Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-16
PRINCETON ARMAN
TO BE FREED soon
ctudent, Caught With Poi
son Store, Now Believed
Insane
uAD, COURTED DEATH
NEW YORK, oct 16.

NEW NOlth. N'l' W.
vunary authorities at Fort SSs, Wv,
,.i,,d where Samuel p. lhN'ngood'
erio's a, princeton is held pris-
pup" his arrest u week ago Ast sat
one' cod with having a quantity "t
uo"' potassium and chloral hydra'e
-. rooms at Patton Hail. oe'eNe un''
" I'D bought the deadly poisohs Win
s,or.ion Of killing himself IniorWa-
t"e ,tred by the army authorities TINS
w" -, &, fact. to the conviction that
," a i,ined the aviation school at
bccause Of the extra hazards OF
..,.,.o I'm the air and in the express
80 that he might meet quick deaIh III
q na.,arant John H. Livingston, attached
t,d,c advocates office Of the head
"r,ors Of the Department OF lHe r"S''
Qua,' ,.oirc to the general opinion that lhe
,,g student-aViator Is not heh''h! "
sponsible &, c,., ri,irrood at
.s lJ g.; take his life with drug be-
',so or a love affair, and there Is hell I"
4. sound basis for the conclusion 'il"t t"e
,anide found in his rooms had peeh n'uueh
,hore for the purpose OF Nelt-destruClloh III
~ tiyiugood failed to meet the death he
,eb, sonn enough in an airplane. LiNin-
SUI noe rencatcdly told officers at Fort Jay
s sUot he wanted to die hut he has not given
any reason -. r...,..,..,,.,,
.,erts Of the secret Service are still work
Sns .to establish definitely why the young
- kcpt the poison in his possession. As
.o, no said Federal Investigators have not
tound any conclusive evidence tending to
.bow that there existed any plot formulated
nv agents Of the German Government to
bring about wholesale casualties in the
United States army aviation corps.
Suspicion along this line was voiced by
one of livingood's officers at Princeton.
who several days after his arrest when the
news first became public. explained that the
C;overnment had kept the case secret at first
because Of a desire to tran possible confed-
crates at the other aviation training camps
throughout the country.
Meanwhile the military authorities at
Fort Jay have postponed indefinitely tile
urt-martial Of Livingood 1t has already
been made known that the accused young
man would not he tried for treason, bu,
rather for having violated army regulation
nv having deadly roisons in his possession
liyingood however. is confident. aCCOrdin.
10 the army officers that a COuTt-martial II
reld will return a verdict favorable to him
He has denied any intent to use the cyanide
to take the lives of his fellow students II
aviation. and stated that hc would not have
~
the military law
should tho court decide that the youus
man was careless in Keeping the poison. ant
that there is after all. no evidence Of r
plot. Lieutenant Livingston said, the whol,
ease might be set aside.
Investigation Of LivmRood's capture ha
disclosed that he was well liked by his as
sociates in the United states Agricultural
Department in Washington. but did no
mingle with the men employed in the aVia
ton training work in Princeton. His habit
while student are being closely inyesti
gated.
we decided not to ho'd the scheduled
ant Livingston. We have verified all bu
one link in his story regarding the posses
ssion OF the ten ounces of potassium cyand
and the six ounces of Chloral hydrate. AZ
soon as we have verified the last details
he will he released.
1--WE find he bought the poison while
working as u stcnogranhcr for the Govern
nent in Panama three years ago. lie wal
IN love with a girl there who did not return
his affection. once he took chloral owe
her, but she quickly got physicians an,
they saved his life. As soon as We tin'
out that he did buy the poison where an,
when he says he did we expect to rclcas,
him"
LiviugoOd who is a native of GAINESVILLE
O., is lodged with other military prisoners
IN Castle William. the old brick fort OF
the west shore of Governors Island. II h,
is tried he will he represented by an arm!
officer specially assigned as his counsel.