The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-09
SLICK SCHEMES
Remarkable Cases in Which Daring
SwiaMers Made Fortunes
BY INSURANCE FRAUDS

DY lNSUkANCE EkAUDS |
Some Of the Methods Used by the
Swindiers to Work the Different
Coupan;es.-Muraer and Other
schemes Used to Deceive the IN
surance Companies and the Public.
insurance frauds have cecosn!z-
ed place IN the history OF crime
saws Answers. and the whole Worso
was recently startled BY the accounts
Of the man Guilevitch. who. after IN
surtng his life and nominating 'he
amount OF the policy 10 his Secre-
.a-y, actually murdered the latter.
and assuming his identity. Claimed
the insurance money which "ou4o
have been due had he died himself
The abuses OF insurance were new
e. more terribly illustrated than oy
the case CT Herman w. Nudgett.
which few years ago caused blaze
of indignation throughout the Unit
ed States and Canada. Mudsett and
nan named Pitezel went into part
se-ship with the deliberate inten-
ton OF swindiing the insurance COM
panies-
Gu;ievi.ch's method was to select
q victim who was 70 act as his dou-
h.e and murder him by means OF
POISON. Mudgets and Pitezel were
-os murdere-s from the srst- They
imply procured dead bodies from:
rnortua-ies and elsewhere. purchas-
Ing them under the pcetense that
they were nedica! students and re-
ouired them for dissection. The
dead body would be arrayed in Pit
ezeI's clothes. and Mudse,t wouio
get the certificate and draw the in
surance for Pi,ezeI's death. Tier
the two scoundrelS shared the spoils
OF thei- crime. Thus they swiE6lec
various companies out OF s17.o00-
Eventually Mudge.t gos into debt,
and found that be must have ell the
money and not merely half. Then
Pi.ezel died IN earnest He was
found done to death by chloroform If
his Office in Philadelphia. P!tezelsS
children came 70 Mudgett asking
about their fatner. Mudgett. in ter.
TOR OF discovery. deliberately mnr.
6ered them one by one and bic
their bodies IN cellars il various
places. N each case he drew in
surance.
Mu6gett. when in prison. confess
ed to twenty-five seperate murders
for the sake Of insurance money.
This IS probably record: but there
are many cases OF q number OF diff
serect individuals victims to the
greed OF one man.
The arch-criminal Meyer. for in
stance. most certainly poisoned sev
en- different persons. Yet 3 New
York jury was idiots enough TO le!
him OF with his life. Mrs. Van de!
Linden Of '.eyden when convictet
OF the murder OF an unfortunate
girl-one OF her rela,ives-su. the
sake OF $500 insurance. coolly con
fessed to having poisoned or other
wise ended the lives OF fifteen other
people. and the Liverpool Sisters.
OF evil memory. were put on trial 10;
killing four persons
n spite Of the laws which prohik
It the insurance OF q life by third
party, unless ''insurable interest" car
be proved. industrial Offices are fre,
ereatly imposed upon. A. Black
burn q case came TO light not lone
ago OF q woman. lodging house
keeper. who held NO fewer than 80
insurance policies on the lives ot
men, most Of WHOM, she had never
seen The amount she paid in prem
iuns was twenty-five sh;llings ]
week
IN July last very clever insur-
ance swindler was run to earth il
Paris The emthod Of his arrcs:
was curious One wet day q smart
looking man tried to force his way
iaso an omnibus. which was already
full. When the conductor told him
to get Of he hit the man in the face.
He was at once taken to the police
station.
No fewer than so accident insu--
snce policies were found on him. and
presently It was discovered that he
was head oc an organization whies
existed solely for the purpose OF
swindlins the insurance companies.
He and his confederates owned a
number OF motors so constructed
that accidents occurred constantly
The driverS-his accomplices would
arrange for heavy indemni;ies. and
then put their cars il order again
Other members were accustomed TO
fell beneath passing vehicles. always
SO clcyerly IS TO escape serious in
-jSry. yet as 70 be able to get med
tcal certificates whereby they could
claim damages. The extent OF the
fraud Is proved by the fact that the
Count De Thuin. as the head swim
oler called himself. had been making
as bis OWE share $4,000 year. =
SENATOR TELLMiN IMPROVING.
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