The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-14
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Anyone that has Felt it. would aa hardly h;
wonder that T neglected to write
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i AS. time went on Mrs. Baxter became
worried. Finally, In her distraction, she
went to the police. kilograms were
sent turnout the northwest, but latter
search lasting for months the case
was dropped.
2. Dead Body Found.
Then came report that Baxter 8
body had been found in the woods in
northern Minnesota. The police tele
graphed for full description of the
body and received a reply that seemed
to prove beyond a doubt that Baxter
was dead. The body was that of: a man
nearly six feet four inches tall. The
ct hair and he eloth
Baxter, and as snesis one of the tallest
men in Minneapolis, thai proof was con-
sidered conclusive. A~-few trinkets,
such as a knife, pockethook, and rings,
were found on his peTson and these
We're forwarded to. Mra. Baxter, who
identified Hlp them as IS Belonging to her lei
The body was buried in the woods
without an autopsy. tho the facts, II
CueJ were huoWu, might poAuI W mui-
p. T. :: :. Sued for Insurance ..a...
Z, Upon the evidence thus gained, Mrs.
Baxter applied to. thesi nsqrance com,
pany to collect $4,000 insurance carried
to pay, saying that no conclusive proof
of death had. been offered. g She; then
began suit to collect the. amount re-
tanning Frank Lara beg as her" attor- ).
new. The case was h$sd foAnght, but
the plaintiff won in the district court:
Then-~the insurance company appealed
to sthea supreme sedurt, but the decision
of the loMer wasasustained. -" =. ~
! : T oil 6wirg ,theH decision :, game the
crash which at the slime seemed a hard
blow to Mrs. Baxter. but which IN IN
doubtedly saved much annoy ance for
everyone y concerned; ssDhe i insurance
company failsa and the he money mons Z could I'D
Then the case was : Efofgotten, tho
Baxter was often the subject Of con-
versation among his friends, who had
tried to: solve the mystery. Thrown
upon, her owIssresou Mrs. Baxter
went, out as travelling agent for astat:
uarys1i firm and was bnusually ~, sucee ssful$
- Gold Quest Lures Son Away Il
The only son., probably inherltlng
ceFGdIu 11SGluCGS 1lOm LID ld1ACl, eioo
fell prey to the gold. fever and went
west passing. thru the Black Hills and
stopping in the, Rocky mountains But
HIS father had%at this time left Amer
lea. >, 81. -
Baxter, during his years Of search,
had become an expert prospector, and
when agents, OF an English syndicate
went to the Black, Hills to look for
men to go over the South African
fields, he was .one Of those chosen. Hop,
ing to find riches abroad, he was eager
for: the trip,f and for three years he
explored the Transvaal, making many
rich strikes for his employers but find
ing no opportunity. for lbettering his
condition. To- - 80 -,
The very fact that he was finding
gold, however, kept UP his spirits and
aggravated the fever. The rugged life
gave him great strength, and he ex-.
plored places where others could not 60.
8 Just when he was in q fair way to be:
advanced by the company to a posi-.
ttion that might have enabled him to
satisfy the craving Of years, he fell
from a bluff, fracturing his hip and
causing permanent internal injuries.
Then enforced id1eness brought back.
the rheumatism. ? Unable. to:keep up
the fight, he was compelled to admit
his defeat and leave the field.
Back to-, His Old Home. H.,
AS SOON as, heIi was able, he came
back to America and to Minneapolis.
His wife had left the city. He walked
about the streets several days before
anyone knew him. Finally he ran
across some of, ;. his more intimate
friends, who stopped ] him and asked
him If he was not Baxter. He admitted
cheerfully5 that he was, and to those
who questioned him he readily, told the
story Of. his wa4derings and how tho
gold had nearly caused, This ruin.
Having recovered from his illness
sufficiently to work, he obtained po-
sition as engineer. D.q
I. Tho9not q talking man, Baxter avoids
nothing, and said he would be glad to
have a1l'his acquaintance know about
his return 50 as to save time when he
meets them
Plans Another Gold Quest.
>fI haven't got over the fever YET"
he said, and I'm going out after the
gold again as soon as l get well. I
know where it is and / can tell a gold
country when I see it. There is more
Issgold hidden in unexplored places than
has ever been mined, and some day all
! want of. it shall be mine. ISL.
MY Wife is going to quit the road,
and as soon as we get a; little money
ahead we will start. She'll get the
fever, too, when she starts, and then
perhaps there will be another mystery
when the two Of us disappear. =
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