Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-21
BODY or FORMER IOWA PHvsl
CLAN FOUND IN rENMEssEE
RIVER.
SENSATIONAL CAREER ENDS
IN SELF DESTRUCTION
Wrecked Homo Of Joy. ~. Business
Man and Later Welded His Divorced
Wifs-Mrs. Doxsy Charged With
Poisoning 81. Louis Mail Carrier -
Now Awaits Trial For eisamy.

Burlington. June PA message re-
ceived from ST. Louis. NO., states that
the body Of DR.. Loren b. Doxey, whose
wife. Dora Doxey. was acquitted In st.
Louis Of numbering William ]. Erder.
and is to be tried at Clayton. Mo-, on
charge Of having married Erder
bigamously. was found in the Tonnes
see river ct Clifton, Tenn. after he
had been missing for several hours.
The dispatch stated that 1t was be-
lieved that DR.. Doxey killed himself
ar he was Respondent over his failure
to establish practice at Savannah,
Tenn, where he and his wife had lived
since Mrs. Doxey was acquitted Of the
murder charge.
DR.. Loren B. Doxey'c tragic death,
supposedly at his own hands. ended
career marked by stress and storm.
Endowed with a superb physical make
up, given magnificent education, and
with everything in his favor, Loren 3.
Doxey chose to throw away his oppor-
tuLities and the last ten years OF his
life were filled with trouble brought
about by himself. He was still young
man, and had he wished, could have
perhaps retrieved his fortunes
Born Near Waterloo.
DR.. Doxey was born near Waterloo,
and received thorough medical edu-
cation. in one of the leading Chicago
schools. He settled down for practice
at Joy. Ill, and had everything COM
ing his way. A large practice was
built up. and DR.. Doxey became fac
tor In the professional life Of that Sec
ton of Illinois. Socially he was pop
uiar and well regarded
One of his patients was the beau
tiful wife ~ofsa prominent merchant OF
Joy. An attachment sprang up be-
tween the two. The woman had kind
and considerate husband, two lovely
children and happy home up to the
time that her infatuation for DIR. Doxey
became established Then things went
wrong. The people talked, and the
husband, usually the last one to under
stand a situation of this kind, finally
became convinced of the unfaithfulness
Of his wife. He was broken hearted,
and it was with sorrow that he insti-
tuted divorce proceedings. He OBJ
tained q decree and the custody Of the
children.
Wrecks Home; Marriss Divorce.
Not long after DR.. Doxey. who had
moved to the vicinity Of Waterloo, his
old home, came to Burlington and met
the divorced wife of the Joy business
man. This was about five years ago.
The couple was married here by Dr.
j. R. Sutherland at the Presbyterian
parsonage. It required some effort on
the part of DR.. Doxey to fnd wit
ness who could aid him in securing
marriage license He finally ran
across clerk in a Main street hotel
who had once lived in Joy and knew
both parties.
Leaving Burlington, DR.. and Mrs.
Doxey lived for awhile in Black Hawk
county, and then went to a small town
In Nebraska.
Vito Charged With Murder.
Then followed the tragedy in st.
Louis that brought the Doxeys into
the limelight. Mrs. Doxey wen, there
to live and IT was said ensnared mail
carrier, William Erder. The two were
married. The man fell Ill and after sew
eral months of suffering died His
mother and sister thought something
wiring and had, an examination made of
several Of his vital organs. Strong
evidence Of poisoning was found. Mrs.
Doxey's arrest followed. Her identity
was then disclosed as the wife Of DR..
Doxey. The physician was charged
with sending the poison from Nebraska
to his wife, who had made an effort
to collect large amount of insurance
which had been taken out by her mail
carrier husband. u sensational murder
trial followed but Mrs. Doxey was &C.
quilted.
Since that time nothing had been
heard of the sDoxeys until the news OF
DR.. Doxey's death was received.