New-York tribune., 1882-04-09

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O'Nel and said that when the receivers accounts were
being passed upon by Referee scudder the charges OF
Tobias were at the rate of 5000 but before the com
tee they were given as $4,000. Mr. Tobias, ne saiu'
had converted 100000 in United states bonus
into cash and paid his brokers q commission OF q vi
per cent, when the usual commission was LILO oi po
cent The amount paid to Mr.. O'Neil was excessive
Before Judge westbrook signed the order OF allowances
his son received wedding present from Mr. OMEN anu
Mr. Tobias worth $500.
Mr.. Chapin-That is serious charge. Are you SURE
broadway an old partner of Mr. ONeill told me thl ne
heard Mrs westbrook thank Tobias Tor tne Pr.se r
thai he made motion her To keep quiet Mr' 1o"as
rented property Saratoga TO Iheodore Meiei LII roa
81. 500 when he had been offered 5000 ior 'hc Sao
property. ,
At this point the committee adjourned to Mr. FISH =
office where the investigation into the affairs OF the
Globe Mutual Company was continued MT Cuiieh' Vi
wngate & Cullen counsel for the receiver was eA.
amined He that the action for the appointment o
a receiver Of the Globe Company was begun ID May
mendation Of the Board OF Directors OF tne copns ny
The Board recommended that Mr. Barrow, Who, VINO nad az
been president OF the company short time should be
made receiver. but Judge WestDrook apponitcu IN w.,
contested br some Of the directors and also by Mr. Bar
the ground that the company was as NOT
Mr.. Erwin-What had you to 40 with tne appointment
Mr. Cucn-I had not appeared in the case in any way
but saw that receiver about TO be appointed ana
/ told Mr. Fish that might go in for 1t ana get u.
went TO Albany and Judge Westbrook az tIg De,a
van IIonse and asked him 10 appoint MI Flsn re sun
he did not know whom he would appoint ne oiu e n0e
ssk for recommendations and FURNISHED none nv taie
back and had Mr. Fish send Recommendations py lele-
graph Mr.. Fish was then appointed IL was ulu rnaro
stood that would be retained az his attorney &
was trial OF the case whether the receiver shouu
be continued, and large number OF lawyers w.
The trial lasted two days and Judge "estuIooh NC,
decision iii January, 1881, confirming the %
There allowance from lhc linuS Vi T-,V oonr
Attorney General Ward and S2ooo 10 'he Quiet 'o''
sci for this trial 49,, ,, ,,iro
Mr. Gull n tnen gave account Of the various ws@ sa
tons which receiver had been engaged H. "na IN
McDermott appointed referee 10 eAahlo io t t f -
1881. and in December nc claimed %H %o"Hp tror o tnc
judges order Mr.. McDermott withdrew ms claim anu anu
accepted $1,000 on account Mr cullen 5h9nsGi uno
compensation, but he thought he would not , ges
it, as there ,eri was more ss%c S2re 'nPs Perce. the
counsel for the insurance company put & IN Claim T av'
services under an alleged coptre. WIN % r mater was
referred toE NJ Bell of Hudson CITY and ne allow e
BROOKLYN counsel Of the company, made clam or ol
$ls36 for foreclosng two or three MORTGAGE ~ was
Culen had received 5000 account OF services I'D
addition amounts received In foreeiong @
He could not tel what thelr entire Dl "ouu pe ou'
Mr. Fish vas nc9 examined again. He said that tho
80 per ceut dividend declared to the genera,
policy holders ana that M & ah4'neT lie ha n,id out
81 GA l67, and had received IN rents ana lhlctest
Sls953s the costs and expenses OF tne receiNorsnp
paid S67,3s5 There were ooVo povnos W. M -,
iorce. The funds had been deposited pIlEoipay ~ @ ,o
Central Trust Company IheTe was no, te IL what
hi ices would be out he would be well satisfied WIN
per cent OF the amount he paid out. .. ,
f. F. Williams VINO said nc was an Insurance. eNPoIt,
living in Toledo, Ohio testified mat the Naiuallohs o
policies by receiver OF the CohtlHehiS tolIPal!
been inaccurate and that Western policy holders bad
not been paid the 10 per cent dNIdeno ia lui' ti f
Tobias hal failed to gave any si'iSAcioIJ iea'o" i
The committee adjourned to meet at tle metropolitan
Hotel on Monday
A NATIONAL GUARD PARADE-GROUND.
The Assembly joint subcommittee on Cities
and Militia which were appointed to hear the testimony
of the officers National Guard and the city author
ies as to the necessity of battle-ground for that or
ganzation met in the Metropolitan Hotel yesterday al
noon There were present NJ. c. Murphy chairman, and
AssemblyInen Roosevelt Derrick. Breen and Goddard
Colonel Emons Clark Of the 9TH Regiment. stated that
parade ground deemed positive necessity by the
National Guard and would add very much 20 their eli
cheney. The only place where they could properly drill
was the Brooklyn parade ground, which iuaccess
ble and besides the NewYork regiments felt delcacy
In asking for the of that ground When Central Park
was laid out there provision inserted In the law
making 1t park that portion OF 1t should be reserved
for the purposes OF the militia as parade and drill
ground; but for it was never 50 used The
different regiments used T0mpkins Square until the in
crease Of the population III that vicinity compelled the
city to convert The square into park From the ferries
TO Inc Brooklyn parad- ground, which they had been
using fully five miles, aud the men suffered from the
Colonel Cavanagh OF the Goth Regiment said that in
his Opuion the proposed paradeground was an absolute
necessity.
Jndge Gldersleeve, who ia chief Of staff to General
Shaer SAID that he knew that General shaer was
csty deslrous Of having parade ground for the First
Division of the National Guard AS was every menOer
also tha city," h- said "nere is strong element
that can only be deferred from riots ana mcb violence 10y
awe of the military The civil authorities are mol able to
suppress this element unlcss backed mp by the moral
effect OF u strong and weiOrganzed militia and II j.
essential military arm shond be fostered and
enc outraged hy giving them proper facilities for drilling"
Ferdinand y Earle, Captain of the 2d Calling Battery,
ad present be had place but the streets where
he could his guns, and he felt the want OF
proper place keenly.
After taking other testimony OF a similar nature the
committees Adjourned The officers pre- promised 10
meet the committees at the Metropolitan HOtel next
saturday when q steamer will BE- chartered and the
party viii take trip up the Sound and endeayor TO fix
a size In the annexed district