Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-14

20 two different places first, 10 aB 70 pul-
zIe Investigators, he landed II at bis
room. Then he bought two boxes OF Ex-
celslor shavings, you know, as fine as
hair, ard after sending these 10 two
places FIRST, landed them also AZ bis room.
lie thep secured some man 70 act as a
seller Of essential oils, and had n legal
bin " sale executed before a notary pub
lie detailing $4,000 worth. Then he
brought two glass Jars, one containing
twelve and the other eleven gallons OF
concentrated sulphnrlc other, tied the
doors Of his place With n rope and placed
lighted candle IN such position that II
would burn the rope through. Then he
gOt out % a window and closed
The window down and left the
city He believed That the fame
OF the condlc would burn the rope
aud ret fire to The excelsior, which was
scattered about, at The same time. by
ihe time the rope was burDed through
there would be heat enough 10 blow the
doors opens that would let IN oxygen
enough 10 make thcexoelSlOrburn noicolyi
aud the flame would then crack the bot
ties ol concentrated sulphnrlc ether,
which would produce fearful cOuiiagra-
tion, quits sufficient 10 fuse all the glass,
which was strowu around, and give the
place the appearance Of having been SUBJ
iected to a big oil ire All would have
gone well with the scheme had IL not
been TINT the llro department was alto.
goihcr too quick, and stopped the flames
IN time 20 have evidence against the man
IN tho rooms. The fire happened IN Aug.
ust, 1884, and II was last spring, therefore,
That the man was sent up for five yonrs
under the new code for making n fraudu.
lent claim. The judge said IL was won
derlnl that men should take such palms TO
get int jail
can adjustor doesn't want TO hear any
man called honest till he has seen that
man have loss TO n lire insurance com.
pany. | guess we SEQ more Of the worst
side Of human nature than any other class
Of men. II Ia positively wonderful what
men OF good repute will try TO do when
they are dealing with an insurance com.
pany, One OF the most prominent mer.
chants In Brooklyn claimed $4,000 on q
loss he had and afterwards WAS glad TO
settle for Sl62. We afterwards found
that he had made 800 out OF II, yet he
was heightened, educated man. Another
prominent man in Brooklyn claimed 800
on horse, $50 on n wagon, S25 on har.
ness, $50 on hay and feed and S25 on sta
BILE ut nslls. Besides these he wanted
payment for servants clothing and house
hold furniture which no alleged were in
the stable when the fire occurred. The
policy said tall In the stable and he sup-
posed the policy would cover anything he
put there, yet he was an educated man.
He got very mad when we refused TO nay
for the scrvaHts' clo'hing and household
furniture AID threatened to send to En-
gland aud collect there. We laughed At
him OF course.
"Hcrc ~ a very pretty case of fraud nv
a sO-called respectable nrm IN this CITY.
They we're insured for $500, 900 on dry
goods when their building burned down.
destroying all the contents. Their bills
aud books showed thry had the noods
represented, yet the hdiustor was sure
there was fraud and the company refused
TO pay. The other dry goods stire. in
the city were furious al our standing out
against this honorable firm and they
buycOtted us aud used all their Influence
30 make thugs rs unpleasant rs possible
for us. Arnold, Constabl. & Co, aul II
Il Clanin and others we're anonp r1iem
40 we suffered seriously IL vas dls.
covered ON invrstIpntion TINT thore hnd
been hole in the wall which divided
the burned building from a building ON
the corner Of neighborlng street and
further investigation showed that the
flm had tikon out their goods at uipht
through this hole In the cellar wall and
up 10 the street, where thoy had loadgd II
on trucks aud sent IL to a place In Roch.
ester They would have beaten M only
the Rochester man hung on to the goods
ard won dn't diy,y un. and the MI veg
consequently fell out. One of the part-
ners got away but We had the pleasure Of
sending the other to prison.
"a woman once, 10 ret tho hest of mo.
sworc away the Legitimacy OF two a her
children She claimed $500 for loss OF
household furniture. hunted amonu
the ruins OF the fire, turning the dirt no
with a stick. one article in her schedule
was French plate mirror, valued Mt S7b
| found piece OF 1t at last aud put IL In
my pocket, How much did You nav for
that mlrr0r2' asked her II didn't nav
for IT, she said. 1t was present Mt nv
marriage When were Won mnrrted2,
said /. Il don't remember, ahout eight
years ago, Think, she answered. WHY,
said l. you have two bows ia tho Catbo.
lie protectory older than that. They
were put there because You were nd.
Judged an unit person to take care OF
lhem,' How did YOU know thnt7, said
she. ,Thoso boys were horn befnro VIVA
mar ied.i pulled ONT of INV pocket n
small piece OF tho meanest LODI IN, An,os
team glass Won ever sav In vnur lits ma
naId. Ithaca nart M yonr ,nirror ~ 49,
isn't IL, madaniY' ,Y,s.' she said ,nn,y