, 1877-08-06

tbey had no more hari.y tim Ha.l,I:H,zouk,
and ros'heti t'r rfavc I" s"lnd'o ti:r lls!ns
IN TIE QCO WAR,tsNr1 fEncEEDtS1t
now pcnling IN tl:r Criminal Cnurf+ the rctf-
tlnner under oath says that the Company made
nnassctsmcnt fnr Tic death Of one Z. kale. N
fctruary, ls7d. Tic los. WAS reported: &C.
i't'oi. i e' hsSs hesn. si ''iia aiea a. d death y
i;''Saf So1s H. fs%,en, " p, s;sssa!ne phy:!.
e,n Esmc;' "'nsftaMkef, W., sn1 SRA; T siort on
Chtrsro. ILL.," No t,,rh physician has eyer prae-
titti In this c,sy} no such rcrEon AZ g. Hale sas
cycr Notary Public IN this Statc; AMI The
poari u !Leal.h books shows that no sMrh per.
Tnn as L. kulc ever died In Cbtrage. Tie City
Directory ntwhcrc mentions the naH,cn of the
parties mentioned in tllt assessment It Is a.
ess o.s a' II n e,sy ~ss W o1Kos 10" w
WIN WAS insured for ss,Un. The Company r..
fused to pay tho xlain'. t',ouGh It appr'Fc'i thc
proofs n lo>s. The assessment, aftcf having
wards Il Cp. In January Of tic same sear, an
assessment IN polly for $j,0N was tnalc IN
III" alleged death Of j. lober. Of this city. No
such person ever a.ca hsre, ,,at ana none @
were ever residents VI this ,tty. The assess.
n'cut was, In fact. made for The death loss of
John S.'dcr, nf zanrssf!!c, o.. The Company
rnlie, l,sl Iap+.d. and kept thu money. AN
other s,,eci,nc., brick Is the collection oI an az
testament TOR The SUPPOSED death Of +. tioldsn-
easements fr E1irn lscatl, Chi ,ago, l'olry ~;
N. Jones, MAYS Lick. n.y., policy Gl1; IT. Smith.
Chicago 1e,7'A?lo; a. etnh], Columbus. -,
policy ISIS: II. Bcrtram, Columbus. o., policy
persons having ever existed In the places named.
Another. cheerful system was the refusal to
pay any Losses, wliatever. and then forye a
sHHp,"e ~e wns" sn9 gs1 sla nos
Tor s,.'tn. H. lied In April, tsT'. The
G. mpany refused to pay. a compromise FOR
t3~n was a see" upon. In September, 18Th Tie
bcrslilp to lay ;hc lIcnny loss. for,y-scscn
h'ir.,lrcti dollars wrrc thus transferred to tte
pockets. .. tlnc managers. The claim q tllu
l s5s :" r Ea1s sts To- ks; : gH'sy s y III .st:.: 5ss
n,cut wus, however, maIe, T. y. Fishers
psliry, l,;1r. Ior s:1,ttJ, was contested. tom.
rromisc for $l,i0o was agreed upon. fl,o
pay tic full amount Of the policy. Edwards II
Co, It Is alleged. kept or .quaiidcrca tile differ
cuer. In thc quo warranto proceedings, dozens
y si"ilaE instances are sitc1, all se!ng 70 prove,
perjury was snauguratcd by Edwards and Reid,
and WIS run with clnck.llkc regularity.
GAHRiisa FORWARD DEATHS: "
According to the original method OF laolng
hasiness, u maintaining cut new policy IN Tho
Protection was liable for assessment only for
the deaths happening nftcr thu tsss1ance Of hts
policy. 4 nau taking ont policy In April wus
not Liable for death losses In March. Those
only wcre iiahie. who Werc members IN S,nrtts.
hut IL happened that, while there wcru frequent
additions to the number Of rollcy-holdets,
have nccn S,tU0 policy -hodcrs in slaret, and -
maJly in April, yet tho assessments for death
lusS occurring q March sauia he made only
upon G,GM Mar ;,nM polry-hotLcrs. 1t Is alleged
aud alho IN Hint III the f'oodtnecase, that, in order
IL retrieve the broken fortunes of tho Company
aud Ect more mDncy, the new management be-
Ean u policy uF dating forward the deaths. So,
~ q .Ayt here II
slated IN have ,!icd tn May, a1l,1 oil tho policy.
holders Of that tlatc were n.tcsscd to make good
the policy, l}y this mcans al tho solcy-si0idcrs,
f1fsslett,Sc Of the ttne when thrY }otnet, wcfa
male to contribute for oil death loesc1, no mat.
Ter when they happened. 1t is further alleged
that III nr!tr IT. !sssc ,h!s .!cysee, the Company
da,c "f lcath. wIISl, il ID lad always bscn in il
'1at i icramc I;arotstsc | II: ia po},!tyhol.'er
70 tccie # himself whether he is OF was :npt
lJa':it or an aEa,.->n,ent. II Is alleged that IN
tM> way thousands of pellcy-,nlucrs were tna.le
tn tnv as 7iss,nr.ts lor Which t!Cy were not
liza l., atll t.at large su'n- u lsiosey wrre THUS
Improperly otsaiEc.l and ncrer used for Lilo
pnsrD cs IL Htirfl they should lIar1 been DE-
voted.
n tic assessment nottye fur Dec. !, 1871, .
deliberate !saass " rsent oversight IL .ian!teat.
Assessment ~ ss fuy t':r death e l.. l.: DIX.
The aate ns t.u.E ii given aa ,Soy.
e. vhr nu,.l,rs ol ,ne1nlxr.h!u liable
for ns-n--En>nt In tlIut talr} was e,ie1'.
The trutn :. tue assessment was NUDE up IN
The Gem ltnnyss urr ABDUL NV. 10, was Esvtn
to III" pr:'tcr Il few hays LATER, t'ig prlltcl
CONT leturl,e. aln,ut Dec. I, and then matted.
How t,i't tue aalutc tnnnavess khuw ~ Nov. 10
OF ti.rc&t,nis that l.. L. Dickersun. VI Marion,
N.Y. ''4s !;piaS8' die Ut Inflammation Of tie
weeks la,"r: DID ths Pr''leetion Lfe einoluy
III. s"rri,ra vi u cla!ryaynnti Wns tbcrc ever
sns surh PRISON as l.. +. Di,kcrso,. Vi Marion.
kf.i Hal thrrt been sutl pnTgon, mil haul
lie 'lIc.i on My. -, as alleged, It worll hayc
been lNIpo. o.s)le tor thu comuany to hare seGnf-
loss IN time ior the cirtular ot Die. I, even II
that document wrre not realy fur tho printers
hand, nrttl I1c',l.
TUE ASSuAL RrroRrs
of the Chnl;,A y AEc l,u: Ir contributions to III
turAre fttrr:'tl!rr. Tie sworn statement of Tho
Company ul utc. 81, ls7ti, gives the capita!
" S?M',oc! "paM up In c.sh." l.. 7. lliiliarI,
The President oI tie cu,l,rrn, tcAtfilcs tn tic
lru',! u his assertion in ths lai,ce.stcct
.shh tn .nulc tn the state Auditor, IN ta,Innt-
Nhc with thu statute ticsctlnto prnSi1el'. Tho
readers ii :rur TEIBuHA are familiar with tl'u
fetnt suit Ut U.."H4 ~. Tho Protection. III
which he SIC, to Lave transferred tu him ~,mc
k'o,1; r. the Company. which he purchased from
pnc wlila!n. the Conpany set up thc d..
thu rhe !; was subsequently Withdrawn mud u
t,lurtgMEc WAS given In its place; thar the tuort-
.ut.c was rLturpss, nlnl thu hiock WIS Cancelled.
To csta!.lTs il- defense President billiard WIS
cactt u tue stal,d, and the following e1ainiua-
ton was held
,,9,-what |. yuur gisen namss A.-IaurIn r.
Illliiard is my name.
Protection ltr-lBsuTuurr Company A.-Four
yeats think have tteu ?Festcnt.
H.-lu you know what . known ~ the Mary 4.
Williams stock: Al have known p,nc,hihg
.Q.-who wa. that stock .ubscr,oed BY, A.
V:--Sow. ST.. is.lard, at the same time, 3ust
.hSa' ihnt lime ,hat Mary 4. ,Wtliiam.. ..ioek Va.
k,k,u rtI fr frH L.