Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1913 — DID NOT LOCATE THE ELUSIVE COHEE [ARTICLE]

DID NOT LOCATE THE ELUSIVE COHEE

Special Officer rate and L. A. Harmon Unable to Learn Anything About Real Estate Dealer. W. H. Cohee Is still a fugitive and the search instituted last Friday when he failed to appear for trial has resulted in no information that can be depended upon to land him. Evidently Cohee has made good his escape, at least for the present. Clarence Fate and L. A. Hannon, the former being deputized as a sheriff, went to Lafayette Monday and found that Cohee was not at the home of a Mrs. Miller, 8 miles in the country. They also learned that the woman who was here with Cohee and who passed as his wife was a niecaof Mrs. Miller and that there is strong probability that, she and Cohee were not married at all, although there is a report to the effect that they were married in Atlanta, Ga. This woman was with Cohee when he was arrested, but did not offer to secure the funds to provide for his release. She was a very gaudy woman in personal adornments and wore a “basketful” of large rings while here, and they passed for diamonds, whether they were the real stuff or not. This woman was in Lafayette Monday night and was seen by a detective. She was going to Indianapolis that night. Indianapolis 'detectives are on the lookout for Cohee and if he meets her he will probably be captured. His disappearance naturally suggests his guilt and if he is guilty he has probably put considerable distance between himself and Indianapolis by this time.