The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-17


by Noe, Delamar " Go. o..-Parker was
Their Agent and Ills Business was to
Secure Dad Risks--Some of the In
suEed Testify--Constable Marshall
Pound. w as he Threatened
TRENTON, n. c., Dec. 16.-iSpecial)
During the preliminary investiga-
ton of the Beaufort Graveyard in
surance conspiracy at Morehead City
last summer, Col. Jno. W. Hinsdale
was endeavoring to get his evidence
before the magistrates and the defence
were making all objections known to
skiiJful LAWYERS as to its admissibility.
The justices were about to exclude the
evidence and turn the whole affair in
to a farce, when the Colonel arose and
made strong appeal to them, in the
course of which he said, as was re
ported in the News and Observer at
the time: Il propose, if your worships
will permit me, to unearth and expose
to the people of this State, one OF the
vilest conspiracies ever concoeted IN
North Carolina" If the evidence which
come out Saturday in the case OF State
against Levi T. Noe, j. {. Delamar,
Selden y. Delamar. T. b. Delanar, >.
I. Turner and ". III. Turner is to be
believed, he has exposed, perhaps,
more horrible scheme to cheat and de-
fraud insurance companies thali ever
before existed in the South.
Considerable time was spent Satur-
day in getting jury. When TINS mao
been arranged, the Solicitor. Colonel
Richardson. entered nolle pros as TO
the defendants S. /. and w. III. Turner,
These men are darkies. The other de-
PENDANTS are white men. Levi i. Noe,
!. G. Delanlar and S. ID. Delamar com
pose the firm of Noe, Delamar. d Co,
late insurance agents. Il. ID. Delamar Is
the Doctor, who was examining ply
sician for the firm. lie and S. ID. Del
amar are brothers. j. G. Delamar IS
their cousin. The charge against
these defendants is conspiracy.
David Parker, the first witness in
troduced by the State, testified: :
have been living in Beaufort all my
life and am a barber. j have known
the defendants all my life. Levi I.
Noe, j. c. and S. ID. Delamar compose
the firm of Noe, Delamar & Co. This
firm began the insurance business in
Beaufort ~ or IS months ago. Since
they commenced doing business j have
been getting up insurance for them j
had an understanding with this firm
that whenever / worked up case for
thenn j got my part of the money. AIT
of them knew the understanding. /
got the poorest risks.I could TO get the
money for them as soon as | could. /
had conversation with Levi i. Noe,
j. G. Delamhr and S. ID. Delamar as TO
what sort of risks they wanted-the
poorest kind of risks | could get
Question--"In carrying out that un-
derstanding, what did you do?"
Il would name a party to the firm.
For instance, / got out IA policy on an
old woman, Maria Hamilton. ] got it
for myself. She was speculative
risk
State if you got any policy upon the
life of Rosanna Washington.
Yes
Who did you get this for?''
II got this policy out and turned il
over TO Mr.. Nat Taylor and Mr.. Ram
sey.
and told him ] wanted a policy OH
Rosanna Washington for Mr.. Taylor
and Mr. Ramsey. That / had seen them
and they would take policy on this
woman's life. At that time ] had not
seen Rosanna Washington. She lives
with Mr.. Taylor, who wanted the pol
lev. She is a .brown-skinned negro.
Taylor and Ramsey are no kin to her,
but are white people. She has been
living with Mr.. Taylor for twent y-tiye
years. J.. T. Noe, J. c. and S. ID. Della
mar knew Rosanna. She is sixtytwo
years old. At the time | spoke to Noe
Delamar 6Co. about insuring her life
she was swelled up with rheumatism
and bloated She has had rheumatism
eight or ten years, and is in a bad con
ditioD She is not able TO attend al
this court This insurance was last
year.
Il told Delanar | would get the
money from Mr.. Taylor to pay the pre-
midms. They delivered the policy to
me in eight OF. ten days. / carried it to
Mr. Taylor and got the money $50,
think. s. D. Deiamar gave me ten PEI
cent OF this. All the members of the
firm were present, think. 1t was the
agreement that I work up cases for ten
per cent"
When you found subject in work
ing up these cases, did you then seeb
for person to take the policy on the
Ife?"
Yes. sir. / talked with Mr.. Taylor
and Mr.. Ramsey beforehand about the
policy"
What Was your course of BUSINESS
With Noe. DeIamar & Co. about these
policies with reference 10 whether .
policy was sold before or after YOU goi
il out2"
Sometimes ! made the arrangement
beforehand and sometimes we would
sell the policy after il was gotten out
Whether we sold it before or after,
always got my commission.
William Fisher worked for them a<
agent in Beaufort upon the same plan
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