The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10
FLYING FROM JUSTICE.
Il. X. Mussrave Frustrated in His Plan to
secure $4,000 Insurance..


Secure $500 Insurance..
the Musgrave mystery at Tcrre
IIaHte, Ind has been solved. The man
who would have the world bcl.e,e him
deaf is alive and we'll in Chicago.
{ harles NJ. Trou., the young real ~,tate
dca cr who was strong suspected of
comp lefty in the conspiracy, confessed
al at the Coroner inquest and was
placed under arrest for arson, perjury.
and conspiracy to dcfraud.
Frederick +. Markie bHother-in Ia w
to the fugitive real estate dealer, set the
ball rolling. He is Il citizen of re1ute.
and he had TOO much on h S mind aboat
this case. 1t trouble him, and when
he was called before tie Coroner he
made up his mind to tel Il he knew.
Alter he had told his st7ry the police
took Trout into custody. y hen lie
learned that Mark c had exposed the
consG tracy he weakened, and then he
also went before the Coroner In Il
room closci t. all save the police o.
cia $ Trout WAS for two hours the most
supreme obje, t of interest He was
de. cctcd to a pitabIc degree and he was
in an intense state VI nervous az tat on
The story Of the desperate attempt To
Swind!c the inrurancc companies by this
fugitive forgcr with So, ,uoo on his life is
sensational i'll III" extreme Nus-rave,
according to both witnesses, is ROW hid
ing in Chicago undr the alias of r &.
Thornton. Mark. gave the iugitivc's
wherea bouts a i3i5 Rcrkc!c; avrnue
and Trout gives j. "a .436 st ! awrcncc
avenue. Just Tow 1hIS discrri aucy O.
ears is not apparent. Magkic i married
to Nu grave si>,er and the latter was
-,
had really met Il terrible fate. :, few
days after the log cabin ti,c .rnut CON
iidcd to Nark,e that MusgraNe was
really alive. and that 1t was Just a
scheme OF his til t lie was working
AS Mus2rayc hai borrowed 900 from
Marble, which the later needed badly,
he got Musgravr address from Iruuf,
and going {, Chicago saw him near ii y
Oakland Hotel. at nrrvcl and takwood
oUlcvardS. Musgravc was greatly sur
prisci to see II III. Markle wan I'd to
Know what object e la !! in actin in
this manner. in h"cCmin a fu tive on
tie face o, the earth o ce mor,. as il
one experience was not enough for him,
and NuSgraye answered that he wanted
the Insurance.
Marklc to d him lic cou'd not hope to
escape. aS detectives Wcr.' everywhere
on his track, and the fugitive said if h.
only had $50 he co'lli make his way in
safety to England Nu>gravc | aid him
Slo on account. He did t seem to ha{ C
| much money. and his appearance was
| changed, according TO Narhli.. SO that
he could scarcely be recognized.
| although he was not in amy manner Il $
guisei.
Nu>cravc wanted to see him again
| next morning, bat Narklc did not go
| back Nusgrave tod him in the con,
vcrsation that the remains found n the
| cabin were thosc OF a skeleton he had
| bought August l. at St. Louis. He paid
SlU5 for TIE skeleton. 1t was shipped
| August II to Chicago in the name of I.
| i. Burnham.
| Trout's story, giving the way in which
| the chastity scheme wa worked. was dc
| cidrdiy thrilling MuSgravc conc iveI
| the idea of fnsu inr his life heavily and
| then disapt caring. and he effected sac
| 600 insurance on his life 5000 in the
United States Mutual Accident, 5000 in
! the Etna, and SO. GOO in two thc: com
| panics. He made 500, 900 avabe to his
mother. Mrs sarah Musgrave, 81, 900
to his unmarried sister Anna, and s..
lu0O TO Miss Catherine Mcl.aughlin, of
! MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. 10 whom he was en-
| gagged to he married.
| He and Trout had a conference at
| Chicago Aug. >, and two weeks later
| they met at liillsdalc. The Friday
| night before the fire Musgraye and
| Trout returned to Terrc llaute from
| lfiIlsdale, the former carrying the box
| containing the skeleton, a box about Il
| foot square and two feet long. across the
| prairie to the cabin. Musgrave took up
| his abode In this lonely hr, early Satnr-
| day morning 1t was agreed as part of
| the scheme that Trout should work some
| prominent knights of PythiaS friends If
! Musgravc to visit him at the cabin So as
to establish oonclu>ivcly that he was
| there. This Trout successfully accom-
| pished.
| Sunday night MuSgravc and Trout
| took the skeleton out Of the box to ar
| range it for the cremation Trout says
| that when Musyrave saw it he shivcred
| and could no. do anything. 50 Trout
| sad: This thing has gone too far to
| go back now" and he arranged the
| skeleton himself in the straw on the
| bunk and placed the knights of Pythias
emblem bearing Musgrayc's name and
ad4r, SS III ar it
Then Musgrave fired the cabin. II
| was really his tracks that the farmers
| tracei to the cornfpld Musgray c
| waited until he saw that the fire had a
| good start and then he cut across the
| prair.e and caught the north bound
| train for Chicago Trout had started
for Tcrrc Haute before tha lint was fired.
All that was left to burn besides the
skeleton was MusCravc's valisc. specta.
clcs aud Knights of Pythas badge. IL
| was going to leave his shoes, but Trout
OBJ ,ccted, saying that it would create
suspicious to buy a new pair at TccGm
sch or Tcrrc IIautr.
Trout says the mistake that was made
| was in not leaving his shoes and the
| buttons of his pants. The skeleton was
| one such as is used in museums. S runc
| together by catgut. Trout is the most
| detected mortal on earth, and he takes
| his arrest very kceniy.
detective Schumacher, of Chicago
thinks the letter from Musgravc's sister
to Trout several days after the fire
which was intercepted by the po ice and
| published, in which she asked about in
tcrcst on money in Ilndnut's bank, was
| a cipher MESA G. There was 70 money
| in that bank or any other.
| Immediately after Trout's confession
| Chicago officers were not; fed. At 43it
Berkeley avenue lives a Mrs Mary J.
Jones, widow. with her two daughter,
and son. They do not know Thornton
or Musgravc, or anyone answering tt
his description. There is no such mum
Der as 1436 st Lawrence street. The
nearest approach to it-in fact. the 'nl.
house on that side OF the street for three
| blocks--is 74I4. and the gentleman wht
lives there says he never heard of Mus
grave. The addresses given by Markl,
and Trout are probably fictitious.
OF Passing Interes'.