Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-08
FIGHT FOR LIFE INSURANCE
Divorced Wife, FiGncss and Estate All
Claiming Ownership Of It.
OBJECTS TO HUBBY BEING OUT NIGHTS
Judge Frost, After Acting on = Grist
of Divorces. Proceeds 60 Deliver
- Lecture on the
Subject.
Trom q SAD Correspondent.N

Oct. I.-(Special.)-Attor-
neys interested In the litigation in the
district court over the proceeds of a $4,000
Insurance policy on the life Of w. H. II.
RAIDER. a prominent Mason who died last
summer have raised the novel and inter-
esting question whether an afHanced woman
has an insurable interest In the life OF her
bethrothed.
There are three parties to the contro-
versy, the divorced wife Of RAIDER, his
hancee and his estate. The policy ran to
Kate RAIDER. wife" Ten days before RIA
der's death she secured a divorce from him
and married again shortly. He was nursed
on his deathbed by Miss Ann NJ. Shriner,
to whom he became engaged and in whose
favor he ordered the policy changed. This
last request had not been carried out at
the time Of his death. His estate claims
that neither woman has any right to the
avails Of the policy. inssmuch as when
Mrs. RAIDER secured her divorce she for
heited all rights she had. the policy having
been issued to her on the faith OF her as
his wife. and when she voluntarily aband-
oned that position she imperilled her
chances OF recovery upon his policy. It
also denies the right of Miss shriner, claim
ing that she had no insurable interest. any
more than the divorced wife could have.
Created a Scene.
Mrs. Archibald Lewis created a sensa-
tional scene in the court house corridor
this morning by bouncing upon her husband.
a member of the panel OF jurymen, and de-
handing to know where ne had spent the
night. She was about twice his size and
after shaking him fercely half dragged him
down a flight Of stairs, demanding all the
while an explanation the man had no chance
to vouchsafe.
Lewis finally called for the sheriff to pro-
tect him, as he had duties to perform at
once In the court room. The sheriff rescued
him from the angry woman's clutches, but
she followed him into the court house and
all the morning sat with arms folded,
watching his every movement.
She Informed the court officials that she
was willing to have her husband serve on
a Jury in the daytime, but that he could
not do II at night; she would not permit
Of 1t. Lew was on a jury which finished
It's work at 6 o'clock last evening and he
took advantage OF what he believed was
the opportunity of his hen-pecked life to
make a night Of It elsewhere.
A Rush of Divorces.
Six divorces were granted this morning
by Judge Frost and four new petitions
were filed within the same period.
"hNBS IOo lOOh OCCASION at the con-
clusion Of the hearing to speak his mind
freely upon the divorce question. He said
that it was patent to him that the pa
thence Of the court wGs beins daily abused.
that men and women would come before
him and deliberately keep back facts that
the court was entitled to know. None of
them ever tell or can be made 10 tell what
caused their trouble, but all are able to
get up a story that j%ustiies a separation, so
far as they themselves are concerned, but
which on public grounds might we'll be
denied. D.
In Supreme Court.
Probably the largest assembly Of attor-
neys ever witnessed at a session Of the
supreme court Of this state was present
when court opened at the state house this
morning. The three Judges and the entire
commission was on hand and court was
held simultaneously in four rooms on the
second floor OF the capitol. Throughout
the day the corridors resounded with the
arguments OF counsel.
Captured Three Runnvaya.
Three Falls City runaways were arrested
by the police today and are being held
until their parents can come after them.
They are Sidney Lapp, aged 10, Tom Miller,
aged IA, and George Harris, aged Is. The
boys admitted frankly that they had run
sway for the purpose Of finding work on
a ranch in the northwest. They were
found in a fiagman's shanty last night.
They had $3.50 between them.
George e. Bigelow. chairman, and d. T.
, Burleigh, secretary Of the socialist conven-
+ ton. which placed in nomination for con-
gress from the First district Chris Chris
l tenson OF Plattsmouth, fled today with the
: secretary Of state a certificate of the lat
ter's nomination.
l Governor Savage went to Columbus today
8 to attend the State Federation OF Women't
! Clubs, accompanying thither Mrs. Savage
> who goes to participate in the work Of the
federation.