Show FATHER FAIRER QUIZZED IN POISON CASE Five Deaths in Family Probed 6 BROOKLYN N. N Y May tay 10 UP p- p Frederick Gross 49 49 mild mannered bookkeeper for Lor a a. Manhattan chemical chem chern ical teal company was held for questioning ques-I ques ques ques- tinning b by police today following five mysterious deaths in his family lam fam ily since March 29 I fam Gross was picked up for tor questioning questioning ques ques- tinning early today by Brooklyn detectives after an all analysis of the vital organs of two of his daughters daughters daugh- daugh who died April 26 showed traces races of an obscure poison Arthur Edge Edg the arresting de de detective said that analysis of va a can can of cocoa in the Gross home disclosed disclosed dis db dis- dis closed the same poison f. f Members rs of the have died since March 29 are Katherine Gross 38 wife and mother of ot five lve children Frederick Jr 9 Leo 3 Barbara 1 Katherine 7 1 Police made suspicious by the thelast thelast last ast two deaths ordered an autopsy autopsy autopsy au au- au- au topsy which failed to show w the cause of the deaths of the two girls Edge said that the vit vital J i organs were then sent to Dr Alexand Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- and ander r 0 O. Goettler city toxicologist lexicologist for analysis and upon receipt of his lis report yesterday Gross was vas was ordered or or- dered detained Gros Gross cross was taken into custody by Edge and AssIstant District Att Attorney Attorney r- r ney ney Vincent Ferreri acting under orders of District Attorney Wiliam Wil- Wil iam llam F. F X Geoghan After preliminary questioning at atthe the Wilson Avenue station Gross was taken to the district attorneys attorney's office where Geoghan per personally continued the examination until daylight V Police said they expected Geoghan Geoghan Geo- Geo ghan han would order the mans man's arrest today odny when he is taken to the district district dis dis- attorneys attorney's office for tor further questioning |