St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-13
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIP From the State as to When
1t Will Close.

VIII SlOScs
At the opening of the court in the
afternoon Mr.. Nye said: Il will state
to the court we hope to close our tes-
timony by tomorrow noon. There are
one or two witnesses whom we can't get
this afternoon, so if the cross-eXam-
nation is short this afternoon l shall
ask the indulgence of the court to call
them tomorrow. z
f Arthur G. Pierce was then called and
examined by Mr.. Hall.
What is your business?"
Life insurance"
"For what company"
'"The New York Life"
you know the defendant, Harry
Hayward"
81 do"
when did you first meet him?' =
s"About September, 1894. - = .4,,i,
ffs fsWhere?' 9-,. -5sa E6r
.. "In the New York Life building"
Ibid you have any conversation with
him with regard to life insurance."
yes
Estate the circumstances"
HE called at the office and made
some inquiries about insurance and the
cost per thousand. 1 gave them to him.
He was not there very long-not more
than fifteen minutes.
What was said?''
"He asked the different plans and
their cost"
do you recollect anything of that
conversations"
81 cannot recollect exactly other than
Re asked me the expense per thou
sand"
WAS the age of the woman who was
to be insured given?'
II think it was"
ut was on the life of woman?"
Eyes"
What age?"
"As near as I can remember it was
39''
do you recollect anything further
said at the interview"'
II do not"
when did you next see him?'
81 am not positive that he called
again before the 5th of November. 1
think he did, but 1 cannot remember"
What was the time and circum-
stances you next remember seeing
him?''
81 must refer to my memorandum
it was on the 18th of November
'Where was that?"
'At the Office of the New York Life
WAS anybody with him?'
mo, he came in alone. :"
''What did he say then?''
HE said that Miss Cling had in
formed him there had been a mistake
in the answer to one of the questions
she gave in her examination, and he
wanted to know if it had been cor
rected, and said it had"
Had insurance been written in the
meantime?" s
Eyes, an application had been made"
by whom?"
Miss Catherine Cling" .4s-
when was it Miss Cling first called
at your office?"
ION the 5th of November" A
"Was she a1one?"
- Yes"
cat that time what did she DOR
''She came into the office and asked
for me-
t"She inquired for you, and you had
conversation with her about what?'
Life insurance on her own life"
81 show you exhibits B, 5 and 6, and
ask you to tell what they are?"
"B is a copy of the medical, examin-
er's report, and Miss Ging's answer to
the questions, and 6 is a copy of the
same" -.c.i .s.s,5.> ~.
y Us that the application to which you
have referred?"
Yes r..r
'H"You say in pursuance to that appli-s
cation insurance was written in your
company on the life of Catherine
'Ging?" ..-.
Yes"
81 show you exhibit B; now what is
that?'
THAT is an insurance policy for $1,000
on the life of Miss Cling"
Was this policy, exhibit B, in force
on the life of Catherine Cling at the
time of her death on Dec. 3, 1S94?"
1T was
You have referred to an interview
with Mr. Hayward on the 18th of No
vember; you say he called in reference
to some error. What was that?"
''The declaration of the medical ex-
aminer question II a. The question is,
Have you always been of sober and
temperate habits, and are you so now?'
and the answer is no..
Give the conversation with Mr.. Hay
ward?"
well, think it was on the day be-
fore this that I had gone up to Miss
Gfngs place of business to ask her
about this, and she said that her
answer had been yess' sl.1st-s,