The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-08-17

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previous thereto-one of the very few
truthful allegations in compliments
sensational bill.
After his demise casket was pro-
cured for his interment, and the body
of the dead man was deposited therein,
not by an undertaken, it is true, but by
those who had been his neighbors and
friends, and over it a short funeral
service was held at the residence of the
deceased, being conducted by the Rev
erend Joseph Hopwood, President of
Milhgan College, and minister of the
gospel of high character and standing.
Previous to his death, said Thomas
h. had requested respondent to have
his body buried in the churchyard at
his old home place near Yorktown,
Tenn, some 90 miles distant, where
respondent still owned the farm on
which she and Thomas r. lived, and
whore their children were born. On
account of unprecedented cold weather
but few persons outside of the immedi-
ate members of the family accompanied
the corpse to its burial. But in the
church at the burying ground, where
funeral services were conducted, the
casket was opened, and many of his
old friends, former neighbors and close
relatives, looked upon the dead face Of
it's occupant, and in the frozen features
there, saw and knew that Thomas II.
Chase's life had reached its end.
His body was buried, but not, ii
would seem from the conduct of com
plainant and its agents and its ode.
tectives," to crest in Peace"
Respondent is at loss to understand
from whom complainant obtained the
information that the physician first
called by said Thomas r., after having
received an injury at Greeneville
Tenn, was unable after careful ply
steal examination to find any symptoms
of either external or internal injury
Surely not from the physician in ques
ton. as respondent will be abundantly
able to show the facts otherwise, from
the statements Of the same physician
made at the time and subsequent to tn
examination of said Chase, so made b,
him, and before he had fallen unde
potent Influences to speak Other ', is
than truthailly.
Nor is it true that said physician Wa
, discharged by said Chase and anothe
called in his stead upon whom and a
imposition was practiced and by who's
aid fraud was perpetrated upon CON
: plainant. Such charge is a thought
less libel of physician of high charat
f ter and standing in his community, an
$ whose reputation for probity and il
tegrity is second to none therein.
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/ Respondent has never seen the appl
d cation made by said Thomas r. Il
d said policy, and can not therefore So
J what it contains. She denies, howevel
;, that there are any material misrepr'
\ sensations contained in same, as to ii
7, cause of the death of the mother {
1t said Chase. 1t is not true that hi
1t death was caused by tuberculosis, {
II that SAID Thomas RI. died from an
p cause other than that shown in th
proofs OF death submitted to complain
ant by this respondent, and now
h compliments possession.
d Complainant does not fairly state Il
g contents of said proofs of death, vii
L. reference to the cause of death OF sa
lie Chase as complainant would have Il
e. court belieYe that said proofs sho
lie that his death resulted from some my
is terious lung disease, whereas the phi
d sician's certificate shows most clear
it that the cause Of his death was an i
Of jury received by him, and this Il
D, complainant we'll knew, but for son
Q, reason saw fit to misrepresent
" In any event, it is not true tn
D. complainant obtained its first inform
it ton that the mother of said Chase dl,
from tuberculosis, since the paymel
N by it of said sum of Twenty Thousal
Of Dollars, in settlement Of its said polic
e. On the other hand, long before Il
th payment of said sum, one of complai
to ants agents was instrumental in wor
id ing up rumor to that effect, and com
d, was informed by him of the same, al
is he further made the charge that sue
at rumor was true What sort of mimi
ed Investigation complainant made of Il
We charge, respondent cannot say, but 8
ne knows that it did investigate the ms
Ill ter, and found the rumor not sustain
no by the facts, as was at that time
it known by the complainant. The char
n it now brings forward is but the o
its story, re-told, and respondent charg
of that complainant had no informati'
re with respect thereto, when it filed
at bill, that it did not have in its posse
'st sion before the payment by it Of 50
nd policy.
'e- Respondent is informed that certa
of compliments agents, detectives a
to manufacturer of ''rumors, which Co
he plainant asks to be allowed to pass CT
Is, rent for information, have repeate
81 ~ stated that they "would get ev
y. with" respondent yet, and this char
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