Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-22

duee him 10 one he would give mo $500 |
for so doing.
He then told me that Il. + Pitxelrs |
life was insured fur $4,000, that Pit /
2ell and he were going 10 work the IN
surance company for that sum. lie
told me just how they were going 10 do |
It, even going into the minutcst de-
tails. lie said he was an expert az IT.
that he had worked It before, and that
being a druggist he could easily de-
ceive the insurance company hy haN
ing Pitaell rs himself IN according
to his directions and make II appear
that he was mortality wounded by au
explosion and then put a corpse M
the place OF Pitzelrs body, etc, and
have It Identified as that 81 Pitch
did not take much stock In what he
told mo unsI after he went out IN
bond. which was IN Few days, when
Mr.. Howe came to me and told tue that
Howard had gone to him aud intro
| dused himself, saying TINT ] had rec
commended him. and that he Howard
! had laid the whole plot opon 10 Nun.
| Howard said that he never heard OF
| finer or smoother piece OF woik-that "
was sure To- work and that Howard
/ was one OF the smRrtest aud Alickest
] men that he had ever beard tell OF,
etc Howe told me that he would see
! 1 got my $500. " II worked, ana thaN
4 Howard was going East TO attend To
| 1t at once.
Al this time didn't know what In
surance company was going 10 be
worked. and am not sure vet as TO
which II is, but Howe told me II was
the Fidelity Mutual OF Philadelphia,
Howe told me every TWO or lhrte days
that everything was WORKING smoothly
and when notice appeared IN the
newspapers OF pitzelrs death llowe
came down at ut once and told me
now Il was only u matter OF few
days until we got the money ana thnt
the only thing TO keep the company
from paying II was that Howard ana
Pitgcll We're so hard mp for money that
they could not pay dues on the policy
until IL day or so before u was due,
and then he had TO send At by teie-
graph and that the company might
claim that they did not gct thc MONEY
until after the lapse of the policy nut
they I'D not (claim thisl ANA so HONE
and little girl. tmnF, flt2rll q
daughtor succeeded In having the DoaE
recognized and identified ~ that oi
q. r. Pitzell.
Howe told me that Pitzelrs wife was
privy to the whole thing. i1G says now
that Howard would not let MS IN
2ell 10 90 Philadelphia TO ldenllN me
body of her husband aud tmt he
0Iowe) feels almost certain that How
ard deceived Pltzell. and that PiZeu
In following out Howard's INSTRUCTIONS
was killed and that 1t WAS really the
body uf Pit2cll.
Tho policy was made out to the wife,
and when the money WAS pul mo me
; bank Howard stepped OUT and leit me
, wife tn settle with Howe for MS ArtN'
! Ices. She wac willng 10 pay him SlVoO
f, hut he wanted $500, So S2a0O 10 hell
l until they get over squabhllhg about
q it, ,.
y Howard Is now on his way 10 G"rma'
/, NY. Plt1ell's wife rs here yet 10 lhe Guy
where pltErll ", or whether 'hnt WIZ
really PltZels body. , emit tHlli hul
/ don't believe II w pitzelrs body but
1 think that he IL alive ana well, pfohR
y bly, In Germany.
il h hardly worth while 70 say tina
i, mover got the $3.50 Howard htld ON
- to me FOR introducing hun 70 HuWo
This and II lot more, | VIII swear 10
Wish you would see tho Fidelity Mu
q uni I.ife and soc II they nave heel
y made the ViGtliun OF this awlnulc. J
: So tell them | want To- see thein
= never asked what company II Was uhp
= to-day. 1. was AMIR We h9d ronlo WORD
about the matter, and HOW may ~
have told me the proper company ~
vou can find out by asking on tel,
" frraphmg. when I asked Mrs, IltzeI
, addrcss Howe waited q long time an
y finally said G342 South Michigan avenue
II please send agent ~ company Ia ho
q me. IL sou please Yours respecllulll
y, etc ~. ~, T..
ton" continued Major Hnrigan'
y wrote mo chief OF police Of Philadc
+, phin, and the policy mad becn pun
~ and everything was satisfactory I" WI
-. company, who entertainer ~" Hu'l'
. cion in the matter, then me-, ny
~ their agent here OF ,he lnV''' WIN ~