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ences. Against this influence she battled, His said, and “her sobs and cries from the altar bench were distressing.” Then a friend, Mrs. Poisel, is said to have knelt by Mrs. Cox’s side and prayed fervently for the latter. “Oh, Lord, God,” she is reported to have said, “show me why this soul here cannot be forgiven and find Thee. Show, oh Lord, Thy power.” Then a look of horror is said to have passed over Mrs. Poisel’s face. She had seen a vision. It was the figure of a middle-aged man with a great wound in his head. That night, the story continues, Mrs. Poisel tossed upon | her bed, haunted by the vision. In j the morning she sent for Mrs. Cox, 1 and it is alleged that the latter “confessed.” It is asserted that she said she had lived in Cincinnati and had two lovers—one old and well-to-do, ! the other young and poor, but the choice of her heart. Her pa- 1 rents rebuked the latter, Al- i bert Cox, and favored the I older and wealthier suitor. Wounded to the quick, the young lover resolved i on revenge, His said. He met the the young woman and confided his plana. She was to plan an elopement with the old fellow, the latter to meet her at 10 o’clock on a lonely bridge, with pleanty of money. They met, he with the money in his pocket. Suddenly a young man sprang from the darkness, struck him down, threw the- body into the river and fled with the Sidney, some $857. The man in the“vision” was the victim—the slainlover,■)/. This is the substance of the allegedconfession, and from it some seek to
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Indianapolis Sun
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Mon, Apr 18, 1892
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