The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-12
sen. TEACHER TESTIFIEs.
Another Day in the Hillmon Insurance
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Another Day in the Hillmon Insurance
Trial.
The morning proceedings in the Hill
mon case was taken up with discussion
on the admission of the deposition of
Banker Crew, of Lawrence, from whom
it was claimed Levi Baldwin borrowed
money to pay the premiums on Hillmon's
| policies, and that after the alleged death
of Hillmon Baldwin had gone to Crew,
who held various other claims against
him, and asked that he wait awhile be-
fore pressing him as he would get $10,-
/ 600 of the insurance on Hillmon's life.
Senator s. o. Thacher, of Lawrence,
was an important witness for the defense.
| His testimony was to the effect that in
| 1879 he lived at Lawrence, and that he
remembered an inquest being held there
| in April, 1879, over the body of man
claimed to be John W. Hillmon. That
while such inquest was in progress, Levi
! Baldwin came to his Office aud had in his
possession the policies of insurance
upon Hillmon's life, and asked
| him to take suit against
the companies. The remainder of Judge
! TEACHERS testimony was ruled out by
the court upon motion of plaintiffs coun-
/ sci, upon the statement that the CONVEX
sation had by Baldwin with witness were
privileged communications as between
lawyer anu Ckl0ut duQ Indt SuCA GOuAQ
not be given in court.
Mr.. J. II. Blythe, attorney at law of
Argentine, was another witness for the
defense. Mr. Blythe testified that in 1878
and 70 he was practicing law in Tonga
| noxie, Leavenworth county, and at the
same time doing fire insurance business.
He was intimately acquainted with Levi
Baldwin, who lived some four miles from
him. In the fall of 1878 Levi Baldwin
| - -, -oI i,
| regard to getting life insurance, and in
the event of death, what proofs were re-
quired to be given by the companies, and
| that shortly after that he returned with
John w. HillmOn, and introduced Hill
mon to witness, and that-again Baldwin
repeated his inquiries about how
to get ones life insured, and as
to collect from the companies
in case of death. He also asked witness
to recommend some companies, which
witness did, naming the Connecticut Mu-
tual the New York Life and others, and
that subsequently he had two other con-
versations with Baldwin and Hillmon,
and that the subject of life insurance
was discussed between them, and that
Hillmon told him he had made applica-
ton for insurance
DR.. Stuart of Minneapolis, Mimi, was
the next witness for the defendants. He
testified that he lived in Lawrence in
1873 and 9. That he first met John W.
Hillmon on the 31st of October, 1873,
WhenHillmon came to be examined for the
New York Life on an application for
five thousand dolld's, That he next saw
him on the 4th day O. December, same
year, when Hilimon came to be examined
in the New York Life for additional
$4,000, aud in the Connecticut Mutual
Life for $4,000. and that he again saw
him in December 1878, when he exam
ined him again for the Connecticut Mu-
tual Life for $4,000: aud again on the
10Th of February, 1879, when he exam
ined him for another $4,000 in the New
York and Connecticut Mutual
On being shown by Mr.. Green the
medical examiners report made out, the
witness said he identified them as being
his. Witness further testified that in
January, 1879, Hillmon came to his of
flee, and that in the presence of Mr.. Sc
lig, agent for the Connecticut Mutual
he measured Hillmon and found he was
five feet nine inches. He further
testified that he vaccinated Hillmon on
the goth of February. 1879, and that he
examined such vaccination on the 25th
of February, 1879, and found it to be in
good shape and going the usual prog
ress DIR. Stuart further testified that he
remem bered the circumstance of body
being brought to Lawrence on the Sd of
April, 1879 and that it was claimed thai
such body was that of John w. Hillmon
and that the body was seen by him il
Bailey & Smiths undertaking establish
ment in the early morning of the day of
its arrival That he made an examina.
ton of the body, and that in the
presence of Drs. Miller, Mortam, Morris
} and Fuller, he cut out one of the
sores on the arm, the vaccine sores, and
he slit the second one in two. taking one
half off, and leaving the other half on the
: arm. That he took the whole vaccine
sore, and the half one to his office where
it was put in a glass case for exhibition
being put in a solution for preservation
and that he kept same there until he re.
; moved to Minneapolis in February, 1882
| when he left them with other speci
mems in DR.. Woodlands drug store
} at Lawrence. That DIR. Full
: Ter, who was present when witness
cut the vaccine sore out, was the doctor
in charge of the inquest, and that DIR
Morris was also the coroner, and that The
examining physicians desired to remove
the sores for the purpose of preserving
evidence of the vaccination on the body
, as the body was to be buried immediate
ly.
l Dr. Stuart was still on the stand wher
court adjourned until Tuesday morning
, at 10 o'clock.
, DECATURS REFORM LEAGUE