The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-11-15
Leavenworth's Mutiny Leader the
Latest Capture.
HE WAS GAME TO THE LAST
Lawrence Lewis Also Taken, But
Wounded-The Whole County is
Aiding in the Chase-TweIve Now
Remain at Large.

LOUISVILLE, NY, NOV. 12-NeWell &.
Rathbun, who was supposed to have
been dead in a Jefferson, Ind, hotel
last Thursday, was arrested in Louis
vile Monday. According to Rathbun,
the corpse which was shipped to Lit
tie Rock for burial, as the body of
Rathbun, was the body of w. l.. Ten
Eycke. The police say Rathbun has
confessed to desertion from the United
States army and to having formed a
plan to fraudulently collect $4,000 in
surance on his life, but that he denies
having killed the man who died in the
Jeffersonvi.le hotel.
The arrest was made on information
from Sergeant Skinner of the United
States recruiting station. Rathbun en-
listed under The name of Lou Root,
Detroit. Sergeant Skinner had read
the story OF the Jeffersonville case
and circumstances connected with the
new recruit aroused his suspicious.
One of these was the fact that the
man had on a government suit of un-
derwear. Rathbun said he had bought
the garments from a soldier friend
Another Circumstance was his knowl-
edge of army affairs about Little
Rock. He passed the examination
and enlisted Saturday.
At the detectives Office Rathbun
was put through the sweating process,
and under pressure made the following
statement, according TO his inquisi-
tors:
my name is Newell G. Rathbun and
my home is in Little Rock, Ark. Sew
eral months ago | deserted from the
army post at Plattsburg, n. Y, in com
pany with another recruit by the name
or w. II. Ellis. | soon lost sight Of
him and went TO Little Rock. There
was married and afterward took out
the insurance policies.
Il came TO Louisville about 0 days
ago and formed a plan to make the
insurance company think | was dead,
so that | could collect the insurance
| fell in with man who said his name
was w. l.. 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
obtain a corpse from some place, put
it in hotel in Jeffersonville and then
set fire to the hotel
While we were in Jacksonville we
took number of drinks. and Ten
Eyke got drunk. | think has death was
caused by drinking. | put the letters
addressed to me in his pocket and left
| did not kill him. / then came to
Louisville and went to the recruiting
Office and enlisted My real home is
in Detroit"
The police are trying to establish
the idenCty of the dead man. One of
their theories is that he was a tramp
that Rathbun had fallen in with. The
police have telegraphed TO the Little
Rock authorities to hold the corpse. A
gold watch bearing the name wv II.
Ellis" was found on Rathbun. He re-,
fuses TO say where he got it. The DO
lice say the handwriting of Lou
Root the recruit, was very similar to
the signature wv. i. Ten Eyke' on the
Jeffersonville hotel register.
Coroner Ccots of Jacksonville
states that he examined the stomach
of the dead man and found traces OF
enough laudanum to kill two men.
A telegram from Little Rock under
above date says:
The supposed body of Newell G.
Rathbun was turned over to the cor
oner and placed in a vault to await
an autopsy. Ii is claimed by the au-
thorities that the description of Rath-
bun does not even agree with that of
the corpse.
Attorney Henry NJ. Armistead, who
has been representing the interests of
the family, visited the residence
where the body was lying today and
says that Mrs. Rathbun is so hyster-
ical and nervous that she hardly
knows what she has said. He declares
that she has seen the Douy only once
and that was but a brief glance, and
since that time has been too nearly
Frustrated to undergo the ordeal
again. Mr.. Armistead declares that
there is not the remotest evidence of
collision on the part of any member
of the family in the preparation of
any fraud. Chief of Police MacMahon
received the following telegram from
chief of police of Louisville: Have
arrested N. G. Rathbun. Hold corpse
you have until further orders" The
corpse will be held here.