The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
NOW HUNTING FOR THE POISON
POLICE CAN'T FIND THAT MUEN-
TER BOUGHT ARSENIC,
But Fact Is Pointed Out That He Could
Have Got II in Harvard Chemica Lab
o~ratory-slster Arrives in Cambridge
No Trace OF the Missing Man as Yet.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 20 .-Nothing has
been heard by the Cambridge police as to
the whereabouts of Erich Muenter, the
Harvard instructor who is wanted here
because of suspicion that he poisoned his
wife.
Inspector Hurley and other officers work.
ing on the case put in a busy day but with
what results they refuse to say. About the
only thing that could be learned was that
they seized a carboy of spring water at
Muenter's house. This will be sent ava
for chemical analysis.
Another. thing accomplished by the de-
t~ectives was the interviewing Of +. X.
Bryant. a Harvard student, who roomed
in Muenter's house. Bryant desired to
avoid notoriety. so he is said to have spent
Friday and Saturday nights with a friend,
but to-day the police had a talk with him,
and they are said to have got two letters
recently written by Muenter to the student.
What these letters contained the police will
not tell.
Miss Bertha Muenter, sister OF the in
%structor, is at the home Of Mrs, Derrick,
the nurse who accompanied Muenter to
Chicago when he went therelwith his wife's
body. She arrived at her brothers home
va Oh'Ci" C'i''N NiIiS iAoOll anu u iiVN
at the door by two inspectors who are in
possession of the premises.
When informed who the men were Miss
Muenter became hysterical and was taken
to Mrs. Derrick's home. 1t was said there
tonight that the young woman is suffering
from overweight nerves and consequently
no one was allowed to soc her.
Chief Inspector Hurley and other mem
ho,, of tba ~, y, hrilra ,Nolina foroa ha,,a
e~ndeavorei without snccsss to trdos ar
senic to Muenter's possession. Az soon as
Medical Examiner Swan informed them
of the discovery of Dr.. Whitney the in
spectors visited the Muenter fiat and
searched for evidences of arsenic.
According to the statements of the police
the search revealed no traces of the poison
in any of the glasses found in the house.
Nor did they find any box or the wrapper
of any. package which they deemed sus-
picious.
The inspectors have also underworld to
obtain evidence of the purchase of arsenic
by Muenter, or by any one through whom
it might be traced to him. Acanvass of the
drug stores of Cambridge has been made.
but there is no record Of any sale TO a man
of Muenter's appearance.
Inc ponce say tnat TINS does not mean
that the instructor might not have readily
obtained poison. for he might have pur-
chased it in Boston. The theory of Chief
Pullen and Chief Inspector Hurley, now
ever. is that il Muenter got the arsenic
which was found in his wife's body with in
tent to commit murder he probably got it
in the chemical laboratory at the college.
The various laboratories in the building
are wide open and during the day are ac-
cessible to students. Inquiries were made
at the department of chemistry yesterday.
and while those in charge said they doubted
If a man not taking chemistry courses
would know where to find the poisons
there was nothing to prevent a persistent
from finding them
The only purchase Of drugs by Muenter
recently was on April Q, the day the baby
was born. That day he bought a box of
tablets at a pharmacy on the corner Of
Oxford and Beacon streets. The tablets
were antiseptic and were not for internal
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