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* thaSEEK COLUMBUS MAN!.»-_ lifeB. H. Keller, Wealthy Retired fig Farmer, Disappears FromDaughter’s Home.COLtfMHUS, Neb.. Feb. 3.—B. H.Keller, eighty-four, wealthy farmer, disappeared Thursday at 5 p. m. and a three day search by countyfinthefoutheamand city authorities and relatives j has failed to locate him. Miles ofcaigrtbutosoburiver front along the Loup between Columbus and Oconee have been ! __ searched In vain.Keller wandered away Thursday from a local hospital where he had been taken by Chief of Police Lehman a few hours before at the request of Keller's daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Avery, who said her father had evidenced signs of mental confusion for several days.While Keller was visiting at th* home of his daughter, Mrs. Avery, and her husband on a rented farm near Archer, Neb., ten days ago the house caught fire and was totally | i destroyed. The old man’s mind, his daughter told authorities here,( seemed to have been affected some-lv-jwhat by the incident and he became possessed of the delusion ee J that he was being blamed for causing the Are.When he left the hospital Kellerhafo!WiKirA\shior19:noand I wore no overeaat. He was clad innda brown checked coat, corduroy trousers, a black cap and wore overshoes but no shoes. He is described as slightly medium height, rather slender, walks with a rane and had a several days’ growth of white beard.
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Lincoln Evening State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Mon, Feb 09, 1925
Page 5
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