St. Louis (MO) Republic, January 30, 1892, pt. 1, p. 3.
BETRAYED BY HIS WIFE
Charles Morgan Held in Columbus, Indiana, for the Marsh Murder at Seymour
Columbus, Indiana, January 29-Charles Morgan was arrested here tonight for
the murder of L. N. Marsh at Seymour New Year's morning. Morgan is a
villainous-looking man, 50 years of age. His wife is 24. They moved here
January 20 and lived in abject poverty in a single room. His wife says the
morning of the murder he came home shortly before daylight all dribbled in
mud, wet, and his clothes torn into shreds, and for 16 days he remained
locked in the house, kept the window blinds down, and would allow no one to
see him. Then he went to New Albany and then came home and had her ship
their handful of goods under a fictitious name. He then secured work at the
American Starch Works here and threatened to kill her if she ever gave him
away or let the Seymour folks know of their whereabouts. Her 12-year-old
son bears his mother out in her story. She also says Morgan shot five times
at a man in Shoals two years ago and fled to avoid arrest.
Marsh's house was burglarized New Year's morning about four o'clock, and a
struggle ensued in which Marsh and the burglar fell on a barb wire fence.
Morgan admitted to his wife that his clothes were torn by running into a
barb wire fence but to the officers he denies any guilt. Officers from
Seymour will come here to identify Morgan.