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Show STRYCHNINE IN LUNCH ALMOST KILLS A MAN Special to The Tribun. LEHI, Utah, Nov. 2. Tho city Is considerably con-siderably wrought up over what appears to ha e been an attempt to poison Ruben Davis, foreman of the boiler-room at tho sugar factory. About 12:30 last night Mr. DaviB partook of his lunch as usual and ho noticed that his meat had a Blight bitter taste. When ho partook of a dish of peaches tho bitterness was much more pronounced, and after partaking of throe spoonsful ho passed It over to a companion, com-panion, with the request for him to sample sam-ple tho fruit. Tho companion pronounced tho bitterness strychnine, and by this time Mr. Davis noticed his muscles beginning lo stiffen. Ho was hurriedly carried to tho superintendent's office and Dr. Steele was telephoned for. ln a few moments Davis was In convulsions. con-vulsions. They came about every thirty seconds and by the tlmo tho physician arrived It appeared that the poisoned man's case was hopeless, but by quick work the poison was overcome and In a few hours Davis was out of danger, and at this writing, excepting for his being stiffened up, ho Is resting easily. But that which Is causing tho most comment Is how did tho poison got Into lho fruit and for what purpose was It placed there? Tho nnswers to theso questions remain yet a mystery, though every effort will be made at once by both the county and lho sugar ofllcials to solve tho mystery Davis stated to Tho Tribune correspondent corre-spondent that though he Is foreman of a dozen men In tho bollcr-room, ho knows ot no grievance that any of them has against him and that he has absolutely no suspicion of any man ln the factory. His home life Is a happy one and Mrs. Davis stated that the fruit for the midnight mid-night lunch was taken by her from the same Jar that had supplied the dessert for tho famllv supper lust night and that no trace of bitterness had been detected at that time, ln fact, that no Btrychnine ln any form had been brought to tho home at all. Tliat there was strychnine there can bo no question. The contents of tho dessert dish show by analysis Its presence, in fact, there nro yet a number of grains, of the deadly poison In an undissolved condition, more than tho frull and Its t..l, ..-III nhonph Tho men of the boiler-room place their lunches in what Is known as the pump-room, pump-room, a room adjoining tho boilers, and each lunch bucket has the name of Its owner on Its top so that the lunches will not get mixed. While no one Is stationed permanently ln the pumproom, tho men aro golns in and out all the time, and frequently partako of a part of tholr meal before the lunch hour arrives, so that any ono seen at tho bench on which the lunches are placed would occasion no surprise sur-prise and would have nn opportunity to place come dope ln any of the buckets. Tho management has no one under suspicion, sus-picion, but will trace tho matter up and If any clue can be obtained, the guilty party. If It be an attempt at murder, will be dealt with as his caao merits. |