The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-10
$4,000 Waiting
FOR C.LA| MAN I.
Lawyer Seeks Whereabouts Of
Annie O. Richmond, Who
Formerly Lived Here.
If IANcEE ASSERTS CLAIM
Attempts to Collect Insurance in
Modern Woodmen of
the World.
Il IANcEE ASSERTS CLAIM


Where is Annie O. Richmond? All
the way from Illinois man has come
to pay over $4,000 to her. but she has
not been found SO far. She is sup
posed to have been resident OF this
city in 1898. but the old directories do
not disclose her name, and no one here
who knew her has been discovered by
Attorney Clarence S. Townley, of Md
comb, ILL.,, who is here as the repre-
sentative of the Modern Woodmen CT
America, ready to pay to her the
amount named. which is due her on :,
policy of insurance in that fraternal
organization, taken out by her brother.
Frank L. Richmond, said to have been
a Virginian
Beyond the fact that she was named
in the policy as the sister Of the in
sured and that ner residence was given
as Richmond. there Is but one other
clue to the lost woman. When he died
Frank L. Richmond was living In Car
thage. Ill. While a resident of that
place he had a conversation with a
physician of the town while the trial
Of the murderers OF Governor Goebel
was in progress in Kentucky. AT that
time Richmond stated to this physician
that his brother-in-law was one of he
attorneys involved in the case, pre-
sumably on the side of the defense.
Nothing has developed out of this
clue. but the search in this direction
Is not yet ended.
Born In Virginia.
1t was on September Fl, 1898, that
Frank Richmond took out this policy as
a member of the Modern Woodmen OF
the World at Rose Creek, MINI He
stated in his application for a policy
that he was born in Virginia January
rs, 1865. Further. he declared that ne
was unmarried: that by profession he
was a printer; that at the time of his
application both his father and mother
were living. one y-eight, the lat
ter sixty-fve. Heswent on to say that
he had two brothers. one forty, the
other twenty-eight, and that he had
FIVE sisters of the ages of forty-two,
thirty eight. thirty-four, thirty and
twenty-six. respectively. The physt-
clans certificate declared that Rich
mond had malarial fever in Havana
Cuba. in 1892.
The physical description of Rich
mond is meagre. His weight was given
as lao pounds and his height as 5 feet
inches. His eyes were gray. he had
brown hair. and stood straight. pos
sessing no apparent physical defects
After he left Minnesota. Richmond
turned up in Carthage, Ill, still fol-
lowing his trade as printer, working
on local paper. 1t was marked dur
ing his residence there that he was
singularly reticent as to his past and
as to his family. He was absolutely
silent as 10 that He was popular in
to the testimony of people who knew
him there. like gentleman" He
died there November s, 1908.
Another Claimant Appears.
After his death. efforts were made to
locate Annie O. Richmond. the sole
beneficiary under the policy, but no
trace of her could be found. In her
place rose up another claimant. a
young woman in Carthage. who as
serted that Richmond had been en-
gagged to her at the time of his death.
and that he had sought to make her
change the policy so as to make her
the beneficiary This, however, he did
not formally effect, If he attempted
it Feeling that 1t ought to exhaust
every possible clue as to the where
abouts of the beneficiary named in the
policy. the Modern Woodmen or
America refused to pay the claim OF
the fance. Suit was brought by her
against the company. and the case is
now pending. 1t will not be pressed.
however, until this search in Virginia
has been completed.
Where Annie o. Richmond is or
| what became Of her is yet a mystery.
| Attorney Townley will be here until
| tomorrow at the Lexington Hotel, in
! the hope that some one will come to
| him there and give him some inform
| alton as to this mysterious woman. He
| is representing the Modern Woodmen
| of America in the matter He has vet
| to find here any person who ever
heard of this woman, for whom $4,000
| Is waiting.