Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1916 — MANY POISONED BY SOUP AT BANQUET [ARTICLE]

MANY POISONED BY SOUP AT BANQUET

University Club In Chicago Scene of Event In Honor of Bishop When Arsenic Was In Soup. The lives of one hundred diners at the University Club last Thursday evening were endangered and many were made very ill because the soup served contained arsenic poisoning. The event was given in honor of Archbishop Mundelein. All of the guests who- partook of the soup were made sick, some much more than others, and at first it was believed to be ptomaine poisoning but a further investigation disclosed that white oxide of arsenic had been placed in the soup and Jean Crones, the assistant chef, is being sought as the guilty person. The amount Of soup served each guest is figured tQ have contained one and one-half grains of the drug, while two grains is said to be a fatal dose. Crotaes disappeared on the night of the banquet and has not yet been located. He is said to have been an anarchist and Chicago police are trying to show a plot of anarchists in the poisoning.