Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-06
INSURANCE FRAUD FAILS
Attorney John ]. Long Shoots of His Foot
to No Avail.
ACCIDENT POLICIES AGGREGATE S34, 900
lie Goes Out Hunting and the Evil
dence shows He Puts MuIxle of
Gun in Dvcrsboe and Dis
charges II.
DENT POLICIES AGGREGATE $4,000

DES MONIES, Feb 5.-(Special Tele-
gram.) One of the most remarkable cases
of attempted insurance frauds ever brought
before Iowa courts has been stamped with
the condemnation of the supreme court
and the verdict OF the jury in the lower
court in favor Of the insurance companies
will stand. 1t was an attempt on the part
of a young lawyer Of this city, VINO was
financially embarrassed to recoup his for
tune by taking out a large amount OF ac-
cident insurance and then manning him.
self
John ]. Long went hunting four years
ago this month. near this city, and shot
a hole through his foot, which necessitated
amputation OF the foot. He had taken out
an accident insurance policy for $4,000
less than a week before the accident. one
third to be payable on loss Of a foot or
hand. within an hour before he started
hunting he had taken out eight accident
tickets for $4,000 each and these he sup
posed contained substantially the same pro-
visions. He had talked a great deal about
his contemplated hunting trip, had hinted
that he was liable to an accident and had
talked about how easy IL would be to work
the insurance companies. In payment Tor
| the policy he took out he gave note pur-
porting TO be signed by his wife, but all
knowledge of his insurance policies was
kept from her. He had represented to the
insurance agent that he was going on the
road TO travel and would soon be able to
pay the note
There was evidence that the muzzle OF
the gun had been deliberately inserted In
side his overshoe when IL was fired Off
on account Of this the jury decided it was
case OF attempted fraud upon the in
surance companies and returned verdict
accordingly. The supreme court has re-
viewed the evidence and reaches the same
conclusion. Long was crippled for life and
gets no money His policies aggregated
! $34, ,000 The case was that OF j. J. Long.
appellant against the Travellers Insurance
company Polk courty, affirmed.
other Cases Decided.
| other cases decided by the supreme court
| were:
| Carl Eggert against J. c. Templeton and
Town OF Bennett. appellant, Cedar county,
reversed.
! S. T. Perry. appellant. against Frank j.
! Casper Pottawattamie county, foreclosure
| of mortgage, reversed.
The committee on the constitution and
canons OF the diocese Of Iowa OF the Epis-
copal church held a meeting in Des Moines
today, attended by Bishop Morrison, Rev.
! Dr. heator OF Dubuque, REV. Dr' Lyncn OF
Ottumwa, Rev. DR.. .Schutt OF Independence,
| Dean Cornell of Sioux City and C. u.
Jones OF independence and George +.
Henry OF Des Moines. The committee went
over the draft of the proposed new con-
stituton with Bishop Morrison and will
hold another meeting after Lent, when
the draft will be printed and be ready for
submission to the annual meeting OF the
church in May in Des Moines. The changes
are numerous, but none is OF great i'm
portance.
Democrats Against Fusion.
Six members of the democratic state
committee held conference here today
with Charles Walsh, secretary OF the dem
ocratic national committee, to discuss in
formally the campaign. No date for q
convention nor place was decided upon
but plans for the campaign were laid. They
also decided that there will be no fusion
in Iowa this year and that the call for the
state convention will be so made as to ex-
Clude the populists from participation and