The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-12
MORE TESTIMONY OFFERED
ONE WITNESS HEARD IN THE ETNA
SUIT INVESTIGATION.

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dietary Committco-Attorney O'NeiI
Presents a Resolution and Asks tho
Committee to Recommend Its Passage
Names Of witnesses Whom Ho yvfll
summon Adjourned Until Next
Tuesday.
The Judiciary committee yesterday
afternoon held another adjourned hear
ing on the resolution for an investi-
cation Of the final settlement of the
Aetna Life suit, yesterdays hearing
being held in order that witness might
be heard who expects to ,ail for Europe
next week When the hearing opened
in the supreme court room shortly ar
| ter o'clock the chamber was filled
with large number of interested spec
tators. Clarence Deming was not pres
| ent.
| Attorney General Phelps stated that
at the request of Mr. Deming a subpoe-
ma had been issued for Thomas Buchan-
an of Waterbury, and that he had been
subpoenaed to appear at this time be-
cause he sails with his parents for
Scotland next week. He stated that
Mr.. Buchanan had stated to him the
testimony he had and while the evil
dence did not bear directly on the set
tlement of the Aetna's case it did bear
upon the matters spoken of by Mr.
Deming. The witness was then sworn.
He stated that he had lived in Water
bury ten years, that he was twenty-five
years of age and in the last few years
had been employed by the Connecticut
Indemnity association, and was ems
ployed by that company nine and one
half years as renewal clerk. The gem
eral scope of his business was to take
charge Of premiums and credit them up
on the books. He was employed at the
time the company went into insolvency..
The company's rooms were in the Plat
building in Waterbury, and consisted
of five rooms. l.. H. Platt was presi-
dent and E. H. Judd secretary OF the
company during the past year He
took orders from Mr.. Platt and Mr..
Judd, and directions from time to
time from A. D. Colgrove who, 50 far
as he knew. had no office in the com
pany, but occupied desk in Mr. Plattss
office.
Witness was not acquainted with Mr..
O'Sullivan, but knew him by sight aud
saw him frequently In the Office Of the
Connecticut Indemnity association dur
ing the last three or four months; saw MA
him there frequently. apparently doing
business with Mr.. Colgrove, for whom
he asked when he called. During the
early part of February witness was
called upon by Mr.. Colgrove to cash T.
check on February 3 last The check
was personal check for $50 drawn BY
H. D. Colgrove. Witness took the
check to the bank and cashed it, and
gave the money to John T. Roberts,
cashier of the company. Who was with
Mr.. Roberts at that time witness did
not remember, nor whether or not Mr..
Colgrove was there: did not know
what Mr. Roberts did with the money. N
AT this point Attorney John O'Neil
of Waterbury, who represented William
Clark, who has lately come into the
casa,i objected saying that he wanted
to know if they We're investigating Mr..
O'Sullivan; if Mr.. O'Sullivan was there
at that time. Witness said that he did
not remember whether or not Mr.. O'Sul-
livan was there.
Mr.. Phelps continued his examination
and witness said that he did not know
what became of the money which he
received on the check; did not see Mr.. "A
O'Sullivan in the office at the time, nor
soon after. Mr.. Roberts and Mr.. Cole
grove remained in the office until it
closed at 5 o'clock. Witness could not
say at what time Of the day 1t was
when he cashed the check, had no other
facts or details concerning the check
which he cashed. A little later in the
month he had a check for $10O to cash,
about February 49, That check was
lrawn by A. D. Colgrove. 1t was after
banking hours when witness was sent to
lash the check. He did not remember "A
Who gave him the check. 1T was either
Mr. Colgrove or Mr.. Roberts. Witness M
laid that Mr.. Colgrove telephoned to
he Scoville house to see if they could
ash it there, and witness then took the
heck to that hotel and had it cashed.
,etting IS and $40 bills. He returned
o the office and handed the money to
Ir. Colgrove, Mr.. O'Sullivan being pres
mt at the time, witness first seeing Mr..
)'Sullivan there when he returned With
he money. he did not know what Mr..
-olgrove did with the money and
eard Mr. Colgrove make no remarks
o Mr.. O'Sullivan. Witness left the
DOM and left Mr.. Colgrove and Mr.
)'Sullivan together. Witness did not
now how long Mr.. O'Sullivan remained
a the office. Witness could recall no
tlier check transaction of a like ma
ure with which he had anything to do.
lie said that Mr. O'Sullivan called
once in a while to see Mr.. Colgrove;
e couldn't say how often.
Previous to the transaction testified
, witness saw letter typewriter by
Irs. Roberts, the stenographer, ad-
ressed to Mr.. O'Sulivan, it being not
xactly a letter. but an article copied
rom the insurance commissioner S re-
ort. This was in the early part Of
ebruary Witness said that the re-
ort copied frory was the one which
the statement regarding the
etna Life Insurance company, and the
xtract typewriter was taken from
lat part of the report which referred
the Aetna Life He knew this be-
ause he saw the report and the type
ritten article, which was not complet-
! when he saw it, Mrs. Roberts being