Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1918 — LONDON HAS NEW CRIMINAL [ARTICLE]

LONDON HAS NEW CRIMINAL

He Gives Poisoned Candy to the Woman Conductors of tho Mo- . torbuses. London. —This city has a new kind of criminal. He will take rank with the “ink squirter” of New York and possibly “Jack the Peeper.” This newest brand of criminal has been giving poisoned candy to woman conductors of motorbuses. ’He is described as middle aged, of gentlemanly appearance and suave speech. Several of his victims have been taken unconscious to hospitals, but all have recovered. At least a dozen young women have received poisoned candy from him and without exception they have been taken violently ill soon after eating it. His custom is to wait until he is the only passenger in the bus and then to open a box of chocolates and Invite the conductor to help herself. Usually the woman says she will, because candy is s,carce and costly In London and the conductors do not make handsome wages. He usually asks the intended victim to take as much as she wishes, and a moment or two afterward leaves the bus. All the women say they could identify him. The police are making a diligent search for him, but their search, does not prevent him from carrying on his operations. There are thousands of motorbuses in London, and the field of operations is therefore large.