Connecticut western news., 1874-05-01
AN ATT EMITTED FRAUD.
A Woman Stimulates Death to Obtain Payne mt of a Life Insurance Policy.

A Woman Stimulates Death to Obtain
 Payment of Life Insurance Policy.
 A curious story is developed by suit instituted by the Merchants Life In surance Company against a Dr. Uling who attempted to swindle it out of BIO, ,000 insurance on the life of woman named Louisa Germs. The proofs of death were irregular, and the grave being opened and the coffin taken out it was found to be filled with bricks. A search was made for the supposed dead woman, and she was discovered and arrested. When informed of the charge against her the woman did not deny her guilt, but stated that she had read of the arrest of Dr. Uling in the morning papers, and had intended to leave the house during the day, fearing arrest. She was taken to Police Head quarters and locked up. The woman is bright and intelligent, and tells her story Tn clear, straightforward man. ner. She made the acquaintance of Dr. Uling while she was living as ser want with the family who occupied the house where the Doctor had his office. He agreed to marry her, and suggested the plan of having their lives insured jointly, and by her stimulating death and going through the forms of a fu- neral they could defraud the Company of the amount of the policy. She was to receive as her share $2,5OO. She pretended illness, and Dr. Uling whiten- ed her face to give it 8 death-like appearance, and she lay rigid Tn bed in the room, with sheet thrown over the upper part of her body, in order to guard as much as possible against dis covery.
 Dr., Ullng measured her, and gave the order to the undertaken for the coffin, mentioning the length and width. The body was exposed to the view of friends, who called for one hour, at the expiration of which time the un- dertaker and his assistant came with the coffin, and busted themselves with preparations for making the body ready for burial. Dr. Uling was in tho room at the time. At soon as the assistant left the room, the supposed corpse, who had been intensely terrified at the thought of being placed in the coffin, suddenly sprang out of bed, to the as- tonishment of the undertaken. She was caught by the doctor, who endeav- ored to quiet her approximations. Finck, the undertaken, 1t was obvious, must now be won over, as the attempt to inn pose on him had failed through the lack of nerve on the part of the young woman. He was offered $25O by the Doctor to say nothing and assist in carrying out the fraud. Finck agreed to it. It was decided that bricks should be placed in the coffin, and these were obtained, wrapped in paper, and packed for burial. By advice of Dr. Uling the witness went out to service. She left the house eon the morning of the funeral and did not return. The only persons, so far as she knew, who were cognizant of the proposed fraud beside herself, are Dr. and Mrs. Uling, and the undertaken. When Dr. Kintz was called in during her pretended illness, she simulated convulsions, and to carry out the deception had placed soap in her mouth to lead the doctor to believe that she was frothing at the mouth. Soon after being brought to Police she was confronted sepa- rately with the other persons who have been taken into custody. When iden- tlfied, Finck confessed the part he had taken. He fully corroborated the state ments made by Louisia Germs, and re. gretted that he had not sooner made confession. 2 He was poor, and the offer of $25O had been too much for him to refuse.