The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-22
'CRONES' NOW TWITS
POLICE OVER PHONE
Prisoners Pursucrs Lurrd Up
town by Calls, but Chase
Is Futile.
2 ARRESTS on ONE CLUE

Jean Ciones. or a man representing
him. kept the police ON the jump yes
terday. The Chicago %poisoner. or his
to Police Headquarters and INVITING
them. But frantic search nj the source
Of the telephone calls failed tn reveal
any person Of Crones's description.
About noon a voice, talking to Head
quarters. announced:
This Is Jean Crones. am at a
restaurant uptown having my lunch.
Come up and dine with me"
Straightway through the telephone cN-
change the number of the phone from
which the man was talking WAS found
to be a restaurant at Fffty-elgllth street
and Third avenue. Detectives chased to
the spot. scrutinized every person in the
restaurant and made inquiries. hut did
not get Crones.
Presently another telephone call was
received. This time Crones announced
he WAS a. the Grand Central Station.
Again the detectives were In eager pur.
Full. ukdlI tlI's Wv ne
third call was received from another
section of the city.
Arrest Two Men, but Not trOncs.
Some one notified Police Headquarters
last night that Jean trones could he
found in a furnished room nous at
els West F~orty-ninth street. petec-
ti,es Hughes and conway OF Lieut..
Sherh's drug squad were despatched TO
investigate. 49,,
They broke into two rooms. hut di1
not find croncs. However. they arrested
two men for having revolvers. IN the
room of Frank Antice. ~ years OLD DO
sides a gun IA large quantity oi wnl'c
powder was found. The detectives SAID
IL was heroin. The other man arrested
was Benjamin Demarco. 20 years OLD
A revolver was iound IN " ouT'du
drawer Of his room.
Deputy Police Commissioned Scuu.
Who has direc, charge Of the hunt for
crones, was silent yesterday. Tie sa'l
that n thorough search WAS going on,
but declined To give out any Information
~ 10 tho clues. Inspector cray, a'tlne
head Of the detective bureau, n APP
Thomas j. Tunnsy 81 the bomb squad
have charge Of tn" detectives ana are
working in harmony in a plan Z" cap
turc the ttulltlls I"l''h''s
Vain Hunt <mong 3.OO0.0OO.
TIL. situation that confronts the po-
lice ~ that of picking from '."n". nos
one person, dangerous To the community.
through A photograph two years I'D
Besides this Photograph the police have
only "A vague description Of the mans
habits and his mental characteristics
They have no kuowl-dg. eli his hauuis.
So thorough has been the hunt that
every hotel. restaurant aud clh has
been searched for a man resembling
Crones. The hunt has extended outside
the city to various suburbs.
The police arc convinced that Croncs
is stili in the city and are confident they
will eventually get him. Some persons
think, however. that he has moved e
some other place where, ausc of his
prohensity for letter Writing, he VIII an
nounce his presence.
Nails Closed 10 1.-THE Revolt"
The Post office Department forbade
Yesterday h circulation By mail uf tht
Rrroit, an anarchist weekly. wh"s'
| office Is in the Francisco Ftrrcr Nssp
clation anarchist headquarters. at y;
East 10th street. The action ~ss take
because OF An editorial that upheld me
| Alarm, the Chicago Red paper ina
praised Jean Crones for attempting Il
poison Archbishop Mundelein and othe'
prominent men.
The editorial Mas 10 appear IN tH'
issue of the R,rolt which came IRON
| the press last Friday. but post oihc'
! inspectors learned OF II and warned TN
publishers not to mail II until II ha'
been referred To- Washington fester
day word came from Washington t.
refuse the Rcrolt admission To th' mails
The publishers say they win try 10 &c
an injunction to-day.
\ meeting was held last uignt tu pla'
a fight gains the Federal ord,l.
THE Reroh will serve Subscribers "
the Alarm with the sam, fidelity, IN
editorial is reported as saying, "an'
VIC will ill by mail all orders for sub
srript!ons TO the R'roit from subscriber
Of the Alarm"
The editorial furthermore upholds IN
Alarm in what IL said about 'roues. an
also says kind words of the 10 generation
a Los Angeles publication OF silnlla
type tina Was suppressed last Friday.