Show WESTERN LIFE IN TROUBLE chicago sept 19 charges of fraud misappropriation ot trust funds and attempts to transfer assets to another concern are made in a suit for receiver and accounting filed this afternoon against present and former officials of the western life indemnity company an assessment insurance association E I 1 and W H gray the latter being the organizer of the association are prominently mentioned in the bill in connection velh alleged fraudulent boing of funds to themselves the was filed in tho united states circuit court by attorney S levanson and went before judge S H bethea on a motion tor the issuance of a restraining order stopping a meeting of officials of the company to be held thursday the motion met with resistance by the defendants gray Is alleged to have secured proxies from enough members to control the directors by securing this control it la alleged gray had passed a resolution voting him the right by contract to draw 1 for each 1000 insurance issued this was done in secret and although the complaining policy holders recently learned of it they were information by rosenfeld eld moulton gray and others besides these many thousands of dollars alleged to have been improperly taken it is declared by gray and hia associates by other fraudulent means the complainants are abon W field jessal B and addelson S tibbetts and tho defendants besides the insurance company and gray are george M moulton john A crawford Craw tord L M martin C T drake D D bramble A B huston E D moore and A N haslop each of thu defendants are residents of lincoln neb the defendant company Is tho successor of the knights templar and mason life indemnity company organized in 1884 and has more than in policies outstanding |