Daily Republican., 1889-07-10
FIFTH EDITION
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Insurance Agent Thomas F H.,
was heard before the municipal eon,,.,a mslloa
morning upon a charge made Ss't ~ slt ,hlt
insurance Commissioner Isaac " ,s'ae
ior issuing policies of Insurance 'oOKs
companies not authorized 10 ao upon
10 tho State. The chatpr .us'ltss
Hanlon was for issuing tilrce saiIs sal,i Mr.
insurance for el 900 each Ia N f1''.,ss II rs of
man, Of Sussex County. One far,idsa :" ,tidnsa'
was on the American Mut,l FR.,uesa
surance Company of South Uart 10,
ana; ono on the klttanuinr Nun, '4al-
insurance Company Of kttauhlno nv =,
and one on the Pierre Fire and ~.
insurance Company of Dakota. 'aa
Mr. Fooks being present trs,laoaN.
neither oil the companies named hal ,.n wa,
the license required to do husipe1, ,,M i
State, and consequently Mr.. IlanioS..ss
never been authorized by him ia is,r.'
surauce policies. T'N'~
Mr.. Tilghman stated that he b,a,..
having his property insured hY
Van Trump, but one of Mr.. IInfon. Il.
culars falling In his way in wbisl -
found his to ms were cheaper. he co,.'' "
ponded with him and ELECTED nj. ,n'''
policies Of insurance. lie sall bo rsrs. s
indicated to Mr.. Hanlon in what con.
pahies he wanted to insure, as he bad I rn
particular choice. Mr.. Fook, stI l.. T..
lived l5 miles from Mr.. filghmap. but nv
latter wrote to him to krow whe,be, ~ X.
Policies were all right. AA
Deputy Attorney General DAVIS sor.
Quoted the case for the State. and ~ r
Lyman, ESQ.,, appeared for the det,pss
A number OF insurance agents were pres.
ent, and K. A. VauTrunp WIS placed m
the stand by Mr.. Lyman. Deputy At,o,
pey General Davis wanted TO know tIs
course the defense intended 10 nu,"s
when Mr.. Lyman stated that bis obIe.t
was TO show that It was customary among
Insurance agents to place Iolice, on
companies not authorized to do business
in the State when other compaple, dii
not suit policy-holders.
To this Mr.. Davis strongly ohiecteI IA
1t had no bearing upon the present ca.q
and besides It might be asking wl,ue,,e,
TO eliminate themselves.
Judge Ball sustained the tbiec,lon,
of Mr.. Davis, and Mr.. vsuTru9p nd
all the other agents present were d,,
missed. Hanlon wac required to lu,a,b
$500 bail In each case for Ills appearance
at court
William II. Clowney, agent and sec.
retary for the National frovldent Union
q local institution, was next atraiguel
upon o warrant issued by Commissions
Fooks upon the charge Of Issuing lite IN
surance policies upon company, thougl
local, that had not complied with the IL
surance laws of the State.
The Provident Union was organize
last October under an act Of iucorpos
tion Issued BY Judge Grubb. Tbestatr
object Of the company was to become
mutual benefit sss; cation by pAyug,
certain amount to tecoue members al
a certain amount OF dues weekly accoG
ing to age and amount OF benefits. The
benefits covered both death and dlsab.
ty. Tho insurance law retains pre-
sion cxempting charitable organizatO
from Its operations. The question vi
whether the Provident National UIl
was u charitable organization or a reg
lar Insurance Company. Comml.eiol
Fooks thought It came under the Law,
1t had agents out soliciting persons to
sure.
Mr.. Lyman put Mrs. Agnes Cayeul
upon the stand. She showed BY Lyr "a
book that shc paid Sl,75 to become
member and she paid 10 cents a We
dues. Her husband paid $3.50 TO beeOr
a member and paid 25 cent. week ilt
Mr.. John Mcleod, President of II
Proyldent Union, was examined q. ieggt
In regard 10 the objects aud sials at ia
Union. Judge Ball required Nj, Glow
ney to give $500 security until MonlA
morning next, and reserved bis deGtsII
until that time.