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Another Insurance Murder

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
December
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Chicago, Dea 10 -Sebastian Mey'ers and John (-í-oetz have been arrested on tho charfrc of murdering Louis Peters in ordor to obtain an insurnnee policy of $1,000 on his Ufe wliich Peters had taken out in the Independent Order of Foresters. The criiiK' w;is eoimuittixl on March 4 last in a saloon kept by Groetz, wlio is a prominent memoer oftbu BVjrcetérB. Hé porsuadod Peters tu fcako out tho insuranoe policy itnd to make an i:-s;giinient of itto Mrs, Gootz. March 4 Pci'T and Moyers, whp were liDlh cnanion'.l of a pri'H.v srrv;mt, fiirl employed by Lrootu, met in the saloon and bogan to quarrel. Meyors vas lieurd to Kiy that if In' liad a revolver hu would kill Peters and the pólice now declare tliat tho rèvolverwas supplled by Goetz, wlio had' all vlong secrutly foniented the ill-foeling betvreen the men and had ananginl witii Meyers that 1' should get into a row witli Peters and put liim out of tho way, so that Mrs. Goetz could obtain the Insuranoe. This plan llo officcrs say was carriod out.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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