Daily Republican., 1885-08-28
spear EsAn Ansba.Eelsou.

The Phlla0e phla Record, IN reft 6.
sing to the steamer FELTON, disaster a1i
the death OF Adrian Spear, a victim OIL
the explosion Oh the FELTON,, says
The report current in Camden that
Adrian Spear, the only victim of the
sssamer FELTON, xplost0n, was rospcasi
bls for that accident, Va not given ,re-
dence by the Pinkerton dAtsctivts Of
this city. f4T. Spear resided with his
family Mt the sUuJ; east corner of Sixth
asd Penn streets, Caaden, having
moved thera from this city six mouths
ago. Instead ofhaying only g.. 100 In.
suraDce on his life, as was first Thought
to be the case, 1t Ii nov known that he
had something Ike $50, 900, distributed
in various companies. His,soa Thomas
stated last evening that the father had
over $4,000, but that he could NIT tell
the exact amount until he lad. hea I'd
from the numerous WestsIn secre,
organi sitions TO which his f2iher b..
loDRed. The Number is plaQsl at twenty
lthrea
The Mutual Reserve + and Life Asso.
Iciatien Of New York, has u lite policy
Iof 30, 0N on the deceased. The To.
maip0er OF the insurance IL placed In
jaccidsnt companies, which guaranteed
to pay certain tenefts every week in
ease the insured was injured 30 az to
iaoapacitate him for work aud in the
\ event of his death, to pay 10 his family
-, the face amount of his policies. He
held $4,000 of this kind OF Insurance.
in the [ nited States MntDal Accident
Association, W which pays $50 sick bene.
fits per week, and $4,000 In the Travel
j, ers, Iof Hartford. which pays sick
! benefits Of $25 per week. Mr.. Spear
! was also a member of the Accident
Order Of United Workmen and ths in.
: surance in this organlz alton amounts to
: $1,000.
et A prominent mem Der OF the Order,
| Mr.. Charles j. Rsiuey, of Camden, .ys
that this money will be paid 10 the
family, no matter II the insurance com
lpanies do see ft to rsaist the pay meat
+, of the other claims. The e. 600 policy
in the Travellers, of Hartford, was tax on
out on the Saturday preceding the
: Monday of the explosion, and would
+, have expired two hours after the acct
. Ident occurred. MT. Spear friends say
t that he took ont the later on tho Sat
: urday mentioned, and he contempiatal
making trip to New York. He
ichangel his mind ~ the last momen
. aud did not 60, and on the morning o
the ex plosion the accident ticket va
D found in his clothes after his remova
I TO the Pennsylvania Hospital. Mr.
Spear ramained In the hospital only |
few hours that day.
About 1 O'Clock that afternoon b
arose, and, 10 tho astonishmeat o; tn,
! phy sicana and nurses, dressed himsel
aud walked out o. the place. ]
was with great difficulty that h
i IN DO n
his way there he tod an acuuaintauc
that he left the hospital becsnse ther
: wera too many psople continually com
= ing In end looking at him. His friendssa
that his sudden departure from the hos
lpital was due to desire to reach HON
= as soon as possible, b,csuse be wanta
10 assure his wife, who had recent
been confined, that he was not injured
as bad y as had been reported.
> When the detective learned that Nj
AISpear's life was 30 heavily insure
Ithey at once set to work 10 discover
he had had anything 10 do with pacin
the satchel or package containing dyns
be mite near the boiler OF the FELTON,
ct They learned that he was going 10 Wi
lnington for the purpose of establi-hin
some kind OF an insurance compan
there However, he was not seen
"a carry any package on board OF th
10 boat.
The funeral took place on Monda
last. Hiram Miller, the colored ma
m from Salem, N. j., who says he saw
,e man place the package of dynamil
u near the boiler o, the FELTON,, attende
N the funeral service. accompanied b
er two Pinkerton detectives. Miller d.
ir clared that he was unable to recogniz
Spear as the man who carried thed y ns
's mite or board of the boat.
. Early last winter the deceased resit
n ed In West Philadelphia. Oae nigh;
IS was shot In the leg by burglar, 30 b
10 claimed, and was laid up for a Ion
.. time. receiving 800 week sick benef'
on account OF an accident policy b
"a held.
I'LL Mr.. Spear was 43 years OF age, an
OF leaves a wife and four children.
n one time he acted in the capacity {
nc private Secretary to Senator Jones',
ca Nevada. He was Philadelphian b
birth, but of late years lived in Cal
Il fornis. The fact of the large amour
of insurance on his life has proved
big surprise TO his friends and az
quain ances. Mr.. Spear was just r
towering from long attack CT typhoi
fever at the time of the explosion
Though he could have drawn sic
g benefit. from the Knights OF Pythii
n and other organic atoms, it is said
refrained from doing 30.