Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1914 — PLAY FOR INSURANCE MONEY [ARTICLE]

PLAY FOR INSURANCE MONEY

Companies Have to Be Constantly on the Watch to Prevent Heavy Losses Through Swindlers. One of the dodges that Insurance companies have to guard against is that of the man who insures his life for a large sum and then disappears, his relatives subsequently claiming the money. Borne time ago a man Insured himself for £5,000, and a month later

went out in a sailing boat alone at an English seaside resort. He took good care that his departure in the boat was well noticed by people in the vicinity. Next morning the boat was found dismantled and tossing on the waves—empty. He had disappeared. His hat and other personal effects were found floating on the water, but no trace of the man could be found, and the relatives conveniently assumed that-he had been drowned and claimed the insurance money. The insurance company, however, refused to

pay. They made diligent inquiries, and discovered that a man greatly resembling the “deceased” had landed on a not far distant Island, had caught the next boat to the mainland, and had then taken a passage for America, The matter came to court, and, owing to the suspicious circu distances, a verdict was found (n the company’s favor.