Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-04-15
NJ EW YORK.
A Heavy Life Insurance Swiudie I'm
earthed.


NEW YORK April 12.-Dr. Ernest Uling,
charged with an attempt to defraud the
Merchants Life Insurance Company of
10000 by the pretended death and burial
of Louise Germs, who was insured for the
above sum, was arrested to-day at 22S east
25th street, where he was found secreted
under bed. In his residence, 160 Elbridge
street, the police arrested q woman, 60
years of age, who gave her name as Marie
DeBagnicki, and young man named Ausel
DeIvangi, who claims to be her nephew.
Search among the effects, which were be-
ing packed up, cards and plates were found,
proving that Uling's real name was Ernest
DeBagnicki, and the woman was his wife.
DeBagnicki appears to be member of a
noble Hungarian family and has lived in
this city since 1854. He has been in several
bad scrapes and was arrested twice before
| for swindling but escaped. The police are
sanguine of arresting the woman Germs in
day or two.
How the Eraud Was Contaminated.
NEW York, April l3.-Louisa Germs,
the woman implicated with DR.. Uling in
an attempt to defraud the Merchants Life
Insurance Company, of $4,000, has been
arrested. She states that she was sick, and
was attended by DR.. Uling, but denies that
she was ever put in a coffin, and says the
| undertaken was present when bricks were
| put in and assisted in preparing the coffin
for interment, that she and DR.. Uiing's
wife were in the room while the bricks
were being put in. When the Doctors
were called in, she says she had some soap
in her mouth and pretended to have con-
vulsions by the advice of DIR. Uling.
NEW YORK April lO.-The following
special dispatch conveys intelligence OF
the terrible accident to the steamer Ii
gress, which became so well known to the
| a. H., ,rryfth fai c
ill-fated Arctic expedition:
"ST. JOHNS, N.F., April S.-The steamer
Tigress, of the Polaris expedition, while
seal fishing, exploded her boiler. Two
engineers and twenty of the crew were
killed. The ship is under sail for this
port"
The Evening Post says railroad trair
which left Vanderbilt's landing for Slater
Island at o'clock last evening was stop
, ped about two miles out by band of 1tal
: ians, who tore up the track. The particu
lars of the outrage has not yet been re
ceived, save that the robbers secured tn
cash box on the train, but were themselve
r soon after arrested, and are now locked
e up.
t The Tribune says editorially: "There j
g now atWashingtona a delegation ofmen from
South Carolina charged with the duty c
denying the charges made 10y the Ia
. | PAYERS Convention, That cOnVentlO
u sent its representatives TO Washington wit
: a series of distinct and creditable allega
tions against the management of the stat
q finances. The aid of Congress is sought in a
IL attempt TO reform the Government and say
e the State from utter bankruptcy. The ant
u tax payers delegation, if we may so ca
them, say thatthe others are Rebels thi
e they spell negro with two 'g's,' and thu
y things are not so bad as represented. II
= men who thus seek to belle the mlssio
,e of the tax payers delegation are led by
Z. f. Whittemore a carpet-bagger, who WI
se expelled from Congress for selling cade
le ship. If anything more were needed
,e fix the character of these men, 1t may
n added that the rank and file of them b.
Il long, or have belonged, to the State Go
ernment of South Carolina, a governmel
u which has been made up of the wor
Is thieves and plunderers that ever infest,
4, any community. Congress may not
III able TO do much for South Carolina, b
q the appearance there of such band
" marauders as these who protest against
~ form is a piece or brazen impudence al
oi unparalleled efrontery.'
NV Colonel Thomas A. Scott is credit
~ with having a number more OF glgan
ais schemes TO carry out before he coneelN
- himself worthy to be crowned q rallW