New-York tribune., 1916-02-17
Letter from Poison Sus-
pect Boasts of the
Chicago Crime.
WORKED AS CHEF
ON STATEN ISLAND
Anarchist Sneers at Police and
Tells of Chemical Tests
Says He Hates Religion.


being searched to their darkest corners
by detectives who are convinced that
Jean Crones, charged with the whole
sale poisoning of churchmen at the
Archbishop Mundelein banquet in Chi
cago, is IN hiding here.
Receipts Of a letter bearing Crones's
signature, in which the anarchist-if he
actually wrote it-admits having placed
poison in other dishes served at the
banquet, has convinced the police that
he fed to his former associates here
when the search for him in Chicago
grew too hot.
The letter was addressed TO a morn
ing newspaper, and indicated that the
anarchist, like many of his mental cali
bre, glories in the publicity he has at
tanned through the Chicago poisoning.
The letter, which has been verified IN
part by Captain Tunney and members
of the bomb squad, is as follows
Everything | have read in the pa
pers regarding my case is either fool
ich or untrue. / declare that my story
is true. In America ! am since the 9th
May, 1918, and worked for three months
in Castels old French restaurant,
Grand City, Staten Island, as Chef.
After that / worked for jahr In New
York and after that in Chicago, Cleve-
land, in the Country Club and bak TO
Chicago at the University Club | was
Chef of the old west room and dit not
have anything to do with the soup
III always was in the Radical Move
ment as worker and as a true Com
Grade 20 my fellow workers. Mean
while | have studied Silence Aston
omy and Chemistry. As | did not
have enouch mony 20 go to the univer-
sity, | have taken up Chemistry at tho
International Correspondence schools
In Scranton, Pa. | proceed with my
study and made good progress. Thanks
70 the /. c. s.. | payed monthly l0S
and for apparatus and Chemicals COS
Cash Mony we're have worked for
Hates Religion, lie Says.
As love Silence hattie Religion and
"a | have seen the menue tor that
Diner II days before | fought that IL
was a sanitary thing 20 make good
clean up. And / started right away
to work. worked till late in the nigh
every day and | prepared the poisons
but the most hat a bitter taste. Later
| agreed for Arsenic and Barium
Chloride.
II bought some more Arsenic and
son had 90 grams Arsenous Oxide and
100 gr A2O3 and 90 gr Barium Chic
ride. Than made $50 gr. Mig H2N2O)
(C.P.) and very dry. this / took along
when l made My Escape. No one in the
world has known those things before.
After hat placed the poison in little
quantities in diFerend dishes which
were redy for the diner.
After that I went home. | took q
solution of lime of chloride water and
sulphurio acid and made my hair white
AS schnov Two times | WAS overkom-
men by the gases evolved. Then left
home with nothing but my chlotes,
some explosives and some poison, also
an knife and a Revolver. Those explo-
sives are very dangerous, for the small
est shOk causes an explosion which
will have terrible resultes. deny that
there were any explosives In my room
after left.
Chicago Police.
THE six cans which the duped Chi
cago police believed gun-cotton, is not
ing but asbestos and in those six cans
/ received SIX bottles of acid from the
school with asbestos around for save
shipping.
81 must laugh at the letters which
the police fund. | dit never have any
other letter but from home Those
letters and all my papers I have
burned before left. No have
changed the color of my hair red and
] am working IN a good position IN
little town near New York. No
body suspects anything here, and I
am save for the next When I have
little mony again l 90 to the Uni
versity and tnis my study.
Il am not afraid for the stupid po-
lice, for | am not afraid for the dead.
Wenn I go take d good many along.
] am sorry that not all or at least a
100 got killed for the world would be
more happy without them. have a
good portion Of energy left and some
Intellience and the next time | am go
ing 10 use them SO that my next work
in that line will be a full suces
JEAN CRONES."
81 am proud 10 be an Anarchist and
IL was not Jean Crones | would like
10 be Bresi
"All my work do alone all the time
so the police spies do not get the best
on me and not get chance to get pro-
rnotat lean EPONEG