The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-21

Ail oi Tue hnoNe lhsurances We're CNectcd
within the irst throo months, with tho exec ~
tion of o policy Of 10000 in the Equitnblc Be-
sldos thos" given above. Col. Dwight had n
$1,000 accident policy in the Travellers. and
some old paid up policies amounting to about
81 600
An Of the companies having largo interests in
uio case Will separately contest the payment OF
the pol l'ies There will It is said. be d.if rout
Grouu IL ON which these contests Will be made.
ow.nZ g. ths different workings of tho blanks
used ~ making applications. II 10 saiduhat
some of tlc Companies. q short time ago. sent
agents to Bnahumton TO examine Col. Dwight.
anu thm ih"y reported him good risk one
company that appears on the above list for u
large amount ,s reported to have scut man 20
man. 1t is said returned and reported That the
risk was all right and Col. Dwieht's Illness was
hol at nll serious. ,whcreupon an officer ~ the
gram announcing the patients death.
Aw l-known insurance man in this city said
pnnrs. whose main Office u in New York. was
not quito satisfied with the business .ts agent in
Hihst tanion was doing, ani another ngynt wa4
not doing better. H. went t. Bnghnuf N and
inquired II tho local agent Ind visited tho
prominent residents of the place naming Col.
that he lal mo-; ST ited Co Dwight for ii . rra-
son th9t hc was man %. wealth. ma iis family
donih tn n..i"t wLo WHIT from fhis civ m
once visited Col. Dwight and askcd him why no
u!d h9t l9ae out a policy on his life. Ho
replied that. ho had an ample ior.une
md would hc ahlc 10 lcnv, his family
In good cir'uU stances. Tho agent then Sug-
gosteG that lac insure his lite for slO1O)J OF So
ia favor o.. some charitable Institution. After
considerable talk Col Dwight decidelto tako
out policy form considerable amount; cut IN
writing his application ho admitted that he had
bad I N rrhaE"s. M the agent then d,e,inod
e. tuke tie responsibility ~ issuing "a policy to
him. and advised him to visit the main office
IN NrV York. Col Dwight snii thiu bee and MS
wife wer" soon coming To- New York. and he
would visit the main onlee and make appiica-
cation there. The train on which thoy wore to
leaye for this city was the one which met
with th" disaster at Cars hook. aui
Mrs. Dwight became $50 timd Giou; rail-
way travelling that the proposed Journey
was abandoned. A year or Two later
the gcnt!r man who tells this story. became con-
n ted with another company. again visited
Col. Dwight. Hud was informed by linn that he
had already effected insurance 10 tho amount Of
$4,000 on his life. This was tnc heavy usur-
nn'e that he carried some years ago. ana al
lowed o. drop % hy nogiectiug the Payments.
BtNcpAMrOS y \. Nnv. 2D.-lhe rum. r about
the late t1l Walton Dwight ls recognized horr
az pur 'lr sah-nt. not only hy reason - tho
,nuraytcr and standing OF Drs Burr aud
orion. who attended him during his h.e weeks
OF sIckrc-s, bu, also from tho fact thHt tue re-
port Oi the autopsy which was conducted hv
br, Dolalcld ~ N"w York. was signed hy every
oHo W th" iliocn physicians present. His
q ath WAS undoubtedly caused hy gastric fever
ut "a ulelurlul OrlElu.