New Britain herald., 1925-02-05
NURDEROUS INTENT
 IN POISON CASES
Ohio State Univ. Certain StryCh-
 nine Was Given PurpOsely
NO ONE IS SUSPECTED
Sixty Medical Students Being Exam incd In Mystery Case But No Clue Is Found-AIore of Fatal Drug Is Found By Teacher.

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 5.--science today was called 1pon to unravel the mysteries of its own teachings and furnish solution to the doling out of death-laden connections to Ohio State university students.
 Police and professors are faced not only with determining the cause for the death of two students and sudden and mysterious illness of a half dozen others, but must find a motive for crime if it is found that poison capsules were Intentionally administered to the victims.
 Analysis has revealed that strych- nine caused illness of some of the students and traces of the poison were found in the vital organs of one who died.
 Knowing these facts, the authori- ties have begun to search for a youthful intellectual" who might have killed for the joy of killing; who calmly administered poison to determine it's effect.
 There is no motive, officials agree.
 No Clues As Yet
 Sixty students in the medicinal de- partment are to be questioned but little hope is held that any worth while information will be gained. Police believe that a person know ing how to administer the poison might be artful enough to evade questions.
 Suspicion is directed toward no one, police and university officials insist. The case has not advanced to that stage.
 Officials have only the facts--and the facts are meagre.
 Ali that is known Is that Charles r. Fuls, of Logan, Ohio, and David Puskens, of Canton. Ohio, are dead and that George B. Thompson, Har- old E. GilIig and "Tim" Mccarthy were taken suddenly ill.
 "Intent" Is Evident
 The revenge motive has been clim- mated. The accident theory is dis counted. Deductions have led offi- cials to believe poison was adminis- tered with deliberate intent. They are convinced that the intent" was from within the university.
 If such proves to be the case scientific knowledge must analyZe the workings of a diseased mind to reach any worth while conclusion, authorities believe.
 Find More Poison
 A new bottle of strychnine, the presence of which was unknown, was discovered last night by Dean Clair A. Dye of the College of Pharmacy at Ohio State university. in a re- check of. the dispensary stock. The bottle contained perhaps 75 grains of the poison.
 Dr. Dye, unable to sleep because of the worry occasioned by tho death of two students at the university, one of whom is known to have died of strychnine poisoning, returned to the dispensary shortly after midnight and rechecked the entire stock. stuck back on a shelf out of sight in a corner he found the half filled bottle of strychnine.
 How or when the poison got there pr. Dye does not know. He has been connected with the College of Pharmacy for more than 80 years and he says that he has no recollec- tion of ever having seen any such bottle of strychnine.
 Seven additional packages Of cap sules dispensed to students at the university at the time the others were prescribed were turned in to the university chemists today for eN- animation.
 W. II. Jones' detective, who has hcen assigned 10 the case, was pres cnt at todays questioning of s'u- dents who worked in the medicine dispensary. Sixty four students worked in the riispensary during the last two weeks. No record was kept as to which students filed prescrip- lions. The sljrs are not initial'ed as is usually the case at drug stores. II was said. II was explained that most of the prescriptions filled hv the student druggists are simple remedies.
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