, 1873-11-19
BOGUS INSURANCE.
CAPTURE of an Insurance Con-
fdence Operator.
He Issues Counterfeit Policies and
Collects. the Premiums.
List Of tho Companies and tho l1l-
divi{llnls V{ctilAi2cd.

Detective Tyrrol yesterday tnale eli important ar
rest III tim person Of nnn.e4 a. l.. Ha.hewHy
aaa II. L. Arntago, OIL thu ehsrga Of obtaining lafgc
e,lil.s Of money by representing hi!nRuI te bo TUG
ugenk for Insurance. companies with which ho had 10
connection, and by giving policies, collecting Ito
pre.utns in advance. by this 1nuo Of operating ho
hns managed 10 mako good living In this city for
himself hnd wifs H!nco lnat AIay.
Tho first intlnation Tho Insurance agents had OF tho
presence In tho city Of tho Bwjnllcr ,nalo at tho
office Of S. H. Moore 4. Co., hy gentleman naueti
John Atkinson, Of No. 1772 soath ualsed atscot, vino
chilled Mt tho olce, and, exhibiting policy OF tho
Phmns Insurance Company, Of Hartford, asRei II It
Ind rim out. rcsorcuco to the boo1n Of tho Conf
rany showed that tho policy had novcr BEEN fHRued ny
tho rightfut agents In this city, mud nao it ccnr thnt
somebody hnl assumed 10 act for tito Company With
out authority. An investigation Of the natser "as at
commenced. An accurate description wnn taken
Of tho perBon who had issued the policy and
given 10 tho police, with 4 detailed statement
of tho transaciton. Tho given to Detective
Tyrrc who began to work 1t up aat Saturday, atlod
by tho Insurance. men.
It was ascerlaued on Monday that Hathaway waa In
the habit Of whiting louse, No. - pcrcc etrcot, tho
rcsldenco Of S1r, Kennedy, one IF hs Victims for
the purpose Of collecting money on policy. Mr.
Kennedy was sakan into tho confidence If the dctcct
i've and told NOT to pay over any 1aonoy, but to re-
a,pst uetheway to call ut certain hour yesterday
afternoon. Tho swinilcr promptly at tho house
1T tho hour appointed, md was ia promptly
arrested by tho detective, WHO awaited his arrival
atheway fegncd to be utterly ignorant Of tho charge
upon which he was nrrestod and at frat kckcd con-
s,dcrably but finally submitted, and WIS taken 10 the
Central Police Station, searched, md locked up In
coll.
from book found upon hin person, 1t WIS oBcer-
tanned that his wero No. 152 Third nvonue.
Detective Tyrre proceeded to tho houso and mAde IN
exhaustive search Of uatheway's rooms. The only
1Y.kr
detective accesB to her husbands booka and
papers. Among them wero found blank
policies of insurance Of tho Ger1unn-
American Company, the Alps and tho Anaxon, Of Gin
cinnat. the Girard Of Philadelphia, md tho Etna md
phpnix Of Hartford. with louses!gns, b!ottcrs. and
taining blanks of tho rradern insurance Company Of
hs city aud boo OF tho sa1no knd tho property OF
the Sos sso ss nr 4 Letter
ained TINT Hathaway had boon tho aeueral Agent Of
tho German-Amsrican, the North Maxour!, md tue
hsl ' bis H oiico At No. "a usreet. rhis H.
formation being communicated to tho insurance
% Who nad si'S Se e aeeaetes Of
Washington. aud who had abaconacd from that city
last May, taln3 with him largo amount OF money
belonging to tho companies representa- by him.
An examination Of some OF the policies issued by
| Iathewny showed that they wore old papers from
chemical process, and Other md descrip-
tiuuR inserted. The policies BguDd by A. Z.
Hathoway General Agent In Ho1no INSTANCES ard In
others By D. F. Asaitnge, or =. F. Armitage i 90.
varoualy g1von being At No. - CLARK Htreot, No.
ais Clark atrest, md No. o. Washington street.
far as known, p, Lcvi, No. a Harrison street !;
John Parker, No.. 34o Weat Polk street MoE15a
Kntght, No. 1774 South Halatod street, John Akin
sou, NJ. i7i2 South uaatod street; 4. Il. Kennedy,
No. 43 Pierce street. There arc doubtless many oth
era whom Hothoway has insured and collected prcmi
from, who aro requested to lohyo their naes at
| the Central rolice Station.
Hathaway IL good~looklng man, abou. Is years OF
ege, ue u well connected In Rockford, ILL.,, from
| which pace he removed to Washington about three
years ago. He will bo taken before Justice Scully thiA
! morning.