, 1877-08-16
Messrs. Sherwood and Dross Reply tn
Furber's Letter Exonoratine
Himself.
The Fire-1nsnranco 1lrokcgs' Objections
10 tho Recent Ordinance.
Let the Whole System OF Brok-
erage Bo Abolished.

embodied Ills alleged grievances In letter to
The New York Times, which was rcuublislcd Il,
ttis paper yesterday morning, reporter Of TUE
TRIBUNE visited Mr.. Icorgc Sherwood, n mcn,-
ber Of tic Special Committee of po!!cy-hollcrs,
who visited Hartford not lnng ago to examine
luto tue atlaits Ut the Company IN order to
learn What Mr.. Sherwood llnl to say In reply.
Mr.. Furber'a allegations were sweeping III their
character, and he denounced Mr.. sltcr-
wood, Mr.. William l,ross, and tho 1lev.
". II. Ryder ms uttcrcrs Of untruths, provided
the published report of their utternnccs Mt the
meeting held on Afnnday last at the shcrnan
House was q faithful u>le.
Mr.. Sherwood sn he lad looked over tho re-
port Of his remarks, which were correct through
out,
The reporter drew his attention to the nl1ega-
tton made by Sir. 1'urtcr: "1llcy {.Ac Com
mttcc) spout two l'oura In cnnsersatton with the
President, Mr. Wsgvins. They ncycr examined
teo ore; but, after listening IN The story of tho
President. Gcurgr Sherwood himself stated that
the Committee wcrr satisfied that the ttanngc.
mcnt tof the Company since The retirement Of
Mr.. Wn1klcy hail ltCcn iilsllctOuA."
Mr.. Shcr3oul-f never said anything Of tho
kind; Fnr1cr's assertion Is ErnsB falselaootl.
! will tell you what VIC did do. The cntite
Committee calIc1 On a1r. Wigg1ns. who told tlis
story IRON bcgluutng to end. 1t Is unnecessary
u repeat nll Ills yurn, much OF which lud nGtll-
Ing To DO With tho points At issue; hut Will
give you the leading features Of II. Hc stated
TINT hc and Furbcr woll.l never have gone into
the Company ut all II they Ind knuSut or en-
testalned any i1eu, of tho corruption aud mis-
management Of tllc previous managers. They
tFurhcr and himself hna fuund million dollars
In premium notes counted as asscts, which pos
sesscd
NO VALUE WHATEVER.
There were mnnr other crooked things. Tho
not make head nor ta!I Of tllpln. Some of tho
books were m!ss|ne, and thu cash had never
Then. resu,ncd sr. Sherwood, the Committeo
was connected with the former management,
and who, It is generally charged and acknowl.
edged, Ia 60 corrupt, Is still retained In the
service o., ot the C.c,mPany ut SALARY
10 this Virgins replied: "That is d pertinent
question. Thers arc certain matters In court
On With we want his testimony. aud VIC thought
1t better to keep lin ttan to dismiss hln,. But
tHc experts who Lave examined our ftu0ks eay
that they never saw better kept set ot books
ii their 1tvca.H
Mr.. Sherwood. then asked: "T1ow do you get
d II rubbish Witch yo.i aud Furl,cr found u TAX
tng posscsstonFs
.Mr. WiggIns replied that they vent to work
Just the ean'e as one would IN coan-
~ Of t''0's steryts 1'a 'a Tsy an ssu 'nxss,S sgeas
al over the country to examine lulo tho rcal
cstatc. and lacked up every tlctuil of tho bust
ncss. The COMMITTEES then returned, with tho
exception Of Mr.. Sherwood, who remained to
examine t!iu t4,ohs. lie asked to ste tho it,
yentorY, mud, after sumo icluy, cuusel by walt
lng for errk who wrH alleged to know nil
about II, tllts WIS produced, az also tho books.
To Ahcrwooi's utter astoni4llnlent, tho ilrs.
entry ~ tIi5 mucl.lep.alsed ret OF books bore
.latc May II. 1s;'j. 1Iow thcy eycr gut then,
staslcdt he udna know, ans! how nlucl, tho Culn-
lIaI4y IiEl!t hnyu been robbed VI prur tu tho
date oI their cnli,ncnccn,clt there seemed no
ncauA 0f telling.
The reporter then inquired:
"DM YOU Eivu my expression Of opinion
you hat been kcptt'
Yer, did say tint the new looks from AIay,
1870, uppcurrt! u bu kept on very eood sys.
.s",, aa t tint ut ,ke r ti;s T. pan ,,;n d details
sfr. Furbcr alleges that tic Committee went
Oh
AMONG OUTSIDERS, ENEMIES
Of Tie Company, In search Of Information"
every one, not onIy lrIcna4, hut ali si1cs, from
whom tlluY could 1,o;,u to elicit facts. Among
tho persons We tnlkud with wcro
Messrs. rurta and ,Wigeins, State cona'ns-
Statn SpcriI Committee, Judge Van IL. lliy.
Rins, OF ChRago, Senator Ento,,, md lien. 1luw-
ley, Of Cntncctfrut, nnl q number Of Insurance
1as,, including Mr. Et"!crs, President Vt the
lEtun, ailI Mr.. Grcetlt uf tue Connecticut Atutu.
al. VIC uls1 saw the Cu.nnlftlcD Ut experts nf,d
q numtcr VI ATTORNEYS. did state, ! will tay
tur Mr. Furbsrs bcaclt, ut tlle Chicago mect-
sE, tat ,e Gns1so sais to tS soglu
these persoiIs-Wf.gins Rnl Furbcr--wl,p wcro
tntrustel WIN t!e Immense OrtllnN Fuli1, Wcre
Installed N their plat es through corruption and
1rau,l, UNI Their nia1,agemcnt has bcct reckless,
CRUEL, and er!Inlnal.''
What are yon E9lnE to do about Mr.. Fur
pef's chaslcHEt lu sle Committee ~ meet lM
III the tnw Snurta:"
ali Mr; Furhsr run explain away any Of the
tlgurcs which gave: let him loao. No general
denial will fersc him Hny,hing. II n,y stale
!nens @ tanroFrcet !" my particular, let MIN show
where the error IL. havcn'ta u siuEle thug q
takc back, and an ready 70 mako affidavit to al
that have SAIL. would like to have tho Com
pany, or the poaicy-hoerR, employ lawyer 10
ptcParc case asni!et tllesu men, an!l make
theIn swcat for their tll.go!tcn ga!hs. ! don't
beare worth q ceut TN Mr. Furt,cr's threats.
AIR. wlLl1aM ,sltoss.
The reporter uoxt interviewed Ms. William
ID bross !n regard to tic ALLEGED discrepancy bc-
tween hs letter ~ The TRIBUNE from Hurt
lord and hls reported utterances Ut tho Chicago
meeting. Mr; l3toss sa'l tlat thy quotation
made by Mr.. Furbcr from his published rcu,arks
vas iI'eoFrtctly gsyeu. Furber gives 1t Us fol.
luKRs AWhnfnp,. . tnyn Iis,,r trta t{,r