The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-06-10
Extraordinary Fraud In Life Insurance.

The following singular case Of fraud
committed in Berlin. on two insurance
offices in London and Copenhagen, discov>
cred after concenment OF ioor years, we
find related IN foreign paper.
An extraordinary case OF fraud has Just
been discovered here. the details Of which
are almost incredible bat Ms the police
have acted on certain information, and the
pagties have been arrested, there is no doub,
OF their truth. On the evening OF the 2sth
September the priest OF the Catholic con
grega,ion aud the sexton OF the burial
ground belonging to the Catholic church.
were surprised by an iutimation from the
criminal police that one of the graves WAS
to he opened and the coffin officially exam.
ned, suspicion having arisen as to its cons
telts. At the appointed hour on the 29tb
judge of the city court, NJ. schlotike
VI Meier, the staa,sanwalt, or public pros
ecu,or, W. Steibcr, the polsei'rath, and a
bod, oi cons,ables. arrived at the ground
outside the Oraniefbefg.r gate. The cler-
gyman aud sexton were also ia attendance.
After some searching the grave was
found in which, on the 2ilh Of November.
1915. n certain Franz lhomatsch.ck, a
mnsler tailor WAS buried. The coffin was
found in good preservation. According to
the information the police had received, it
was stated that It contained 10 body. aud,
when opened, the suppusl,Ion was fully
confirmed Instead OF "a corpse. an old
board, w,sp OF half rotten straw, aud some
stones were al that was visible Yet the
sexton remembered that the coffin had been
uttered with I'll religious ceremony. amid
circle OF weeping friends aud relatives OF
the supposed detunet The registry of the
burial had been regularly made aid none
connected with the church had any doubt
tina, a real interment had taken place.
Before the police searched the ground,
they had arrested several persons Ia tn.
cit, among them the medical man who
had attended the supposed deceased IN his
ia.t Illness, and nsf wriltcn the certificate
Of hi, death. on the faith of which the
funeral rtcs had boon performed.
lee ground Of the doc p1on wna an
extensive fraud on two lite Insurance offices
one in London, the other in Copenhagen
two distant establishment. having been
chosen to render the cheat more pracIlca>
bic The pa4tics 10 il were Autou lhoms
alscheck, also tailor. who, ia ISIS, resi-
ded at house ou the Linden, aud hi Noth
or Franz. who ia that year had returned
from Copenhagen, aud lived with tim.
They were both 10 needy circumstances,
aud TO procure money they formed the plan
which was SO successfully carried out. aud
SO long concealed Anton insured the HE
Of Franz IN London office Tor 1000 tina
lefs, and in another at Copenhagen Tor
900 more.
Short, afterwards. Franz was reported
to he dangerously Ill, was attended 10y a
PHI, stefan and duly died. The physician,
Tor btibe OF 100 thalers Tor s1j,l drew
an aud signed the certificate ol the death
on which the premiums were paid to the
surviving brother The coffin. prepared
as described. was committed to the earth
with of the ceremonies aud. lmp.Il,d 10y
a stage curiosity, Franz. who shortly be
Jog in Disguise, watched his own burial AT
distance, aud heard the funeral service
read over himself Immediately Afterwards
he fled from Berlin, aud fixed his residence
ia y small town in Bohemia. vhcte, by the
aid Of the telegraph aud the Austrian gov
efnment he has been arrested before he
could receive information OF the discovery
OF the fraud. Anton wa, paid the insu
RANGES. which he divided with his brother
When this part OF the Transaction was ar
ragged. the dsconsola,e widow OF the ia
double sense) departed man, also len
Berlin, and Joined hin in his bohemian
retreat
After neaf, four years. the crime is dis
covered, aud sll the parties to IT are IN Ihe
hand, OF justice. The " dead alive vii
have to stand at the bar, together with tbs
doctor who killed him, aud the process, u
!, anticipated viii be in the highest degree
/ Interesting.