The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
Board Of Education Will Issue Reiundiue
Bonds Of $4,000 for Lower Rate
Of Interest.
Weather for January Was Of a Col,
Variety Nearly Half Of konth
Below Zero at Night.
COOLIDGE FOUND ALIVE
Fellow Who Tried to Defraud Fra
ternsl Companies Discovered
at Sheridan, Wyo.

at Sheridan, WyO.
After being accepted as dead War
ren T. Coolidge, of RedfeId, is found
to be very much alive, and his efforts
to defraud five fraternal insurance
companies out of the amounts for
which he was insured 10 them proved
u%navailing.
Some time in July Coolidge secured
something like 81, 900 in the A. o.
q. W., M. B A., M. w. a., Peoples
F~raternal Union, Christian Burden
Bearers and the Home Guardians of
this city. The last policy was taken
out on the day be passed through
Mitchell on his way to California ON
July 10. On August 20 it was report
ed that Coolidge was drowned at
Long Beach, CAL, and shortly after
the proofs Of death we're forwarded
to the various companies, parties in
California being witnesses of the
mans accident.
Supreme Secretary Milne, of the
Home Guardians. of this city, looked
with considerable suspicion upon the
death Of Coolidge. his attention be-
ing drawn particularly to the unusual
number Of matters being set forth in
the ad1davits, things that were not
required In a death that was above
suspicion. Mr.. Milne said that he
wrote at once to Benjamin Smith,
attorney for the NJ. W. A., at Rock
Island, ILL.,, and expressed bis opinion
that there was fraud connected With
the death Of Coolidge, inasmucb as
at no time had there been any evil
dence submitted that an effort had
been made to recover the body OF the
deceased. Mr. Milne also wrote to
the otbe, orders and informed them
OF the circumstances, and all but one
OF the orders went together to ind
Coolidge, hiring a detective for the
purpose OF running him to earth.
The Workman grand lodge came
near settling the claim, and up to
Jan. 9 they we're about ready to set
tile the death loss, but they got in
formation at that time which led
them to believe that all was not
right.
Supreme Field Marshall j. c. Milne
was empowered by che other orders
concerned in the insurance to make
the trip out west to locate Coolidge.
1t had been asce1tained that he had
been located at or near Sheridan,
Wyo. On Jan. % Milne left for Sher-
idan, having received word that Cool
ldge could he secured. On arriving
there the following day Mr.. Milne
found that the detective did not have
his mar in his possession but was
confident he "a near Sheridan. He
asccrtalned that a mar supposed to
be Coolidge was there and called for
his mail at the postolfice under the
of Ffuak Farwcll, but had nev-
ell been able to encounter him.
They were finally able to secure
ooi't lih'S VI lhCll man ny dilOtllGT
party calling at the postotfice and
getting Far~ell S mail. and this ev-
entually led Milne and the detective
to investigate the coal mines. located
about Is miles from Sheridan. Far
we'll did not seem to be known by
the superintendent of the mine. al
though a pretty accurate description
was given of him. From the COM
pany store clerk 1T was learned that
Coolidge, or Farwell. had secured a
voucher with the number OF 5O4, and
by this means Farwell was identihed
by the superintendent. At the moor
hour Milne and the detective stood
at the mouth of the mine. well
armed. and waited for their nan to
come from work. The miners we're
hegrimcd with coal dust and had
more the appearance of being negroes
than white men. When Coolidge
appeared at the opening Milne STEP
ped forward and addressed him by
his right came. but he denied his
identity stoutly, and maintained his
name was Farwell. Milne had a pic
ture OF Coolidge taken some time be-
fore without whiskers, and he showed
that before his face, but the alleged