The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-05

ST. LOUIS, Sept. Al. S. Hackley, one
of the best known drummers in the
United States, whose territory extends
from ocean to ocean, AMI from the great
lakes to the gulf, whose business address
is Louisville, Ky, and whose residence
is Moberly, Mo-, is the man who outstrip-
ped the best detective talent in the coun-
try in turning up the big life insur-
ance swindler. DIR. George W. Fraker.
Mr. HaclSley arrived in st. Louis today
and registered at the Planters. In speak
ing of the case, Mr.. Hackley said:
"One of the most important witnesses
is dead. Re was drowned in Kansas on
Aug. 3, the day after the insurance COM
panieS paid the money over 70 j. q. Lin
coin, for the Fraker estate, ON order of
the court, and the other is now in Jail t
Springer, n. NJ, awaiting trial for bur-
glary.
The First Man Drowned.
1.-THE first man was drowned under the
name of Phillips. L have excellent rea-
sons for believing, however, that this was
an alias AMI that his real name was Jim
Triplett Triplett, George Horrie, who is
now in New Mexico jail, charged with
burglary, and an old negro, who has since
died, where with Fraker when he is sup
posed to have been drowned. have
known both Frailer and Horrie for nearly
OF Frakers drowning, while on a fish
ing excursion, with such crook as Hor-
RE, [ was at once struck with the
StrangenesS of his companionship, as evil
Gence of rascality. l have been quietly
a work on the case since. From the first
I was convinced that Fraker was alive
Il came to that conclusion and thought
George Horrie was the only one with
knowledge of the affair, from whom [
could force defnite and conclusive infor-
nation. So / began TO track him. After
locating him l decoyed him from Moberly
and without letting him know that l had
marshal of the town. who is a friend of
mine, arrest him for carrying concealed
weapons. L called on him in jail.
Fraker's Hiding Place.
He recognized me at once and after
hours of persuasion aGd threats. I got
from him not only all of the details Of
the conspiracy of Fraker to sWindle the
insurance companies, but also the exact
location of the doctors hiding place in
the woods of Minnesota. Then I hurried
to Topeka, Kan. and TOLD the officers of
the Kansas Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany all L knew. Fraker's arrest soon
followed and that's all [ will say about
the matter at present"
Had not the insurance companies been
after Horrie and Triplett?" he was asked.
"Of course they had, but they could get
nothing from them. I knew positively
that Mr. Herrick, attorney for the Kan
sas Mutual, not so long ago Offered to lay
$4,000 in Horrie's lap and guarantee him
immunity if he would tell him Fraker' S
whereabouts
! Further than this Hackley would say
nothing.
May Involve Others.
That feature of the story which Hack
ley refuses to disclose is pronounced by
others who have given the case close
attention from the start and who have
inklngs of what it is as the most SEN
sational of all the elements Which COM
prise the conspiracy. II is limited that
in it are involved the names of two or
three very prominent citizens or Missouri
which, If mentioned. would shock the
state 1t is probable SO it is said. the
insurance companies themselves have
made such terms with these men for obvi-
Gus reasons that there viii ne no sort of
action against the.H which would reveal
their identity and the important part they
took in the cOnSDiTa