The age-herald., 1901-11-12
RATHBUN MAKES
 HIS CONFESSION
Formed a Plan to Swindle h.
 Surance Company
DENIES KILLING TENEYKE
Says He Met Him and They Got Drunk Together and That He Proba- ply Died From Too Much
 intoxicating Drink.

Louisville, November 11.-Newell c. Rathbun, who was supposed to have been found dead in Jeffersonville Qnd.) hotel last Thursday, was arrested in Louis vile today. According to Rathbun the corpse which was shipped to Little Rock for burial as the body of Rathbun was the body of w. l.. Teneyke. The police say Rathbun has confessed to desertion from the United States army and to hay ing formed a plan to fraudulently col lect S4000 insurance on his life. but that he denies having killed the man who died in the Jeffersonvile hotel.
 Rathbun was arrested about II o'clock this morning at the United States re- cruiting station in Louisville. He is held as a fugitive from justice. The arrest was made on information from Sergeant Skinner of the United States recruiting station. Rathbun enlisted under the name of Lou Root, Detroit"
 Sergeant Skinner had read the story of the Jeffersonvllle case and circum- stances connected with the new recruit aroused his suspicious. One of these was the fact that the man had on a govern ment suit of underwear. He said he had bought the garments from a soldier friend. Another circumstance was his knowledge of army affairs about Little Rock. Sunday he passed the examina- ton and enlisted.
 The Sweating Process.
 At the detective office Rathbun was put through the sweating process, and under pressure made the following state ment, according to his inquisitors:
 My name is Newell c. Rathbun and my home is in Little Rock, Ark. Several months ago I deserted from the army post at Plattsburg, New York, in com pany with another recruit by the name of w. H. Ellis. l soon lost sight of him and went on to Little Rock. There 1 was married and afterward took out the insurance policies.
 T came to Louisville about ten days ago and formed a plan to make the in surance company think I was dead so that I could collect the insurance. I fell in with a man who said his name was w. l.. Teneyke in front of the Salvation Army headquarters in Louisville, and told him of my plan and he has agreed to help me. Our plan was to obtain a corpse from some place. put 1t in a hotel in Jeffersonville and then set fire to the hotel.
 Got Drunk Together.
 "While We were in Jeffersonville we took a number of drinks, and Teneyke got drunk. I think his death was caused by drinking l put the letters addressed to me in his pockets and left. l did not kill him. I 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 identity of the dead man. One of their theories Is that he was tramp that Rathbun had fallen in with The police have telegraphed to Little Rock authori- ties to hold the corpse. A gold watch bearing the name r"W. H. Ellis was found on Rathbun. He refuses to say where he got it. The police say the hand writing of Lou Root" the recruit. was very similar to the signature w. l.. TeneyIte" on the Jeffersonville hotel register
 Coroner Coots of Jeffersonville states that he examined the stomach of the dead man and found traces of enough laudanum to kill two men.