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Warned of death leads to multi policy fortune for Goddard
In Louisville on January 12 a party of society people sought a fortune teller for a joke. William Goddard refused to let his companion see the seeress after she warned him he would die within six weeks. He then bought life insurance policies totaling $35,000 payable to his father, with further policies added. He later died on a hunting trip on Christmas Eve, the outcome credited to the warning and subsequent policies. Other details include the names of companies and amounts.
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Louisville
William Goddard
Zlouis Monahan
Goddard
Ethel McDonald
Lemberger
Loui Monahan
Fifteenth Street
Miss McDonald
Isay
Manhattan Company
New York
Tt Teller’s
Zortans
New For Life
Kentucky
Union
Sualty and Surety Company
St. Louis
Manhattan
Royal Arcanum
Union Central
Cincinnati