The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-08
EaE WORT VI.
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Oneof the most iniqpttous pieces Of buSi.
ness ever perpetFated under the guise Of life
insurance has come to light In this city, and
information concerning the case Is in the
hands Of an officer Of the law with q view 70
bringing the participants TO justice, Some
few weeks ago married lady living In North
Wheeling was insured for several thousand
dollars, the policy being In favor Of her hus-
band. No medical examination was requir-
ed, not even Is matter Of form. AT the
time the insurance was effected the woman
was believed 10 be in the last stages Of con-
sumption. A week or two passed and the NO.
man began TO rally. About this time the
agent who wrote the policy called on the
husband and told HIM very coOlly that in
case his wife died within fifteen days
he would receive the full face OF his policy,
while II she lived longer than that time he,
in the expressive words used, would not get
q d-n cent" This was said In cool, heart
less manner which dazed the man, and tax
ing his silence for hesltancy, the agent offer
ed to furnish physician and the necessary
medicines at his own expense. This pFopo-
sition was 30 significant that It could not be
misunderstood, and the outraged husband
resented It with promptitude and emphasis
which caused the agent to leave without any
further argument on the matter. The enor-
nifty Of this proposition makes one doubt
whether 1t could ever have really been made,
but the statement Is given so circumStan.
TALLY that there can be but little question Of
Its entire truthfulness,
The death rattle" men have had q
rich harvest at one South Side boarding
house, that OF Mrs, Shaughnessy, who lives
at 2520 Main street. She was interviewed
last evening, and II was learned that she and
her husband were both insured In q Norwalk,
Ohio, company, the insurance having been
effected by Mr.. WhoFFy, the agent now under
bonds for violation Of the State Insurance
law. The policy on Mr.. Shaughnessy Is for
s., 0O0 and Is made payable TO his wife. That
on Mrs shaughnessy Is in favor OF her hus-
band, and Its face Is 5000. Both policies
were taken out In good faith, and the pre-
miums paid In cash, The papers are now In
the hands Of Squire Ankle, and possibly pro.
cedure will be begun on them under some
other statute than that governing insurance
agents.
Some time ago the shaughnessles had
boarding with them q young man named
John NauSs, who was insured In the same
company for 1900. He was taken sick, and
died at his boarding house. He left debt
OF some sixty odd dollars for board and about
the same for funeral and other expenses, and
1t was his desire that this should be deducted
from the sum realized from his insurance,
and the balance given to his relatives In the
old country Shortly after his death on Of.
torney and q prominent business man got
possession Of the papers In the case, inclnd'
ing the receipts for the money paid as pre-.
miums on the policy, The lawyer called on
Mrs, shaughneSsy and offered 10 collect the
insurance, .:shortly after, he said the bushes.
man referred to had been appointed admins
traitor OF young Nauss, and that the paper.
had been given into his keeping, Yesterday
Mrs. Shaughncssy called on both OF these par
ties and demanded the papers, but failed tC
secure them. She was surprised to find thai
the attorney who had been acting professedly
in her interest was retained by the insurance
men, and acting as their counsel.
I Mrs, shaughnessy Is an intelligent, olderlJ
lady, and tells very straight story. She
seems disposed to push matters and see wha
remedy she has, In the premises
There are number Of other cases turning
up, and the operations do not seem to bl
confined to oneset or clique OF men.
1t has been discovered that l.. l.. Brill, on,
! Of the three parties for whom warrants werI
i issued Saturday by Squire Arkle, has gonI
into Pennsylvania,