Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-05
STRAUSS RELEASED
By the John Hancock Insurance Co From Assistant Superin-
 tendency.

The latest development in the al. legged insurance frauds is the discharge of Louis Strauss, one of the accused, from his position of assistant superin- tendent in the John Hancock Insurance Co His discharge took place Satur- day afternoon by John H. Bailey. the superintendent. Mir Bailey said he l was very sorry to have to release Mir ! Strauss. but the company could not af- l ford to have one suspected of grave yard insurance deals on it's pay roll. 1 Strauss is all experienced insurance i canvasser and there is nothing ill the
 business that he does not know.
 The next development in the matter | may come from the state insurance
 commissioner. Four years ago the state insurance department returned a very drastic report on the way fra l ternal insurance societies conduct their business. It would seem that anybody with a pull in such q society. would get friend insured. which, of | course, was not only wrong but q crime against the state for the insur- ance society to do any such thing. For 1 by accepting such business the sound I risks must ill the end pay for the lln- sound ones.
 Though Prosecutor Meigs has said 1 once or twice already that there will
 be no more prosecutions on the present ! evidence. it does not follow that the trial will not bring out some surprises
 which may result in duplicating oth- CTS.
 All of the accused say they are not | .,,4n, Al ,% NF.L ~s<,p ! nan says he was involved without any
 idea of crime entering his mind and
 that but for his friendly feeling for others he would have had nothing tO
 do with it. Strauss says he will Dave
 less difficulty than either of the other
 two in proving himself not guilty, while Brophy and all who know him ! say such matter as this with which 1 he is charged would not enter his mind
 in a lifetime. Those who are con-
 nected with the prosecution said this
 morning that Brophy's conduct ill tie 1 matter showed more indifference to his
 duty than actual criminal intent But 1 according to the report of the insilr-
 ance commissioners issued four years
 ago it is to this very thing they at ! business done by insurance companies.
 If it can be shown that Brophy was a
 paid official of Yates camp he will say 1 the prosecuting authorities. have nor.
 difficulty in clearing himself than if
 his office had been merely an honorary one.
 Dr Grady is positive that the man he
 examined was not Frank Reynolds. | but he did not know of this at the time. and Dr. Faber. who issued the
 death certificate. is reported to have
 said it is a matter of daily occurrence
 with mostly all the physicians ill town
 to do as he did in the case.
 Mir Mckiernan is still confined to
 his room, but the indications are that
 he will be able 10 attend court next
 Monday. He seems anxious for Il
 trial in order to have the matter dis
 posed of as soon as possible.
 It was reported to-day that Strauss
 had decamped. but his wife is autliori- | ty for the statement that he was in
 town this morning. She did not say
 this, however. in evefy positive man.
 ner. nor m the owhtftfr one would ey-
 pect denial of report of this kind.
 She merely said in q very placid tone that he was in town this morning and
 that she knew nothing whatever about
 his business because he never told her
 anything about it. In fact, she did
 not seem the least disconcerted about | the predicament her husband is in. | Isador Chase. the milliner. is Strauss's
 bondsman in x2.000.