The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-11


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5.lEe one Of the dsteelEl hc-
7SI5ed on Us. Eb In1g UClll 5s
5ts to hand over the company money
to this politician"
Yes said the IaWyof. but tlie
payment has quite sufficient string
to It. It IS explained fully In HIS let,
ter. Mr.. Curtis advises a. that IN Or.
der to wipe out q personal debts q debt
legally but not mor1lly just ~ hs.
given the man q check on the funds
Of the company. He begs us TO 0b.
serve that this check directs payment
to be made by the bank out OF the.
funds OF the Life Assurance Company
OF North America. and that 4. 81 signed
by him as the trustee Of 0nch funds.
He begs as further to observe that this
payment Is. consequently. plainly on
the face of this check a payment With
trust funds Therefore. this politician
takes no title to the money which he
will receive by It, and must pay II
back to the company.
Il do not quite understand" said
one Of the directors.
1T Is all entirely clear. replied the
lawyer. "This check IS made payable
on a trust fund It shows on its face
that It is drawn on moneys belonging
to the Assurance Company and not In
dividually to Richard R Curtis. This
notice is set out fully in the body OF
the check The signature with the
word, trustee, attached, confirms the
trust nature of the fund upon which
it IS drawn. Now. these political leech-
es have grown so accustomed to being
fed on insurance money that they have
come wholly to overlook the law. NO
doctrine Of the Law IS better settled
than that a trust has no power to pay
out trust funds in settlement OF his
private debts, and one who takes trust
funds, with notice OF that fact, &C
ouires no title to them and can be
made to restore them. The peculiar
wording of this check gave full notice
person who cashed II was thereby
fully aware OF that fact and, cOnse.
duently. he must restore this money"
But" said the chairman. as this
politician good for that amount"
what" replied the lawyer, our
friend, the State Boss, good for IT?
WHY. the thief has a million dollars
in one building on Twenty-third
street,"
In their consuming interest in the
matter my presence was apparently
overlooked. and I stepped softly
through the door. These men did not
realize its full significance: to them
it was merely vengeance visited by a
dead man on his enemy, payment
to a rogue in his own pocket-pieces;
but to one who knew all the facts,
Randolph Mason's plan had worked
larger justice. Mason had seen in.
stantIy that, If this mortgage could
be lifted, Mrs Curtis could sell the
house. the purchasers title would be
clear, and she could take the money
out of the country and conceal 1t. The
only problem was to get the cancella-
ton of the mortgage on the records,
This check on the trust funds did that
ana yet Iell lAe NaASA VI ~ AAAO'S "
the assurance company, which owned
the funds. Suppose 1t were technical.
" crime in Richard R. Curtis thus
temporarily to appropriate the moneys
held in trust He was dead and no in
jury would come to any one innocent
OF wrong. A dependent woman had
her property returned to her; skull
king rogue had his own knife in his.
ribs, and the Assurance Company Of
North America would receive its
money with usury. I saw now why
the dying man looked upon Randolph
Mason as a providence OF God.