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HELD CN CHARGE OF MURDER.W. H Cox ard Wife, of Scriugdale Accused of Infanticide.Charged with infanticide. W. H. Coxand wife, of Springdale. was arrested: w •the latter part of last week on a war'.ant sworn out Kv I’rnseeut inir Attoru* v A I. Dnlv. of Summers countv.Th»»v were taker to tin* Summers count'nil ami are hcine held awaiting tinround ini; up of evidence.Ahout tie first o«* the month a twoweeks’ ollt;! female cl.ihl was found inthe Creenhrier river in the co»potato!imits of A\is, ahove Hinton. \ rodhad hcen tied to the dress of the infantto keep it under water. The river isshallow at that point and the bodv hadF • ifloated to the surface It was diseo\it.I l.v a colored man and reported.Several dues were run down l*v thep»oseeutini? nttornev, onlv to lenl tonnuyht. Finallv e\ idenee vis ihtian•a| point in*: to t he *Tui 11 of lt;V v ?ii:.hi* wife. The arrest f *»I h t * I.Mi. lt;V\ was before nunriajje Mis*KM/u Hwien She i* known here, fit aiffrieinls elaini that she eouhi nct havebeen {ruiltv of the ei ime.The exMemo s*. far aeeiimu!ate«i i-onlv eireumsta nt ini. It has been fomnHthat Mrs. Kox u;in u inatfrnitv patient,8 Kh 1 * i i*ital a fc *a\prior tlt;» the fiml in the fixer inn! *h«was set ii at the Hinton eitx state n \vi*h !a l»unt!Ie earefullv wrapped in papertwo «ha\s before the ehihl %s bolt;lv xva*telilal. The eoiiple is tleU*jht to hav«been ma»?ief but a feu weeks.
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Beckley Messenger
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Tue, Aug 14, 1917
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