The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-09-27
BOLD INSURANCE FRAUD
fHE EXTRAORDINARY STORY or a
LIFE coMPANY's AGENT, .~

4 LIFE coMPANY's AGENT ~
4 Realistic Death and Burial Of a Swim
dler Whb Escaped from the Grave ia
Collect "a Fifty Thousand Dollar POLICY
Ono of the Strangest of Ca.em
In 1869 l accepted a position with a
Me' insurance company that was doing
q large business throughout the coun-
try, writes I, i. McGrew, in the Coun-
try Gentleman. The issuing OF large
rohcies Was selGon heard of at that
time, and the solicitor who was able
tossecurexaH application for large
aOurt was 'he lien of the hour, and
nech sought after by other companies.
Love- Broadway was then the CEN
Leto1 attraction, and scarcely an even
i4 passed without a visit to old Nib
iSS Garden. the. corridors of the Astor
holse. thesMehopoiitan and St. Nicho-
!ashotek.@ Here would consregate the
yIQng business men from the salesman
t@fne man about town, and often ac-
q1Entances would be made during
tRse golrfid that threw considerable
basiness my way.
While enjoying myself at Nibo's
Gqen one evening my attention was
atlMcted to four persons in one of
the boxes to the left oil the stage. The
perty consisted of two ladies and two
gQtlemen, one Of the latter about 40
y0rs old. the otherta younger man.
IhHr appearance, nlirth and apparent
eDQyment Of the play soon made them
th centre of atrsctisn to the audi
enc, as well as to the actors on the
STAGE When the play was over my
cq lOsfty prompted me to watch this
Ply, and as they, left, to follow them
t0Reir hotel, where | had An oppor-
t'A ty of observing them more closely
as hey ate a late evening meal-I do
IN likewise at d nearby table. They
frank wine, the older and finer
iO Ing man drinking but little
1ropped in at their hotel the fol-
loNhg day, where | witnessed a fine
gSe OF billiards between the two men
VI had occupied the box the night
De e. Their sliiful playing attract
ed donsiderable attention, and before
In afternoon was gone | know the
tw Men as Mr.. Livingstone and his
br her-in-law, Mr.. White. During the
We that followed | met. them quite
OF and was invited one Saturday
M to accompany them to the thea |
bprn Int
twy ladies before mentioned, as their
wit6t; |
stacQuaintance became. mutually |
pla3aN, Sespecially SO between Mr.
LII gstone and myself-he being in
lerI Gfent which he was anx-
Sst0sela--andmIaas anxious tc assist I
for the sake of the benefit that might
come to me from its sale. We often
talked insurance matters together, 1
having I uggested. that he might do
= orSe tbansb ecome an insurance agent.
He epliedS that there was too much
hardsworkSirr it to SUIT him, that he
had rather nice income of his own,
but had about concluded to give me an
application for a policy, which he final
ly decided to do, provided he might di-
vide up the yearly payments into two
'arts, and ! to al4ew him one-half of
NY commission ON. his first payment
You can scarcely judge of my sur
prise the next day when he requested
me to MAKE out an application for a
B5O. 600 policy So delighted was | that
requested him to go with me at once
70 the off 6ce. .of the insurance company
Tor an examination. This examina-
.lon was most rigid, the company's
physician pfonoincing Mr.. Living
stone to be the most worthy of insur-
lnce OF any ne had examined in sew
'ral years. ,.In the course of few
lays. the policy,was issued, the money
'aid to the.eompany in cash, of Which
received my part, dividing the same
With Mr.. Livingstone, who took the
'oiicy and left for his home in st.
lawrence county, N. Y. 4
More than a thousand times did !.
scnders'rf rne second payment would
'e made on that policy and I gain my /
commission. This anxiety proved to I,
'e needless, for at the proper time the
ompany notified me that the payment
lad been made and received my share
# it. - E7s F Eft@
About i've months later the COM
any received telegram from the
tate of Massach usetts, where Mr.. Liv- ]
ngstone had. moved informing them
7 his death. They Immediately re-
uested me to go there and investigate {
ne matter and report to them, as they :
9ished to pay the lossas soon as possi-
10 If All weEe right, for the sake of