St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, January 24, 1910

“I was going to call on a friend who has consumption,” explained the prisoner, “and my doctor advised me to eat some onions first, to avoid contagion. I did so. They went to my head and things began to whirl. I don’t remember what happened after that.”

Prunner left, followed by a crowd anxious to learn where he got the onions.