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Show Chicago's Fugitive " I Chief Taunts New 1 York Police 1 Note Presumably Written by Jean I Crones Challenges Their m Vigilance H Now York, Feb. 20. A penciled H noto, purporting to have been written I last night and dropped without en- I vclopo or stamp into a mall box at I tho Grand Central station hero by I Jean Crones, tho fugltlvo chief ac- I cuscd of having attempted to poison I the ( guests nt a dinner In honor of I Archbishop Mundctein in Chicago, I wub received by tho police today. I Tho note Bald Crones was sorry to I be obliged to leave tho good city of I New York for my safety's sake," but I added: I "You're really not cleycr at all. Your dotcctlvcs arc .looking for mo I and1 no ono can catch me." I The noto addressed to tho Chief I of Police, Now York," said also that I Crones was at the Grand Central I and concluded -w.Hhc the sentence, I "thanks' for ypuVklndness.'.' I Although" thd Grand' Central 'station I had been under; surveillance several I days the, police there declared they I be4- not seen Crones' or Anyone re- I sembllng him.' They said, however, I thcr6 was no doubt in their minds I that Crones' was the author of tho I note. I Crones has written several letters I to local newspapers since escaping I from Chicago, but this was tho first I direct communication the police havo I received. Extra precautions wcro takon today to guard Roman Cath- I olio churches. I |