FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
On October 4, 1921, the New York Life Insurance Company, defendant in error, issued its policy on the life of Simon Caplan for $25,000. The policy provided for payment of double indemnity in the event that "the death of the insured resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent, and accidental cause." The policy also provided that
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