The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-11
TLAye. & Rkoaa1.
WHERE HAVE THEY GONE
A FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY or
RICHMOND IN TROUBLE.
Thu OfBcers Cannot DO Found and the
Office Fixtures Have Been Levied
Upon for the Rent.

The law firm of boswell & Chalmers OF
this city, has institu. ID suit IN the Law
and Equity Court of Richmond against
the Provident Fire Insurance Company,
also OF this city, for the recovery ol
sl1O0.
The Provident Insurance Company
formerly had IT. offices IN me oDaai her
of Commerce. until some time ago, when
they apparently quietly vacated, eaNlhS
with two months rent unpaid. - u,o
Mr.. n. A. Dunlop, secretary OF tne
Chamber OF Commerce. has attached the
company's Office fixtures. m
I'm 1899. A. &. Haynor, of Chicago, III
and ID. l.. Fry, then of this city, "eni
around to number of gentlemen anu
agitated the formation of the company
CHARTERED HERE.
They appeared TO he In good talth ana
The enterprise was taken up by seVeraI
gentlemen and subsequently the com
pany was granted charter by the Iir-
..uit Court of this city, on NoVemDer
n, 1893, under the name OF the iroNi-
dent Fire Insurance Company a.,
According to the supulatlohs OF tlc
charter the company was allowed 10
carry on a general fire insurance anu IN,
cidentally TO invest money taken III pg
The company on real estate ana other
The capital stock was to be not less
than $4,000 nor more than SloW~' ui'iueu
into shares of 500 each ~,
The amount of real estate 10 DE heiu
nv the company was not TO exceed LOW
acres.
THE OFFICERS.
The following officers were elected for
the first year Mr.. POLK Miller, presioen' =
MIR. Daniel l.. Fry, Wee-presal pressure soc cmu
tary and MIR A. G. Haynor, Seh.i
manager Among the directors was Mr.
H.. VI. Cloves. H., oro-
duced securities In his dealings WIN VIII III IN
STATE authorities and the Richmonu gen,
tIemen who went into the scheme, OF a
sufIcient amount to justify the srah''"e
II only took about three months Tor
Ntessrs Miller Jordon and Cloves ~
discover that the company was no. e.
they had expected 1t to be- so 'hey d0'''
~ ON MAY May l. 1884, the Lynn brothers r OF
Selma X g. suffered "a loss by hre.
They held policy No 5o9S In the ProViue"'
COMPANY SSonseouence of the fire they were
forced 10 make an assignment, anu az,
Cordingly did so to Mr.. N H. huso' ''' ="
trustee Wr raeer,on placed the policy In the
bands ~ his attorneys. Messrs MASSEY
q Maroon, for collection, so az u M
demnify as much as possipie INC AN' ''''
Bros. ,,o,,cv had been
,,iacad nv MIR. J. 70. Hatcher. VINO IL an
admster of losses by fire ana nas ntS
office I'm the Chamber or ComileI NJ
Messrs. Massey Na sprms w of proof 90 Of
Soss 70 be filled out in compliance o wien
she requirements of the policy anvS
rece,yed no answer. and wrote asdin,
when they received an answer, saytnss
that Mr. HATCHER was not cohnSCte11
with the company. but had simply piaoeu
the risk on a commission
WANTED PROOF.
uare the matter hung for some time;
fhe company claiming that they hau
never received the proofs OF loss, ,c
poswen & Chalmers, placing the case
IN their hands. and the suit was IN,
stituted Then the company wanted 10
make a compromise OF nifty cents on 'he
dollar. but this was not agreed 10 ny
boswell & Chalmers. .,or
/ interviewed Secretary Duhiop ~
uay' and ne said that he only knew tne
prov,dent company as tenants. He fur-
ther stated that they had left the mann
her Of Commerce one by one, ana SO
quietly that he did not know they were
rome. He levied on the office furniture
because the company owed TOT Two
months rent. The last person IN cnarge
OF the companys once was INC w
FRY and Haynor. II is said leit me
eitv some time ago and no one seems
10 know just where they are AT p,es ,'dis J.
III Is not known what NUMBER OF POI
HES we're issued by the company. MT
hordon. who was for a short time secre.
Sary of the company, said, we thousn,,
a. was all right when We went III IL
lie pronounced II a wild scheme g.,
sThere has been large NUMBER OF IN
uuiries received here about tne co",p%sihyh
md they continue TO come IN, wn,.
n nu ,naicate that some OF the agents
avencles are stil working for policies
~,,side of Richmond.4