The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-19
THE USUAL VERDICT
HAsS ELL AND DELAMAR FOUND
GUILTY ON ANOTHER
COUNT.
IN BEAUFORT INSURANCE TRIALS

MS MIKES the second Time HdsScII
and Delamar Have Been Convicted
This Week--Nobody has Yet Been
Acquitted--The Defence Offered no
EvIdeAce-- Testimony in the Charles
Arthur Insurance Nafter--He Was
Not Expected to Live When Insured.
TRENTON, n. c., Dee -(SpeciaD
As predicted in yesterdays News and
Observer, the case of State against c.
II. Hassell and T. b. Delamar was call
ed by the Solicitor to-day.
The first witness, Robert c. Strong,
testified that the medical examination
in the application of Charles Arthur
for insurance in the National Life As
sociatiOn was filled out i'm the hand
writing of and signed by DR.. r. -. Del
amar. The application proper was in
the handwriting of c. Il. Hassell, and
the name of Chas. Arthur thereto was
in the handwriting of Hassell. Wit
ness could not say in whose hand
writing the name of w c. Lewis, sub
scribing witness, was.
This application is for 81. 900 and
purports to be for the benefit Of Caro-
line Arthur, wife. Arthur's occupation
is said to be that of a farmer, 2G years
old. He had no local or constitutional
disease; no regular physician.
DIR. Delamar, in his medical eXami-
nation, warrants that he had known
Arthur five years; that his figure was
good; condition of skin, moist; that he
weighed 135 pounds; height, 3 feet,
inches; girth of waist, "a inches; no
indication of disease of stomach, alb
dominal or urinary organs; specific
gravity of urine, ,024. He considered
the risk first-class in every particular,
and the party safely insurable, and
recommended that the policy be is
sued He further warranted that he
had ON the day this application bears
date (6th March. 1S94) made personal
examination OF Arthur in private; that
the answers in the medical eXamina-
tion were the result of his eNamina-
tion and were fun. complete and true;
that he examined the party at Beau
fort. n. c.. ON March 9Th, 1894. The
doctor further certified that he gradu-
ated at the College Of Physicians and
Surgeons, Baltimore, in 1873. He has
admitted since these trials have been
in progress that ne did not graduate
from a medical college. but says that
he spent one year at this medical
school.
j. B. Arendell was called in behalf OF
the State Mr. Arendell said he lived
in NIorehead City, where he was a fish
dealer and notary public; had known
Charles Arthur ten or twelve years
ago. Arthur first came to Morchead
City to live over year before his death.
He died in the fall of 1894. From the
time he came to Morehead City until
his death Charles Arthur was very
much emaciated; weighed between IS
aud 80 pounds; was very feeble and at
times so that he could not get about.
4 do not know what was the matter
with him. only what he told me. ] do
not know that he was offensive. lie
was beggar and was not able to work
at any time while at Morehead City"
DO YOU know any specific facts in
regard to Charles Arthur, with refer
ence to his falling down on the rail
road track ?"
''Yes. sir; he had been to Beaufort,
and on his way back was put out at the
railroad depot about mile from town
and fell down about half the distance
TO town. He was picked up by a negro
named Dan Hadley and brought to our
fish house. We put him in chair and
a negro took him home. He was so
weak he could not walk.
= do not know what time this was
with reference TO the date OF the appli-
cation March s, 1S94.) 1t was several
months before his death and the
weather was cold, for we carried him
10 store. 1t was sometime before
June, 1894. When Arthur first came
to Morehead City to reside, | dld not
think he would live month.
w. O. Guthrie testified, cOrTObOra-
ting the last witness as 10 Arthurs
physical condition. Guthrie said Pal
mer Davis came to Arthur's wife one
night and told her her husband was
down on the streets. Mrs. Arthur
asked Guthrie to go for Charles WIT
ness did 90 for him and brought him
home.
j. {. Davis corroborated the last two
witnesses as to Arthur's condition. lie
was orr the county poor list.
Chas Springle, who runs boat be-
tween Beaufort and Morehead City,
testified that sometime during the
year 1894, on n Friday night, HasseH
'asked me to deliver a message to Mr..
Arthur TO be sure to come over to
Beaufort next day He wanted to see
him on business and it would be money
in his (Arthur's) pocket. Arthur did
go over. think Sam Eason Wade car
ried him. | brought him back Satur-
day night from Beaufort. | put him
out at the depot. / heard the next
week about his falling on the railroad
track"
S. L. Simpson testified: 81 have been
living near Beaufort all my life. | am
n farmer"
did you ever see these papers be-
fore?" 1.-TWO policies of insurance in
the National Life Association for 81 900
and $4,000, respectively, upon the life
of Chas. Arthur, handed witness, the
same having been produced by C. r
Thomas, attorney for Mrs. Arthur.)
eyes, sir"