observed the same
bitter taste and threw the candy away
They then threw the box over the fence
and thought nothing more about IT.
They reported the matter to the officers
and the box was found 1T was OF the
same size as the other box and was
wrapped in the same issue of the Age
of Reasons.
Marshal Burraston says that
there has been no stranger in the
town during the last few days,
and he is unable to throw any light
whatever on the matter. The cit
liens are talking of Offering a re-
ward for any information that will lead
to the arrest and conviction of the
parties who distributed the candy In
ul1il-y has been made at the different
stores in the town and also in the
neighboring settlements, but none Of
the dealers have sold ten pounds or even
five pounds of candy to one person.
The candy was put in shoe boxes, but
the label had been carefully removed.