The Dickinson press., 1902-04-12
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because the editor had
the people of some Of
his crookedness in the past and
at this particular time for telling
him pointedly that his certificate
Of authority for doing business
for the Merchants Mutual of Red
field, S. D., had been revoked.
The truth in this instance cut to
the quick, as Merry had just re-
turned from a tour of the state
which he had evidently
victimized many merchants.
The authority for the above
statement is given in the follow
ing letter:
Merchants Mutual Insurance AS
ISOLATION.
Red6eld, S: D., March IS, 1902.
Fred Dichtenmueller,
Hebron. N. D. ~.
GENTS:
We received your letter some
time ago stating that you had
paid MI. Merry the premium on
your policy and in answer will
state that Mr.. Merry has never
RENTED to us and in fact has no
authority to do this kind Of busi-
ness and we shall be obliged to
cancel off this policy for non-pay-
ment of premium. We have found
Mr.. Merry to be very crooked and
he has been doing considerable
of this kind of work entirely un.
known to us and without any au-
thority. / am in receipt of a let
ter today from a firm at Ana
moose who claim that they paid
Mr.. Merry S74.74 for a policy in.
our company. Nj. Merry has not
been in our employ from any or
ders from US since the fore part of
Jan. and my advice to you would
be to have Mr.. Merry arrested for
embezzlement which would prob
ably bring him to time.
Very Resp,
Merchants Mutual Insurance As
ISOLATION, North Dakota De
partment,
H. p. PACKARD,
Secretary.
The Merchants Mutual Of Red
field is a reliable company and.
would certainly not make any mis-
take in a matter of this kind; be-
sides, the foregoing letter is prac-
tically the same as has been sent
out to dozens of merchants in
North Dakota by Secretary Pack
ard.
This office also has several let
tiers from merchants themselves
saying that Merry has swindled
them. Further than this, an au-
thorized representative Of the
Redield company met with the
insurance committee of the retail
grocers at their meeting in Grand
Forks during February and told
the committee that c. F. Merrys
authority had been revoked and
that he had a large sum Of money
belonging to the company which
they could not get.
If Merry were an honest man
he would not have, continued to
collect and pocket insurance pre-:
miums after the company had cut
off his authority. People would
not suppose that he would dare to
holden to this agents license and
so boldly and fradulently take the
peoples money. But he dares to
do anything, and we believe VIZ
are not overestimating his ras.
cality when we say that he is the
slickest confidence man west OF
Chicago.
The Press has no personal in.
terest in Merry's schemes. He
never fooled us for a minute. But
we do hate to see an unmitigated
scoundrel like him swindle hon.
est, hardworking people. That is
why we wrote him up and con.
tinue to write him up. Were he
not as slippery as an eel and were
not people too kind, he woulc
now be where his previous swird-
ling operations should have put
him-behind penitentiary bars
and where hewould not still be
living in idleness upon the money
dishonesty gotten from hard
working people, widows and or
phans. I.
Superintendent Hines Promotion
Supt. Newman Kline Of the Yellow
stone division. was promoted to til,
SUPPLEMENTARY Of the Pacific division
with headquarters at Tacoma, and he a
sumes his duties on the 18th q thi
month. c. w. Houston is named as act
ing superintendent until Mr.. Kl;re's sue
cessor is appointed. Supt. E.. PEARSON
whom Mi. Kline succeeds, has been pro
NOTED to Assistant General Manager o
the entire system. The Pacific division
is considered the most difficult on tn