The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-17
rnr COFFIN ForND EMPTY.
Evidence of Scheme to Obtain Insurance
Money.

Money.
FIWOOD. IND, Jrly ia. F. Burnett
4 druggist. and Frank Lyle, glass
worker. have been arrested on warrants
CHARGING them with murder. and the po-
lice are searching for DR. and Mrs. L. A.
cox who are accused Of being prncp1i7
o., the crime. The alleged victim OF the
oiiarter was Thomas Myers, nephew or
Dr Cox. an unsophistOcated young man
Of twenty-five years, VINO came from
the country 20 visit The Cox FAMILY.
Myers had been AT the COX house OUT
few davs when. at Or. Cox's instigation'
he Insured his lie for 81 so. the order
of Foresters carrying s2eN. DIR. Cox was
,no colo beneficiary Then his uncle
proposed setting the young man up IN
business. and he went 10 the village OF
Gem. In Hancock county and took charge
Of a fish market, which Or. Cox had re-
Gently purchased
Myers had not been in Gem long be-
fore he was taken sick with an ailment
which rosembled the grip. Herman Grlgs-
by. who kept a grocery store next door
20 the fish market was the only person
in the village who took an interest 10
the sick stranger. He tclcgrarncd 10 Dr.
Cox that Myers needed medical attention.
Dr. Cox did not come I'm response 20 the
message, but sent Druggist Burnett. VINO
gave Myers some sort Of mixture ana
left him. The young man Immediately
became worse, and the grocery Keeper
telegraphed again 10 DR. Cox, who came
this time and brought with him Glass
worker Lyle whom he introduced in the
village as a physician. They gave Myers
medicine. after which Lyle went out for
a long walk. Upon his arrival at the
door Of the fish market Doe was met by
tYHI q o. "a
Those who have been making the inves-
tigati0n assert that Lytle. while out for
the walk selected a hiding place for the
grave In which IN was intended TO bury
Myers Or. Cox himself stood guard over
the body Of his nephew all thai evening.
30 one not even Grgshy. was permitted
TO look al the dead man.
Gr.gsby. who was sent 10 Greenfield
after q coffin. was instructed % inform
the undertaken that he was not needed.
as the relatives did not wish the body
embalmed. Arrangements We're made 20
take the body across the country 20 the
Clifford cemetery in bartholomew coun-
~. The start was made late az night no
one accompanying the body except Dr.
Cox and Iytle. The police are confident
that the body was buried in the neigh
borhoOd of Gem before the two mon
started on the overland trip.
4 few OF the country relatives gathered
around the grave in Bartholomew county,
but the coffin was not opened. Dr. Cox
ayerring that the body was not In condi-
ton to Dee exposed. ON the morning after
yhe burial an officer Of the order OF For
esters arrived az the Bartholomew
county graveyard. Tie reminded Dr. Cox
that the young man carried an insurance
I'm the order and that there was rule
I which prohibited the payment of policies
unless tho body had been viewed by one
Of the officers.
The grave was opened and the coffin
was found 10 be empty. DR. Cox imme-
diately announced his belief that medical
students had stolen the body. The ofn-
Gers OF tho order Of FOrpstcrs were not
satisfied, and Immediately began an I'M
vestigation Their first theory was that
Myers was still alive. and was n party
20 conspiracy 10 dcfraud the order.
After the investigation had progressed
FOR two weeks. however. they were con-
WINGED that murder had been committed.
Dr. Cox left Elwood two weeks ago and
his whereabouts are not known. The po-
lice. however. say they Will have him In
custody IN n few DAYS.