C.I.A. OFFICER DIES OF POISON IN HOME

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300390042-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: April 1, 1953
• Content Type: NSPR

APR 1 i953
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APR 11953
C. I. A. Officer Dies
Of Poison in Hofnel
Note and Vial Are Found in 11
Georgetown Residence
WASHINGTON, March 31 (UP).
dministrative officer in the super-
ecret Central Intelligence Agency,'
pparently killed himself today byi
drinking poison in his George-
own home.
Police said Mr. Kronthal left a
note, but they would not discuss
is contents. Capt. Daniel Fletcher
aid "ever
indi
ti
i
t
t
y
ca
on po
n
s
o
uicide." A Coroner's certificate
vas withheld, however, pending
an autopsy and chemical analysis
of the vial of poison found beside
he body.
Mr. Kronthal, who lived alone,)
was a former Army captain and;
assistant instructor at Harvard. AI
spokesman said he had worked for,
C. I. A. "two or three years" in an
administrative capacity. His next
of kin was listed as Mrs. Maude R.
Kronthal, of 70 E. 71st St., Newl
York. Police said she is seriously!
ill with a heart ailment.
Mr. Kronthal's body was found,
by co-workers who apparently)
went to his house to investigate
why he did not report for work
today
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