The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-01
Foul Play As Has Been Suq-
gested by His Brother, Is
Not Considered Probable by
The Officers.
FOOTPRINTS TELL STORY
OF THE ACCIDENT.
Show That Mox Started Down
c., c. & L. Embankment
And That He Had Slipped
And Fallen to the Street.

Acting Coroner DR.. }. NJ. WampIer,
today completed his investigation of
the death of August MOX, who was
found dead yesterday morning near
the c., c. & l.. tracks west OF the
Gaar, Scott & Co., shops and he will
find that the man died as result of
being in an intoxicated condition and
sustaining a severe shock as a result
of his fall from the top Of the railroad
cmbankment.
DR.. Wampler scouts the idea that
MOX met his death as 3 result of foul
play and Sergeant McManus, who
made an investigation Of the case yes
terday afternoon in company with
Charles Meeham, who came to this
city with MOX and who was arrested
Wednesday night on a charge of in
toxication. is also confident that Mox
was not murdered.
This morning at police headquarters
Prosecutor Jessup inquired of Coroner
Wampler and Sergeant MCManus if
they attached any suspicion at all on
Meeham which would implicate him as
being responsible for the death of
MoX. Both officials stated that they
were confident from the evidence
they had collected that Mox was not
murdered by Meeham or any other
man. Meeham was then arraigned in
the city court on charge of intoXica-
ton, to which he entered a plea of
guilty and was fined 81 and costs. He
was sent TO the county jail
Foul Play Scented
Albert MoX, a brother of the dead
man, called at the Palladium office
this morning and stated that in his
opinion his brother had met with foul
play. He stated that when the body
was found it was resting with the face
downward and arms Outstretched.
One hand, he said, was clinched as
though he was in the act of defend
ing himself when struck down Mr.
MOX also stated that his brother al
ways carried considerable money on
his person but when the body was
found there was not cent on him
DR.. Wampler states that the foot
prints on the railroad embankment
plainly show that Mox had started to
descend the bank and that he had
then slipped and fallen to the street
He says that there was hardly a
scratch on the face and this conyinces
him that the man rolled over on his
face after the shock Of the fall and
the effect of the whisky he had i'm
bibed had caused the heart action TO
stop. He bases his opinion that Mox
was not murdered. because an exam
ination of the body showed no bruises
or broken bones.
Meeham's Story.
Sergeant McManus states that Nee
ham informed him that when he and
MoX decided to leave DAYTON and
come TO Richmond, he found that MOX
was "brOke' so he bought him a ticket
to Richmond and on arriving here
he gave him fifty cents. He told Nc
ManuS that he went with MoX to the
PENNSYLVANIA station Wednesday
| night about 11;30 o'clock as Mox said
! that he wanted to go to New Castle.
Nhlle the New Castle train was stand
ing III the station. Meeham said, MOx
decided not to go and said that he was
going nome and then go to bed. Nee
ham said that the last he saw of Mox
was him walking west on North +,
street. McManus also stated that one
OF the few things found on Moxs per.
son after the body was discovered was
a ticket to New Castle How Mox
came into possession of this is a mys-
terry as Meenam stated the man only
had fifty cents. which he spent for
! booze. and at the PENNSYLVANIA ticket
office II is stated that no ticket was
sold TO the man. Yesterday Meeham
informed newspaper reporters that
| tie last he saw of mis- companion was
! between five and six O'Clock Wednes
! day afternoon.