The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-07

names OF the writers, but I shan not divr nm o..
names Of the pares Is their duty to come s , sne
ward aaa svs sy ta any par ann ses U.S.
article you call my attention 10 was ens ~ - INC
Q. Was 1t Mr.. Barnes VINO sem nv A. aec,nc
8. You aId not write it, No. sir
MI For his sare <fefcular interest in the
nor Gaugnten. am sorry TO say he has
Dd your ,nsa amor snn state tnat the bill about
conference be .%een the foreSn comnan,es and
m Hac asked q, sur made inquiry about IT. If
t mao an astronomer TO write article about
ip, H don. Q4aughterl
Mr.: Miler read letter from the representatives
~ .ae ioresgn companies asking Miller to support
2: Had you seen this letter would you have pub
,s shed tn e article ar A. wool" probably have pub
q VIII you state VINO wrote the article "Ralsing
the Wind ~ A. decllneto answer; 1t was not an
@. Would you expect reliable Information from
an editor OF an Insurance. apera A. do not know
Wny snonld not; many persons have been In more
q. VIII you produce,he evidence to sustain these
(laughtor); tnere IS law OF libel In this country
you Know; am not prepared to produce the wit
nesSes now.
Q. You remember there were number OF articles
In which Olcott and were y0ked IN togetherY A.
q. Several IN which Olcott. who had been the
author oil letters regarding Collector Murphy, was
mixed up9 A. Yes but don't see why Mr. Murphy
should be brought in; his connection With the MUIR
pny controversy had nothing 70 do with these artt-
Giles; Mr. Barnes has never consulted me at all aeous
these articles.
Q. Had not some Of these articles been brought
from the house OF Mr.. Thurl0w Wecdp A. Meme or
them came from that source; there was person as
gO-between IN connection with MIR. Barnes and US.
Witness was questioned about an article reierring
to Mlller's rake OF $4,000 as percentage on the
transfer Or securities and answered that his infOr
mallon came from the author OF the article.
q. DID you not send man to Rochester to inquire
m n n I'm xVl az nm
on other business, and sent the list OF judgments
against one Miller down for publication.
q. Don't you think your course in denouDcing me
as Tammany democrat Is UNJUST? A. 40 not
z. DO you know any witness or witness-tO-0e who
cnargesY A. 1t IS not my business to hunt up wit
nesses for you; my business Is 10 publish news;
think We have redeemed our pledge to prove our
Q. You think SOP A. Yes; and we will give you
more soon. II you want IT,. Qaugnerl
Look at This arlicle from the Times is 1t common
datory OF the SUPERINTENDENT A. don't know that
Mr.. Miller read ii. When Miller had read part
OF It, witness remarked, "ProbablY that VIII do Tor
your purpose; IL is not very pleasing article.n
daughter Mr.. Miller abandoned lhe reading and
read another extract from the Times endorsing his
administration for acts tnat 1t now denounced MIN
Q. Were you aware OF the publication Of these
articles when those attacking me were inserted ?
A. suppose / was
@. Has 1t been charged by insurance officers that
IappOlnted great many Tammany receversP A.
officers.
O. You decline to give the name OF any one who
has given you lnfOrmatlOnY A. III they won't come
forward, as they should, and divuige their names,
do not intend to do 1t; you have never asked us to
publish anything IN explanation OF the charges. or
we would nave been very happy to have done so.
TO Mr.. Tobey-I think the testimonial TO Mr.. NIL.
Ter was published In the Times at the request Of
Mr. Miller's friends.
q. BY Mir. Nutter-Dia Stephen English furnish
any OF the articles A. believe Mr. English only
contributed one article.
This concluded the examination OF Mr.. jennings,
which consumed all the afternoon, ana The commit
tee adjourned until half past ten this morning.
During the examination OF Messrs. Jones and Jen-
nings the room was densely crowded by insurance
officials, who listened with great attention, expect
ing that they would dvulge their sources OF lniOr
matlOn.