The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-15
|RATHPss'N IS | IDENTIFIED E
 Little Rock Men See the Prisoner. ARRAIGNED BEFORE COURT He Pleads Not Guilty to the
 Charge of Murder. Special Grand Jury Win Be Sum- moned to Investigate the Case.
 Victims Body Still Held
 at Little Rock.

Jeffersonville, Ind, Nov. 14-Newell c. Rathbun, suspected of killing Charles Goodman in a hotel here by poison. was this afternoon positively i'd ntiied by an officer and an acquaintance of the pris- oner from Little Rock, where he lived for awhile.
 Later Rathbun was arraigned before Mayor Rader in the police station on charge of murder. Rathbun pl ,aded not guilty, and Mayor Rader held him over to the Circuit Court without bond. The prisoner had no lawyer. After being ar raigned, he was taken back to jail. The Circuit Court will convene in special term Monday and a grand jury will be empanelled to consider Rathbuns case.
 Rathbun was identified here today by Deputy Sheriff Al Chichester and E. J. Gloeckner from Little Rock. Ark.
 The meeting between the pri son r and the Arkansas visitors, whose trip was for the purpose of Identification. took place in Sheriff Raves office.
 Hello, Rathbun," said Gloeckner Don't you know me-" was the first salu- tation. .-B
 Recognized Glockner.
 "Yes, you are Gloeekner," responded the prisoner. .5.
 Did you give that man, the dopeT asked Gloeckner.
 T am not guilty of the crime. as charged"
 Did your wife know anything about your scheme?"
 "She might have thought about It."
 Why didn't she identify the body as not being yours?"
 T cant tell. She's an excitable wo- man." t
 What about the statement of Carrie Pryor that you wanted her to go into an insurance swfndle with you?"
 'She is sn emmy of nina
 At the conclu ion of the interview Rath- bun signed the following paper for the purpose of proving his identity in Little Rock:
 ITO Whom It May Concern:
 ''I am in custody In Jeffersonville. Ind, awaiting trial. I will send this by Al Chichester and E. J. Gloeckner.
 IN. c. Rathbun."
 Rathbun became tired of being inter rogated and turned questioner himself. first asking: How is my wife?'
 Deputy Sheriff Chichester said Mrs Rathbun was very well. Rathbun express ed his pleasure.
 When reference was made to his wife. tears showed in Rathbun's eyes. He ask ed Chichester to take the following mes sage to her: Everything looks dark for me. I will be with you some day"
 The Prisoner Weeps..
 The prisoner could no longer restrain his feelings. He cried and brushed away the tears with his coat sleeve. Sheriff Rave. take me to my cell" said Rathbun. arising and shaking hands with the men from ArkanaaQ 'aIJpra iS a T,fa at h. bun," said Chichester. Tt is a likeness of yourself. say so on the reverse side and sign your name''
 He wrote: This is a likeness of N. c. Rathbun." Deputy Sheriff Chichester, who represents Fred Schader, Sheriff of Pulaski County. Arkansas, and the Met ropolitan Life Insurance Company, said: Mrs. Rathbun accounted for the mis take of identification in calling Goodman her darling by saying she only glanced at the body. Later when she said 1t was not her hus band, she said she was sorry she had not examined the body more closely.
 "I know of several cases where Rath- bun made to a number of women in Lit tie Rock the same proposition Miss Co., rinne Pryor says he made to her. These women will make dispositions and they will be introduced in court in Jefferson vile. Miss Pryor. whom Rathbun ap- preached, is one of the most estimable women in the city. She will swear that Rathbun asked her to join him in the in- surance swlndle, and I shall probably in- troduce her as a witness when the case is tried in Jeffersonville."
 The prisoner is becoming less talkative and evidently realizes that he has all ready talked too much, but he is reported to have said to a fellow prisoner at the jail: "The officers have not a thing on which to convict A mans intention does not mean that he may be convicted"