By: (AP) Two more newspapers have received envelopes postmarked from Virginia that contain powder and a letter saying the substance is poison, just days after similar letters were sent to two other papers, authorities said.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Charlotte Observer received letters Monday, officials at both newspapers said. The FBI was investigating.
No injuries have been reported.
Yesterday, a newspaper security official said the Observer's letter included a typed note with comments critical of the Iraq war and of President Bush. The first line of the letter said the substance was snail bait.
"We always take something like this seriously," said Peter Ridder, publisher of the Observer. "But it's an indication there is some kook out there trying to frighten people."
The Plain Dealer of Cleveland received a similar envelope Saturday, but the substance turned out to be onion powder and other seasonings.
A day earlier, The Des Moines Register received a package, prompting the evacuation of 70 employees. Tests confirmed the substance in that letter was the chemical Metaldehyde, possibly from snail poison.
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