, 1923-05-13
WOMAN CALLED
.FlEND IN N. j..
POISON PLOT I.
Two Anonymous Letters Ask
District Attorney to Inves-
tigate Avery's Death

NEWARK. N. J.. May. 1.-TWO
letters to the district at.
torney' begging him 10 investigate the
death of Charlie Raymond Avery. re.
suited In arrest today OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Creighton on a charge of muir.
der.
Mrs. Creighton is Avery's sister. It
is charged the Creightons caused the
Young mans death by slowly poison.
ing him with arsenic.
One of the letters said that Mrs.
Creighton. an attractive woman Of "a.
was a ''fiend" and that her brother
fears her as he fears death" 1t also
insinuated that she had caused the
death OF her husbands father and
mother by poison. Their bodies may
be exhumed.
Mrs. Creighton. an expectant moth.
err came into court with her . year old
daughter. The child was eater taken
by friends.
She denied the charge. Her hus.
band( an office worker of Is. said he
knew nothing about the matter. Both
were he'd without bail to answer n
grand jury Indictment of murder in
the first degree.
The first anonymous letter was re.
ceived by Prosecutor Bigeiow the day
after the boys death. 1t was dated
April 20. He died at midnight on
that day.
The letter sad
once. Raymond A
will you please investigate nj
once. Raymond Avery is III Mt his
~s,ster's home. The doctor saws the
boy has a bilious attack. but he has
been attended one week for some
The sister. Mrs. John Creighton, saws
has kidney trouble. She refuses "a
have another doctor or nurse. Also
he is too weak to be moved to n
hospital. His limbs are beginning to
stiffen. VIII you please act immedi.
ately. He has come into an inheri.
lance and shortly will come into an
The boys lawyer is suspic.
ious. Please communicate with him.
The Railway Guarantee company is
guardian.
MT. and Mrs. John Creighton ST.,
] ed three years ago and two years
respectively, under the same cir
Limbs began to stfifen
and death anne.
rs death not ground for suspicion?
rtis boy feared his sister as he fear.
ID death. WIN you please go quietly
md catch this fiend at work. l am
sorry I cannot sign my name. I am
lust an outsider who is very fond Of
his boy"
This was signed "a Friend Of the
Justice"
The c letter. received by Blge.
on April 20. said:
Il hope you will investigate furth.
n the death CT the young man who
at $50 North Seventh street. The
circumstances are most peculiar. A
borough investigation should be
Bigelow Is considering tho adv'sa-
'llity of exhuming the bodies of Mr..
Mrs. Creighton. the elder. and
their stomachs examined for
races or poison.
DR.. Albert Il. Edoi, n chemist, who
h Avery boys stomach,
Bigelow death was caused
" slow administration OF n powerful
He said larger quantities OF
were found In vital organs.
The Indictments resulted, Mrs,
'relghton WINS arrested at noon. Her
husband was taken into custody at
lis office. When taken before Judge
'affrey, they were accompanied by
heir two-yearold daughter. After the
iharse was read. Mrs. Creighton said
II didn't"
II don't know anything about It,"
Her husband saidl
A plea OF not guilty was entered
nd they were taken to cells,
Efforts are being made to locate
he writer OF the anonymous letters,
Ieien Avery, sister Of tho dead boy.
aid she quarreled with Mrs. Crelgh-
on over his condition, and was afraid
o go to the house, Mrs. Louis Il.
bachelor, who said she know the
Friter of the letters. but refused tn
i've the name, asserted that she had
demonstrated with Mrs, Creighton for
making her brothar go TO the bath
DOM unassisted, The dying youth
old Mrs. Batcheier she said, that he
mot getting a square deal" and
hat be could get nothing to eat but
hocolate pudding,
The physician who attended Avery
said the patient appeared to be reeoy-
ring on the morning of April go, but
hat when he reached the house In
,esponse to a hurry call that night,
patient was dead, Mrs. Creighton