The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-12
CORPSE WAS THAT
OF AN0T HER MAN.
Man Supposed Dead Ar
rested and Put in Jail.
MAY BE MURDER CASE
PrisonerConfessesto Plan to Defraud
Insurance Company.
SCHEME WAS FEASABLE ONE
Placed Letters Addressed 10 Himself on the
Body Of the Deai Man and Planned TO
Fire Hotel Then lie Eaiisted Ia
,.e United States army-Traces
Of Poison Found by
the Corolcr.
Prisoner Confessesto Plan to Detraud
Insurance Company.
SCHEME WAS FEAsABLE ONE
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LOUISVILLE. * l., November lL--New-
sll C Rathbun, who was supposed 70
have been dead in a Jcffcrsonville. IND.
hotel last Thursday, WAS arrested III
Louisville TO-DAY. According TO Ra.a-
bun, the corpse, which was shipped TO
Little Rock for burial as the body OF
Rathbun. was the body of w. l.. Zen
Lycke. The police say Rathbun has con-
fessed TO desertion from the United States
army and 10 having formed d plan to
fraudulently collect $4,000 insurance on
his life. but he denies having killed the
man who died in the Jeffersonvillc no.
tel.
Rathbun was arrested this morning at
lie United States recruiting station IN
Louisville lie is held as Il fugitive from
justice. The arrest was made on inlor-
ma ton from Sergeant Skinner, of the
United States recruiting station. Rath-
bun enlisted under the name of Lou Roos,
Detroit. Sergeant Skinner had read The
story of the Jeffersonrillc case, and the
rircu,1stanccs connected with the new
i'ecr a aroused his suspicious. one of
the was the fact that the man had On
Go srnment suit of underwear.
] hthbun said he had bought the gar
ments from a soldier friend. Another cir.
curnstance was his knowledge of army
affair about Little Rock He passed the
examination and enlisted Saturday
RATldBUN'S STATEMENT.
AT The detectives office Rathbun was
put through the sweating process and
under pressure made the following state
meat, according to his inquisitors:
My name is Newell G. Ratbun and my
home is in Little Rock Ark. Several
moaths ago deserted from the army post
at P'attsburg, y. ". in company with
another recruit i,y the name OF w IL
Ellis. / soon lost sight of him, and went
To Little Rock There l was married
and afterward took out the insurance pol
icies came TO Louisville about ten
days ago, and formed a plan TO make
the insurance company think | was dead
50 that ] could collect the insurance. /
fell in with man who said his name
was W.AL. Ten Eyke, in front of the
Salvation Army headquarters In Louis
Vile and told him of my plan and he
agreed to help me. Our plan was to OBJ
tain corpse from some place, put it in
hotel in Jeffersonville and then set fire
to the hotel.
While We were in Jcffersonville we
took Il number Of drinks and Ten Eyke
got drunk. j think his death was caused
by drinking. ] put the letters address
ed TO me in his pocket and left ] did
not will him. ] then came to Louisville
and went TO The recruiting Office and
enlisted. My real home is Detroit
Tine police are trying to establish the
Identity OF the dead man. One of their
theories is that he was a tramp, that
7 Rathbun had fallen in with: The police
have telegraphed to the Little Rock au-
thorities 10 hold the corpse.
TRACES or POISON.
A gold watch bearing the name 'W.
II. Ellis" was found on Ratnbun. He
refuses tc say where he got it The
police say the handwriting cf Lou
Root" the recruit was very similar TO the
signature. wv J.. Ten Eyke'' OH the
Jeffersenyille Hotel register. Coroner
Coots. of Jeffcrsohville. states that he eX-
an j: ed the stomach OF the dead man and
found traces of enough laudanum to Kill
two mon.