The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-30
He Has Been Identified al the
 County Jail
AGENT BROWN IN THE CITY
Man Who Wrote the Policy on Which 1t Is Claimed Fraudulent Collection Was Made Says Hunter
 Is Wanted.

William A. Hunter, alias William Hunt, has been identified as tae nan wanted by the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance swindling the company by making it ap- pear that he was dead.
 He was visited yesterday morning be- tween and o'clock at the county jail by A. J. Brown and H. B. Taylor of Dallas, Tex, who arrived here on an early train. Brown is the agent who issued a policy for sl5OOO to Hunter. He says positively that Hunter is the right man, as does also MT. Taylor.
 Hunter was arrested in a Birmingham barber shop Monday morning by Deputy Sheriffs William Cole and George Cour- son at the instance of R. c. Milliken, who was formerly southern inspector for the insurance company When Milliken saw the man he at once had a warrant sworn out before I. H. Benners, justice of the peace, and Hunter was then arrested on the charge of being a fugitive from jus tice. He has been in the county jail since that time.
 MT. Milliken telegraphed the company at Philadelphia that he had captured the man to whose heirs the company had paid the amount of the policy and in ad- dition large sum in court costs, that he was not dead but was in Birmingham.
 Communication with the agent in Texas was had and the result is the agent and another man are in the city. Sheriff Bur gin went to the jail with them.
 Hunter Looked Surprised.
 Hunter ws taken from his cell to the room between the jail proper and the wardens office. The prisoner looked sur prised when he saw the men from Texas. He greeted them and seemed nervous.
 Mir Brown told Hunter he had been looking forward to meeting him again and was glad to see him. Hunter would not discuss the charge against him and asked to be taken back to his cell
 The case is now in the hands of Ca baniss & Weakey, local attorneys for the company. Hunter has employed Snug art and Bell.
 Mir. Taylor said last night that he and MT. Brown would probably remain in Birmingham for several days, and that an effort would be made to get the neces- sary papers so that Hunter could be taken to Texas for trial.
 After the Identification of Hunter the attorneys for the insurance company went to work on the case. Thinking that Hunter might have money in some of the local banks, Steiner Bros, the First National bank the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust company the Alabama Ma tional bank, the Jefferson County Saw ings bank and the Birmingham Trust and Savings company have been served with garnishment papers at the instance of Agent Andrew J. Brown. They were taken out in the City court yesterday morning.
 R. Q. coffman Absent.
 When told that R. D. Coffman and Hunter were close friends, the agent ex- pressed desire to see him It was re- ported at the office of the sheriff yes- terday that Coffman and his wife had left Brookside yesterday morning in a buggy after announcing to friends that they would be absent for two or three days.
 Agent Brown says that the company he represents has paid over to a sister of Hunter about $24.OO0, which includes court costs and damages.
 It is said Hunter has about $3500 or $4000 on deposit in Birmingham banks and that at one place 5000 Is deposited to se- cure a bond for Coffman, who is charged with several offenses. Whether or not this Is true could not be learned