Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-08-19
TWO IN HOSPITAL AND
TWO ARRESTS IN CASE
WHICH PUZZLES POLICE
Husband and Wife Are Living
Apart With Divorce Proceed
ings Pending, is Rumor
ANALYSIS SHOWS POISON
Jelly Brought to Husbands
Home Here From Wife'S
Home in South Amboy

A mysterious poisoning case that
has so far resulted in the admit
tance of two persons to the City Hos
pital in serious condition and the ar
rest of two others suspected of I'M
plication in the affair, is occupying
the attention of Captain Lawrence
A. Long and his detectives today.
The case may turn out to be de-
liberate attempt to kill by poison,
or it may be simply an accident.
Mrs. Josephine Tiewski of 416
Mechanic street, and her sixtecn-
year-old grandson, Frank TiewoKi.
were taken to the City Hospital yes
terday afternoon suffering from
poisoning believed to have been
caused by jelly which the two had
eaten. The condition of both was
serious yesterday, but the hospital
reports an improvement today and
It is thought that the victims will re-
cover.
Arrested at South Amboy late yes
terday afternoon on charges of COM
plicity in the affair were Mrs. Wall
ter Tiewski. of 526 Ridgeway ave-
nue.. South Amboy, and her daugh-
te., Regina Konazliska, sixteen years
old. The girl is Tiewski's step
laughter. t
on warrants sworn out by the
woman's husband, Walter Tiewski,
of 416 Mechanic street. Detective
John Murray went to South Amboy
yesterday and had the arrests made.
Arraigned before Recorder Pickers-
gill, the defendants were paroled
in the custody of Attorney Leon
McElroy.
1t is understood that Mrs. Tiew-
ski and her husband have not lived
tn0at bpr and that the
woman is at present attempting to
secure a divorce. 1t is from this
angle of the case that the police are
working in an effort to determine
whether or not the poisoned jelly
was meant for the husband.
The jelly is said to have arrived
at the Tiewski home several days
ago. in response to alleged appeals
by the elder woman. who is under
stood to have asked Mrs, Tiewski's
daughter to bring her some buckle
berries. The young girl was unable
to obtain the desired fruit and
brought several jars of jelly instead.
A preliminary examination of the
young girl however, brought forth
the statement that her mother had
had nothing whatever to do with
sending the jelly and that Regina
had obtained it from a neighbor.
The police are investigating the
girls story, which, if subStantiated,
will probably eXonerate her mother.
The case was brought to the at
tention of the authorities yesterday
afternoon when acting Lieutenant
George Kozusko, on duty at head
quarters, received notification that
Tiewski's mother was suffering from
poisoning. The lieutenant detailed
Officers Arthur Peterson and Frank
Burke to investigate with the result
that both Mrs. Tiewski and her
grandson were found to be suffering
from acute pains
When their stories involved the
Jelly the two policemen took jar
Of the mixture to DR.. Barnett II.
Sirott, of All State street, where an
analysis of a portion of the con-
tents of one jar was made. DIR. Sir
ott said the jelly undoubtedly con-
tained poison and he thought it was
phosphorus or a phosphorus COM
pound. This morning the doctor said
Il would have been possible to OBJ
tain the element from matches. He
also stated his conviction that the
poison had been put in the jelly re-
.ently.
After DR.. Sirott's report Peterson
anc Burke took two jars of the jelly
to Captain Long and Mr.. Tiewskl
swore out warrants for the arrest OF
mis- wife and stepdaughter.
The original color of the mixture
was dark brown. Other jars OF
ielly said TO be the same variety
we're obtained at South Amboy and
since yesterday have been standing
side by side on a shelf at police
headquarters. The two containers
alleged TO hold the poisonous COM
pound have changed color and are
now the shade of old rose. One jar
is slowly bubbling and is entirely
filled with a foamy mass.
Captain Long said this morning
that the poisoning might have been
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