Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-09-07
DIR. FRAKER CAPTURED.
Run Down In the Woods OF hin.
nesota
a Sensational Gaze with u Remarkable
EndiaR-Kesult Of Attempting TO
swindie u Number OF insur.
ance Companies
Frascr ut last Caught


W, Fraker. Of Excelsior Springs. Mo.
the man who was supposed 10 have
been drowned In the Missouri river TIVE
years u o. and Ia whose heirs the last
of $4,000 was recently paid in kansa:
City. was captured In the woods neal
Tower, Mimi. sunday. II was al
ways maintained by the companies
that Fralscr was alive, but his
whereabouts were unknown. Recent
~ II became known In some way
that Frazier was near Tower, where he
was known under the alias of Scinell,
and Attorney Robert I. llerrick and
Chief Of Police Wilkerson, of Topeka.
came here and organized n party 10
search for him. lie was found in the
woods aud his capture was effected by
strategy lie was brought 10 Duluth
yesterday and will be taken To Topeka
al once. goiny without requisition.
Friker hal been living near Tower
for six months He admitted his
iden'i Y .ti! THAI he y Il not leave
hon ~ r. pose 81 detral the com
paalcN. bIl thht while he WAS near the
Missouri river he fell in. lie swan across
the river and got on the land. The
next day he read In the papers that he
had Teen drowned and concluded u
C rry out the deception and allow the
heirs u collect the insurance,
FRAZIER VIII "a Prosecuted.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Sept. 3-Oiiiccrs
oil the insurance companies assert
there is no doubt that the man cap
turcd at Tower. Mimi. Is DR.. q. W.
Fril,rr. r. T. llerricli. the insurance
attorney. has been working on II secret
clcw for six months How he received
this clew Mr.. ilerrick refuses now 10
divulre. week ago he was sure he
had found him. and he and Mr.. Wi.ker.
son, OF Topeka, started for Minnesota.
llcrrick and Wilkcrsdn reached
Tower on Saturday afternoon and
made inquiries of several people as to
Watcher they had seen person an
swerin! to u description which he gave.
He described man of about 81 years
of age smoothly shlven. In. no one
could tell him of any such per.
on having been seen in that section.
Finally. however, he met Il man who
was certain that the person described
was in the city on the morning Of that
very day, but said To him, "hc had
sideburns instead Of being smoothly
shaver"
Mr. Ilcrrick ut once concluded that
the man described was the person for
whom he was looking. and. securing
the services OF Deputy Sheriff Phillips.
ut once supplied themselves with
provisions and proceeded into the
woods 90 miles from Tower. where
they came across hut. the
sole occupant Of which was man who,
in answer to an inquiry, said that he
was the servant Of William Schnell.
The officers asked him where Schnell
was and he replied that he was ont
hunling In order to prevent the serv.
ant from irwin an alarm upon the
approach OF Schneil they handcuf.ed
him and proceeded on their way
About atniles further on. Schnell.
with -un 90 his shoulder. was met
and was instantly recognized as the
supposed dead man. DR.. Fraker. Her.
rick engaged him in conversation.
when suddenly Phillips seiz,d his arms
aud Wilkinson put on the handouts.
Frakcr thought he had been arrested
for killing game out of season, rs
Phillips was also game warden. When
the warrant was read to him he was
thunderstruck, but admitted his iden-
tity at once. His nerve. however.
never deserted him for an instant. and
he discussed the matter very philo-
suphically. saying: well. Jim, glad
] don't have 10 worry about il any
more
Attorneys here are busy preparing
petitions TO file in the Unlted States
circuit court here before Judge Foster
OF Topeka, sitting in place of Judge
Phillips, To restrain j. l. Lincoln.
Executor of the estate; George
". McGruder, trustee under the
will, anu the Commercial bank OF Lib
rty from paying out any of the money
I'D under judyR INT by the insurance
companies Petition will also be
fled to restrain the probate judge
from dsposing of any of the money
Ne may have in his possession
under the judgment The heirs have
received s400 in cash. When the case
was settled out of court. more than six
months ago. an agreement was reached
between the insurance companies and
the counsel for the heirs whereby the
final payment Of all the moneys should
take place ON August Il last The
money was paid in the form Of drafts
To the parties that attorneys will try
TO huve restrained.
Five indictments have been drawn up
AGAINST Fraker charging him with OBJ
tanning money 10y fraud. The indict-
ments are based on special section 1926
of the revised statutes of Mis-
souri,, which makes II crime
to attempt TO defraud by a trick,
a cheat, u fraud and deception, false
and fraudulent representation and false
prelenses The penalty for each Of
Tense is punishable by not less than
two years nor more than seven years
in the penitentiary.
Arrives In Kansas city.
KANSAS NlIh. Mo. SePI Hch
d.. George w. FralSer, the life in
sarance swindler. who was captured
Sunday in his hid place in the
A.. forests of northern Minnesota. reached
this city at o'clock yesterday after.
noon. he was met by the sheriff of
Ray county. who placed him under
arrest on Ave charges of at
tempt TO defraud and obtain money
under false pretenses
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