The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-24
THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING
IN THE EINYESTIGA ATION OF SETTL E.
 MENT OF THE KTNA SUIT

IN THE ETNYEsTIGATION OF SETTL E.
 MENT OF THE ETNA SUIT
 Held Before the Judiciary Committee in
 Hartford Yesterday-Henry Auoway
 Was Present and dTestified-other Wit
 nesses ard-Stateme ents Made by MT.
 Betts and John W. filling.
 The last public hearing before the ju-
 dietary committee on the resolution re-
 quiring that committee to investigate
 the legal expenses of the insurance com
 missioner in 1898, and the history and
 final settlement of the suit of F. A.
 Betts, insurance commissioner, against the Aetna Life Insurance company of
 Hartford, was held yesterday afternoon.
 When the hearing opened the supreme
 court room, in which it was held, was crowded. Among those present were General Harbison, Charles Hopkins Clark, Mayor Farnsworth, Insurance Commissioner F. A. Betts and Judge Hungerford, John w. filling and Jas. T.. Moran, counsel for MT Betts; William c. Case and Judge Stratton of New York, counsel for Henry Alloway; John O'Neil of Waterbury, counsel for w. F. Clark and Henry C. O'Sul.ivan; George M. Gum, w. H. Preston and other well known men.
 The hearing was called to order at 2:40 o'clock and at that time William c. Case, counsel for Henry Alloway, an- nounced that MT. Alloway was present to tell what he knew about the settle ment of the Aetna case and what he didn't know about the $50,000. He said that he desired, however, to preface his statement by few remarks and said that after the incoherent statements of MT. Clark, Mr. Alloway would simply devote his statements to that part of the story which concerned him. MT Case said that the story of the payment , of $50000 bears on its face witness that it was born in sin and conceived in in- iquity.
 MT. Alloway was called and sworn. He had been in New York since 1885, was now a stockholder in the Palladi- um and financial editor of the New York Times. Witness knew w. F. Clark, formerly of New Haven, and had known him since 1883, when MT. Clark did his first newspaper work with witness on the New Haven Morning News. MT. Clark went to New York with witness, who obtained positions for him on vari- ous New York papers. The last paper in York was the Evening Telegram. Wit ness said that MT. Clark left the employ of a broker about five months ago and he did not know what Clark was doing now. Witness had known MT. Betts fifteen or twenty years and his relations with MT. Betts had always been friend- 1y.
 MT. Case-'I ask you if you ever made any effort to secure the appointment from Governor Coffin of. MT. Betts as insurance commissioner
 q never did,"
 'Ever tell Mr. Clark you would or had?"
 ''No, sir"
 ''Never told him that MT. Betts would draw the salary and you would be in- surance commissioner"
 "No, sir"
 "And if any one has said that"
 "They lie."
 ''Do you know anything about the payment of money as alleged?"
 ''T do not"
 Did you ever have any conference with Governor Bulkeley or any one else concerning the settlement of the suit against the Aetna Life?"
 q never did"
 "As matter of fact did MT. Dennis ever give you such sum of money for any purpose whatever?"
 "He never did.''
 Witness said that his bankers were A. Houseman & Go. of New York. He pro- duced what he said was a true copy of his bank-book entries from February to June, 1897 to show that he had not made any large transactions during that peri od, as alleged by MT. Clark. Witness, having heard about year ago that MT. Dennis had told story about his being connected with the Aetna suit case, he asked MT Dennis about it and MT. Den his denied having told the story. MT. Alloway then made a statement Con corning the allegations that he had ac- cepted money from the Connecticut In- demnity company. He said: "The first that I heard of the Indemnity matter was one night when l had gone to bed. A telephone message came from the Ho- tel Imperial from Charles Baldwin, who said a friend of his was at the hotel in distress and wanted me to come up and help him. I told him I couldn't come. Two hours later I was awakened at my | residence by the arrival of MT. Baldwin and Colonel Doherty MT. Baldwin in troduced Colonel Doherty as his friend. He said that MT Doherty was in trou ble, that the actuary of the insurance department of Connecticut had attempt ed to ruin the company, and that be- .. cause the company would not hire the Mr. Whiting, the actuary, had started to ruin the company. Colonel | Doherty spoke of his personal honor and his mother-in-law money at stake and t was not so solicitous of his honor as he | was of his mother-in-law' money. $ Il told him that l had known MT. | Betts for some time and didn't think c hat he would do anything that wasn't S 'air. Colonel Doherty read data con- t ,erning his company which I had never S 1eard, and all the information I had S ,ame from him. Colonel Doherty stop c j T fc1I lii hot 4