The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-23
UNDER HIS OWN NAME
w. S. LOVE SAYS HE NEVER CON-
CEALED HIS IDENTITY.
REFERRED TO SAVANNAH MEN
WHEN HE SECURED EMPLOYMENT
IN DENVER.

His DrOther-In-Law, Mr.. T. j. BAH
of ThOmasviIIe, Does Not Believe
Love Has Been FOund-His Insur-
ance Policies I'm Attorneys Hands
for COIIectiOn-Inspect Garrison
Who Met Love on the Street in
Denver Docs Not Believe There
Was Any Intent to Defraud.
The story in the Morning News yes
terday of the finding of w. S. Love,
the Quincy. Fla, man, who disappear
ed at Tybee last July, in Denver, Col,
was read with a good deal of interest
in Savannah.
The circumstances surrounding
Loves disappearance were such
as to leave little doubt in the
minds of most people that he left Ty-
bee by train. His family believed.
however, that he was drowned. and
kept up a search for his body for sew
eral weeks. In the meantime Love
was in Denver.
The Associated Press gives the fol-
lowing account of his discovery there:
Denver, Coll. Oct. CIV. S. Love,
who has been missing from his home
for several months, and who was re-
ported to have been drowned, has been
located in this city, where he has been
working as a bookkeeper. An Fast
ern insurance company in which he
held policies. delayed payment upon
them until an investigation into his re-
ported death could be made. John w.
Garrison was detailed to make the in
vestigation, and while in Denver on
other business, accidentally met Love
on the street and recognized him. Mr..
Garrison says that he does not believe
that there was an attempt to defraud
the company in Mr.. Loves disappear
ance. Love says he made no effort to
conceal his identity since coming here,
but used his real name, and in seeking
employment gave the names of Savan-
nah business men as references.
Another dispatch from Denver says
Loves mind has been blank for several
weeks and still another dispatch
quotes him as saying that he left home
on account of family troubles
Mr.. Ball Does Not Believe 1t.
WI. l. Dali Oh lHOnaSNllle, BROTH
er-in-law of Love, who has conducted
the search for his body, was telegraph
ed by the Morning News the news of
the finding of his. brother-in-law in
Denver. In his reply Mr. Ball said:
No information by letter or other
wise has reached me or Mr.. Loves fam
lily. Am annoyed with fake kilograms
and decoy letters. probably sent by
emissary of life insurance companies. -
ThnT111 fat,
Morning News says: The story of the
finding of Walter S. Love in Denver,
as published in the Morning News, Gre
ated great interest here. where Mr..
Love has many relatives and friends
Mr., T. j. Ball,a brother of Mrs. Love,
is executor of his estate, and had re-
Gently made arrangements to COM
| mence suit against the life insurance
companies for the amount of the poll
cies carried by Mr. Love. Hammond
& Hammond of this city are his attor-
neys. Mr.. Ball obtained his first in
formation of the new developments of
the case from the account in the Morn
ing News to-day. He was seen this
afternoon, but would make no state
ment. MY attorney has advised me
to have nothing to say" he said
Inspector GarrisOn's Search.
Inspector Garrison of the New York
Life Insurance Company who began
his investigation of Loves disappear
ance here several weeks ago, was sat
| isfied from the start that he was not
drowned, but had left Tybee and gone
West. He followed the clews he Sc
cured here and tracked the missing
man to Denver. So far as known Love
has done nothing criminal. The life
insurance companies were simply
| gathering evidence to be used in con-
| testing the payment of his policies
| when presented, on the theory that he
was still alive.