Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-28
wAc heavily INSURED.

two days ago the aHecteu itS was "'PN
tated
WAS HEAVILY INSURED.
at leaked out yesterday that Devereaux
was insured in five accident companies;
thet agents Of these companies have been
watching eagerly the course Of the mans
Illness: that a surgeon representing them
witnessed the operation, and that the
agents say they will contest the payment
of $4,000 due Devereaux's heirs in case OF
death, on the ground that the wound was
inflicted Intentionally.
The insurance companies, who have
sent a representative frequently to Belle
vle. Informed the physician attending the
sick man that DevereauX was 10 get w.
! OOO for the loss of limb caused by an
ordinary accident; $4,000 in case the accl-
| dent happened on a railroad train OF
aboard a boat, and $4,000 II death result
ed from any accident whatever.
"When the ferry-boat Ohio, which
plies between Greenpoint and East
| Iwenty-third street, reached the latter
! terminus on one Of it's trips, on May l0ln
oeclx-hands ran eXcitedly TO the forward
end of the boat and jumped on the
! bridge and found Policeman Dunn sta
| toned at the ferry-hOuse, whom they III
formed that a man had accidentally shot
! himself in the foot.
! passengers bore the injured man, sur
fering great agony. into the waiting
room. and Policeman Dunn, without
| waiting for an ambulance, pressed an
| exprcss-wagon into service ana drove
| DeyereauX to Bellevue Hospital
A SEVERE WOUND.
'The accident was found to be an uii-
| ha
| foot had been badly torn away When
Deyereaux was sufficiently at ease he
| said that he had been hunting on Long
| Island. and at the end of the days sport
had taken the Ohio for Twenty-tnitd
street. Taking a seat, he had lald ms
| Gun across his knees. and. In arlsiis' ne
sand that the gun had been accidentally
discharged. The trigger, DevereauN saiu'
had caught In his clothing.
| "Devereaux received the best treat
ment of the Bellevue Hospital surgeons
but It soon became apparent that the IN
| hired foot would have 10 be amputateu.
! An operation was decided upon last
| Monday. . - s4o..
"Deyereaux had spoken TO the doctors
| concerning his insurance, ana III a shol'
while agents of the five companies wnich
| mad issued policies appeared In the nos
| nital They had a conference, and with
| he consent OF the Bellevue authorities
| sent a surgeon to the operaung-room
Who witnessed the process. 1t became
necessary 10 take of the left leg at me
lnes The surgeons hoped that Dever-
lily would survive. provided the always
dreaded germs of tetanus did not sho"
| themselves.
IOCK-JAw SET IN.
"Ivhat the physicians feared most hap
,,a,ad and lock-jaw set In. Yesterday
The mans condition was such that NE
40 was in danger. The fixed grin, whicf
,s the forerunner of death from the u,s
rase manifested itself. and despite th'
,,se of tetanus antitoxin, DeVere'u'
shoUed no signs of Improvement
Late last night all hope had oeen give
nm and IL was only a question OF hour
before death would ensue.
1.-THE insurance men pooled ISSUES an
n,aced their case in the hands OF ii. l.
McRurney. of No. 9C2 Broadway. Nj
McRurney informed the officials at Belle
,n,e that the companies at interest ha
Investigated the case. and had determine
90 contest the payment of any SUI
which would be due to Devereaux or III
heirs by reason of the injury.
According to an official az beiievu'
,bs insurance men declared that all IN