The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-22
a. AYR R ASCAL'S SCHEME
To ColIact Insurance From Life
insurance 9 Companies.
3ic'!oNFEs8EB WHEN AZ gaEerED
!. B 9agllts y Denies That lie Murdered
ssiss Unidentified compan-
Ion Found Dsad In an
is5 Atkanaaa Hotel.
Atkanaaa Hotel.

IS Newell 9. Rathbun, who was oup-
I posed to layo boon found in Jeifer-
Fsonville, Ind, hotel last Thursday
G, week was arrested in Louisville On
& Tuesday Of Last week. According to
Rsthbun, hoYaorpso which was shipped
s. to Little Rock for burial as the body Of
RAthbun was tho body Of w. L.
Tenoyke. The rolico say Rathbun has
confasned to deaertion from the United
d States ntmy and to having formed
plott0 fraudulontly oolloot 81 900 in
& Buran0o on hla life, but that no donies
having killed. tho man who died in the
A Jsfersonviilo hotel. Rathbun was
4 arrested at the United StatoB rooruit
p ing station in Louisville. Ho is held
asa fugitive from jlstioo. Tho or
\ reBt was made on information from
Sergeant Skinner, of the United States
reo1 uiting station. Rathpun enlisted
unoer tho nsrno Of "Lou Root, Detroit"
< Sergeant Skinner had road tho story
4 Of tho Jefersonyill0 oaao and oircum
stances oonnootcd wl,h tho now re-
oruit arouacd his suspioiona. One Of
thom WAS the fact thai tho man hat
on o gUvernment sui1 Of underwear.
( Rathbun said he had boughe tho gar.
monts from soldier FREUD. Another
circumstance was hls kncwladso OF
army affairs eoout L.ttlD Rock. Hu
stood tho oxamlIatlon and cnlissou
y Saturday. Az clio dolGolilo ofioo H4Sn-
burn was put GnrouBh the sweAt.nS pro
cess ana unoyr pressure made Ito foi
y lowing statement, according to his in-
q iqulsltors:
My namc is Nathan 9. Rathbun,
n end my home ID IN Llrlle R3oS, Ark
9s5 Il esSyYSSssaa.. eesSyYSSsa. mon,hs rs: | de..r.od trnr.
!. the srmy post AZ Piattspurg, Now
sE K Ulk, IN company win euUtner reoruld
by the nan.o Of w. H. Ellis. soon
lost sight OF him aud wont TO Llttie
Rock. Ihere1 ysaH msrrled aud a,tor
: wards took out the Inkursi CO policies,
" oaine TO Loulsvlile ABOUT ten dsyp
ago aua formud plot TO make tho
I insurance oOmpany thiDk l WAS dead,
30. hat ~ vouiQ collect Tho Insurance
Sf$ stelf In Win o man, who oaia nis
Il laNnle Was w j., 1eueyke, III front Ct,
SSs no f3Aly lyallcn Army ioa0quaitGfs Al,
Ss ssSS LOU lisYillei and stoid him Ut NY plan
ss$S ana reed #tg itslp no. Out plaa
q 70 ster from sou pisee gu !.
by sbt lirtt
n nj sssS;
s;ssS.s 0ysOnyllie Wa toUkia lunber OF drinks
3Sss afds & lie hey- he gotsdrunk. i think his
3.s Death yqaB oauacd by drinking. put
siiS the iotteIs addressed 10 me- IN hiB pocket
5 and left. 1 dld not Kill hlm. / then
i. caD1o TO Lpu,syiiio and went to tho re-.
I Grating otioa and enlisted. My reel
4 home IL IN Detroit"
TELLS ANOTHER TALE,
Rathburn admiltod lator that tho
man who aooompnnitd d to tho hotel in
J,ttersonylilo, Ind, and WAS found
Z dead Tho next day, was Uharlos Good
man, who is said 10 have oome from
Evansville, Ind.
Ohief Of Detectives Sullivan and
Ohief Applegato, and Coroner Cootb Of
\ JeHcIsonvlllo, interviewed Ra,hbun
3E Wednelday. Rathbun llstonao rs ono
x by one tho circumstances, which tho
police regard Az proofs OF his guilt,
q were LAID before him by Chief SULLIVAN.
d According 10 the ttlice1s, ha,hbun
Is suddenly tprang up aud, waking hsa,i
~ to q WINDOW, looked out for low
minptes. Then, tuning like an ami
NAL at bay, ho faced tho crowd OF men
in the roem and asked in shaking
voice: 1
What 10 the punishment for offou-
B ceg OF this kind III lndiana2 Docs tho
death penalty exist thero?"
Mover mind about tho ponalty,
Rathbun," akid Capt. Sullivan. What
We are Interested IN ie tho namc Of tho
dead man.
# For q momont Rathbun looked al
tho group Of faces btfose him and then
said:
ou are on tho right track. Good.
man IL tho nAmo Of tho dead man.
met him in front or the SaAvation Army
Hotel and determined 10 keep HIN
orunk Tor several DAYS and then liz
B him."
Whon questioned further Rsthbun
denied having gwen Goodman lauda
mum and SAID he would hove made use
ct chioroform.
JnsG betoro no was taken bacK to Jail
Ka.hbun inaao tho following Biatelntni
!. 70 Ohlet OF Detectives Suilly4u:
a0n.lt ovciything Cxecp0 thst
I. killed Goodman. l,noan5 70 kill BIN
and kopI hEa d.nak lor tho purpose,
tut ho died OF alcoholism and Sgas nol
forced " make away with him. Ny
story ':aocouo the Lmplioe named
Blsn ohaid Wap Ao,itioas. | acted alont
: AID without i Confederate"
8 CoNEEssEs FRAUD.
RAthbun made q statoment Wodnca
day tlet hiB nifo 1T Little Rock had
knoWA Of I,e- p.aA 10 deiraud ihc lnsur
SO nLco f9ompaDy, though not oitho mur
der ttatutt OF IL; ihe Gco.sjon 70 have
tAo coilhe o' thcfupposed Goodman 70
torhcd t9 jtH.ltonyillo ,or ap autolty
,nl ldenNiicaIui; ,ho enuouncs mcn
s2tn y hiVh mo ttpatmclt dooiGc1 Il
81 eau Ka.hbun 20 Jsticisol liz and .urs
u him ever 10 shC lLdlana aulho1itea hrt
. lhe,eiutal Of the jotai tu,hct,,l q
send kaihkua to Lttio Rock to tcsnf,
4 at the or4Doi'p IL quest ever tho GO, on,
that ~sG shilpao tLtlo Ties ssy ,hS
Ka, hbun viii 20 noWnorG txctp, to Js f
## ititohvulo, who're lie 10 TO bo tiitd v1
4, the charge Of musdor,lg by poiao,
Ohas. Goodman. Tho suspicious 3
Captain sullivan wero aIonscd thi
morning by move from LITTLE Res tie
. Miss Gofinno Payor Lad stated thu
hathbunhsd proposed a similsr plos 0
49, I'd x~<x! y Il.