The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-30
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
0akey Hall-Life lnsurance-POlitical-
The Penirent Tramp-Busincss.
NEW YORK, March 26th, 1877

NEW DIRK, March 18TH, 1871
oAKY HALL.
The sensation of the week is the dis
appearance of Oaky Hall, which, so far,
is unexplained. He was missed first,
Friday, and it was ascertained that he
had not been Mt his home or his Office
for some days. Search was made for
him, but in vain. Hall is, or was, the
most singular man in America. A
splendid lawyer, he preferred the plaudit
Of a dinner table of roysterers to any
triumph that could be achieved at the
bar. An astute politician, he might
have had anything in the gift of his
party, and was elected mayor of the
city, after filling other less. important
places, but his love of goodfellowship
came in and wrecked him there. Eth
er from good nature or because he need
ed the money, he allowed the Tweed
gang to get control Of him, and he
shared the odium of the ring. He was
tried for completely in the great steal
but was acquitted, and it killed him as
politician and he resumed the prac-
tice of the law. His Bohemianism over
came him again, and he got a craze for
the stage. He believed he had in him
the elements of a great actor, and in
spite of the advice Of friends wrote a
play, and took himself the principal
character in it. 1t was Il fiat failure,
and at the end of three weeks he was
forced to go back to the law. And now
he has disappeared, and no one knows
where he is. Some say that the re-
turn of Sweeney would put him in an
awkward position, others say that an
English actress has control of him,
others that he has gone crazy and is
wandering, and others that he has end
ed the drama behind which the public
don't understand, which will come out
in a few days. Oakley Hall will proba-
bly, turn up in Europe, and will make
himself the center of a circle there
rs he vas here. He has not
committed suicide for he en-
joyed life too much. His life has
been a failure here, and instead of at
tempting to amend it, he has thrown
off all restraints, and will live as he
pleases somewhere else. This will be
the sequel to the Hall mystery.
LIFE INSURANCE,
The life insurance companies are in Il
state of mind for the legislature is in
vestigating them. 1t is shown that
some of the companies pay their presi-
dents such salaries as S37 500 per year,
medical examiners from $40. 000t to S15,-
600, and the legal advisers of the COM
panies have an equally soft thing of it,
the public is exercised about it, and it
is not to be wondered at, especially as
the officers vote themselves these salar-
les. On the other hand it should be
borne in mind that a man capable of
keeping proper care of such enormous
interests, is worth about all that can be
paid him. The public don't care so
much about the salaries as they dc
about the other work some of the Off
GERS have DONE. For instance one pres
ident was paid $3.50, 600 for wrecking
another company. The investigation
shows that it has been a regular thing
for two companies to combine, and send
out men to weaken confidence in ont
of them, that a majority of its policies
might be bought up for little or nothing
those who refuse to be so swindled be
ing reissued in the surviving company
1t was q very neat speculation if a com
pany could be so discredited that it!
policies could be bought up at ten cent.
on the dollar of their value. The search
ing inquiry now being made is a goot
thing. The shysters in the bushes
will be made known. the weak compan
les will be weeded out, and those en-
titled to confidence will be made all tn
stronger and better.
.Lra POLITICAL.
Leaving out the disappointed Democ
racy who expected places under Til
" den, and the ALMOST IS objectionabl
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