The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-27
BIG INSURANCE.
The Late James O.
Copp Carried
$4,000.
IN WORCESTER AGENCIES
Was Placed the Friday
Before He Was
Killed.

James o. Copp, a Charlton City man
ufacturer, who was killed by the cars
at Uxbridge Sunday evening, was in
sured for $4,000 through Worcester
agencies. ALI Of the insurance was TAX
en- out between Ii and IL o'clock the
Friday morning previous to his death.
Insurance men will make a careful in
vestigation before the death claims are
paid.
The agents and companies who are
interested are: Walter E. Smith, agent
for the General Accident Insurance
company of Perth, Scotland, 100000;
Charles M. Smith, agent for Travel
ers' Life and Accident Insurance COM
pany of Hartford. Ct, $4,000; Herbert
r. Cummings, agent for the Aetna In
surance company of Hartford, $300O
James r. Healy, agent for the Stand
ard Insurance company of Detroit,
Mich, $4,000, and the Union station
agency of the Travellers Insurance
company, $4,000.
ALI of the $4,000 policies were what are
known as accident tickets. The Stan
dard ticket was for four days and the
other two for five days each. The SIC, 900
and $1,000 policies were regularly prefer
red risks for one year. The Travellers
$4,000 policy was double policy, good
for $4,000 If the insured was killed
while passenger on steam or electric
cars.
The Aetna ticket was bought at the
railroad ticket office Of o. B. Rawson,
and was sold by Frank G. Chaplin at
about IL O'Clock.
Mr. Cbaofy satd vasta,~y5ov +hat NV
Copp came into the office Friday, and
instead of calling for a railroad ticket,
called at once for an accident insurance
ticket, and that he made him out one
for $4,000 good for five days, for which
he paid slips.
Mr.. Copp, he said, wanted the in
surance made payable to his wife, but
ne told him that such tickets had to be
made payable to the legal representa-
tives Mr.. Copp seemed satisfied and
went away. Mr.. Chaplin said that had
it not been for the sudden death Of the
man he might never have thought OF
the circumstances again, although the
fact of Mr.. Cops asking for the in
surance as he did impressed him as
strange at the time.
Mr.. Copp appears to have next visit
ed the Healy agency, when, according
| to Mr. Healy's statement, he called fol-
the insurance without being solicited
and nothing was thought of the matter
at the time.
From Healy's he went to the union
station and purchased another ticket
| or at all events when he applied for in.
surance at the office of Walter E. Smith
| in the State Mutual building, he had the
! tickets already named. He was after
accident insurance, he said, and wher
the rates and conditions were explained
| he said he would take policy for $10,-
| 900, which was issued to him and paid
| for.
The office of Charles M. Smith, also in
the State Mutual building, was next
visited. Here Copp applied for a short
term accident ticket and was solicited
| by Mr. Smith for a $4,000 policy for one
i year, which Mr.. Copp accepted and left
the office.
Mr. Copp was next heard from at the
| Rawson ticket agency, where he bought
a ticket for New York by the Provi-
dence line, and was to leave the union
station on the COS o'clock train, Friday.
Whether he went to New York or not
| is not known here as yet, but he came
up from Providence on the Sunday
| evening train. He is said to have at
| tracted the attention of the passengers
on the train by leaving his car at 4
number of stations along the route and
getting on after the train had started.
| At Uxbridge he stopped off upon the
depot platform and in trying to board
| the train went under the cars and his
body was cut in two, killing him in
Istantly.
Herbert R. Cummings of the Aetna
company said today that no death claim
had been filed with his company, and so
| far as he knew the same was true of
| the other companies. Mr.. Cummings
| has reported the story of the case to his
company at the home office, and said
that full investigation would follow
William H. Hewett, Jr., of Boston,
| manager of the Standard company,
| happened to be in this city on another
matter yesterday and was in consulta-
| ton with several of the insurance men
| about the case.