The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-20
CELEBRfTzEs IN COURT.

A. .,.Hasmbsr of Congress and an s1-
T,ves,dent OF the United states beto.e
y.St,ce VandsrpOsl-MOro About Acci-
dsnt Assurance -, .o,,or, ,s /
,No Examination of James Grahan anu anu harge
RI Iansing before Justice BuaS op and Trsysi
ol olY sT kssurance Company, OF herIIgoIu' Tu' ~ ~
feneo Yesterday afternoon the s EOn' rs,ioa G
t0OVy' ~ Nnnda was arraigned before Jusuce /
Peek; 0i 0ioel charged with completely in the |
Nsi and from his high standing IN s%9cieSg % u
new interest is g given oneTess tH for eight years and
mss occupied the position on uSgo ,,, district
Snpreme and County OoutSs you 20 m "a 81 age He was
ne tHntimate friend of the Hon. Muie,u lit III
an ra 30 aS President of the united S'aSgGs' G' sids
that genSHeIn"Xe In"Xenination at the Police Court
duIins duIisov afternoon. District AtLoIiney IS RssSs
appeared for the pe99PleC cop charles SmG +. Warne az
for the os u1ietpb the only witness put upon the
Hun99a' TSe case was finally adjourned till
TTesISSs as sne case Is likely to occupy the
otiention of our Courts for some time, II wouIo
not be uninteresting to give wnAs lew 1, ~ S1o ne
alleped facts our reporters nave Oeen "NA0 w
ohtain in relation to the AFFAIR. ,,y -,
~ seams that DIR. Charles r. warner anu
InoIaas InI'a started last November to go West for
tbe nnrpose OF locating some land' On Jne loI1
day Of The month they arrived th ctv AZ 6ev bouabt
1jciIets of James Graham, at his ONCE on EX,
change street, nearly opposite the Cenual
Depot While in the office there was some con con
yersetion about accident assurance tlckes,
Graham trying to induce them 70 purchase
some but they declined. They then started
r. Tic West over the Lake Shore Railroad, but
an accident occurred short distance from
Erie, and Hunt was killed III Is sald @ InaI
few moments before the accident occurred
one of the agents of the Company was passing
through the car and spoke to warner ana
Hunt. who were eating some refreshments,
asltina ifIhey did not wish to be insured, when
one OF them remarked, mo, we Will trust TO
our lunch basket" The next day DR.. warner
returned with the corpse to Buffalo, and While
waiting for the train to 90 out, he met GTaham
and Lansing in the depot, when, It Is charged,
the plan was eoneocted to issue tickets of in
sursnce on the life Of Hunt, dating them on
the 18th; that the scheme was carried OUT and
DR.. Warner returned TO Nunda with the oead
body II is charged that Lansing informed Mrs.
Hunt and her counsel, the Hon. L. Z. Peck that
these tickets were not genuine, but represented
that IL would be for the benefit OF the Assurance
Company to pay up the policy, and that they
consented to the arrangement with the under
standing that Graham Lansing, and Warner
were to have one thousand dollars each, and
the widow three thousand.
The plan, it appears did not work very well,
for a gentleman named l.. B. Warner was
appointed administrator of the estate, and re-
ceived the sum of S60OO from the Company, but
when the alleged conspirators claimed their
share, the administrator declined to disburse
any of the funds on the ground that the whole
scheme was simply plot on thelr part 10
defraud the widow out OF portion of her just
There were frequent meetings between the
and by some means the state of affairs came to
the knowledge of the detective of the Com
pany. On the second day of July, 1867, the
detective applied TO Superintendent Reynolds,
of the Niagara Frontier Police, saying he had
reason to suppose that a fraud had been perpe-
trated on the Company in this city. and asked
the assistance of an officer to aid him in appre-
hending the suspected parties. Detective Wal
ter Smith was detailed to act in conjunction
with the Company's detective. Graham was
immediately arrested and placed in confine-
ment. Smith then started for Nunda, but dis
covered DIR. Warner on the cars at Utica, and
returned with him as a prisoner. The Doctor
made an open confession, duplicating severa
other persons, after which he was released or
bail.
on the 9th of July the officers started for De
troit in search of Lansing. Detective Stadlel
came to their assistance A tug was brough
into service and took them to Belle Isle, belov
che st. Clair Flats, where Lansing was founC
dealing out lager beer. He was brought tosthi
eitV Detective Smith arr ested Mr.. Peck, OIL
the 18th instant, at Nunda. Last week he wal
brought before Justice Vanderpoel and com
mitted to the custody of his counsel Mr.. AS
goodby, the Company's counsel at NundR, wa
In Court yesterday watching the progress OF Gh'
examination. Lansing and Graham are botl
at large on bail of $SOOO.--BuGalO Erpress, 1917.