The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-22
NEW YORK LIFE TIRED
Of Laying Golden Eggs for Lawyers
and Quit-That's All.

The settlement of the Hillmon claim
against the New York Life Insurance
company was as much of surprise to
the attorneys in the case as any one
else. The fact is that the negotiations
for a settlement of the claim and all the
details were arranged without a con-
sultation with the regular attorneys of
the company.
Even the general solicitor, Mr.. Hub
bell, at the company's office in New
York did not know of the plan for
settlement less than a week ago A
Topeka man probably hit the nail on
the head when he said: THE truth of
the whole matter is that the New York
Life gOt tired of being led about by
their attorneys and the paying out of
endless attorneys fees, and concluded to
make an investigation outside of them
and arrived at the conclusion that a
settlement would be the best thing"
Another man said: president Nc
Cauu got hold of the statement of the
business of the company for the past
year in Kansas and concluded that the
company would make the amount of
would be better to pay it than leave the
state and so he consented to a settle
ment without even consulting the law
yers."
The man who feels the slight more
than any one else is George J. Barker,
of Lawrence 1t is he who has been
the special attorney for the New DIRK
Lite in the Hi1lmOn case since it was
commenced. He filed the first paper
for the defense ever filed and the only
consolation he gets from the settlement
is that he was allowed to file the paper
which closed the case, forever.
Col Barker was not only ignored in
the arrangements for a settlement but
when he received q telegram Friday
from Ed O'Brien, requesting him to
come to Topeka he did not know why
he was summoned. He came to Tope-
ka in ignorance of his mission and was
first informed of the state of affairs
when he met Mr.. O'Brien at the depot.
Eugene F. Ware, who is the attorney
for the New York Mutual Life is now
in New York on business and no longer
ago than this week he had a conference
with General Solicitor Hubbel OF the
New York Life in which Mr.. Hubbell
told him that the company would fight
the case to the end. But while Mr..
Hubbell was making threats and tell
ing Mr. Ware what would be done,
President McCauH was planning to
wind up the costly litigation by paying
the claim.
A report has been published in a
Kansas City paper that Eugene Ware
was dropped as one of the attorneys of
the New York Life over a month ago,
but J. w. Gleed, of the firm of Gleed,
Ware & Gleed said today: 1.-The report
is untrue Mr.. Ware was connected
with the New York Life only in the
HillmOn controversy and then it was
only because all the companies were
interested together. He especially rep
resented the Mutual Life"
There is much speculation about
what the other companies will do now
that the New York Life has paid it's
claim and it is generally supposed that
the case will never again be tried.
The attorneys for the New York Life
Insurance company at 4:30 o'clock Fri
day afternoon, paid to Webb McNaH,
superintendent of insurance, 1928, fees
for admission to do business in the
state and for licenses to local agents,
and a certificate of authority was is
sued to the company by the superin-
tendent.
The company pays 1854 for 1897 and
$164 for 1898.
The company today filed it's supple
mental report for Kansas.
The worst cough can be cured by the
prompt use of Ayers Cherry PectoraL
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