The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17

Belts got ahead of him he would walk
over his dead body Witness said she
saw a note on Mr.. Cogrove'e desk di-
rected to Mr.. O'Sullivan and telling him
to ridicule the attempt of Mr.. Belts to
get at the bottom of the Connecticut In
demnity association.
on the cross examination by Mr..
O'Neil, witness said that newspaper cor
respondents, so far as she knew. seldom
came into the office of the Connecticut
Indemnity association. She said that
the check was drawn before the article
was published. She said that she had
heard that MI Colgrove was now in
New York city. She said that she kept
Mr. Colgrove's bank account and that
he never had large balances. When he
left he had balance of $3.50 and that
was about the balance which he usually
had, and so far as she knew all the
money which he had came from the In
demnity company.
Mr. Phelps then laid in copies of the
! New York Times and the Sunday Globe
OF February 5.
Mr. O'Nel then called l.. A. Platt
I president of the defunct Connecticut In
demnity company from 1894 to the mid
die Of July, 1898, when it went into the
| hands of receiver. He stated that in
June, 1896, checks for claims against the
company were signed by the secretary,
| Colonel Doherty, and afterwards they
We're usually countersigned by witness.
| Witness said that on June 6, 1885, no
checks were signed by him and Colonel
Doherty for Commissioner Belts to nflu-
ence him in making a report concerning
the Connecticut Indemnity company.
Witness did not remember any $1,000
check being signed on June 20, 1898.
Mr.. O'Neil-"Was there a statement
made at meeting of the directors that
the insurance commissioner could be in
fluenced by money!"
Yes there was such statement
made"
What was it and who made it?"
THAT Colonel Doherty had been ap-
preached by someone who said that he
could influence certain comments to be
made in the annual report Of the insur-
ance commissioner"
ITO whom was that statement
made?"
AT a meeting of the board of direc-
tors. Colonel Doherty was there" Wit
ness could not remember who else was
there.
Anything said about how much mon
ey would be required?"
II don't remember"
Wasn't it stated that $500 would
secure a change in the commissioner
report concerning the company"
81 don't remember any specific sum
stated"
80 80, i
Charles r. Baldwin or Harry Alloway
with the insurance commissioner"
mo, sir"
ANY statement that Harry Alloway
stood in with the commissioner and Mr..
Baldwin stood in with Mr. Alloway?"
Il don't recolect that any names were
mentioned"
What was done with that proposition
of Colonel Doherty's?'
Nothing was done"
Wasn't check for $1,000 drawn?"
mot that / know of
wasn't a claim made that a check
for 81 900 had been made payable to Mr.. 4
Strobel or Colonel Doherty?"
II think So
did you examine the stubs to see?"
mo, SIR
Have you talked with Colonel Do
herty about the disposition of that mon
ey?"
II think I have had some conversa-
ton with him about it,"
What did the colonel say he had done |
with it?"
He didn't say"
Did he tell you what it was used |
for?"
II don't recollect his doing So
mot what it had been used for?"
Il wouldn't undertake to say
Wasn't the first proposition that |
came to the effect that Mr.. Harry AL
loway was close to Mr.. Betts?''
mo names were used, so far as l
know"
IT don't know whether you were pres
ent at meeting few days later in
New Haven, in the Palladium office
with Mr.. Belts, Mr.. Stroebel ard Mr.
Alloway. Were you there?"
mo, SIR
did you know there was a meeting
there?"
II heard that there was one'
do you remember it's being stated
what that meeting was for?'
mo, don't think l do"
Didn't you hear it stated that Mr..
Alloway arranged that meeting between
with Mr.. Belts, Mr.. Strobel and Mr..
bel?"
mo, sir, / don't remember that l
did"
Witness stated in answer to d ques-
ton that no advertising was being done
by the company in February last, but
that various items of printing were be-
ing done.
Mr. Betts-"Mr Platt, do you know
Of any report of your company that
was ever changed i'll my administra-
tion?'
"Not that know of"
Mr.. Belts then showed him book and
called attention to report of the Con-
necticut Indemnity company signed by
Mr.. Platt Mr.. Platt identified his sig
nature and Mr.. Belts then called his at
.ention to a statement in the report to
.h., effect that one Peter Beck had died
and that $1,000 had been paid to his
1eirs, and asked if he knew that $4,000
lad not been paid on that mortuary
claim.
Mr.. Platt said that he did not know
n11in of tn haI |