Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-23
FOR RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
An Insurance Association Tint Does Not
insure.


AS the subject matter herein contained
Is OF Interest 10 many railroad employees
OF this state and THE GAzErrE Is read I
Oy most OF them, beg space in your |
columns to explain myself that all may /
Know the exact truth In the premises. /
capt w III. Taylor, who was for twelve 1
OF fifteen years passenger conductor in \
the employ OF the Texas & Pacific Rail- |
way company, died at his home In Fort I
Worth In April, 1888. He was insured In 1
three different railway insurance COM I
panies--the Passenger Conductors OF
Philadelphia, the Old Colony OF Column
bus, o., and the Mutual Aid and Benefit
OF Chicago. His heirs received the
claims from the two former, and as will
hereafter be shown, the latter was re-
jected on account Of his being short one
assessment at the time he was taken
sick. The widow, her friends and
relatives did all they could to have the
claim paid, as all knew II was Just, but
they failed IN every attempt. In October,
1855, after gathering all the evidence In
the case and putting IL in writing, went
TO Chicago as Texas delegate to their
grand convention and presented for their
consideration the following, which con-
sidered then and do now proof enough
TO convince anyone of the business of the
claim.
Big SPRINGS, Tx, oct. 5.-To the
( honorable board of directors of the Mu-
4 tual Aid & Benefit association for the
! year OF 1885, headquarters Chicago, H.
GESTLEMEN-M mission and the mo.
tive which prompts 1t is In beha OF the
widow Of my old-time honored friend and
associate, Capt, w. II. Taylor, lie was
among the Oldest conductors in the
country and true man in every sense
| OF the word. He was respected by
/ all who knew him, loved and honored by
his intimate friends and highly esteemed
/ by the officials OF the road on which he
| was employed at the time of his death.
Evidence of the last assertion was shown
by the officials of the Texas 6 Pacific
railway, who, without price, furnished
1 special car and train crew TO convey his
remains from Fort Worth, Tex, where
he died, to his old home at Louisville,
Ky, for burial. The public showed their
appreciation OF him by fiocking to the
principal stations between Fort Worth
and TeXarkana, a distance Of 255 miles,
to look for the last time upon the familiar
face of him they had known so long and
favorably.
| AS favorable comment and kind words
will not produce facts | will now take a
starting point, first giving the evidence
of the association as near as | under
stand 1t, then my own. give mine IN as
straightforward and conscientious a
manner as | possibly can. The facts are
indisputable, and as | expect to pay my
share of the claim In case IL Is allowed,
hope you viii not consider me selfish If
l ask you, in case Of doubt, to give the
widow the benefit OF It.
The evidence of this association as
shown by Mr.. G, Huntington, our grand
secretary and treasurer Is that w. IL.
Taylor for some cause failed TO pay as
sessment No. l05, sufficient cause TO ig-
more the Widows claim, unless the op.
position can produce evidence and proof
to the contrary,
For many reasons do not think that
Capt. Taylor ever received that assess.
= ment. Parties who made a thorough
examination of his effects almost imme.
diately after his death failed to find this
assessment. Mrs. Taylor applied for the
claim, thinking everything was all right
1t was refused. one or more of the men
for whom Mr.. Taylor was secretary then
wrote to Mr., Huntington, J think in
reply to a letter Of inquiry as TO whether
Mr.. Taylor had presented him assessment
: t05 The reply was IN the affirmative
Hearing of this and heina anxiou.
| 10 get Mt the facts Mrs Tay
lor and her friends asked the
: parties to show los, and when they made
I On effort which tbey Ind not done before
! thev conId NOT 6nd IT, for the simple rea
; SON thot they had never received Ii. All
the members on his list then camo for
S raV ond rnade ofIdavIt tbot fhev ha,
80 roco;~ed i, This ia ccrtninly moo
n,,o,,,,l that no ala NOT coIlect from then
al a,lr,,rrytato Tho money Ia bis ow,
/ n nao 't Pertection on earth has meyer We
{ Soon otto,ned Tho followino nave ma,
n oSon ' ro;stnIos Ior neeiccN nossihIe /;
4 e o,'y oo ,n Nt,ice.
a oul Ee"e.a' o.
/. FoRr WORTH, Ten sept, y 1880
A Mr.. All. Balley, hort ortn, ieH'' DEAi
SIe--ln regard 10 the capt laylor case
can say | nave IN the last TWO year
I missed three assessments othe
:. members had mot kept me posted,
should have forfeited my insurance, an
y through no fault OF mine, Tor assessmen
q l29, you VIII remember, went 10 you !
= see about IL, and am poSltiVe Oapt' lay
a Tor must have been dropped III tne sam
! way. very IespecuulIy,
. /. u. WINSTON.
DO not understand me TO pc chargih
. anyone with williul neglect. me iolloN
4 ing personal notice clipped IRON inc Eoi
' Worth Daily GAZETTE OF date septemo9l
, 1885, shows there was announcer w, II
TAYLOR In Fort Worth He is one OF In