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Show V A Dastaruiy Attempt to Poison our HB Atlanta, (in., May 10. A spccUl to B tho Constitution from Mobile says: "A B second dastardly attempt to poison the m infantry regiment nt Camp Mobile line F been made. Several dayn ngo some H soldiers found in the creek which runs V along side the grounds, r. sack tilled B with absorbent cntton, which bad boon H saturated with arsenic and tied down B beneath a rock which juts out into tl o fe stream at a point justubovo tlio place R where the eoldinrs got their drinking H water" By accident, a trooper discovered V the deadly trap, removed t.'ie sack and m upon. the contents being repealed, rc- V port6d his find to the commanding B officer. Strict orders wna given not to B ' mention the incident, and so the matter B wns hushed up. Since that day, how- B cvor; tho creek has been closly watched B anu vigilance was rewarded when B Corporal John Sullivan, of company A, B Nineteenth infantry, found a poison bag B loaded with arsenic and anchored down B 3ust ns''n tno ''rHt iustanco. B rM0 officers will not discuss the matter H but among the piivates feeling is B running cIiigh and they do not fail to B express themselves. B Spanish spies aro known to bo lurking H in the neighborhood, where u number B of Spaniard reside. They are all under B strict scrutiny. |