Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1922, Page 23

- FEARS POISON PLOT INBOX OF CANDY whole affair to the authorities. At the Schweitzer home this morn- Ing members of the family declined to comment on the matter except to be- little it, and declare it had been “greatly exaggerated.” Amnalysis Planned. The box of candy, bearing the Jabel of one of Washington's best known | candy =hops, showed. according to the D. C. Man Tells Police He |rolce. that two pieces had been re. Found Sweets on Win- dow Sill. ‘Whether a mysterious box of candy brought to police headquarters by Taul B. Schweitzer of 1423 R street last night is part of a plot to poison his family was being investigated to- day by the authorities. moved. The candy will be turned { over to District chemists for analysis. it was said at headquarters, and De- tectives and Evans of the narcotic squad probably will be as- 8 lg:l to inve te. jweitser told the police he would cal] at 9 o’clock today to report the matter personally to Inspector Grant, refusing to discuss details with others. He failed to appear at 9. When asked by telephone when he expected to ap- pear at headquarters, he sald he ,would be there at 10 o'clock. At 11:20 o’clock he had not appeared to tell his story. Dr. Willlam E. Whitson of 1720 M Schweltzer told the police the candy |, Dt Wil S8 TIOR8 0 o' Mra. had been left on a window sill at his home, Some of the family had eaten part of it. had become slightly i1l and he wanted it examined to see if the Schweltzer candy contained poison. was sald to have connected the inci- dent of the box of candy last night with a recent illness of Mrs. Fred Schweitzer, his sister-in-law. and her son, Fred, jr.. and. becoming suspi- Fred Schweitzer and her son, Fred, jr., during their iliness, said today rs. Schweitzer had thought at first she was il from something she had eaten at dinner. and later thought it might have been some candy she had eaten that evening. Where the candy came from was not revealed to Dr. Whitson. Mrs. Schweitzer was in a condition, Dr. ‘Whitson said, as if she had partaken of some narcotic. She and the child re- covered, however, the doctor said, in THE- EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30,> 1922. cious, had determined to report the |due time, without serious complica- tions. Mrs, Fred Schweitzer is a 'Md'}hlf husband having died suddenly at a farm at_Indian Head about six months ai ‘The Sch'eltclle;;‘llve in ;:.r:.l‘l'l::'l“ ; 12 in the tone _ a 3 the first floor back. The window sill where Schweitzer says the candy was placed might b? r:dlehod ‘without difm- culty, it was pointed out. Mxmbers of the family today seemed not alarmed over the incident, taking the attitude that the whole affair was “a_mistake.” WILL SPEAK ON LEPERS. Rev. Iake to Address Washington Auxiliary Mission Tomorrow. Rev. John Lake, who is working for the outcast iepers on Tal Kum leper island, in Sunning dl-tr:;!. southern China, will address the Wathington Auxiliary Mission to Lepers at 2 p.m. tomorrow In the Mount Yernon Place M. E. Church South. Mrs. Martina THO POSON CANDY * ASES REPORTED One Box Ttrrned Over to Po- lice Found to Have Been Crudely Doctored. ‘Two poison candy cases, said to bear no relation to each other, have been uncovered by the Washington police within the past week, it became known today. The police are not certain yet that the box of chocolates turned over to Waple of the Fifth them last night by Paul Schweltzer, Baptist Churgh will conduct the open- 11423 R street, contains polson, be- Mrs. John Newton ing service and entes Culbertson will preside. At of this meeting another box for the United States lepers In Carville (La.) “Hospital No. 66" will be packed. Bring elothing. games, candy, etc. Miss Olga Beall of the United Lutheran Church is chalrman of the box committee. 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Beautifully hand- embroidered in floral sprays. ment made wide and roomy and finished in a high-class manner. * elaborate Every gar- Sateen Bloomers Of high-grade sateén, some with hemstitched ruffle and others. with fitted cuff. White, flesh, navy, black and brown. 85c to $1.50. Extra Size Bloomers, $1.59 and $1.69. i 65¢ mother, cause that candy has not been Christmas | analyzed, But Inspector Grant, chief of de- tectives, said today that another box of candy was brought to the detec- tive bureau several days ago by lawyer, and that an analysis of it dis- closed that it contained bichloride of mercury. Intended for Woman. The chief of detectives said he un- derstood thia first box was intended for a Washington woman. He de- clared, however, that he did not have the name of the woman or the lawyer who brought it to police headquar- ters, He referred the questioner to Phar- macy Inspectors Saunders and-Evans, | who, he sald, had been assigned to investigate. Polson Orudely Inserted. Detective Saunders also asserted that he did not have the name of the { attorney who asked the department to inquire into the contents of the candy. The bichloride of mercury was in- serted in the chocolates in the first case in a very crude manner, Inspector Grant explained, so that it would have been easy to detect its presence by biting Into the candy. The inspector said that, so far as he knew, no one had eaten any of the candy from the first box. e A snail would take fourteen days and five hours to travel a mile. MRS, HUCK PLEDGES AD TOSCHUOL LEBSLATON Illinois Representative Graduated From Western High School in ! 1902—Sees Few Changes. i Support of achool legislation pend- ing in Congress, especially the peti- tion of the Western Home and School Assoctation for an addition to West- ern High School, was pledged by Mrs. Winitred M. Huck, newly elected|| representative in Congress from IIi- || nols, at Thanksgiving exercises yes- || terday afternoon at the schcol. 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