The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-15

TIE Psaa Of Newell e. Rsthbun 90 D~srss1
IN Insurance Company slipped
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Louisville. Nv, Nov. l-.-~Neweii y.
Rathbun, who was supposed 10 have
died in Jacksonville Ind.) totcl \
last Thursday, was arrested in Louis
Vile yesterday. According TO Rath- \
bun the corpse which was shipped TO I
Little Rock for burial as the body Of
Rathbun was the body of W. L. Ten
Eykc.
The police say Eathbun has con-
fessed to desertion from the United
States army and 10 having formed a
plan TO fraudulently collect $4,000 i'm
sura nee on his life. but that he denies
having killed the man who died in the
Jeffersonsille hotel. Eathbun was ar
rested about y o'clock yesterday
morning at the United States recruit
ing station in Louisville He is held
as fugitive from Justice.
The arrest was made on informa-
ton from Sergeant skinner. of the
United States recruiting station.
Raih bun enlisted under the name Of
Lou Root, Detroit"
Sergeant skinner had read the
story OF the JefTersonyille case and
the circumst ances connected with the
new recruit aroused his suspicious
One OF these was the fact that the
man had on government suit OF
underwear. He said lac had bought
the garments from a soldier friend
4 Another circumstance was his knowl-
edge of army affairs about Little
Rock. On Saturday he passed the ex-
animation and enlisted
At the police station Rathbun was
put through the sweating process,
and under pressure made the follow
inr statement. according TO his in
quisiiors:
my name j. Newell c. Eaihbnn,
and nv home Is in Little Rock. Ark
Several months AFRO deserted from
the army post NJ Plaftsburg. \. n.
in company with another recruit by
the name Of ". III. Ellis. soon lost
sight of him. and went on 20 Little
Rock. There | WAS married. and NJ
crN,ard took out the insurance poll
tics-
II came 10 Louisville about ten
DAYS ago and formed a plan 70 ma s
tho Insurance company think ! WAS
dead. So that could collect the in
surance. ! fell in with man. whs
said his name vas W J.. Ten Eyke
IN front Of the Salvation Army head
, quarters in Louisville. aud told hiH
, Of my plan. and he agreed 10 he'll
me. Our plan was 10 obtain a corps
from some place put il in hotel u
IcfTersonNiile and then set fire TO tn
hotel.
while we were in JeffcrsonNills "
: took numher OF drinks and Te
Evke got drunk ! think his deaf
: was caused by drinking. l put IN
7 letters addressed 60 me in his pocks
{ and left. did not kill him the
O came 10 Louisville and went 80 III
n recruiting Office and enlisted. n
real home is in Detroit"
/ The police are trying TO estabii'
I the identity OF the dead man. Or
l. Of their theories is that he was
c tramp whom Hathbun had fallen
, with The police haze telegraph
% 10 the Little Rock authorities TO no
r the corpse. gold watch bearing u
name of IVY. Ill. Ellis" was found
Rathbun. lie refuses TO say whe
!, he got il. The police say The han
] writing of Lou Root" the recru
! was ,ery similar to the signa'u
!, wv. +. Ten Eyke- on the Jefferso
willie hotel register.
Coroner Coofs of JefferSonNil
!. states that he examined the s'oma
!. of the dead man and found traces
enough laudanum 10 kill two men,