The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-31
,rTFR WILD CATAGENTS
a.NCB MgN ARRESTED FOB
VIOLATING STATE LAWS.

and Mulligan. Late Partners OF
~ c5ven. Awaiting the elton of
Ind Jury for Soliciting Insur-
Nv :, Companies Not Authorized
p,ziness in Georgia-Mulligan
Bond and Mason in Jail.
IN Mason and B. F. Mulligan are
'o-.I .rrest for violating the state insur-
D''' taxs The charge against them is
pr and writing insurance for COM
80 %, authorized to do business IN
So and known as wild cat" COM
rs1ies. 49,, hoo bao, do;no
Nul-ls business for some time at rooms
irsuIs3u1e1- odd Fellows building, first with
. nI ai . under the firm name of Mulli-
r 80 & Given, and efterward under
fsl, 80 Of Mulligan & Mason.
BE-. ID is the man who stole Chinaman's
Ilt0N and skipped the town
Fa'cIL fore last. A notice of the dissolu-
wees e Re firm OF Mulligan, Mason &
ton u ros nublished in the MORNING NEWS
6iy wen Is Il is said that Given pocketed
ol ' 1l-,,inms Of all the policies he secured
1De Pr.ode no returns to the firm
BIZ -ropxFp THE COUNTRY TOWNS.
,,.u,,an & Mason have chiefly been
Au i.i-lc, irsurance alone the line Of the
toAciueb Florida and Western railway,
hssaD,, said to have written a
sna bsr of policies. The COM
paISI which they represented. or
pEs.i'ns1 70 represent, were the Seneca
Ca,,ntv Mutual Of Tiffin, o., and the Free
C - Mutual Fire Association OF Fremont,
y These companies are small. home affairs
y Ohio. and are not authorized 70 DO ousi-
u ~ IN his state, not having complied with
20 s95 600 deposit law. They have no
We ,H CIV in the standard insurance lists of
,to at,ntry. A search OF yeari books and
.Sor authorities by the insurance agents
W.. w.. has failed to reveal any mention
" S'' the Fremont Mutual Fire As
.oo,ston In the year book for
Ear the Seneca County Mutual
..,ed az having in 1889 cash assets OF
20 ala and liabilities Of So, 507, with a sur
- ~ ais 500. 1t was organized under a
laacial charter and does not report TO the
;asursnce department Of Ohio.
When the Savannah agents learned Of the
sind n work Mulligten and Mason we're
Soing they at once took steps to put STOP
- jtsnd to make an exemple Of them. Poll
oias which they had written for the two
companies named were secured as evidence,
WARRANTS ISSUED.
T r McLaws, ESQ.,, was engaged &c
,anrssent the agents of the standard COM
\ rsnies and warrants we're sworn out against
a EnlIgan & Mason before Justice Patter
.on and we're placed in the hands of Con
stshIe Nsthans. Mullig2n was arrested in
E Augusta on a telegram from Chiei
Green to the chief of police there and
vas brought back to Savannah yesterday
NuNhono De
\ hond and is now at large. Mason is in Jail
b Roth men claim that they were unaware OF
n Ruy intention 30 violate the law, and that II
n there is any crookedness about the bushes.
n h the fault Of Given, whom they claimed
prevailed upon them to enter the bushes:
here
To make sure that they were making nc
mistake Controller General Wright in At
lsnts was telegraphed by the insuranc,
agents the facts in the case, aud asked il
he Seneca County Mutual and the Fremont
Mutusl Fire Association were authorized tC
\ do business in this state.
CONTROLLER wRIGHT's REPLY.
The controllers reply was, mo, put them
through"
With the purpose Of further ascertaining
the exact position Of the agents in the mat
ter, Superintendent Of Insurance Kinder OF
4 Ohio was telegraphed by Mr.. c. F. Fender.
CAST, as follows:
SAVANNAH GA, Jan. 90 1899.
me Superintendent of Insurance. State OF
Ohio, Columbus, o.
The Seneca County Insurance Company OF
Iiffn. o., and the Fremont Mutual Fire AS
Soclation of Fremont, o., have been issuing
policies IN Georgia without authority of law.
and parties representing them here have been
arrested Are these companies bona fide, solv
emu loss paying concerns? Answer quick at
Nmy expense, CHARLES f. PRENDERGAsT,
Agent Home Insurance Co. of N. Y.
me reply was as follows:
CoLUNBUs. o., Jan. 30 1892
.dres f. PrenderOdSf, Savannah, Ga:
seneca county Mutual of TIffin is an ole
Siarter company and does not report to me
irem5nt Mutual Fire Association cannot, under
It's organization. lawfully transact business
OUTSIDE OF OHIO w. Il. KINDER.
me maximum penalty for violation o.
the insurance law is twelve months i'm.
pronment or 1000 fine, or both, in the
discretion Of the court.
Inc Seneca County Mutual and. the FIRE.
mont Mutual Fire Insurance Association
were ere oo,h on the list of companies in which
l. cohen was insured before he burneC
UI1 Oh broughton street, from most o
WON ne recovered nothing.