The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-17
Must Show Why He Shonld Not i:c
Punished for pisobcdirncr of
Judge Nithrow's Injunction.
CONTEST OVER INSURANCE.
Defendant Was Prohibited From
Collecting Il $4,000 Policy for
Mrs. y. f.. harrington
of ST. Joseph.

\ citation for contempt u court WAS is
,a'd yost"Ida. 10y circuit Juig" Withr"w
against William +. Ryan. an insurance
man, which is hIscd upon a somewhat p
cu',lr chain Of circumstances Ryan * or
trrr'i to appear il, the court next WDduts-
day aud show cause why he sh.u'd not he
punished for alleged disobcdierce Of an In
Junction issued last july forever restrain
inS him from attempting 70 collect any part
OF II life insurance policy Tor SF'"'. which
WIS held 10 he the property oi Mrs. Alm"-
ga /. harrington. au elI'rir widow Of a
promiuout family. ling in -. Joseph. Mo.
tn, policy in question vas ISSUED by the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Of
Newark. y. j., upon the life OF Charles {.
HARRINGTON. III" husband IF the -. Joseph
woman. IN 1856 the couple separated and
IA" wife did not hear from Her husband
any more until after his d"a,.; in 1894. She
maize no effort to collect the policy. beli,y-
Ing that i; had expired before the death ot
NJ. harrington. II WIS al this juuctu.e
that Ryan appeared Oh the scene. According
10 evidence brought out afterwards in court.
D" represented 10 Ms. Darlington that. al
though the policy had expired before the
death IF her husband. he might be- able TO
obtain SfS or si.I from the company in the
way of accrued dividends. lie had at ere
time been connected with the COMPANY. and
* Ms through this fact that he became
acquainted with the status Of Mr.. Barring
'oa- Insurance. Mrs. Darlington. believing
Ills story. Transferred her interest Ia IA"
policy. with the understanding that b.. wa=
To rurain ou.-thi-d @. any amount he might
hc able 10 collect. He at nee opened pro
,ociiuss to collect IN. face ~ the policy
from The insurance company. hut the latter,
as "a Tr]cCHuti0n. notified Mrs. harrington
that the policy was good and the company
stood Ecauy TO pay the rutlr" S.t-p 10 the
proper person An effort Was made To- al
Just matters with Ryan. hut H' announced
that T." Wa perfectly satisfied with the al
r~duG"Wcat ds il stood. TheTeupuH suit WI4
brought in Judge Ni-hrow coGr! ." auuul
the contract between Ryan anu MR.. Isar-
]riu-tun. on the ground that q had u..u oh
tanned through fraud ard MISREPRESENTATION.
III" cas-" cam" up tor Uial last July and
after much testimony had been heard thu
judge gave - decision for the pIaiuuu.
took possession OF the contract and issued
an injunction forbldding Ryan To attempt
io collect the policy ur any part Of Il III
Missouri or any other State.
Later Mrs. harrington attempted to col
l-,i he amount o: the policy. but Ryan
iI'i-Al - proceeding IN the New Jersey
courts. claiming that S2.UrJ vas due him 10?
~';Eirts rendered. and gdgnlShinE me
amount due on the policy Ia order to secure
Payment OF the alleged debt. The company
jhertupun REUSED To pay any OF the mou'-
10 either party until the MATER should BE-
At TINS time neither Mr.. Barring
ton hoy her counsel. john A.. B-ogh.r, knew
where Ryan Was. bat they learned his All
dress through an incident which occurred
III Judge Nithrvw'S court a few weeks a.y.
Ryan VAS on the list of jhuSa vino W-l.
summoned TO DO duty as petit jurors. ami
when excuses ~cr" asked for L. told tho
count tina: II would b. impossible for him rl
render a decision m accordance with the
instructions Of the Judge. having 10 conf
aerre IN the judgment OF the latter. He re-
minded the Judge that n" was the losing
party IN the suit last July. aud said thar
n" would he Willing to serve In any ,aift
except Nlthruw $. The Judge p.Temlfurrly
ordered him from the courtroom.
ATTORNEY BopgneT al once p.rUaI.d fg.
iaUeE- fU- cuut"mV. proceedings and u-r-
- nt"c them yesterday Tire citation W.
upDu Ryan during tn. afternoon in
Ia" Offices OF the Aetna Life Insurance Com
rLny. odd Fellows building. where Ire IS
-TnulyyPa.