till VU'l 11 OUil V M'/OVi III JilO, V-UAsaid th;:i a middle-aged man had been I pa\ :ug attention to her and that she had told her mother that she would put an end to him i( he did not leave her alone. That is ail the confession she made. She never said that she had put an end to him. I never communicated with any officer in Cincinnati about the case.”It was said that Mrs. Cox had made a paitial confession to Mrs. Miller and to Mrs. Shreve, neighbor women. Mrs. Miller 6aid: “I haven’t spoken to Mrs. Cox in six months.” Mrs. Shreve de- ! nied that Mrs. Cox had made any confession to her. She called upon Mrs. Shreve Monday morning, however, and said she did not intend to run away. She had arranged to go on a visit to her mother in Loveland, Ohio, Monday, but, lest her departure might beattributed to timidity, she had given up the idea of the trip!* * *Mrs. Smith, wife of the ministerwho conducted the revivals, was visited, Monday morning, by a Sun reporter. The minister, with his wife and three children, live in a little brown house on the south side of i Spriugfield-fit, just east of the church, 1 When the reporter rapped at the door it was opened by Mrs. Smith, who, in answer to a question, said that her husband was dowm town.“I)o you w'ant to know about the Cox affair?” she inquired.‘‘Yes,” said the reporter.“Well, I don’t think Mr. Smith would care to say anything about it just now and I don’t think he knows anything to tell in addition to what has been said, anyway.”“Do you know Mrs. Cox?”“Yes, I do, I became acquainted with her during the revivals. She has visited my house a number of times,”“Did she ever tell you anythingabout this strange story V*. “Yes, she did. Qae day, * little