The sun., 1910-06-10
DICKINSON DEATH DISPUTE
CASUALTY COMPINT SITS IT
WAS Va accident.
No Question. Apparently. Thai q Was
Cansrd ny Pneumonia. the Question
BeInE whether an Accident lndured
the Pneumonia May ne liilWAted.


the Pneumonia MAY ne LitiEated.
That the Casualty Company Of America
intends to contest the payment of the
SG5OOO accident policy held by the late
charles {. Dickinson the banker, was
/ Indicated yesterday when the president
Of the casualty company gave out a state
ment saying that an autopsy had shown
that Mr. DiCkinson's death did not result
from accidental causes. THIS statement
was based upon an autopsy made by
physicians employed for that purpose boy
the casualty company Doctors employed
by the Dickinson heirs tn make a similar
examination into the cause of death do
not agree with those employed by the
Insurance company and both sides refuse
20 give out the details " the EXAM nation.
Mr. Dickinson died on May e. about
a week after he had Witnessed an eNpcr-
ment m Scranton. Pa. ia the laboratory
of DR. langc, WtD VAS trying 60 interest
the banker IN what, according 10 lange.
~ practically tran-mutaiion of Some
thing else into silver. Mr. Dickinson died
In ~ Luk~'s Hospital and the doctor
who attended him certified that death
was accidental. h".nv IN" result of
pneumonia that followed inhalation of
some deI-tcrious gas IN the laboratory.
The news that Nr Dickinson was
heavily insured was followed hy tho
report that ~ the instance oi the insurance
company an AUTOPSY had been performed
In the statement issued Yesterday
Edwin " be- Leon. president ~ the
company. says
"" have rrrsiye,i tho report oi our
physicians on the autopsy uf e. g. Wcsin-
son. and the cou'lu-I1r- reached Indicate
that death nd mon result from accidental
causes We have not vet received prnuis
of claim from the hyu"rrNry and W.
are therefore not Iufuuusi ~ this time
upon what basis DlsIm wiil b." mad" For
this reason a. are not 900 position 90
maze any further statement Iu rogaui
. 60 iiis ease ~ present
The autopsy tor the Insurance ruuiuauv
was mad" hy Coroner phv~I,iau ~rhultgs
arttUE IN puNat" capacity. bT HARLOW
Bronk-. Dr living aud lr lsI6or Mira
hanson. all ~ whom r"i II-'-i yesterday Co.
glye any details concerning what th'
however that thrduCtors Tor thD IusuTan,o
company hold that death VAS duo simply
tO pneumonia and cannot De- Cla--st ~
artidental. while thus" employed 10y the
heir- allegr that the pneumonia resulted
from the inhalation ~ gases
! When m" statement mad" hy thC
insurance company was shown 10 stanton
IC Dickinson, &. 4. Dickinson brother
he said:
III tho companies prove that my
brother death WIS not an accident
then I suppO-e they will not have tn nay
his insurance. but ! don't care to make
any comments upon the report
Dr. J v English. who with Prof IArkin
oI Columbia ana others performed the
AUTOPSY for NJ piCklnsDns heirs when
asked about the matter said
4 have seen the statement made by
the casually company The findings On
our side are different and II We can :
come to some understanding there will
I probably h. a contest of some Kind. There
u No doubt that Mr Dickinson died ~
/ pneumonia. ~ Our diagnosis stated AT the
/ time. hut ! cant give YOU nur hnding-
~ result of the autopsy until some sort
/ Of settlement has been agreed upOn or
3 attempted IN vain