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Show ' ' ' 1 - illvu-. ; Ac:rc:ns Accused cf Atful Crir.2 SnrrcnJered to - Mexican Authorities. ' Er. Harl made out the death certificate and the policy was cashed without delay. de-lay. The proceeds, it is aald. were divided di-vided arnonj Hurbert, Meredith and the physician.' Hurbert, Meredith and the doctor disappeared dis-appeared as soon as they heard that the man's death was being inquired into. Evidences of poisoning were found In the victim's stomach and warrants for the three alleged conspirators were issued. is-sued. The physician was recently caught in St. Louis and taken back to Mexico after a bitter legal fight Hurbert Hur-bert sand Meredith were subsequently arrested at Pecos. The three accused men are Americans. WASHINGTON, June 4. Details of v -what Is said to b one of the- most de-, .; liberate murders on record led tQ the surreniJer by the Btate department to the Mexican authorities of Willis Mere 2ith, alias Mason, and Leslie- E. Hur bert, alias C. T. Richardson, who are in Jail at Pecos, Tex. Hurbert was the agent at Chihuahua, - Mexico, for the New York Life Insurance Insur-ance company. It is charged that Hur-. Hur-. bert entered into a conspiracy with a Chihuahua physician, : Dr. Harl, to d- fraud the insurance company out of the i largest possible sum through & deliber . ately planned murder. ' Meredith, it is said, took out the pol-. pol-. icy for many thousands of dollars on an ignorant native.. The policy was made payable to Meredith, who appeared on the record as the victim's brother-ln j . law. The doctor, it is charged, exam-1 exam-1 ined the Mexican and approved. the risk, but told him he was afflicted with a ml-f ml-f nor ailment, for which- , he offered to I treat him free, as he was a friend of I Meredith's. The physician is alleged to have slowly poisoned the man to death. The victim died in about six .weeks, i srtth the doctor constantly In attendance. |