The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-06-21
J. VOLNEY RYAN.
Doings Of this Notorious Fraud in
Other Parts Of the County.

The Western l0ouHenco Review. loue.
nal devoted 70 the interest Of insuraoce.
Published 1t 81. Louis, hss this - ssy Of J..
Volnsy Ryan, ths "loeal hoard" ofgssises,
sov 10 our eoasty j.iI awaiting The setioo
Of the grad jsry:
.Prossbly 10 ess sesnP Of the long liss
that have 6gured in the role Of confidence
men during he lase Ten jean among the
insurance fraternity ever had . better claim
70 pro6cispcy - erookedeees than The mao
vhUes meme hsads this briel sFticle. So0e
three nonIhs ago be started oat 70 solicit
insurance. Tor the q sacy OF Dr.. Cops. Of
New Osleans, Who repsssenis both Life and
6rs. BY some hocuspocus be got hold Of
come policies Of ere insuraase. The first
Of his csookedsen of which - hsve an
seeous, vas in Hope, Asksnsas. add the
victim Wss Mr.. HAansoa, . 0erchaoi,
vho rscsised one Of biz bogus IRE policies,
and paid him $3.50 in he shspe Of . drsfl.
which - h.d esshed ty soos party, end
struck Tor 81. Louis. Hsse b osds o..
raaesmsa,s vith Tie New York Life, asd
ussl oat 70 Rolls, Mis.oor,, asd wrote up
quite Q large a1opct Of insusasce, and
had il not bses that b vss % closely
watched b would hsss probably 0sde .
haul; but % the fsse ssidseee Of crooked.
usss he walked the plask. The lest per-
Torrance, for vhsch 10 10 500 hsld in jail
at Ssdalis, Missouri, and y to - ssied st lie
sext tern Of csi0issl c0ast, y Tor obtain.
ing oosey under fslse psssensss. Oas Of bic
coolest lricks-hs ssssblisAsd a o6cs in
this csty and called upon The several in
suraaco REPRESENTATIVE, aaaouaeinG that
hs hsd opoood Q bcokeS's o6ee 10 do ere
aod life busiaeas. he obesined from eooe
Of The o6ces-aooag oshess The COasecsi.
cut Mutual Eis-seas Il their bisnka.
and west Up % 1sdsIis. where b.
organised . local hoard sfser he style
Of Tie Lie ADocisssoa. pso0isisg 70 loaa
the 0ossy received ssd al that 90 wapied
bsaides, ssd anything else the member
might want. He swcsss6ed 10 capturing
cone d he leading ~ Of 6saslis, and
otter fxiag tLlsgs 70 plsass svssybedy, b
had cone Aisdisg sscsipss printed, On
Tie sesength of which - collected all The
preniuos, rssusssd to g. Loeis ssd Pre-
SEATED ths sppiiesaioss - Ne gsasssi aesst
q The Coosscsieas Mutual Lie, vho knew
pieioes that - he'd collected he preoiuos
Or obs.issd HE business by The old dodge
Of local board. Ro0e Of the siesios
chsscsd 70 be IN 81. Louis q the saoe time
- business, snd The aeeat hsFs meeting
ibss. tie ssory sss told. ssd q . result.
Mr.. J. Volssy Ryan, ksovs il New o lssas
re believe, - ]. B. Rhise, end in eli pssts
Of The eoasiry, where b bee ben 6ne-
clan svisdlss, shova sP 10 ths Review
years ago Ior his svindlss. He ~ ssst -
Jail TO await he aetioa 81 The
gr.sd jury, % Tie sscoed Of Juss.
and il 10 the esrssst dssise Of ths editor Of
the Rsvisw, - yell - bio may Victims
throughout the vssl and sousk vho are
rsaSss Of ths Rssisw. that - nay -
What hs justly deserves.
We have aeithss tine nor spaes 70 20
into detsiIs st this writing. We shsll take
pleasure, il our next, 70 Tell some Of bis
peFforoasces - they have ssd my - I'M
SaFthsd.