The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-06
A LIVE BURIAL.

Extraordinary Story of Life Insur- ance Agent-HoW the Company was | Robbed.
 In 1869 I accepted a position with a | life insurance company that was doing
 large business throughout the coun- try. The issuing of large policies was
 seldom heard of at that time, and the solicitor who was able to secure an ap-
 plication for a large amount was the
 lion of the hour, and much sought after
 by other companies.
 Lower Broadway was then the center
 of attraction, and scarcely an evening
 passed without a visit to old Niblo's Garden, the corridors of the Astor
 House, the Metropolitan and St. Ncho- las Hotels Here would congregate the young business men, from the salesman
 to the man about town. and often ac- quaintances would be made during these rounds that threw considerable business my way.
 While enjoying myself at Niblo's Garden one evening my attention was attracted to four persons in one of the boxes to the left of the stage. The party consisted Of two ladies and two gentlemen, one of the latter about for ty years old, the other a younger man. Their appearance, mirth and apparent enjoyment of the play soon made them the center of attraction to the audi ence, as well as to the actors on the stage. When the play was over my curiosity prompted me to watch this party, and as they left, to follow them to their hotel, where had an opportu- nifty of observing them more closely as they ate late evening meal-I doing likewise at nearby table They all drank wine, the older and fner-lookink man drinking but little.
 I dropped in at their hotel the follow ing day, where I witnessed fine game of billiards between the two men who had occupied the box the night before. Their skilful playing attracted consid- erable attention. and before the after noon was gone I knew the two men as MT. Livingstone and his brother-in law, MT. White During the week that fol- lowed I met them quite often, and was invited one Saturday night to accom- pany them to the theater, where they introduced me to the two ladies before mentioned as their wives.
 This acquaintance became mutually plyea sant, especially so between MT. Livingstone and myself-he being in- terested in a patent which he was anx- ious to sell-and I as anxious to assist for the sake of the benefit that might come to me from it's sale We often talked insurance matters together I having suggested that he might do worse than to become an insurance agent. He replied that there was too much hard work in 1t to suit him, that he had rather a nice income of his own, but had about concluded to give me an application for policy, which he final ly decided to do, provided he might di- vide up the yearly payments into two parts, and I to allow him one-half of my 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 ffty-thousand dollar policy. So de- lighted was ! that I requested him to go with me at once to the office of the insurance company for an examina tion. This examination was most rigid, the physician pronouncing MT. Livingstone to be the most worthy of insurance of any he had examined in several years. In the course of a few days the policy was issued, the money paid to the company in cash, of which l received my part, dividing the same with MT. Livingstone, who took the policy and left for his home in St. Lawrence county N V