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Show !niTHEfi WITNESS ISAMMISSI United Mine Workers' De tective Is Also Sought for Militia Inquiry. DENVER, Colo.. Sept. 4. Anothei badly named witness summoned by th Colorado military court of inquiry jolnec the ranks of the officially misBing- today Bailiffs reported that they had been unable un-able to find R. W. Coates. a detective employed by the l'nited Mine Workers ir collaboration with C. D. Elliott, who las! night was located In West Virginia The court decided to make further efforts ef-forts to serve a subpoena on Coates, and if he is found it is expected that he will be given an opportunity next week tc unfold his version of the alleged plot tc disrupt the Colorado militia and secure indictments against state and militia officers offi-cers and coal operators. Major George M Lee demanded that he be confronted with C. M. McCutcheon one of the sponsors for charges of financial finan-cial Irregularities against Lee. Lee had been summoned to testify todav but a McCutcheon was not present his examination exami-nation went over until next week McCutcheon Mc-Cutcheon originally was examined yesterday. yester-day. He is understood to have alleged that Leo failed to make proper distribution distribu-tion of funds to militiamen who went to the national rifle shoot at Camp Perrv Ohio, in 1913. Lee denies that he wrongfully withheld with-held any money. He says the controversy is merely a matter of accounting, and that he has retained a certain part of the fund to settle bills yet to be presented. pre-sented. Captain A. H. Dahlene, another national na-tional guard officer against whom imputations imputa-tions of financial irregularities have been brought, testified at the afternoon session. ses-sion. Another witness was Captain H Frost, a member of the court of inquiry. |