The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-18
DECLARE WAR
ON INSURANCE
COMPANIES
Grimes and Strang VIII Force
Them in Line.
STATEMENT Is ISSUED
People Are Warned Against
All Fake Underwriters.
STATEMENT is ISSUED

Guthrie. o. T. Oct. IZ-secretary OF
the Territory William Grimes and At
torney General strang have declared war
on the insurance companies which have
persisted in doing business in the terri
tory without first having complied with
the law in regard to such matters. In
order TO reach the companies doing such
business in Oklahoma. the county attor-
neys Of the various counties wiz be in
strueted 10 bring proceedings in the
courts, secure judgments and the narrest
the agents for the companies and hold
them until the judgment is satisfied.
Every little while Attorney Genera
Strang has issued public statement
concerning some company, but wfthou.
the desired effect.
4 statement has been issued bv him
today which sets forth the position Of the
territory in such cases. It is as follows.
To Whom 1t May Concern. This Office
IS IN receipt Of information that the IN
derwriters of Dallas, Tex, and the Inter-
state Insurance company of Chicago are
soliciting and doing an Insurance busi-
ness in the territory Of Oklahoma. These
companies have no authority TO do bus
mess within this territory The peopie
who represent these companies in the
territory must know that they are doing
business in violation Of law and that
they are subject TO a penalty of 500 on
every policy they issue. They are simply
sneaking into the territory 70 steal what
business they can and then go out with
what they have gotten, leaving the in
sured without any guarantee. whatever,
that any compensation VIII follow dam
age by fire. 1t win not do for the agents
Of these companies to say that the COM
panies they represent Will pay for a loss
because any insurance company that
sneahs into the territory and solicits bus
mess without authority Of law is too dis
honest and corrupt TO pay dollar unless
compelled by law so to DO.
Having no authority To do business in
the territory and. therefore. having no
agents in the territory upon whom SER
vice can be had, no legal process exists
for collecting damage upon the loss, urn-
der the policy issued by these people
They know this and. therefore. take the
chances Of coming into the territory and
doing the business and getting the good
money Of the people of the territory ana
then going out and leaving them without
any guarantee to cover their losses.
The offices OF the secretary and attor-
ney general OF the territory are desirous
Of closing out these pests who are prey
ing upon the good people Of Oklahoma.
and we, therefore, desire that the county
attorneys Of theseveraI counties OF the
territory of Oklahoma shall begin pro-
ceedinGs under section a, article /. chap
ter A. Of the statutes OF 1886 securing
judgments as rapidly as possible and
then arrestng the scoundrels who are So
liciting the business, until the judgments
are paid
As there is a great food OF foreign fire
insurance companies coming into the ter
ritory 20 do business, we desire and re-
quest that the newspapers Of the terri
tory give repeated and widespread cir
culation to this letter and 70 the end that
the people, who can be reached thorugh
the agency Of the newspapers than in any
other way. shall be notified not 70 do
business with these people. We feel sure
that the papers of the territory viii take
pleasure in aiding in the protection Of
our people against all fake fnsuarnce
companies doing business in this ter
ritory.
This ofice viii CO operate whenever
necessary, with ths county attorneys q
the several counties and aid ari II can
TO drive these scouudrels on. or the ter
ritory and keep theme out.
Respectfully yours.
J. c. sTRANG. Attorney General