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

nights meeting that Mr.. Belts attempt
was not an effort to wreck the COM
pany, but to carry out the ideas which
had been advanced to him and what he
thought was right. The result was that
our company agreed to put up $3.50
additional money and to call in stock
subscriptions which had been issued at
an earlier day. I did not understand
\ that the report concerning the financial
condition Of the company was influence
ed by that meeting"
The witness then stated that Mr..
Baldwin had told him that it was use
less to keep sending attorneys to Mr..
Belts and that friends of Mr.. Belts
could do more with the commissioner
than attorneys could. Witness then
said that if any man, as an employe of
his company's office, could help the COM
pany with the commissioner he was
willing to hire that man, but that the
directors decided that there was no
place in the office for Mr.. Baldwin and
4 that it was better to pay the bill, what
ever it was, if he could do anything.
The amount decided on was $1,000, but
he could not say who agreed upon the
amount. He said that after this decis-
ion the check was drawn and not de-
livered to him, but to Mr.. Strobel, who
carried the money to New York and
said that he paid it to Mr.. Baldwin.
Witness said that he never saw Mr..
Baldwin after that as to how much he
got.
Mr.. Kenealy-"Do you know when the
money was paid to Baldwin,"
1.-The first that / knew that Mr.. Belts
knew that it was paid was two years
after it was paid. I think that was at
the directors meeting in New York in
April, 1885,
| Mr.. Betts-"Mr. Doherty. do you re-
member William Kennedy coming to
see me and saying that you wanted
! him to Gomez"
| Colonel Doherty at this point stated
| to the committee that he thought that
the investigation was being directed at
him personally and at the Connecticut
Indemnity company, and that he would
not answer questions except as to the
81, O00.r
Mr.. Belts then read from the resolu-
ton offered to the committee by Mr.
O'Nel at the last Thursdays hearing
as to statements alleged to have been
Ildue ny oOlOllel DOlltll ~ anu dlltStu
statements TO ask the questions which
he was asking. Mr.. Kenealy directed
Colonel Doherty to answer the question
and the witness said that he did not
know about Mr. Kennedy going to see
the commissioner,
Mr. Betts-"Isn't it true that you
held a meeting in the Palladium office
and adjourned to Heubleins and that
while you were there Mr. Moran and I
came in?"
1.-The meeting was in the Palladium
Office
Wasn't the first information that the
directors had of the payment of that
$1,000, when I told them of it in New
York.
Some of the directors at that meet
ing were then just newly elected"
Mr.. Belts had already offer d in evil
dence the check for 81 900 on the face
of which it was stated that it was in
payment of mortuary claim No 3O4.
Mr.. Betts-"When you drew that
check for 1000 which had on it the
statement that it was for the mortuary
account, you knew what it was, didn't
your"
THAT I will answer at the proper
time
Judge Hungerford-"Di you sign
that check to cover up the transac-
tion?"
II never covered up a transaction in
my life
why did you put in mortuary claim
3O4?"
Il didn't put it in
Didn't you know it was tfere?"
Il didn't put it in"
That Is your handwriting"
Eyes, if it isn't forgery"
why didn't you make the check pay
able to Baldwin,"
II refuse to answer
Chris Strobel who was a director |
in the Connecticut Indemnity company.
was next called. He said that he gave
the $1,000 to Baldwin for services: he did
not know what services; he didn't hire
Baldwin. He said that he told Colonel
Doherty that he was going to New York
and that the colonel asked him to take .
the check, and he did. The check for /
81 900 which Mr.. Belts had offered in
evidence was shown the witness and he
identified it as the one which he took to
NEW IUlh. w llll6SS sdlO that lie CASH
ed the check and paid the money to
Baldwin at Delmonico's; he thought
that he paid the money on Sunday No
enc was with Baldwin when the money
was paid.
w. r. Clark was next called. Witness
said that he had been newspaper man
in New Haven and had been until re-
Gently employed in a brokers office in
New York. He said that Mr.. Alloway
told him that he was going to have Mr..
Belts appointed insurance commission
er because he supported Governor Cof-
fin in the columns of the Palladium;
that Mr.. Alloway told him that Mr..
Belts didn't know anything about in
surance, and that he (Mr. AlloWay)
would be the insurance commissioner.
knew that Mr., AloWay was in
very straitened circumstances, but that
Mr. Alloway told him that he was going
% be all right; that he was going to
make Governor Bulkeley dance, and
hat he knew how to do it, Witness
said that he met j. f. Dennis in New
York in the spring Of 1898 and that he
asked witness if he thought that Mr..