The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-13
A "Wild-Cat" Insurance Scheme
That Refuses to he
DOwned.
The southwestern Mutual Be-
neyOlent Association again
Heard From.
Some UncOnyincing Testimony
From the ''knights of
the MaccabeeS.

companies that have pestered ana an
moved the insurance department, saws
the 1t Louis Republican of Yesterday,
the Southwestern Mutual Benevo-
lent Association of Sedalia" and It's
offspring are entitled to the front
rank. IL was supposed that this con
Germ and all It's branches was effectual-
" squelched. but evidence was re-
ceived at the insurance department
Yesterday showing that it is still
operating, and active legal proceed
ings will be commenced 1T once TO
break it up and punish its managers
who have been 50 persistently violat-
ing the law.
About three years ago il was dis
covered that the Southwestern Mu-
tual Benevolent association was do
ing an iIlegitimate insurance business
in Missouri, with headquarters Mt Sc
dalia. Legal proceedings were COM
menced, and it was supposed that the
concern was effectually broken up.
The officers escaped and. strange a it
may appear, managed to induce a
large number OF the oil policy holders
To believe IN their honesty and To con
tinue the payment OF dues and assess
ments. The main office was then 10
Gated in Denver. but Colorado
seemed to be an unfav0rable field for
bogus insurance, and snort V after
ward the headquarters were removed
10 Missouri and located at Springfield
As soon as the insurance department
was advised of the change the aid of
the law was invoked and suits were
commenced against it at Springfield
and against it, agents al Kansas City
The officers became disheartened and
the concern apparently was com
pletely demolished again. Much tn the
establishment of the insurance super
intendent about year ago the con
! Germ
BOBBED UP SERENELE
again, this time ut Clarksburg, Mo-,
under the name of The Great South
western Mutual Benevolent Associa-
ton" and under the management of
the simpson family" One of the
circulars of the cOmany fell into the
hands of Judge +. w Knott. deputy
insurance superintendent, and it was
ascertained that the Simpsons had in
duced many of the policy holders of
the original company to come into the
clutches of the Great Southwestern"
and were collecting assessments and
dues right merrily. Owing to its
wonderfully tenacious hold upon life
the original scheme was dubbed the
"old cat" and the Simpson scheme
1.-The bald-faced black kitten" By
these names the concerns are now
known at the department.
Under the new arrangement the
company appeared to be managed by
4 board of trustees, of which Henry
III. Simpson was chairman and III.
Harrison Simpson, secretary. II. III.
Simpson appeared as secretary of the
company III. Harrison Simpson,
book keeper, and Henry III. Simpson
as legal adviser. There appeared ne
reason at that time, nor does there
now. why this Poo Bob of the bogus
insurance business should not hold all
the offices in the concern, but accord
ing to the company's prospectus he
kindly permitted one William III.
Jones to be president; William F.
Carroll, vice-pres;dent; James W.
Gray, treasurer; Robert j. Jackson,
general manager, and j. b. Stewart,
NJ. d., medical examiner But the
prospectus said that if any informa-
ton was required Simpson was the
party to write To.
Superintendent Carr was preparing
to bring suit against the concern, and
the Republican published
AN EXPOSE OF ITS METHODS
which fell under the eyes of the |
Simpsons at Clarksburg. Within a
day or two afterward an individual !
called at the department representing !
himself as Robert j. Jackson. general |
manager of the company, and had a !
long interview with Judge Knott. He I
told very plausible story, and said
that neither the Simpsons nor himself
had any idea that they were violating
the law. He declared that the elder
Simpson was one of the leading
citizens of Clarksburg,a most estimable
and honorable gentleman, and that 1
his feelings had been seriously lacerat-
ed by the publication of the fact that
he was connected with an illegal en-
terprise. Now that he had become
convinced that his company could not
do business legally, he had cOWmis-
SiOpad NJ IaokSOD IN COW that ~ the