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Show THF JOKKK l-OOLKU. Hs Prrtruilva l!th by llrowulng, but K-t K-t tinted Too Kuott. Kalkiuu. N. C. June 2. Twelve months ago James Dillon of Tvrrell county insured his life for $.ttl!XI in the ounecliciit Muuial Life Insurance company. com-pany. Four months later he fell from a boat, feigned that he could not sw im and had to U pulled out of Alligator river. Tho net day ho overturned a boat half a mile from shore and veiled for help to a gentleman a quarter of a mile away. The latter responded, re-sponded, but Dillon secret Iv swam ashore, ami could not be seen by the man for w hose assistance lie had called. Iho latter supposed Dillon had drowned, and was perfectly willing to swear to it. Notice of Di'llon's death w as sent to the insurance company, and it refused to pay. Action was brought by the widow in tho superior court, and the case stood for trial at court last week. The widow alleged that Dillon had been drowned. A week before court, Dillon's supposed body was found near Hit! place w iiein the man saw him sink. The body was idem Hied bv twenty-five people as Hint of Dillon, b'v the shape of skull, color of hair, bald head, because two front teeth were out, ami from his clothing and its contents. con-tents. In court counsel for the widow took a non-suit, because the hodv had been found and could bo identified. It was supposed tho company would pay at once. The cvidcuce" of death ami identification was forwarded to tho company, which wrote that it would do as advised by their attorneys at Eden-ton. Eden-ton. There is no doubt, with this evidence, evi-dence, that the company would have paid the money if . nothing had occurred. oc-curred. ... Last Friday, to the surprise of all, Dillon ret urned safe and sound. Thete is no doubt that, hearing of the nonsuit at court, he thought it put an end to his claim and thoro would be no hope of collecting the money, and so believing, returned home. Dillon's statement is that he swam ashore the dav he overturned over-turned the boat, put his hat in the boat, and left the boat half full of water, then concealed himself In the bushes and waited for tho malt he had called to help him to come lip. He was convinced con-vinced the' man thought ho was drowned, and determined to stay in the woods so his 'wife could get the insurance money. , Five months later he claims to have, found a drowned man floating in tho Alligator liver. Ho removed the hair from his head so as to made it bald and his whiskers, and taking his own hair and whiskers stuck' it iu the decomposing flesh of the corpse. -Then he .knocked out two of the ( front teeth of the dead man 4 and , removing remov-ing the clothing from the' corpse, dressed it in the clothes he had worn on the day of bis disapitearauee. At night he conveyed it to flic place whero he was supposed to have been drowned, which place is one of the most desolate and barren wast as in the low lands of eastern North Carolina. The-sequel shows that lie was right, fortwei-Jy-tivo people swore that the, body was that of James Dillon. Thq body was found by Joseph Klhoridgef who expected to get t200 w hich bad been offered for the body of Dillon. Dillon is very jubilant over his deceit of his neigh'-Iters neigh'-Iters who are very charitable. Whenever one loses a horse, they (lupin and buy another; when one get's sick, they work his crops; or if one's house is burned they build him another. Thinking Dillon w as dead, and out of charity to his widow, they had planted his farm, and last Thursday thirteen were in Dillon's field Working his crop while he was secreted in tho bushes looking at them, lie says ho was glad to see his work progressing so finely In his absence, and would have been perfectly per-fectly satisfied could he have told them how' he wanted the crop cultivated. The news of his return created unite an excitement, and threats of lynching and tar and feathers were freely indulged in-dulged iu. . |