Show ATTEMPT WHOLESALE MURDER an off officers cers sent deadly pelsor under gu se of medic ne vienna an extraordinary attempt at wholesale po boning among mill tary officers here has caused a sensa tion A large number ot of officers just pro to be captains on the general staff have received through the mall mail sample boxes ot of pills these were accompanied by a circular becom mending ahm for nervous debility captain mader took some of the pills and died almost immediately an autopsy revealed the presence 0 of cyanide of potassium A it further investigation showed that all the contained cyanide of potassium in large quantities and also that many first lieutenants at cached to the staff but not promoted had not received pills the circulars were signed charles francis and bore a false address |