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Show PLAY FCR INSURANCE MONEY ' Coc,,nies Have to Ee Constantly on . the Watch to Prevent Heavy : Losses Through Swindlers. I 0ne of the dodges that insurance J ! paries have to guard against is I,,. ,ii the man who insures his lite u!rV large sum and then disappears. . ... reiajves subsequently claiming tar money. So mo time ago a man insured h:m-go;f h:m-go;f fo- 5.000. and a mouth later went out in a sailing boat alone at an ' English seaside resort. He took gcod care that his departure in the boat was well noticed ty people in the vicinity. Next tnorr.mg the boat was found dismantled dis-mantled and tossing on the waves j empty. He had disappeared. ; His hat and other personal ejects were found Seating on the water, but ; l:o trace o: the man could be found. ! and the relatives conveniently as-i as-i suraed that he had been drowned and I claimed the insurance money. The in-I in-I suranc; company, however, refused to pay. They made dillcent inquiries, and I discovered that a man greatly resembling resem-bling the "deceased" had landed oz a not far distant island, had ca;:g'-.t tie next boat to the mair.isr.d. cad had then taken a passage for America The matter came to court, and, ow:-z to the suspicicus circumstances, a v-f. diet was found in the company's favor. |