| Show A VERY QUEER CASE A JIau Gets 13000 Insurance on his Wifes Life and Accidentally Shoots her Special to THE HEIIALD Examiner Dispatch I ST Louis Mo Fob 17 Seven months ago pretty Fannie Siattery married Charles F Vail a bookkeeper in a wholesale liquor house in this city she was his second wife behaving been divorced from his first According to her mother Vail Vai never lived with his second wifeand wieand contributed nothing noth-ing toward her support He visited her regularly however and she seemed deeply I in love with him Shortly after their marriage I mar-riage he obtained a 5000 accident insurance insur-ance policy on her life from the Mutual Accident Ac-cident association of New York A few days later he took out another 5000 accident acci-dent policy on her life from the New York Preferred Insurance company He wanted it is stated to obtain additional insurance from one of the above companies but its officers considered that for a bookkeeper I with a salary of less than one thousand dollars a year 10000 accident insurance on his wife was a much us he ought to carry and his request was refused Last Satur day night Vail and his wife lett the city for Monroe Lincoln county about forty live miles from St Louis but before going lie took out a twoday American Accident Insurance policy on his wifes life fog j000 It is said Mr and Mrs Vail spout the time happily at Monroe and Monday afternoon Vail started for the city his wife agreeing to go with him to the station to see him off she remaining to finish her visit As Mr Vail was helping his wife into the vehicle he states that a revolver in his overcoat pocket was accidentally discharged dis-charged and the ball lodged in his wifes abdomen She was taken to the home of her uncle where her injury pronounced fatal Her mother was summoned from St Louis and arrived in time to hear a statement from her daughter that Charlie her husband had said that his revolver had struck the wagon wheel and that the shooting was accidental The woman died she was buried without an inquest and the next day Vail was back at his work He has notified the insurance companies that he wants them to pay the 13000 acci dent insurance on his wife the last 3000 being saved to him by the fact that the pistol was discharged within a few hours of the expiration of tho policy Investigation gation shows that there was also a o000 life insurance policy on Mrs Vail issued Vai issuel by the New York Life Insurance company payable to her children but as she had no children the policy is not collectable it is thought The insurance companies and directors are at work on the case |
