Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-04
DOCTOR KILLED
4. BY DRUGGIST
Returns Unexpectedly At
ter Midnight and Shoot
ing Follows
SUICIDE OF HIS WIFE
Parties to the Double Tragedy
Among the Most Prominent in the
State of Mississippi.

Jackson, Miss, June DIR. R. E
Mauldin was shot and killed by A
c. Cox, of a prominent family while
he was hiding under Mrs Cox's bee
in her home at Artenia.
| Mrs. Cox young woman of ex.
ceptional beauty and belonging to
a leading Southern family, ran to d
bureau drawer and obtained twelve
tablets Of bichloride of mercury
which she swallowed. 1t is not be.
lieved she can live.
! Discovery of the handsome young
physician in the Cox home and his
subsequent tragic death has caused a
! sensation because of the prominence
of the families and the high esteem
in which Mrs. Cox had been held.
1t seems that Cox, a druggist, re-
turned to his home unexpectedly at l
: o'clock in the morning He had gone
to Aberdeen to see a baseball game
and it continued so long that he mis-
sed the only passenger train he could
get for Artenia. Therefore he sent 9
telegram to Mrs. Cox that he would
have to remain in Aberdeen over
night.
Later however, he was able to get
into the caboose of a freight train
that brought him to Artenia between
eleven o'clock and midnight. He re-
uaineh around hotel down town
with friends for more than an hour
and then started for his home.
AS he entered the house he heard
frightened whispers from his wife's
bedroom and entered, turning on the
light.
Under the bed he saw man. Cox
went to another room and obtained a
revolver; loaded with six cartridges.
When he returned to the bedroom DR.
Mauldin was still under the bed. He
had not tried to escape from the
house when Cox went for his weapon,
! it was explained, because Cox proba-
bly,, had taken DR.. Maulin's clothes
u
STOPPING down Cox fired two shots
at DR.. Mauldin. Fearing he had mis-
sed him, he pulled the bed out from
; the wall and stood over the physl-
clan and sent three bullets into his
head, killing him. The sixth shot went
into his body.
While Cox was shooting DR.. Maui
din his wife jumped out Of the bed
and went to the bureau drawer,
! where there was bottle containing
the twelve tablets of bichloride OF
mercury. Going to the bathroom, she
washed them down her throat with
water. ::
| The neighborhood was aroused by
! the shooting, and in the excitement
Mrs. Cox told no one for two hours
that she had swal'I wed; the po:scn
Onlv when she became illfdid she say
ANYTHING about her plight. Physici'
ans were called to her aid, but. :she
was unconscious and there was lit
tie hope of saving her life.
Cox surrendered himself, a coro
ner's jury" held a perfunctory inquest
and he was held in $1,000 bail fol
trial on a charge of murder. Ee woulc
not speak of the tragedy, except t.
saw that the finding of a man, ant
J. especially. DR.. Mauldin, in his hom'
under such circumstances was al
overpowering surprise. He and tn
musician, who went to Artenia abou
wear ago, were close friends, ant
the physician had been a welcor
caller at his home. Cox still expires
s;nc affection for his wife worrie
greatly about her condition.
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