The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-15


 they came back and informed me that the man. Copelin, whom they had in jail, claimed to be Fl. B. Copehn and was the same man who was intro duced 10 me in their office as l.. K Maxey, and that he received his mail under the name of L. F. Maxey al 7i4j9 Central avenue. Personally made all efforts l could to see this man Copelin. alias l.. R. Maxey to be identified by him, but was refused at all times the permission of seeing him. MT. Chapel Mir Kinney and myself then came back to Hot Springs.
 This was on April 19, which was Friday, and on the following Tuesday was again arrested in Hot Springs by deputy United States marshal on a charge of conspiracy growing out of the same matter and was at once taken to Little Rock and placed il jail, the officers refusing to allow me any time to make bond. wai 1 kept in this jail for ten days, durinl which time was refused the per mission of seeing any one but an at torney. and being about 60 miles iron my home town, l was unable to mako my bond which was fixed at 5000
 At the end of ten days Mr Weslow president of Weslow Cooperative Banking company. at Hot Springs and l. B. Akins and Eari McKinneS made my bond and l was released. then came back to Hot Springs. which was on May [. and On May Q l was again arrested in Hot Springs by a Iueputy sheriff of Garland county on papers sent to him from he United States marshal's office at Little Rock stating that my bondsman, MT Me Kee, at Pittsburg, had surrendered me to the officers (which l have since found to be mtruel. then naoe new bond in the sum of $5,000, with Mir H. McCafferty as surety, and was again taken to Little Rock and re leased on this bond
 Since my arrest in Pittsburg. 1 have made a thorough investigation of this case have learned that there was no foundation for my arrest at an5 time and the man who is going by the name of II. B. Copelin was the man who had taken out the insurance poi icy in the Royal Highlanders and named J Copelin, an alias of Fl. B Copelin. as beneficiary therein Later II. B Copelin posed as dead mar and appeared as T Copelin, the bene fciary in the policy Later. H. B Copeln appeared as L. R. Maxey, at torney at law. and proceeded to col leet the policy as attorney for J Copelin, the beneficiary
 As L. R. Maxey, he wrote the in suranoe company for blanks fer proo of death of II. B. Copelin. whicl blanks he received about January f or 1S, and which was the day me him at TIA 1-2 Central avenue, a Long and Chappels office, where h, had been receiving mail for som time He then went before J. W Al ford. notary public. .anl swore hi name was l.. R. Maxey and was aC quainted with H. B Copelin and tha he had died about December 8o 1911 and that J Copelin was the benticiar,
 Later it appears that II B. Copeh appeared before another notary as ] Copelin. the beneficiary, anu swor that he was the beneficiary and tha 1 H. B Copelin died about the S0th Q l December It Is shown by lette l written by H B, Copelin, alias J. Cope lin. alias I R. Maxey that he ar peared as physician (the alias Dc ing unknown to mel and as the phs sician who waited on II E. Copeliu dging hls last illness and attache, to the proof of death his csrtificat' as 2 physician
 l 1T B copelin then appeared as L R Maxey attorney at law, and sta,