The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-09
N. D. MAN FLEES TO
SHIELD Daughter
GLENN r. KIMBALL OF LARIMORE
FAMOUS "ENocH ARDEN" MAN
FLYING THROUGH OK
LAHOMA.

| oklahoma, city, OKLA, Nov. 9.-To
shield his ambitious daughter from a
revelation of the thirteen year mystery
of his life, which life insurance COM
panies are trying to force him to tes-
tify about in the district court at
Grand Fol ks, N. D., Glenn r. Kimball,
former president of the First State
Bank of Deadwood s. D., who disa.p-
peared in 1895 and reappeared before
his wife at Larimore, N. d., July 19
last, is in headlong fight through
Oklahoma. .s.... ... q .g.4-s4
The South Dakota jurisdiction Of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
has already filed action to regain a.
$4,000 policy paid his wife in 1898 upon
supposed proofs of his death, plus in
terest of $4,000. IS
The Pennsylvania Mutual Life In
surance Co., which also paid a policy
of $1,000 at the same time, is also
party to an effort to bring Kimball
to the Grand Forks courts to give
testimony regarding his past
Testimony Necessary.
The suing insurance company
charges constructive fraud between the
wife and her long missing husband, in
order to establish which charge the
testimony of Kimball on the closely
guarded incidents of his years of dis
appearance is absolutely necessary.
Kimball, hearing rumors of intended
action, left Larimore six weeks ago for
Oklahoma City, where he stayed with
friend up to three weeks ago, when
he left 1t is believed now he liz liv-
ing incognito in the interior in the
western part of the state.
Search State Records.
Instead of pushing closely on Kim
balls heels insurance company inves-
| tigators are now satisfied that Kimball
spent the most of his years OF disap-
pearance in confinement in Oklahoma
and are seeking to unravel the mystery
by reference to the records of that
state. They believe that KimbalI has
sought his old haunts.
The insurance company will try to
prove that the husband and wife were
continuously aware Of each others ex-
istence.
Kimballs daughter, but girl in
short skirts when he disappeared, has
1
come devoted to a career of ART She
knows nothing of his past. owing to
the caution of her parents, who are
still exerting every nerve to prevent
the impending crisis.
Disappeared in 1895.
| Glenn r. Kimball disappeared at
Deadwood in the summer OF 1895 after
his private bank had undergone flnan-
cial difficulties. His wife and daugh-
ter remained in Deadwood for a year,
az the end Of which time body found
In the Black Hills, was identified as
that Of the missing man lhy q coroner
report
/ Upon such proofs Of death Mrs. Kim
ball collected the life insurance sued
/ for, moved to the farm of he uncle, "
M Babcock, four miles north Of Lari-
more where she remained after he had
died and wiIIed her his fortune
amounting to $4,000, With this she
educated her daughter.
Buried in Minnesota.
The dead body. supposedly that o.
her husband. was buried at Reno
Houston county, Mimi, was later dis.
inferred and buried at Prospero, Fill.
more county, Mimi, where q large
monument was erected by his wife.
A rough dressed man. hardly distin-
guishable from the crowds OF harvest.
ers which food the Dalzotas at thai
time OF the year. dropped off Of 3
/ freight in Larimore July 10 last, In
CURED the way north and about even.
ling appeared before Mrs. Kimball or
the porch OF her ranch house, where
he announced himself as her husband
Incidents of their honeymoon, which
she herself had forgotten. now related
by him. proved his identity Such was
the character of his life, while missing
that they resolved TO conceal ID from
their daughter forever.
/ Had Been Confined.
I. Immediately upon his return KirnbaI
i said he had been confined.
II was released two or three months
ago. / was unable to correspond with
my family The letters wrote to my
wife. my people and my friends. were
torn up before my eyes. When / was
released L commenced Immediately fo
search Tor my wife.