Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

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O. P., located at Blandinsville, Illinois. On or about March 1st, 1907,
he, together with his family, moved on a farm in Kay county, Oklahoma,
about seven miles from South Haven, and about three and a half
miles from Hunnewell, in the State of Kansas; there was no Odd
Fellows Lodge at Hunnewell, but there was one at South Haven. At
the time of his removal to Oklahoma he was apparently in good health,
and so continued until September or October, 1907, when he suffered
a stroke of paralysis, and in September or October, 1908. he suffered
a second stroke which resulted in his being committed to an insane
asylum in the State of Kansas.
Benefits at the rate of three dollars per week from September,
1907, to September, 1910. amounting approximately to $368.00, are
now sought to be recovered by Bro. Wilson from New Hope Lodge,
and the question for us to determine is whether Bro. Wilson had
recovered from the stroke of 1907 and whether the stroke of 1908 was
incident to and the outgrowth of the stroke of 1907. Notwithstanding
that in the former trial counsel for claimant contended that he had
recovered from the stroke of 1907 and that the stroke of 1908 was
brought about by other causes, while he was beneficiary, it is now
contended that Bro. Wilson is still suffering from his affliction and
incapacitation brought about by the stroke of 1907. Since the case
was first heard it has developed that Bro. Wilson was then probably
beneficiary and that it is questionable whether he was beneficiary at
the time of the stroke in 1908.
The evidence on the part of the claimant is substantially as follows;
and which we have confined to his condition physically and
mentally from September, 1907, to the fall of 1908, when he had the
second stroke, as there is no dispute but that the stroke of 1908 re-
sulted in his becoming and is now a physical and mental wreck.
Mrs. Wilson, the wife of the claimant, states: That the stroke of
September, 1907, incapacitated Bro. Wilson for a time from attending
to his farm duties, and that while under the doctor's care after that,
he was better at times, went about his farm doing light work, although
there were days he could do nothing, that he gradually grew worse
and was able to do but very little work on his farm in 190S, and that he
had a second paralytic stroke about the day of September. 1908.
From that time he was never able to do any work to speak of, and
gradually grew worse, and in November, 1909, he was taken to an insane
asylum in Kansas, where he is now confined; that in September or Oc-
tober, 1908, the Lodge at New Haven, Kansas, was notified by whom it
is not disclosed), and two of its members came out to see him; that he
was unable to do anything for a month or two before his last stroke;
that she had made diligent search for her husband's Lodge receipts for
dues but could not find them, although he claimed that he had paid