Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20

Of tho Ncv York Police Department she was
assistant 20 Mrs testify the motron She had been at
this hospital about two years and She brought n
record FOR twelve years of excellent work.
Miss Campbell went on her annual vacation last
September returning ON October g. one morning
vce, after she was talking with the pharmacist Mr.
King in the hospital dispensary, when AN orderly
brought her a package OF mai ON top was q square
parcel.
some one has been sending you some candy" said
King
ooh guess not" said Miss Campbell. She opened
the parcel nevertheless. found that It was indeed
box Of candy bearing the mark Of the Boston Candy
stores New York She held ont the box TO King as
80 90 ofer him piece
"whv there's something wrong with that stun"
he exclaimed They examined &c. The candy-gum
drops as lt bappcned--vas busted over with hne,
white povdor some of the pieces, too were broken,
as 10 10 let the powder penetrate
"It looks queer 10 me-" said King SAY you want
10 be careful with candy that comes through the
mails You had better lct me analyze some Of that
powder before you cat TO-" Miss Campbell laughed
at Dis caution. but King was iu earnest She finally
lofi The box and the pharmacist proceeded with his
analysis Hc found that the white powder was
arsenic
when Dc made This discovery King became sud
dcnIy cautious. Evidently, here was a crime; he
wanted 60 keep himself out of &C. lie returned the
candy looked suspicious and that she should certainly
have an analysis made before She ate any OF g. She
handed 10 over o one of the resident physicians lie
found arsenic; and FOO duty bound DE reported the
fact To- Dr AIoybou. th, superintendent DR. Maybon
remembering certain anonymous letters which had
Boon received 600 thc summer Dog both Miss Campbell
and himself reported the case fo the District Ator-
uay- office So by hc regular city routine Ct came 20
tlr Contra. Detective Bureaus and Lieutenant Carey.
.,U.||uH..I imam 3D. uUl-uuiuu cH~cs WIS ASSIGNED
40, .u.. ,.-n.
% ,cu FOO Miss Campbell The first thing" said
C.r.. .aad pu 200 whole afternoon with her
$50. Ha- D1 woman. n her thirtics nice spoken
u' Sharp whip. . asked her who might De her
... ..s Snr c3u.d think of mo- one who would want
..'H H.. lu' Hnally She did admit after I had
-r H '.- ..r whole afternoon. that Mrs. Jcstly the
a.d Airs Thorpe another nurse on the
H uo' 1eou exactly friendly TO her. They
..'. NI.H. particular auiuosty. she said but Mrs
r.t ...i stopped speaking TO her Dr. May
.t 'Hn ahaut Tine anonymous letters. She
.i... $50 90 On"m- three m ypcwritiug aud
..'-.aa Eat She hadn't thought much
.H. r-r. and had destroyed them asked
.IuU- aul associates were. She named
r,acu living i'm Manhattan Three 81
u-'lcr 1ic one to keep your eye on is
N.. '..r Morrow. vino lived at No. MS West Eighty
t ... iuc Sis. Campbell seemed little fright
.ur .. ,hr impression 1at She was trying 10
suIcl ~.iur ouc and made mp my mind that we
couldn't expect much help from her I'm fact she
asked mc once f couldn't drop the case seeing that
mo- harm was done"
Having taken Miss Campbcl's statement. Carey
turned his attention TO that important piece OF evil
deucc the candy box l bore the brand Of The Boston
Candy Stores, a firm having two branches. one ia
Fourteenth street, the other i'm Third avenue near
Tvontythird street. New York city. The wrapper
was plain piece of manila paper The address
Wish iu handwriting was scratched on a sep
aratc piece Of notepapcr and fastened 10y the
twelve two cent stamps which had carried the pack
age through the United States malls.
Carey spent some Time with this address The
hand was plainly disguised From every one who
might DE suspected he took samples of handwriting
The result was puzzug ANY one Of three different
persons might have written that address. The hand
writing experts called into court iu important cases.
always cocksurc of angles and speeds: the prac-
ucal detectives know that this kind of expert tcsti-
mouy Is charactcrisdcaly unreliable The most care.
fuI inspection of the handwriting only limited the
field Of suspicion.
The candy was wbut is known 10 the trade as
royal gum drops. This i'm itself had a bearing on
the case for that was Miss Campbclrs flyorte candy
Plainly the sender know her habits. Carey visited
the Boston Candy Stores ana discovered Chat the royal
drops were sold only at the Twenty third street
shop. Further the wrapping paper OF the kind
used 200 this branch The package had been mailed
So the Madison square station Of the Post Once De
partment, only two blocks away. one part of the
transaction. therefore, became plain day Either
the sender lived near Twenlyhrd street and Sixth
avenue or he had dome DIS work in q great hurry
The next thing that specially claimed Curry's at
teutou Was ono of hc anonymous letters received boy
Dr. Mayuou-ho had kept only ibIs ouc-a ecurrllous
attack upon hm and DIS methods % was type
written, and s. was mailed ou August q from station
w, Manhattan. THE writer. evidently uuscho0lod iu
tho cautions of crime had made three slips In Tine
FIRST place the paper bad been ordinary ctlcr size
sheet carrying InucrhcHd TUp writer 20 avoid
detection had torn oa uc le.garhaad but hc bad u.
cautiously Icft tHo printed da.c Dine. There % was
ANA in singular black noo yuo.-"New York
-- 100" DE hld forgotten. iou to tear on thc
part bearing he water mark. which read 'yiotor"
Further Doe bad uael o. very od typewriter. slightly
ont of alignment w1 Showing certain uecuIurItlos 600
the worn letters Mos. conspicuous 0f thoso was the
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