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Show his bakery, returned in a carriage, suffering Intense pain. Mrs. Moody administoroir an emetic and .then called . Dr. Hartm&a. .The latter found the patient dying. He did tho little that was pofblble and was about to leave when ho was told that tho maid was also suffering from violent viol-ent cramps He found she nad not eaten of the meat, but had dipped a piece of bread in the gravy. Her symptoms were similar to those of Mr. Moody, but in less serious form. BELIEVES BAKER WASJ1URDERED Chicago. March 28. Alexander Moody, of the bakery firm of Moody & Waters, who died on February 20, Is believed to have been murdered. Coroner Hoffman, who has been conducllng an Investigation, declared today that Arsenic was found in a Hamburger steak eaten by Mr. Moody on the morning of February 20. That night hl death occurred. Agnes Hartwisk, a maid,' is said by the coroner to have been taken violently vio-lently ill a few hours after partaking of some of the gravy from the steak. Involved In tho case are two persons, per-sons, who are under surveillance, a man and a woman. Tho man is said to have been ono of Mr. Moody's employes, em-ployes, while the woman was a member mem-ber of his household. Coroner Hoffman was a close friend of Mr. Moody. He began his investigations investi-gations aloue, but eventually, under pledge of secrecy, enlisted five detectives. detec-tives. Tbo portions of Mr. Moody's stomach stom-ach were given to Mr. Walter Haines for analysis. Today the result of the analysis was made public. Mr. Haines, is one of the scientist retained in thq Swope case at Kansas City. "When I learned Mr. Moody was dead." related Coroner Hoffman, "I called as a personal friend, with tho idea that I could save the family from the annovance of a postuiorton. I called In the Alexander brothers, Frank and Charles N , nnd told them why I had come, but things did not look rlghL Then I went for the family fam-ily physician. Dr. F. M. Hart man, '"Is there anything wrong?' I asked, the doctor, aud ho said: 'Well, coroner, cor-oner, this man waij well and hearty this morning and at 11 o'clock he was a corpse." Mr. Moody's breakfast on the day ot his death consisted of coffee, corn bread and hamburger steak, warmed over from a meal eaten four days previous. pre-vious. This meat had been in the Ice box. Those who partook of It when originally served suffered no ill effects. According to the coroner. Dr. Hart-man Hart-man obtained some of the steak, which had formed part f Mr. Moody's breakfast, break-fast, and later turned It over to Dr Haines. The latter said that It con-Mined con-Mined enough arsenic to kill six perrons. per-rons. The breakfast wan prepared by . a maid, Mr. Moody , complaining that she felt 111 nnd would not Join him at tho meal. This was al 7:30 In the morning; At 10 o'clock at night, Mr. Mood), "who had been busy all day at |