Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-16
THE INSURANCE S NINDLERS
Record of the "Anthony Gang
whose Operations at Bellows Falls Are
Recorded on Page Two---CRse Conttn-
ned Again.

whose Operations at Bellows Falls Are
Recorded on Page Two---CRse Contin-
ued Again.
Yesterday morning when the two insur-
ance swinders, whose arrest is recorded
on page >, were arraigned the district at
torney asked for further continuance un-
I'll Tuesday morning Of next week, which
was granted. Mr.. Hayes is being success
fu in securing a large volume of evidence
showing the methods used by the Gang"
II promising to be one of the most com
plete exposures of cruokedness in fire in
surance ever known. Following is a part
of the unsavory record already brought to
light Of Frank w. Anthony, the instiga.
tor Of these frauds.
4 Part Of y. W. Anthony's Record.
New Jersey records show that in 1890
Anthony Il Son were prosecuted for il
legal insurance transactions; for this the
father served three years in the peniten-
tiary at Trenton.
1t was generally understood by those
conversant with the facts that Frank W,
the son, was the real culprit and his faith
er suffered the penalty for him.
In 1898 Lula Holmes brought suit in
Brooklyn against Frank w. Anthony for
bastardy, he then being a married man.
The court decreed he should pay her 500,
and S. per week for the support of the
child.
February %, 1896, Frank W. Anthony
was indicted on a charge OF grand larceny
in the second degree in the New York
state courts jointly with Graham McAdam
and David Nandergow, the charge being
/ for selling worthless insurance policies
| Bail was fixed in 5000, and the case is
| still pending. IL is understood this indict-
ment was prosecuted by the attorney gen.
eral himself
/ April /, 1896 David Vandergow, Frank
! W. Anthony and Louis Canale were Joint
ly indicted for conspiracy TO defraud the
public by pretending to represent an asso-
citation of Lloyds known as the "Lloyds or
Individual Underwriters" and the Mon
arch LlOyds' and representing them TO be
lawfully doing business when there were
no such Organisations. This Indictment
was procured by the district attorney in
New York city. The bail was fixed at
| 5000 and the case is still pending.
Sept 10, 1898, the federal court for
the eastern district of New York found two
indictments, each with three separate
specifications, charging him with fraudu-
lently selling six fire insurance policies in
six different alleged companies to six per-
sons in six separate states, The tenor OF
each specification Is that he represented
each alleged company solvent and first
class in every respect, solicited risks and
got persons TO insure in several states, that
he issued certain papers, in form and APP
pearance of an insurance policy purport.
ing TO be issued by said alleged companies,
when he knew them 10 be mot a bone.
fde, reliable and solvent corporation and
company and on the contrary was absolute
ly insolvent, had no property of any kind
and no real capital, was organized by meI
of no financial reputation and responsible
ity; had no right and power TO carry or
and conduct the fire insurance business in
any state of the United States and especi
ally in the state of--and said cOmpanie,
have been organized without any intention
and purpose to pay any claim for fire losses
but simply TO enable frauds to be perpetrat
ed on any person."
The companies named in these specif
cations are the ATLAS Fire Insurance com
pany' of Columbus, 5. C., the "Interio
Fire Insurance company Of Martinsburg
w. Va, "LaMeuse' of Liege, Belgium
81 London Assessment Corporation, of Lon
don, Eng; and "LaCompanie Generate
of Paris, France. On these indictments
bail was fixed by the federal courts a
5000, and the cases are still pending.
, Post-oflice Inspector b. K Shopp of New
, Jersey and United States District Attor
ney Petit and Assistant Roy of Brook
: : lyn, are actively engaged at the presen
time working up these cases.
From this distance it would seem thi
gang must have some strong pull il
some direction to have avoided convictio
months ago.