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Medina, Ohio, March 12, 1925.

Prosecuting attorney Joseph Seymour made the startling statement Thursday that the

Jinky family living at Valley City, whose strange illness following a New Year's dinner and

similar illness later were victims of arsenical poisoning.

Lily Jinky, 53, died in three days after the first attack, and her husband,

Fred Jinky Sr. 59, and who practically recovered after the first attack, died five weeks later.

There are five children in the family, four boys and a girl, and all have suffered more or less.

Three of the boys are comparatively well at this time, but one boy, Rudolph, 17, and Mary, 18, are in the Illyria hospital where they have been for three weeks, both in serious condition, while another boy, Fred Jr., is also in bad shape.

Prosecutor Seymour states that it has been known for some time that poisoning by means of arsenic caused the illness,

but that fact was kept from the public in the hope that some clue could be discovered that would lead to information as to how the poison was administered.

He says that he and those who have been investigating the case with him are completely at a loss, and hence he is giving out the facts.

He says that he and those who have been investigating the case with him are completely at sea,

and hence he is giving out the facts.

He insists that he suspects no one of administering the arsenic.

Indeed, he would not say whether the arsenic came in the food or drink

by the intentional deed of some persons,

or whether it was the result of some blunder. Seymour is of the opinion that poison was

communicated through coffee. He has part of the package of coffee which was being used at the time

the sickness developed, but has not yet had it analyzed.

This, he will have done within the next day or two, he says.

He says that the family some time ago was advised not to use coffee from this package,

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