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HELD CN CHARGE OF MURDER.W. H Cox and Wife, of Srringdale Accused of Infanticide.!mmtCharged with infanticide, W. H. Cox ami wife. of Springdale. was arrest** I tin* latter part of last week on a war 1 .■! i t sworn (Hit hv IVosoeut intf Atto* n* \ A I. Dalv. of Summers countv.§iP * *T1 ev were taker to the Summers count'•' 0nil end are Lino hehl awaiting therour.dinn tip of evidence.Ahmit ti e first lt;•*' the tmo th a two weeks’ ollt;! female ehihi was found in• MM - ' -M ■ ithe lt;' i eenlo ier river in the corporate | !imits of Avis, ahove Hinton. \ rock had hcen tied to the dress of the infantto keep it under water. The river isshallow at that point and the hotly hadfloated t » the surfaee It was disenv red hv a moored man at 1 reported. Several clues were run down hv the; t If lit I!) Jittomrv, oil!' to b*: lt;| toM?ni*rlit. •' i f! !? \* u\v -is* *d pointin; tlt;» the »Tuilt of Ce \ an.his wife The arrest followed.Mis. t lt;\ was before marriage Miss C'i/a Gwinrt She i- known here. MetIRSfriends claim that she could not have' heen jjuilty of the crime.The evidence st. fa: aeenmnlated isottlv eireunistantial. I* has li**en found'315that Mr*. lt;Vix was u i»»;«tt-rnitv |*•»ti#*?*titi a lt;ha Alston ho^;*ital a fc*~ • n \ -prior to tho t’i11lt; 1 in thr rivor Mul *hlt;whs srrii ;it tin* I! inton « it \ st:itilt; u \vi4 » |a bumilo rarofullv \vra|»|»olt;| in paper ! two lipfiHr tli*’ rliiM's holt;!v \vafound. Tho eouplt* t 1m*ii•»lit to hav«ho**u iti:i * t it I but a fVw wruk*.
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Beckley Messenger
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Tue, Aug 14, 1917
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