The sun., 1902-06-01
The policy was a small one. onlv $500


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4 don't hun~ wini uHu- Co." ,ufuls,f
suspicious. nu'. ANYWAY, | Nru' ,i"wi. o.
4 Rchmuud lu .c.' stsut o. wh,I IN" u"il'
~ d-atii came ~ IT," Nriy iiri irth
/ ou' uf th- buA -huw~i trai . sas fraud
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d =. Jti'd m that Nay T'tur 'tdu 'u 80 0 '.
4 "ptIr' Hru make q tg'i i't' may "ad o.
, nutoii"tv that .- Iad fui lu-iN',-
-lh, l-urr,aty n 'iI- ,Nsr had 'l'
I tepG,atiuH - icing one = -" tug gl'-
men IA kichm'ud u" I'D hsrn n"r
! b"r of VI, shV's gu-iIitlhs, AMI Na- T. pu
Arly believed tu h. ~ wiling tn shoot e.
to eat. Noicovrf. hi- te,Nrd -~"n'~si i'
bsar out this reputation
He ran n tough ~ loun IN on" oi if'
toughest I.aTts OF The city, ana most 81 hi'
patrons eete thieves and scoundrel- II tho
lowesi sort, a igiyed crowd ~ ncgr,s.r and
I cheap whites. That was enough iu make
! man wIsn he were Spiue~h'f" "l-'' Tie
| minute lac ct among lh"iu
Nell. vh"n I e"' NV iaIs rug'' hri y
I w. ~ q" Ip" i" o. dow Zee hi- ~ su"'
! IA mules tutn~,i cot to lss gcgfu ''st'''
| ~ a cheap -tahi-, and u louk'd liko pnui her
care ~ Insurance and murder, such A. =,
| many white men IN the south had wei kr,i
with negroes and insurance companies as
the victims
took cab and drove down 20 the saloon
had h-en warned what to expert and was
prepared. had a good douhie-action gun
In my coat pocket, and as I went into tho
saloon ] kept my hand on II ready for ~ha, e
ever might happen.
The eI-suerrlla wa. behind ,he bar
| In front ~ which there was n crowd of ss
'ough-lookins characters ss ! hBN" ever
seen He was erving ont poison as fast
as he could, and seemed tn b. ready fof
anything that might "ome up
The instant ! stepped IN Re recognized
'ha, WAS ~ q different kind from he run
of his customers. and perh1,- sCantod
trouble. He turned on mo with scawl
and mid
Well, sub. what do you wantp
told him who ] was and then .aid
had ,>ome for the policy he had taken out On
the life Of his dealer in inul,~ never saw
such an expression on the face Of any man
~ came over him then. He looked AZ mo
for an instant and then leaned forward just
q little and said
49,, DO o.; | andcr-,snd y, you to nean your.
No, a cent, answered. and 7 van, the
policy
The instant ! sroke his hand went back
toward his hip pocket, hut had hFen .I-
pec,ins Just that and before he could reach
Hands up" shouted Don't YOU make
q move 10 get that gun or III kill you ike
the dog you arr night here
We'll, Il would have done YOU good 20 -ee
him He reco cognized the situation instantly.
and he knew IA. vas t-aaten. but he was In
such a rag tha, for a momen, or 50 hall
expected him 'o die then and there
He looked a. II h" were going 20 -
plode. But he put up his hands ali night.
and said at last. with a look ~ the most
terrible hate:
fe..' ] -aid.. I've got YOU. Now I'm
going 20 hav" that policy
Then ! called to 'ho man Who had come
down with me To come ;nsida. We got tho
eH-gtierrllas gun ou' ~ hi. pocket. and
, made sur" that he had no others, and 'h'.n
told him he could lower HE hands and we'd
talk about The policy. He had Co. his grip
on himself hy This time and ~s- as meek a-
a lamb
y told him thatall I wanted was he policy
and u we got thar should notinoles' him
any further But took mighty good care
not IN let him gat the slightest ohancr To-
turn the tables on me-
From the instant pulled my revolver
cut 81 my pocket until he had GOT the
policy out ~ his safe and given II Ia me.
and my assistant and were out ~ his place.
! cnvered him all IN. time Then got hack
Va nv hotel as quickly a. | could and toe X
the first train North
'Thst's Tho last I aver saw ~ Richmond
and 'he last tiine ! ever tried - gc; any
FUN out OF the Investigation business Auv-
body can do that who likes - Good men
are getting scarce In my family and
have reed of tho~e who are left
The Man from Out West was delighted
This was a side ~ life ~ which ho was
entirely ignorant. In fact. IL had never
occurred 70 him that any such hinss were
possible
That sho~s,' he said. ~. jus, like a
telephone exchange You u-e IL every
day and al you know IA that the work
u done Then some dsv you 20 70 take
a look at u and find out that you don't
know anything about Il
Yes, saidfhe senior Counsel: only the
average man doesn't care how the exchange
works. II /. not all confined. though. this
thing we have h@~n talking about, 20 tho
htt. fellows Tie Doctor her- had a try
at IL once that he doesn't say much about
hut euc-~ he has not forgotten about IL
NO. ~Aid the Doctor. nor am | likely
TO- although. az You say. II ~ not a cas- 10 bo
talket sbout much lhis caSe came under
my notice IN the Ordinary routine OF my
work ~ mn'iical supervisor of Lhe com
pany | thought a, the time that Il mus,
hav. attracted the attention Of any medical
man who saw II. hut APPARENTLY n uid not
for IL cost some uf the other Cumpani.s
thousands of dollars. and they certainly
have the advice 81 ahl. men
or where lac hv-d |, L, enough To- say
that hs had held "a promincui pisC" IN the
anairr OF the nation for s.vCrul wears His
name was known, and for that matter still
n, throughout the country
AT the time this occurred he wAs the
President ~ one of the largest bAnks In the
East HIS wealth vas r'-put'd 10 b. rnil-
hons.
We had insured his son. who vas about
% years old, for fpp0 There was con
current INSURANCE" which brought 'hr total
on The young mans life up 90 Hor.f hing
more than t'Dpu One company had
issued a policy for slIo,6p
bf cour~.. ia cas" n which lICh a
large amount - Insurance - taken C'It
there - al~ay- the -trictss' kind Of n,iirsl
examination and th- applicant l. require d
To answer all surts of questions n tn ris
condition, any illn"S~.s y" may have had
and as 20 his hanits Tli- j. al par 4
the apl.f alton. al.i the ISSUANCE Il ~"
policy i- cort' ipuai, ar IL IT. validity upon
a." trI'Afl!r">- ~ th" Tn-w"r- H. nI.
Cohipdia-- IA policy IS-,ied Oh fab t"pr"-
-.ufatloUs l. Nula
This case, however,. rrrsented ruti'.g =
in snv vHv suspi'lo Iu' pulivt"s wcr.
taken ON Tor h" Young inans 'efat". EuI
his Ctrtuin-taurcs aere such fuat ur N.t~
easily able to- oarrv hat ampuF
IN" n-dl,nl examinations -how-i tlm
"a be N eNc-ll"r' health, and "" v"r" gisd