Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1904-09-08
TWO BODIES FOUND ON FARM
TWO OTHER ALLEGED VIC
TINS ARE STILL MISSING.
SOUGHT 10 EVADE HIS DEBTS
Living Farm Hand Reports Two Al,
legged Attempts to Take His Life
-Gershon b Marx Being Held
on Very Serious Charge.

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wich county jail, is the perpetrator Of
a series of cold-blooded murders prob
ably without precedent In the history
OF Connecticut, is the belief OF the off,
clals who to-day began a systematic
search for bodies on the Marx farm.
-Four murders and attempt to poison
another man can, 1t is believed by
these officials, be traced to Marx.
The bodies of two Of Marks alleged
victims, Joe Pavol and Joe Palm, have
been found. Marx is awaiting trial
charged with the murder Of PavoI,
bis wife being held as a witness for
the state. The two bodies for which
the search was begun to-day are those
Of an 1S-year.old boy and a Hebrew
peddler.
The boy, who was known as Harry,
arrived in New York from Russia
about three years ago, and he came
here soon after to work for Marx. He
worked on the farm about six months
and then suddenly diappeared. Marx
said he had gone to Hartford to find
employment
The Hebrew peddler went to the
Marx home one evening two years ago
and be has not been seen alive since,
so far as known.
A Polander, known as "Joe,p to-day
made a statement to Sheriff Jackson,
in which he accused Marx of attempt
ing to end his life with poisoned whis-
key. Joe took the whiskey, but was
afraid to drink it, and put 1t away.
When the body Of Pavol was found
Joe mentioned the matter to consta-
BILE and gave him the whiskey, and the
constable turned it over to the jailer
Of the county jail, who promised to
have il analyzed.
Marx made still another attempt on
Joe's life when the latter discovered
the body of Payol, 1t is claimed. After
he had exhumed the body Joe accused
Marx of numbering Pavol, and said he
intended to noity the authorities.
Marx, thereupon, attempted to kill
kill him with a scythe, according to
the statement.
The motive for the crime can only
be traced to desire on the part OF
Marx to escape paying money to per-
sons to whom he was indebted. The
two men whose bodies have been
found we're six months behind in their
wages, as was the young boy, Harry,
Of whom no trace has yet be found.
Marx always slept with his hired
men, bis wife and four children sleep
| ing In an adjoining room. The theory
| is that be drugged his victims when
they pressed too hard for their wages
and then crushed their heads with an
ak, after which the bodies we're dis
membered and buried. Each OF the
bodies already found bears a CHASTITY
hole in the forehead.
The missing Hebrew peddler went
to the Marx home with a large guam
tity of articles, including clothing
cheap jewelryI etc, and has never
been seen again, A few days after
this Marx tried to sell miscellaneous
collection of clothing to neighbor.
Marx had two farms, one Of l65 acres
and another of los acres On the first
farm was found the body of Payol and
on the second one the body of Palm.
The prisoner is a man of 80 years Of
age and was not to vigorous when ar
rested. His health has been broken
| by confinement in the Jail since last
spring and the natural nervous worry
of man TO be tried for murder.