The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-14

Chicago, Feb. 14--That the pO1SOn- ing of 100 of the guests at the banquet in honor of Archbishop Mundelein last Thursday night may have been part of a nationwide plot among a group of Anarchists. Was indicated by Hin ton G. Clabaugh, Division Chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. yes terday.
 He admitted that agents of the Fed era1 government are checking up on disclosures made on Saturday, when he and an assistant searched the room in No. 2,202 Prairie avenue. once occu- pied by Jean CrOnes, the suspected poisoner. He said it did not seem rea- Sonable to him that Crones could have operated alone
 A quanitative analysis completed by Dr. Frederick G. Tonney of the Health Department disclosed the fact that each pine of the soup served at the dinner probably contained 3.7 grains of arsenic, such an excessive amount that it must have been placed 1n the soup designedly.
 Nearly Fatal Dose for Each.
 The minimum fatal dose of arsenic, according to pr. John Dill Robertson, is two graiIs- At the University club, as Is the custom at banquets, each guest received one-third Of a pint of soup, and if he ate it all, swallowed a little more than 12 grains of arsenic, or about three -fifths of, the minimum , IL Robertson said, espreyented moro seri- lous consequences.s
 John A1legrini of No. ,40s Calumet avenue, an Anarchist and chuIn of the missing Crones, was taken in custody tby the police early yesterday morning. and after being questioned for four hours by Lieut. James V. Larkin and other detectives, was taken away from the Cottage Grove avenue station in ] an automobile.
 A 4E had been taken to the Detective Bu- reau, but later it developed he had been lodged in a cell in some ouly- l ing station. Detectives raided his room, where they found and confis- 1 cated books, papers and various dry I batteries and other parapharnaIia- That particular importance is attached ] AIIegrini's possession was admitted by Capt. Hunt.
 Letter of Much Importance.
 We found information in the let ter that is of great importance to us in our search for Crones,'' he said. T can't make the letter public just yet; in fact. if we talked now we might ruin our whole case"
 After first denying to detectives that Crones had visited Allegrini in her home last Sunday, Mrs. Marie Legno who with her hus band, Pasqua1e, lives at No. 240S Calumet avenue, admitted the two men had dined there and left togetrer.
 T do not know where they went,'' she said, fbut I thought they were going to moving picture show Jean came in just as my boarders were fin fshing dinner. Me and John talked awhile and then went out together
 PasquaIe. a cook as the Congress ho- tel, said he knew nothing of Crone's .1.r~@ .A aaz-. s- detectives in searching Allegrini's S belongings, as we'll as the property of Dominick Forte, who rooms with Al1egrini Forte, according to Leg no, is a traveI1ft1g salesman, and pa pers found at the house indicated that he worked for a tailoring com pany- Forte was out of town, but a search of his clothing and papers in4 dicated that he is Anafchistic in Iean- angs.
 Crones Prepared the Soup.
 Crones' actions during the few days just prior to his disappearance stand out as follows
 Sunday, Feb. 6-c crones appears
 at Legno home in afternoon. dur
 ing dinner, and later goes out
 with AIegrini. In the evening
 both appear at the home of Mrs.
 May Zefgenfus, where Crones has
 a room. They go up to the room,
 
 is also known as Mrs. Howard,
 and remain there for about Is
 minutes Then A1legrini leaves
 "Wednesday, Feb. 9-Crones ap-
 pears nervous He goes to work
 at the University club, where he
 prepares stock for soup which is
 to be served at banquet the fol-
 lowing night. He leaves at SIS
 in the evening.
 Thursday. Feb. 1O-Jules Cha
 nay, head chef of the club, calls
 up Mrs. Legno in the morning & and assk for Crqnes, who used to
 room there He is told ! that
 Crones left in December because
 it was too co1d,'' and then the
 chef asks Mrs. Legno to go to the
 Zeigenfus house and see if the
 missing man is there. Mrs. Legno
 goes and finds Crones not not
 been seen since the preceding
 evening. She reports this to Cha
 nay That night the soup is served and the guests are poia- oned-
 Friday, Feb. 11-Nothing is
 seen of Crones. but in the after
 noon the telephone in the club
 kitchen rings, and a voice, be-
 neved to be that or the insisting
 man. says Crones is i'll and una
 ble to work. Friday night Harry
 J. Doherty of the University club,
 found crone's room and his lab
 oratory.
 Poison Cartons in Club Kitchen. According to MT Doherty there were 50 gallons of soup pitt in the pot and boiled to 20 gallons. or 16o pints. At 5.7 grains to a pint this would mean a total of 592 grains of arsenic. That more than an ounce 420 grains-was put into the soup is indicated by the finding Of empty poi son containers about the kitchen. One container was an ounce bottle bearins. the label "arcenous Oxide" This would account for 4se grains of the poison. pr. Tonney informed Dr. Robertson that he had found on the scene the wrapper for a paper carton This bears the label arsenic