Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-17
Hundred Prominent Men at Ban
quet to Archbishop Mundeiein
at Chicago Escaped Death by
Narrow Margin.
ASSISTANT CHEF SUSPECTED
Was of Anarchistic Tendencies
disappeared Night of Ban
uuet-His Room Found to BE
a Veritable Chemical LabOra-
tory-Oxide of Arsenic Used.

Chicago Feb. l3--Aualyss 81 tho
poisoned SOUP which made n. hundred or
moro prominent guests violently III at
In nuuet given Archbishop Mundelen here
last Thursday night at the University
club was completed by Dr Frederick ..
Tonne to-day.
Tho analysis showed that the hundred |
guests who partook of the soup missed
death by - marrow margin. The poison
used vas white oxid" OF arsenic.
Ills calculation showed that the entire
kettle of soup contained $50 grains. This
development was regarded as significant
by detectives working on the case. In
the amateur laboratory of Jean Crones,
the missing assistant chef at the club.
an ounce bottle said to have contained
the drug. but which was empty. was
found. An ounce of the drug contains
$50 grains.
Croncs disappeared on the night of The
banquet and had not been found to-
night. Hinton G. Clabaugh chief OF the
Chicago bureau Of Investigation Of the
| department of Justice. Joined in the
search. Tho bureau is said to he watch
| ing an eastern friend of Crones.
| Captain Nicholas Hunt. chief Of the
| detective bureau said that Information
| important to the search was obtained
! from letter found in the home Of Jean
| Alegrni. friend of crones Alegrini
and Pascual LCno. another friend Of the
missing chef, are beng held by the
police
Croncs was known to his fellow cni-
rloyes as a radical. and the police have
| made n search Of the room he occupied
since his employment by the club last
September. The search brought to
light several bottles Of arsenic two
walls of mercuric nitrate; several walls
of copper salts.
There was also a rifle" said nr.
Ralph Webster. who accompanied the
police in their search Tn a trunk
there was a bottle labelled nitrate
glycerinc' and containing about a pint
Of the fluid. which We handled with OK
IRENE care
The trunk was perhaps onc-thjrd
filed with literature of the Industrial
Workers of the World There was
book OF songs entitled In Memoriam-
Joe Hill; Murdered by the Authorities
of Utah There were also works of
Emma Goldman and other anarchstic
writers.
The room was complete chemical
laboratory, and there was every ind-
cation that the man had been expert
menting in mixing poisons.
It was after this search had been made
that DR.. Robertson issued his warning. IT
read:
1T is prudence for all persons who par
took OF the soup at the banquet to see
their physicians Immediately. We have
not Vet determined what the poison in the
soup was-whether it was arsenic or a
mercurial poison-and every one should
watch closely for any symptoms Of ILL
ness.
Seven Archbishops and - bishops of the
Roman Catholic Church were among the
guests. The bishops included Muldoon Of
Rockford. H.. Gum of Grand Rapids
Mich. and Carrigan Of Sioux city Iowa,
Mgr Francis c. Kelly. head Of the Cath
olic Church Extension society under
whose auspices the banquet was given,
was also present, as was the Rev. John
Whean of Brooklyn.
President Harry Pratt Judson of the
University Of Chicago was guest. as
were Governor Dunno and former Cover
nor Dineen Others were Roger &. Sulli-
van, the democratic leader; Frank O. Wet
more, president of the First National
bank; Or, John r. Murphy. the surgeon:
Judge c. \. Mcdonald Judge H. F. Sull,-
van, Judge II. T.. Brcntano. Andrew Ora =
ham and w, A. Tildeu, we'll known bank
ers; former Mayor Carter Harrison and
Attorney General IuCcv.
Archbishop Mundelein WHO ate little
OF the soup, said he had detected no ill.,
effects whatever. Governor Dunno. cN-
: Governor Dineen. Mayor Harrison, DR..
Murphy Dr. Judson and Mr.. Lucey also
escaped far.
Judge John F. McCoorty and A. D.
Plamoden We're among those who did
suffer, and both Of them are stll under
the care OF physicians. Bishop Gala shcr
Is also suffering and Monsignor Kelley
says he can plainly notice the effects.
No alarm is felt for any of these, but
neither they nor any others who were
at the dinner are taking any chances.
Crones is % years old, and is said to
speak huently, not only English, but
German. French ano Italian. His de-
scription has been sent to the prnci-
pal cities, but the police have not yet
said his arrest has been asked for.
Men who worked in the kitchen of
he University club with him say that
Crones constantly preached the social
revolution to them
When banquets were held here" these
men said, "Crones would point out the
j., diners to us and say:
1--WE who produce do not enjoy the
fruits of our labors, Those rich men
out there are not producers; they live
off our productiveness