The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-11
NO FRAUD
IN REFERENCE TO POLICY ON
HER HUSBANDS LIFE.
Mrs. \. B. Winfrey Denies Allegations
in Suit of Engineers Mutual
Company.

In reference to the suit of the To-
connective Engineers Mutual Life and
Acclment company Mrs. A. B. Winfrey
isays:
''My attention has been called to
the publication in The Sun of pleading
in a suit against me which suit does
me a great injustice. The article is
in the following words:
h "Wants the Money Back"
'The Locomotive Engineers Mutu-
al Life and Accident company has
filed suit in the circuit court against
Mrs. Eva B. Winfree, for $1,000,
claimed due it for life insurance mon
ey she procured from the company by
Ialleged false representations upon the
death of her late husband, A. b. Win
free"
81 do not desire to have a newspaper
controversy, but my sef-respect inn
pels me to refute the impression that,
| have, by false representations, pro-
cured from the company the sum of
5 500 or any other sum. | have not
practlced any fraud, or deception upon
the Locomotive Engineers Mutual
| Life and Accident company, or any
other company; nor have / collected
directly or indirectly, a solitary dollar
that was not due me.
when my husband died, he had
policy in the Locomotive Engineers
Mutual Life and Accident company.
No. 1900, made payable to me as
his wife; that policy was turned over
by me to the company and the insur-
ance was paid promptly. The allega-
ton made against me in the petition
that, ! have been guilty of the least
fraud or Misrepresentation in order
to obtain money on the policy. is not
only grossly false, but does me pal
pable and inexcusable injustice.
"The attorney who filed the suit
demanded that | return to the com
Ipany. some money, but | declined
positively to do so; he then offered
to settle the claim that is, the ST.
500 claim for $500, which l also de-
clined and the suit followed as a re-
suit of that declination. After my
husbands death, l surrendered the
policy which l held, No. 1900, and
my mother-in-law, Mrs. NJ II. Win
free, surrendered the one which she
held No 1855, and Mr.. Eaker turned
the two policies over to the secretary
of the company, Mr.. NJ. H. Shay, and
took his receipt for both policies,
which receipt Mr.. Eaker has kindly
permitted me to use. 1t is in my pos
session, and is in the following words:
Locomotive Engineers Mutual
Life and Accident Insurance Associa
ton"
Cleveland, O., July /, 1907. Re
ceived from r. l.. Eaker, policy No.
rs. 10O--25S5. amount of insurance,
100000, issued to A. B. Winfree.
payable to Mrs NJ. H. Winfree. moth
er and wife, claim will be payable
September LIST, 1907.
NJ. II. SHAY,
General Secretary and Treasurer"
81 collected the policy that was
made payable to me; but had nothing
whatever to do with the proceeds of
the other policy, and have never re-
ceived q dollar of it; and IL there was
ever any change made in the policy l
know nothing in the world of it, and
there was not the slightest thing in
the policy to indicate that it ever had
been changed, and am perfectly
confident that the statement that It
had been changed is falsehood with
out the least foundation for truth.
Respectfully yours,
MRS. e. B. WINFREE.