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Show GRAVE-YARD INSURANCE. The Woman Was on Her Death Bert When the Policy Was Issued. Indianapolis, Ind., July 28.-Atten-tion to grave yard insurance has been revived here by the issuance of warrants against Sumner Carson, who claims to represent the Life Insurance company of Richmond, Va. The company's attorney at-torney here says that Carson has no authority to accept such insurance as is alleged against him in the cases pending. pend-ing. He is accused of sending in an application for a policy on the life of Mrs. AdaWarrenburg. of this city. J he policy was for Carson's benefit, the application ap-plication setting forth that Mrs. U ar-renburg ar-renburg was a widow and that he was her cousin and guardian of her children. child-ren. The policy was issued to him in the sum of $200. In four weeks after tho policy was issued Mrs. Warrenburg died of consumption, and it is claimed that she was on her death-bed when the policy was issued. Her signature to the application is pronounced a forgery, and he is accused of procuring the certificate cer-tificate by fraud and false representations, representa-tions, but nothing of this kind was discovered dis-covered until after the money, $200, had been paid him. Another case of like character, involving in-volving insurance of $100 on Daniel Sullivan's Sul-livan's life, has been discovered. Carson's Car-son's whereabouts are unknown. |