The morning call., 1892-09-23
THINKS HE'S BEEN LIBELED
Burns Complaints Against
Cert and Halves.
Letters Written by the Insurance. Managers
That Contained Uncomphmentary
illusions TO Burns.

Revenge is sweet, even II 1t causes ones
enemy to be detained behind prison bars
only for a few minutes.
So thought Paul O. Burns when he went
to the old City Hall yesterday and swore
to two complaints charging Alexander q.
Halves, manager for the Pacific Coast of the
New York Life Insurance Company. with
criminal libel.
Several months ago Burns resigned as
travelling agent of the New York Life In
surance Company to accept a position with
the Mutual Life Of New York, rival cor
poratioD.
Burns owned three-f0urths interest in
note for S407, AID upon the advice of an
attorney collected 1t. He was arrested on
charge of embezzlement on complaint OF
L. Z. Cert.
Burns now alleges that while he was
awaiting trial on the charge Of emDezzte-
ment Halves sent a letter to DR.. A. w.
Kimbal of Williams, Colusa County, in
which he said:
Through the agent Of another life Insurance
company learn that one Paul O. Burns, we'll
known insurance swindIcr, is operating In your
vicinity i understand that he has done quite
business there for The Mutual Life fnsur ance
Company of New York. OF course he Is repre-
sentng a respectable company and therefore his
operations tenfold more dangerous. Burns
was arrested here some months ago FOR emoeZZle-
ment aud is now out on ball he worked Tor
this Office for some months aud his trail trough
out the state shows simply record OF the worst
kind of fraudulent representations, Vlllainy and
confidence games. He is the most dangerous
scoundrel ever turned loose In the State OF Call
fOTDa in his llne
In a second letter sent to Horden Bros. of
Maxwell Colusa County, Halves Is accused
of having written as follows:
Burns Is an Insurance swnder of the worst
To-, Hail 10 tVIra q ia
only through the technical Work OF skillful
lawyer that he is So He was arrested for en-
bezzlement of Moneys from this office and is now
out on bail. Before we were acquainted with his
true character he had operated IN various parts
of this Stat and his track Is simply sirewn WIN
the records OF INTERPRETATIONS, fraudulent
work, lies and deceptions.
Last Tuesday Burns was acquitted of the
charge OF embeZzlement and he therefore
AYERS that Halves attempted to inJure his
character because he entered the employ of
rival company.
As soon as the warrants were Issued
Halves surrendered himself and was booked
on the City Prison register. He was at
once released on his own recogniZance.
Burns brought a civil suit in the Superior
| Court yesterday against Louis A. Cert for
| $50, coo for alleged SANDER.
The complaint states that on December s.
| 1891, Cert stated in writing that he, Burns,
| had embeZzled a note for $500 executed by
| E. w. Kerr and belonging to defendant.
| On this count the plaintiff asks for $4,000.
Burns, in a second count, alleges that on
December IL, 1891. Cert stated that the
| from the Equitable Life Insurance Com
| pany For this he wants $4,000.
Ten thousand dollars more are asked for
third count in which the defendant is
accused of saying that Burns had appro-
priated to his own use $1,000 worth of prop
erty belonging to the New York Life In
suranee Company.