The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-08
P1rrAEEs ron B1oroLrsrs.
Two Experiences with Concerns That Profess
20 Insure Wheels.

HUH said tho lawyer Of the party ut
Coney Island as he gazed at the free spectacle
provided by a policeman who was hustling q
thimble-rigger away from tho beach.
LAUNDERING shame,' said another of the
party. They might lot q fellow make a dol.
lar once in a while"
laundering nothing" rctorted the lawyer.
He ought to have his head dubbed off for not
knowing better. A man has no right to ON
bark In ono OF those old confidence games
when the bicycle business Is opon to all"
You mean when any man can become 4
lawyer" corrected tho bicycle dealer.
mo, I don't" replied the lawyer. And I
don't mean your branch of the bicycle business,
either. You fellows have begun to show slgns
OF repentance and since you start
cd TO cut prices. Anyway, you do give a GUS
toner something for his money; but there seems
to be a largo number Of gentlemen with ingeni-
Gus minds who are abroad looking for the
dimes and dollars Of bicyclists, and who don't
propose to give anything in return. There's
bicycle insurance, for instance. A man came
into my Office the other day to see what I coulo
do for I'M. He had insured himself and his
ri q year. 1t insured the bicycle for 800.
u was to get p u week \ he was laid UP BY
own negligence while riding a bicycle, and il
he died within thirty days Of the effects Of the
accident bis heirs were to receive $500. And
swhiSSh, promised him sums RANGING from 50
to S2Qo for permanent injuries: He and bis
Concern %nesl ns %o Sesn damaged anna ed about 20 SiS worth ta, th 4
because he had been told that the concern
ne nsvs %o aid PAY ram snSSIt a1nfI to a n, toS q
apiece. We'll. l wrote on to the concern In the
West calling on them. to settle up, and they
that the accident wasn't due to bis own negii.
gence. ard II he thought he had q good case,
why he cSuid como on and sue and welcome to
germ in this ststs, |. would hsVs cost two Or
three hundred dollars to go out West and sue
t tSin shS SS slsi 10 'd I'D. there ny s dtan,t w sss% sim to be o apy :
the affair struck me as exhibiting an easy way
" T$eres a @snf Bicycle insurance concerns like
that" said the bicycle dealer. IT know Of an.
oshsr that does pay sometimes, Just the same
toner makes a hit. This concern issues a
policy that p,prports to insure against damages
to read an right, but when a friend. Of mine
called upon the concern to do some fixing to his
T ThfSSad % eysis p psiS' ssssy By s. { sailfs,iH IP: on the o0ney
and when he asked what they meant they
1t to collisions, with public vehicles and ex,
planned that q public vehicle was q trolley car,
"'Bu you pretend to insure against collisions
of any kind my friend demonstrated.
$50 we do, they replied. We will insure
som cabs, cows, single wheels. tandems, or any
thing you like to choose. But you have TO choose
pect US to insure you against everything for a
dollar, you know And that appeared to set
tie a Y" air" s.,s III, LAWYER .Mov,o there
are ten million bicyclists in this country, each
with from 10 cents 70 20 to spend ON just suet
risks his comfort by engaging in one Of these old
confidence games ought to be dubbed