Indianapolis (IN) News, December 9, 1881, p. 4. Thomas J. McApplegate of Scottsburg is under arrest for the murder of his wife. He is 60 years old and his wife-his second wife and his own blood niece-was but 35. She was being treated for insanity, and he is charged with giving her double doses of morphine and hydrate of chloral, causing her death. The coroner's verdict is to this effect.