Show FAINTS WHEN QUESTIONED ON 5 DEATHS Mother of Dying Son Denies She Is to Blame ARSENIC IS FOUND She Declares This Was Used to Spray Plants CHICAGO April 11 Mrs It Mrs Anna Cunningham 49 of Gary INt IM tainted fainted tonight when Questioned concerning the th five deaths in her hel family during the Ute last six years and tho the condition of ot her son DavId who Is In Sn a critical condi condi- condition condition condition tion In tn a Chicago hospital from poIsoning Indiana and Illinois authorities are investigating the deaths of Mrs Cunninghams Cunningham's hus bus husband husband band one daughter and three sons husI S I POISON IS FOUND Arsenic was found In her borne at Gary and Mrs CunnInghaM late today admitted she aho had bad bought a quart of arsenic about six months ago which she said he used to spray house plants plant As a result of finding the poison polson i and the curious circumstances surrounding the deaths of ot other othol members of ot the family Indiana I are operating co-operating In the investigation Under questioning Mrs Cun- Cun admitted that all the members of the family who have died were Insured In tn amounts ranging from a few tew hundred to more than 2000 and that she ehe col collided col- col J laded ded the Insurance after each I death She denied vehemently that she had poisoned I any tny members ot of her family and attributed their deaths to varyIng cause Including stomach trou trouble trou- trou trouble ble and 1 FALLS IN IX FAINT F During questioning tonight Mrs Ills Cunningham fell tell to the floor Ina Ina in a faint Doctors worked over her for more than halt half an ln hour be- be before before be before fore she phI recovered consciousness I She was then taken to the tho county hospital where a policeman was detailed to guard her uter Doctors wasI I said Eald they believed Mrs Cunning Cunning- Cunningham CunnIngham ham had collapsed as sc the result of ot hysteria She will be turned I over o to Gary Ind md authorities NEW CHICAGO April 11 Another lj-Another Another witness against William D Shep- Shep Shepherd Shepherd Shepherd herd Indicted tor for the murder ot of othis his ward N X McClintock appeared today a Chief Justice Olson of the he Municipal Municipal Municipal pal court prepared to ask l sk second Indictment The last accuser r Shepherd was as William Jonesi Jones an architect who has known the Shepherds a along along along long time and who Judge Olson that trat he be knew rd Sh-ph Sh rd was Interested In poisons before the death of McClintock We talked of ot such matters and ot of germ diseases and their effect and detection Jones said Assistant States State's Attorney Joseph announced today that Mrs Shepherd would be ba questioned agaIn TOO MUCH POISON J Because the Cook county au authorities au- au authorities authorities are investigating so many poison cases they became con con- confused confused fused tonight and erroneously reo re- reported re reported ported that poison polson had be n a toun found 1 In the vital Ital organs of ot Dr Oscar Olson brother of o Judge Harr Il 1 son 1 son Instigator of at the investigation and whose death death- Is also being In Investigated in- in investigated In connection with the tho case Coroner Wolff went to too so to Investigate the deaths of sev tle several eral members of the family of Mrs Irs Anna Cunningham leaving his chemist Dr W D I McNally Ic ally to tl work on the analysis of Dr Dr- DrOlson's sons son's Ol- Ol Olson's sons son's body Dr McNally however how how- however ever went to work on tle the analysis of fluids taken from the body or of David CunnIngham Mrs ins Cunning Cunning- Cunningham's Cunningham's hams Cunning hams ham's son who is ill III from poison polson- poisoning tog ing In a here Over the report of Coroner Wolff hat he had found poison in this Investigation investigation i gation gatlon the coroner coronel thought he re re- re refe fe ed to the Olson analysis and I announced that arsenic had been found In Dr Olsons Olson's body not finding his error until he be list had re- re to ChIcago |