Show DEATH POISON IN DRINK Chicago Sept 5 Frances Frances Ford was arrested today charged with being an accessory before tho the fact tact In connection tion with tho the death of ot John er in a 0 resort at West Hammond a suburb on August 13 Her arrest was made after aCter she sho had signed a long affidavit affi aff I- I davit setting forth her knowledge o othe of the alleged circumstances which led to m mysterious death The Tho narrative of Miss l Ford Is Is said to Include tho the charge that several murdel's murders murders mur mur- ders dels were ere perpetrated In the resorts o of at West Hammond It Is reported that tha twenty-one twenty men died under mysterious ous circumstances In the resorts resorts' of ot th the tho village In tho last year ear Only three o ot of these deaths however are matters o of at record and the facts concerning them are a mystery John it IB is said was was' drugged and later a 0 hypodermic of ot poison poison poison poi poi- son was given At least two other othor men are said to have met a n. similar fate tato within twelve months The Tho arrest of ot Miss Ford result resulted d from investigations of or Hammond crime by Miss Mies Virginia Brooks and others In her statement to Coroner Hoffman Hottman and the police Miss Ford told of a a. bottle which she said always was kept behind tho the bar of a saloon and which she always understood was to be bo given en on to persons under tho Influence of at liquor and who were thought to have considerable money in their possession She Sho is said to n have ve denied being present present pres pros ent when the alleged aged a ged knockout drops drops' were given to although she be admitted having been in the company of the tho victim most of ot the tho del day before his death Sho She said and herself drank heavily the day before his death Damaging Information against certain certain tain tam West reSt Hammond dive keepers in regard to white slavery is said to have been given the officials by Miss Ford |