Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-26
rGESlDENTH. HYDE
oNONrl cocXeR'Lt'S STORY OF A
IMAGINABLE BUSINESS CAREER.
,.o,,,te OF Ills Own Iifs Insurance.
stcn with large roiictes-Sonspicu-
GUS S0ns-ih.Law.

.,,--,.p,nionce o: the Richmond Dispatchl
Nv York, Juno 25.-Occasionally
,... "a Broadway the spare active form
Henry b. Hyde. prcsiden, OF the
i.Ne Ilfc.Assurance Society, and
b.. lis own personality as well as by viz
, . She g5cat corporation he has
,.- agv created. one OF the most re-
.l..e men in tie world. a friend
,.,,r. Hydc. in reply 20 nay question
nae details about Hyde's ca.
he supposed that less had been
aut thls man than any other
..r ilcd 80 important a public
Clyde" said he. "has all
.,.n worker and not talker.
. nao 90 him now as il was
wears ago, about which time
.,.c. ai the idea Of the com
who's, name be has so chi
certified with the idea of
and he is almost as active now
-, then. although years have ted
OH most OF his contemporaries.
rc CT 10 plan q city II seems TO
ta make "a comparison between
such an achievement ms Hyies.
las created and brought up to
pitch Of usefulness a society
.. ilat word 20 the term cor
which. measured gliSe by the
Of usefulness, wealth, IN
and extent l AN very tree 10
peer
.. asI then I have heard allu-
.a.c SO the enormous sums an
mia Mr. Hyde by the society as
..r lis services. l consider It
directors OF the New York
r-.4cc Company resolved the
Oh pay Mr, William II. Leers,
'lcnt of THAT corporation.
ot $4,000 annually. as a
and 20 some extent in
tie salary Of $4,000
bad annually received during
u. Icy. When some OF the
l,ls made objections TO the
t o HAni they called snch IN
a.uity II was discreetly
Dui GO them that that eratulty
..utt0 q contribution of about
..- per year iron each of the
.- US. aai that for a man who
.t-l Dds life % the service Of
c.l Grafton, without growing
u- GOst corporate officers do,
fitutiun was simple justice.
rt .l,N, 10 has ever found Its
awe. CT. at all events, not 50
l.tfl.t Is OF much interest
correction the story Of how
i. raised ihe saary Issue with
.r employers. the Mutual Lie
Company. before he hal
4 matIr.d III his own mind
of starting ia. Equitable.
.t vou have heard that there
.ln.r renee ii opinion between
aud President Winston. But.
r tie story ON the inside,
.rsnce Of opinion VS. actually
t-e amount of Ny. Hyde's salary.
,rr 3. had Income an active, a USE
w,lhuown figure IN the lifo-in-
world Ii was Just before then
.a uptown club o. which be be-
objected % bis talking about life
Us clubhouse. and init
that q life insurance solicitor,
Nr. Hyde then was. should
business or profession behind
De- entered the club doors
ara oi u and got out of the club
lore tic facts ~ mind, AMI IL
yo way, has since kept track
..vemt Its AID careers OF some
very men most instrumental IN
him for bis early devotion
ness. He would have been
.au human could he have failed 70
.-timeut something approaching
t.....u uou I'm his after life over apph-
...- made 30 him 10y those former
hers of his for assistance.
-.l -e uerously and quietly extend
that little incident has been
..tuote Of lis own life. Insurance.
.e. insurance, has been the tOplc
LIS va E.ug and sleeping hours. For
.-- believe this devotion 10 busi-
lot 0uly the way 10 get rich, but
y best known method OF reaching
I.. and vigorous old age with mind
g.. ..ly alike unimpalrcd.
lr DWIGHT CASE EEcALLED.
.I.l Won ever hear the Dwight story +:
n N.u. have heard AIR. Hyde say
t.t.ivas the course his society took IN
r-. which enabled It 10 take the
Ei. Insurance and 10 hold It.
.f-.en wears ago Colonel Walton
Dwight. Of Binghsm'on, y. y,
-ou.iered blonde giant, 8 feet :
u height bluff. hearty, anc
t- I'D 70 h.s eyelds III affairs, died
ID. liie insured for $3.50 In
what Is ncw famous so the
..rr b. Gases began IN the courts and
cured more or less IL them ever
although ] believe that even the
tae recaicitrant companies finally
.atttat time q quarter Of a million
If llfe insurance was simply
1l.ng. the very existence Of which
sufficient interest 10 attract atten-
.0u Ma.ue 10 san Francisco. Colo
lgsLts Sl56. 00J had been placed
..tfF-siL companies, some OF wlIch
r-.r, attempted 90 prove Ell sorts OF
llg aad romantic HYPOTHESIS 10
l.u from their liabilities OH the
III. policy. Several Of the COM
actually formed q partnership
detective almost as we'll
as Allan Piakerton him
te ths terms Of which they
Fl. pay him $4,000 in cash
Irolacuon within six months of
Dwight alive, or # evidence
Jr snt had been alive one year
ut 90 the 10Th Of November,
Ils was one Of the marvellous
.e len rely discussed aud which
..t nem recalled prominently TO
20 ulon bv the Crandall case 1t
IS. g., in which the iact that the
les actually been identified
alter bis death was appa-
lfr proven 10 the insurance
i-lies. Colonel Dwigh,'s death was
.i,l ole, Just four davs before
second quarterly premium on his
aumce policies became due. 1t
tiown 80 b, fact that he had no
10y vita which - pay those pre-