New-York tribune., 1874-04-13
a BOLD LIFE INSURANCE SPINDLE.
Burial OF CoFFIN FILLED WITH BRICKs-ARBEsT
OF TIE ALLEGED swINDLEE.

Burial OF A CoFFIN FILLED WITH BRICKs-ARBEsT
OF TIE ALLEGED swINDLEB.
The attempt to swindle the Merchants Life
Insurance Company out OF $4,000 which came TO light
Friday, invested with new and startling fea-
Saturday 1t will be remembered that the Sec
retary Of the Company, William T. Taber, preferred
charge Friday against DR.. UlinR, physician
and professor Of midwifery. DONG business at
No. s5 Second-ave., OF malpractice In securing
the death Of Louisa Germs, an unmarried German,
residing at the time at No 100 Eldrdge-st with
whom the Doctor held'a Joint life insurance policy
$4,000 payable according the terms OF such policy
to the last surviving partner in the policy. The com
plant Of Mr. Taber set forth that the proofs OF death
inadequate, and contained statements that were
untrue, alleging among other things that the proofs
named doctors as in consultation with him In her case
who had been consultation at all, and knew
nothing OF It, Besides, the applicant for the amountto
the policy had had the buried without notifying
the Insurance Company Offering them the privilege
usual such occasions, OF viewing the body. These
circumstances sufficient to excite the suspicious
OF the Company, and the large amount involved
upon which Uling although claiming 10 be man Of
very moderate means had paid the yearly premium of
800 in last additional reason for more than
ordinary carefuness in investigating before paying.
Tho investigation resulted in the appearance OF Dr.
Uling before Coroner Kessler Friday when he made
statement under cath covering in effect all tho state
ments made his aiidayts OF proof OF death TO the
Insurance Company when asked IL he willing the
body should be exhumed. he answered very sorrowfuy
II would do good better to let the poor g1 sleep
peace" And this sentiment he repeated very mourn
fully several times. His statement taken, Uling was
permitted to at large, although the Coroner then had
proofs enough which To have the body exhumed and
when twenty minutes afterward warrant for his ar
rest made out the Doctor had He'd
The sequel OF tho case on Saturday proved rather
startling. The cxhumed body was brought into the
MOrgue from Union Cemetery. where it had been IN
TERED the 3l5t Of trch, ana the colin was ened
1t contained 10 bricks wrapped up IN paper-aI that
represented the body Of Louisa Gers whose nlme age
and date Of death were engraved on the comm plaIe'
Tne which Coroner kessler had Issued was re-
called by him, be decmiDg that the matter nad gohe out
human body. supenDtendent Mdtsell immediately dl-
rected search Tor Ohing, az Detectives Iey
and Heidelberg detailed upon the service Charles
FncKe oi No59 FirstaVe inc undertaAef' VINO swoo i
his AFFIDAVIT, OF the proofs u deatA presented Oy
Ung that he mad laid cut the deceased and buried her
was first arrested He claimed TO DO innocent OF any
knowledge OF the fraud, ana reasserted th ne hid ald
ont q dead woman with the assistance OF Uing, az
IN No. 100 drdge-s and mad superlntended her
burial IN Union Cemetery. He said that he and Uing
and no Others were present He was locked up at head
quarters the detectives continued their se'rch for
tuo pal the bold conspiracy. The search was
srour1sntn n & t6e Iste premises
Of the Doctor at No 100 Eldrdgest., ard found the
household III confusion. An oid woman, %ho2
tue detectives believe to Pe tn9 w TiIe oi Oh
the Doctor, and young man calling hlmseU Aurel
Ivagni who said he was the Doctors nepheW, were
seized and Threatened win punishment neso tllcS
I
consented pilot the detectives TO the hiding place II
could be assured Of his own Freedom an on MS as
gnided them to the tenementhouSe No 2s East
TWcnty-nths They entered ana ascended To the nall
| bntroOm on tie second floor where Iyagni gave two
ran, and cried IN German, "My dear uncle" The coor
| was opened immediately by u woman Ihe mai OF Dr.
Uing was recognized on table, ana MS uOOls were
seen prOtuding from mass OF womens clothes hanging
against the wall lie was at once seized ana carried 10
headquarters. -
Office had been taken to the Central Ohce, ani there
were examined by experts. great many OF the letters
were German, few in French ana number OF doc-
meuts, among them power OF attorney, selling the
rgnt OF disposal OF patent in France for l2OO francs
aud TWO bills OF indictment against nm Tor forgery ana
for obtaining goods under false pretenses Inc etteIS
addressed him III some Instances as Doctor Ernest de
BagucM A card found among them read Le CGev-
nlrr Ernest de Bagnick." On being confronted win
these ocuiuents the prisoner admitted that his family
! name Dc Bagncki He proessed Ignorance OF the
cause or his arrest and said tIat the officers or the law
were mistaken When searched at the Central once
picture OF Louisa Germs was found and ldentlned by
Mr. Boet the agent, who secured the JOINT
lie policy The undertaken asked II this was the
woman whom he rode WITH 10 Greenwood but he
Thought not and he also failed 10 Identify the features
as those of the dead woman whom he had inferred.
Boz prisoners consigned t0 che cells, and the de-
teclvcs continued their search for the missing Louisa
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