The age-herald., 1901-11-14
Being 3 DesGTter From the Army Acquisition Papers
 Are Not Necessary
INQUEST HELD OVER GOODMAN
Rathbun's Wife Is In State of NerV, ous Prostration and Unable to Appear-Her Relatives
 Will Not Talk.

picion of having caused the death at Jeffersonville, Ind, of Charles Goodman who was found dead in a hotel in that city last Thursday, death having result ed, it is supposed, from laudanum poison- ing is tonight in the Clark County, In diana, jail, on a charge of murder. Un- der instructions from the War Depart ment at Washington, Rathbun, who is a deserter from the United States army. was this evening turned over to the In- diana authorities and taken across the river.
 Other features of the case today were the decision of the authorities to have the body of the supposed Goodman re- turned to Jeffersonville from Little Rock for an autopsy and identification, and the refusal of the local authorities to send Rathbun to Little Rock to testify at the coroners inquest over the corpse that was shipped there. A telegram was sent to Little Rock today, asking that the corpse be returned to Jeffersonville.
 Rathbun's Confession.
 Rathbun made another damaging ad- mission to the detectives today. For the first time he admitted that he had a confederate in Little Rock
 At first Rathbun stated that his only confederate was deserter from the reg uar army by the name of Blanchard, but he finally admitted that this was false and that Blanchard was fictitious. He then stated yesterday morning that he had worked the plot out alone.
 The suspicious of Captain Sullivan were aroused this morning by news from Lit tie Rock that 8 Miss Corinne Pryor had similar plot of defrauding an insurance company to her, and had said that if she would marry him and carry out her part he would send a corpse home; that it could be buried for him and that he and she would divide the insurance. He also learned that Mrs. Rathbun still in- sisted that the corpse sent from Jeffer- sonville, and now in Little Rock, was that of her husband.
 After ascertaining these facts Captain Sullivan had Rathbun brought into his private office and interrogated him about this phase of the case. Rathbun said:
 T have only told you part of the truth so far. I arranged this matter with my wife In Little Rock long ago, but l did not want to bring her into the case. Now it looks like I will have to. I told her that I would find a corpse and that she was to telegraph for it to be buried and then collect the insurance, and that I would desert again from the army and meet her at some place and we would di- vide the money"
 Know Nothing of Murder Plot.
 After making this statement Rathbun stated that his wife knew nothing of any plot to commit murder or to set fire to a hotel.
 Indeed" he said. mo murder was committed, for I did not kill Goodman. might have killed him if necessary. but he died of natural causes"
 One of the most perplexing features of the case as it now presents itself to the police Is in regard to the real identity of the prisoner here That he has been passing himself over the country under the name of Newell c. Rathbun, that he married in Little Rock under this name and was there insured for s4000 appear to be certain, but the detectives are con vinced that Is an alias and that he has never told his real name or his real home.
 A telegram has been received from the chief of police of Evansville stating that Goodman was resident of Cripple Creek. Col, where he was brass worker.
 When asked for his opinion as to the claim made by Mrs. Rathbun that the corpse shipped to Little Rock was that of her husband, Rathbun laughed and remarked:
 Maybe it Is his corpse" This is all he would say on this subject.
 Dr. Benson Dolittle. proprietor of drug store in Jeffersonville close to the undertaking establishment of F. M. Coots & Sons was in the morgue when the al- leged discovery was made that Good mans stomach contained laudanum. The fumes were unmistakable, he insists. Coroner F. M Coots walked into the room and instantly said: Laudanum' Omen the windows and doors. Dr. Dolittle says he will swear lauda- nun was in Goodman's stomach in
 The Louisville police today began send ,ng all over the United States photo granhs and a description of Rathbun In an effort to positively identify him. Rathbun,s Wife Prostrated. Ijttle Rock, November 13.-Mrs. Kate pathhup wife of Newell C. Rathbun, continues in a state of nervous prostra- tion at the home of her sister, and re- heated efforts to obtain a statement from her have failed. It was expected she would appear before the coroners Jury today and give her testimony, but her condition is so delicate that she did not leave her room.
 Under the adVlce or their ht'oi ho9 D Mrs Rathbun's relatives decline to dis cuss the Rathbun case, and especially that part of Rathbun's confession con- meeting her with the alleged scheme to defraud the life insurance company. In order to establish the identity of the man under arrest at Louisville, Ky. and said to be Newell c. Rathbun, Deputy Sheriff A. B. Chichester left this after noon for Louisville. accompanied by Emil T. Cleockler. who knows Rathbun we'll
 Today Coroner Young took testim ony to charge the identity of the dead body sent here as that of Rathbun. Charles McKown. whose wife is sister of Rath- buns wife. testified that he was well ac- quainted with Rathbun. He had looked at the body and thought that it was un- doubtedly that of Rathbun. He said that his wife had told him that Rathbun had had his moustache shaved off two days \. Ioft foIf