The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-22
N. H|LLMONIS VICTORIOUS
-, ccr HER MONEY ~ THE IS-
sJRASCE CASE.
x Iaf~ Agrees 20 Pay the
claim. Anountiag to s2i-es-Hss
x~w Do Buslsess I'm kansss-fa
-. Lawsuit 1t Last Settles

a,0pEEA Jan. 1.-THE faroa& sai'nioa
snsursncs case. walsh has Geek iousne
shrogxh Ave srfsir. vas sesiieo tcAy -
=, a. the claim against the Se~ soek
-. I,~-rares Corupauy Is concerned.
nss.r,cu was insured In this company Tor
s-sssa bz,f uuon what basis the comprorn-
- ~as made Cannot be AsceT,alnssa- bokh
ssSes refuse 10 TAX
When Insurance. Commissioner esDn
u.Nau was apprised Of the New YORK
rsf.'s action IN settling the Hiiimon cisaln
srss afternoon. be promptly granted fts at
..rnsyx license for tie year almost isass
80 ending February rs. isss. aid also
g. .he next license year. Thiss McNal
ssia tonight, renders valid any business
81. company may have done the past
year without a license.
4, was the refusal 10 settle the Hill
rnn claim upon which Insurance Conn
missioner McNau based his action In re-
voking the licenses of the interested COM
nantes last March.
The Mutual Life was one OF these, and
q NJ present barred from the state by
tudguasnt OF custer from the supreme
court
The Connecticut Mutual is abiding ny
MesaIrs action In reyoking its license
ard has made no fight.
The New York Iafe brought suit against
HeSail for damages. Later the siiit was
d.opped suddenly. The charge has been
made that this company has been solicit
tng business In this state without a IL
ctEge. and quo warranto proceedings are
pending in the supreme court, brought by
the attorney general, 10 compel the COM
rsss without a license.
Attorney General Boyle refused at 4
late hour tonight TO say whether or not
this case VIII be dropped: indeed. the ac-
ton OF the Insurance commissioner in
granting a license for the past year makes
n uncertain whether or not the case may
properly be tried.
John Hiilmon, who Is supposed 10 have
been shot through the head at Medicine
Lodge. Mont. March IL. ls7g. had life In
surance as follows: In the New York
Life. $1,000: In the Mutual Life. $1,000
and In the Connecticut Mutual. So
Il WIS claimed that Hiilmon was acct
dentally shot by his travelling companion,
John IT. Brown. The insurance companies
claimed that a conspiracy was formed
consisting of Lev. Baldwin. John II. Hill
mon and J. II. Brown. and that Hillmon's
NE was insured that Frederick Adolphus
Walters was murdered by HiIinon and
his body attempted 10 tie paImed OF on
the companies az TIiIimon's
The case has been tried five times The
first trial was at Leavenworth In June
i.e The jury failed 10 agree. seven he
Ing for the plaintiff and five for the de-
PENDANTS.
The second trial was at Leavenworth
IN June. isS5. The Jury again failed to
agree, the vote standing 10 6.
The third trial was at Topeka resulting
IN verdict for the plaintiff. The case
went to tho supreme court where the
Judgment or the lower court was re-
gersed
The next trial was before Judge Thomas
Of North Dakota. and eleven turymen
stood ont FOR Mrs. Hiilmon.
The fifth trial was held by Judge VIII
liams the jury standing FIVE 10 seven
In favor Of Mrs. Hillmon.
Tho sixth trial has been set for Feb
ruary H. 1885 and viii not be tried IL the
Mutual Life and Connecticut Mutual fol-
low the example set by the New York
Life today and compromise the claims.
document filed at n late hour this
evening with the Federal court by Mrs
Hillmon's attorney IN not n dismissal Of
the case. although the lawyers declare
that this Is practically what II amounts
20. II simply transfers Mrs Hillmon's
right and title 10 the claim 10 one James
+. Lord. who. Il Is understood. Is IL
rector Of tho company. The attorneys
say that the papers filed today put the
esse In proper form for dismissal.
One report has IL that Mrs. Hlimon re-
esives the full amount OF her claim. $i0.-
%. and interest amounting to $1,000.