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res police suspect After his spouse was slain, Matix collected insurance ‘MATIX /from 1A far, the detectives have Little evidence. But they think that, at feast In the murder of Matix's wife, they may well have a motive: noney. Matix, who along with Piatt died in the gun. battle, collected spore than $850,000 from ence policies on his wife, mar against the hospital, The Herald has learned. Capt. Lanata sald his investiga fers ware wever satisfied Matiz’s reaction to his wife's death or elements of hls. alibi, but they had no basis on which to file charges. The crazed shoot-out last Friday revegied a dark 4 side of the se eret lives of the two, both seem- ingly law-abid- ing family men. Ba “What bap I - ned lest week | Miem! raises @ whole new dimension in Matix, police feel, was a man of greed who hed aom bess than the idea) marriage that be Antone said lovestigators are to determine if Matiz and Platt joined in «& pact to kill their wives as a prelude to thelr We of crime. Matix and Platt are suspected in a number of violent bank and ‘armored car robberies In South TT the “bio bowpital crime, Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Police have been stumped by the ease. They questioned Matix, but they could find no motive and only relatively minor inconsistencies in his allbl. They also have another guspect, an unidentified construc- thon worker who was in the ares ers scurces, the ne Matiz collected a double death benefit totsling about $350,- G00 from @ hospital insuran