The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-17
PRICE TWO CENTS.
WHY THEY REFUSE TO PAY.
PRETEXTS FOR CONTESIING COLONEL
DWIGHT,S LJFE INSURANCE.
Only One OF the Many Companies In which
He Was Insured Paying UP-The Others
to Appeal to the Courts from the Inquest


He Was Insured Paying Up-The Others
to Appeal to the Courts from the Inquest.
The representatives of the life insurance
companies in which Col. Dwight OF Binghamton
held policies at the time of his death, held
meeting in tho rooms of tho United States Life
Insurance Com pany 2Gl Broadway. on Thurs
day. The meeting was called by the Committee
having the matter in charge. This Committee
is composed Of Timothy II. Brosnan. Supcrin-
tendcnt OF the United States Life Insurance
Company John u. 1icgeman. Vico-Presldent OF
the metropolitan; and William A. Brewer Jr.,
Vice President of the Washington. The meet
ing was attended by representatives. Of most of
tho companies Interested. These companies
and the amounts which the heirs Of Col. Dwight
claim from them on policies taken out by tho
Colonel are the Htna Life Of Hartford. 10000;
the New York Life, 100000; the Union Mutual
OF Maine. 10000; the Mutual Benefit Of New
ark. n. j.. $4,000: the Travellers of Hartford.
1000; the National Of Vermont s10.0O0 the
Northwestern of Milwaukee,. $4,000; the WASH
ington of this city. 10000; the Berkshire OF
Pttsneld. Mass 10000; the United States Of
this city. 10000; tho Manhattan Of this city.
t2O000; the Massachusetts, Mutual o. Spring.
field $4,000 the National Life Insurance Com
pany of the United States. Chicago. $4,000; the
| Gcrmaniu OF this city. $4,000; tho Home Of
Brooklyn. $1,000; the Brooklyn Life. t5. 900 the
Metropolitan Of this city. $4,000 the State Mu-
| tunl OF Worcester. s1OU1O; the New England
| Mutual OF Boston. sluOnp; and the Hompo-
! pathic OF TINS city, $4,000. Besides these tho
| Equitable of this city had $4,000. which. utter
brief investigation. they promptly paid. There
| are other paid-up policies, making u total in
surnncc ON Col. Dwights lie OF s2G5 900.
The result Of the meeting was that The IN
| claims against them Mr.. Brewer said yester-
| day: We believe that Col Dwight hanged him
! self and we shal also defend our rights on tho
| ground TINT he deceived the companies as to
| his health and the history ot his lie in his ap-
| plicaton for policies Now in the case OF the
| Washington we learned that we had been de.
| ceiyed a few days after Col. Dwight took ont
him not to issue the policy II he had not already
| done so He wrote that 10 wis too late. Their
| we sent man with %" amount Of the premium
| and rendered II personally to Co, Dwight N
| Windsor. whore he WAS visiting his iath"r-iu.
| law. lie was having good time there hunting
| at the idea OF his not being we'll. and said that
| he never was ia better health. He refused 10
| receive back the premium money. We IN
formed him that We would receive no moro
| premiums from him. few days before tho
Had he lived II little while longer the policy
would have been void,
Another significant fact" continued Mr..
Brewer. " is that the day before he died Col.
Dwight got his discharge in bankruptcy. Had
he died two days sooner his creditors would
have had the claim on his insurance instead OF
his heirs. Yes. IL Is true thnt the companies
will endeavor TO get change Of venue ON the
ETGu"S aG arc '" prcuGcedp '1f p'0R' Co.. h%T D%sSs
favor. We can get no justice. and
we want justice. simply. Why. just read
the will ana see for yourself how Col. Dwight
has attempted TO buy up public sentiment. 1t
r. suggestive. to saw the least Now. in the first
place he owed over 100000. He makes no
aluslon TO that ignores his liabilities entirely.
except petty debts. among his friends to tho
amount of about 10000: gives SO 900 to Law
| yer Chapman. $4,000 to Lawyer Martin. and
| smaller sums TO other lawyers. To Binghnmton
| cergymen he gives $1,000. To his sisters,
cousins. and aunts small sums. Then $4,000
for Christmas dinners for Gods poor. that
they may have their bellies full once year :; to
school books: 10 the library of Binghamton,
900; 81 600 for an annual dinner to the press
of Bnghanton; 20 the Fire Department. $1,000
and the rest 20 his son and Wife Thus you s"e
he retains the lawyers Of Binghamton nfin.
r cuces the clergy, shuts the mouths Of his rela-
tves. buys the poor mems good WILL gets tho
sympathies Of the reading public and OF tho
poor. and "udcaVors to silence the press. He
Elorfes Biughamon at the expense of New
I York aud paying II over TO Blnghamton. We
shall. ! am sure. prove not onlyto his heirs. but
to the public. that We are right in the stand wa
have taken. Now the heirs will sue. Of course,
, and We shall defend. When it will come 10
trial can't say"
Mr. Brosuun said that the United States Life
WIS in much the same situation as the WASH
ingt0n. \ work after Col. Dwight took out his
policy for $4,000. they sent him his premium
money. sS6 and said they should cancel the
policy, on the ground of Misrepresentation
He refused the money.
We have tho identical greenbncks here now u
said Mr. Bro-nan. "They do not belong To us
but TO Col. Dwights heirs. When they ask for
them they can have them"