Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-04

She asked me if / thought the money
could be got back by giving upthe policy,
and / told her / didn't know, that she
had better see Castle.
! Peter Brough Il worked for Green at
his shop at the time of his death. Had
worked four years for him there. The
first | heard of his being drowned Mr..
| Castle came to the shop and told me
| about O'Clock His body was taken up
to his own house | helped carry the
body up and helped undress it. He had
no hat or coat ON. found in his pants
pockets an old iron axe and a car shack
ling pin. / had seen the same axe in the
shop before-an old axe without any
handle, that had been kept on shelf in
the shop. / thought / knew it when |
| took it from his pocket, and when went
back to the shop found it was gone.
The axe was of ordinary size, also the
shackle pin. ...
C3.oss-eranat,aed The axe had not been
used at the shop for anything particular.
1t had been in the shop ever since | had
been there There was a handle in it
for while, but it had been taken out
and put into another axe a couple of
months before. l had seen the axe
there a short time before-am sure | had
fore his death After he took the han
die out he left tho axe on the bench
near the vice. 1t was an old axe. L
was the one that took the irons from his
pockets at the house. When l took IT
from his pocket thought it was the one
that had been kept in the shop, and when
| went back to shop | looked and found
it was gone Don't recollect of Mrs.
Green asking me for the axe. If she did
| told her where it was. | threw it out
doors by the garden fence.
". ". Page-Remember the occasion
of Jacob Green's death. | was baggage
master at Vermont Central r. r. depot.
! Saw him that morning | was on the
platform checking baggage. He stop
ped and looked at me-stepped on to the
platform, and then turned and went
away | had never had any cOnversa-
ton with him.
j. ". Hack'Ok-Knew Jacob Green.
Had known him good many years.
last saw him in life at the funeral of Mr..
Blodgett's child, on the afternoon pre-
viOus to his death, about three or four
o'clock in the afternoon. l had charge
of the funeral. | observed nothing that
was irregular in the discharge of his du-
I ties. He was the undertaken on that oc-
ca9iOn.
Mrs. Mary s. Caste.-Am the wife of
| Cassius A Castle Knew Jacob Green.
| Saw him quite often. Saw him the
morning he drowned himself. He came
to our house. He had talk with my
husband out doors in the yard. | did
/ not hear what was said. He had called
! at our house the day before he was
! drowned. He called at the door and en-
/ quired for Mr.. Castle Mr.. Castle was
( not at home.
/ Cassius A. castle. - Knew Jacob
Green. Had known him not far from
80 years Well acquainted when we
were boys Our relations were of ut
most friendship all the way through.
We were members of the same church.
was the agent who took the applica-
ton for insurance. Had been agent for
this company from the 10th OF June be-
fOre-abOut a month. Had not been
much acquainted with the insurance bu-
siness. On the 9Th July, 1869, | saw
Green at his shop, and preached the sub
ipct of having his life insured to him.
He said he had thought fayOrably of it,
and that his wife was in favor of it. |
went up to his house the afternoon of
the same day, and talked it over with
him, and he agreed to meet me at my
house that evening at o'clock, andmake
! application and he examined. | saw DR..
. Wager and arranged for him to be pre-
sent. Green came first, Dr. Wager
came and made the examination, and
Green made his application for policy Of
$4,000 The next morning, July 9th,
Green came to my house and paid me
the first quarterly premium. The
amount would be S9970, but told him
in consideration of old friendship would
forego "a 20 of the amount out of my
own salary, and he paid me ninety-tivc
dollars. | was working under a sal
ary | gave him receipt for the whole
amount. Sometime the same forenoon
he came TO my house again and asked
me If he could back out. told him yes,
but advised him that he had better 90
on. He said it was more than he could
carry. He talked of cutting it down to
$4,000. | said let us 90 up and talk with
your wife We went up and she advis-
ed him not to give up being insured,
and told him he could meet the pay
ments. He finally said, "wcll, let it be
SO, but if anything happens you must
I take the consequences He said, now
if should die right off they would not
pay, would they" |, suppOsing he al
/ iuded to accidental or sudden death, re-
/ piled, - don't know why they
/ wouldn't" He said this several times.
| sent the application to Keyes & Cush
man, the State Agents, at Rutland. On
the 23d or Gath of July, the policy came.
/ took it up to his house and found him
at home. | opened it and said to him
''NOw Jake, there are some things you
mustn't do. Some restrictions. You
must not go to mining or blasting. You
must not 90 into the manufacture OF
gun powder. You must not engage i'll
/ any duel. You must not engage in any
instruction against the government.
You must not kill yourself, and stated
/ to him the substance of the restrictions
contained in the policy. / then read
the provisions of it to him from the policy
and he said Read it again, and Tread
/ it over to him again, and he made the
same remark: Now if | should die
right off, they wouldn't pay me, would
theyi?" | replied as before, Il don't
know why they wouldn't" | left the
policy with him. had sent the money
! to the General Agents at Rutland, the
/ day before. On the following Tuesday
morning (the 27th) he came to my house
and wanted to give up the policy.
went out into the yard and we talked it
over, He said he wanted to give up the
policy and get his money back. | asked
! him why? He said: You said they
would pay dividends but the policy says
nothing about dividends" | replied:
Nevertheless they do pay dividends,
and I took out my pocket draft for
sum, in which $106 was included as di-
yidends, which | had just received in
payment of loss in another case. he
/ still insisted upon giving up the policy
and having the money back, and l told
I him would see what could be done. He
/ left and went to his house and saw his
wife, and told her what he had said
She said he was worrying about that po-
licy. asked her if she wished me to
get the money back. She said yes, |