The age-herald., 1901-11-13
ADMITS. TT ALL EXCEPT HAVING
 KILLED GOODMAN

talIied with that of Goodman. A special from Evansville, Ind, says:
 "Charles Goodman Is little known here. About a year ago he induced Jake Schneider, Is years of age, to accompany him on a tramp. They were gone some months and then returned home. Good man got drunk, fought an officer and was sent to jail.
 After his release nothing was heard of him till last Friday, when Schneider got a letter from him at Louisville, ask ing the boy to again go on the road'
 The Louisville police would like to learn something about the antecedents of New ell c. Rathbun. They are not even sure that the prisoners name is Rathbun. It is believed his home Is in Detroit. The next steps in the case will be to at tempt to settle Rathbun's identity to find what 1t was that killed Goodman where tine poison was secured, if poison was used and whether any arrests yet remain to be made In the case.
 Want Him as Witness.
 Little Rock November 12.-The authori- ties here announce that they will have the supposed Newell c. Rathbun, now at Louisville, Ky, brought here to testify in the inquest over the corpse sent here as the body of Rathbun. whose life was insured TOT S4UUO coroner J. M. louHB said today:
 Mayor Duly requested me to take the body In charge and investigate the death, as 1t Is surrounded with a great deal of mystery. l acted upon his suggestion, empaneled jury and viewed the remains, which I caused afterwards to be removed to an undertaking establishment for fur ther examination. This done, I am now in a position to summon as witness any one who may be able to throw any light on the cause of death or the identity of the victim. I will have the man arrested at Louisville who claims to be the real Rathbun brought here at once, and other persons whose testimony may be import ant in clearing up the mystery. I shall have Coroner Coots of Jeffersonvlle, Ind. furnish me a copy of his inquisition pa- pers for comparison. It is also under stood that the sheriff of the county where the corpse was found will arrive late tonight There will be enough ac- quaintances of Rathbun to identify him positively when he is brought back"
 One of Rathbuns attorneys made the following statement:
 'The family of MT. Rathbun only want to be satisfied beyond a doubt that Rath- bun is alive and that this body is not Rathbuns. So much doubt has been re- fiected upon the case by the insurance company detectives that no one can say at this time positively what the outcome will be. The family of McKown and Mrs Rathbun and all parties interested have offered to bear the expense of bringing the person arrested in Louisville here who is said to be Rathbun. The propo- sition entails, however, the agreement that the insurance company bear the ex- pense if the party in question proves not to be Rathbun. Nothing less than un- doubtable proof that the man arrested in Louisville Is Newell c. Rathbun will set tie all the doubt raised in this case"
 Rathbun's wife is prostrated and it is said by her physicians that her condi- tion is precarious and all admittance to newspaper men is prohibited
 Rathbun was born in Oswego, N Y, twenty-eight years ago. His description answers the description of the corpse here excepting that without the shoes the body only measures i've feet seven and one-half inches, while 1t is claimed that Rathbun measures five feet eight and one-half inches. The face Is clean shaven and has the appearance of a man only about "A years old.
 The death certificate accompanying the body that was shipped from Jefferson vile was signed by Deputy Coroner Coots and Health Officer F. w. Sheats and gave reorganization as the cause of death.
 Deputy Coroner Coots said tonight that he had given in the death certificate of the man found dead in a Jeffersonville hotel reorganization as the cause, but that reorganization may be caused by over stimulation from whisky, chloroform or laudnum."
 Sheriff Cooks captors Captured.
 Topeka Kan, November 12.-Two of the convicts captured near Cottonwood Falls this afternoon, Gilbert Mullins and Sol Southerland, are those who captured