New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-26
COMMITTEE IS SATlSFlE
rA1JOws INVESTIGATION NOT TO CON
TINI-E TOMORROW.
WITNESSES TfsTIFY As To FEES PAID TO AP-
rRA1sERs- Man WHO DID THREE ~
DRIED AND TEN DAYS WORK ~
/, MONTH


A MONTH,
The Fallows Investigating Committee. wmeh i
,1,,igatinr the affairs Of the surroGate's Office
resumed its labors yesterday. Many lawyers 'es'-
c,d n tho hearing on Friday that they hnd under
,,1 ., v.as better for their practice in the sur
rorate courts to accept charges Of "one Gay
work' than TO bring the matter TO an issue oe'o''
the Surrogate. .,,.,
Henry W Jessup 'who is associate couhTe' VIZ"
John Proctor Clarke. counsel for the commune
took up when the hearing opened a line oil exam
lnatio into the special transfer tax INVENTORIES
Edward H. Pindcr Of the state Controllers ONCE
was the first witness. He said that the sAi"'l''
in the Controllers office for clerk hire '.1'"' w.
5000 and for the pstrct-AttoTney ONCE ~
N7lCO The witness said that the sum "l - " "'
was allowed the appraisers Of the Surrogate an"
v.h,,evor cxnonses they incurred. Tho first APP
nraiser Gilbert w Miner. received 600" ior 'ne
fiscal wear cf iSN sl07sS for the year lNf anu
81 3i9 for 1895. making a total Of E5l.se FOR the
appraisement Of altogether Cos estates. MI. "''''
was private secretary to Surrogate Armour
Rastus S Ransom received 5000 for 81 estates
coorge " Curtis received S9l7l for i29 estates
George p Wcbstcr's share S2Sc95 In 81 estates
Charles 6 Wilbur received $685. for 81 estates
warer II Coegshel Sl73i6 for appraising $50 es-
tatos Charles II. Russell 1876 for l@S es'
tates Charles O'Conne 1892 for $50 estates Max
L. Raus s2Sl69 for 4G7 estates. All Of these "p-
al
Mr. Clarke called Charles II. Coleman to 'he
s,ond n show that Thomas Z. Arnold ana j. D.
pu,lor had APPRAISED the estate Of one Victor
Runzel in January 1880 The estate OF Buh%oI con-
sisted Of stock certificates and savings DAMN ~"
counts Mr.. Coleman said be- had been informed
that the inventory Of the estate had n'ch com
Melted and that Butler called on him and told MN
that ii was worth ABOUT -" "P'''' '
Arnold. ,
81 told him" said Mr.. Coleman. "to 20 away ana
think again He returned later and sald IL "o',,"
cost about 500 each for his services ana HI"o'o
services ! told him then to 90 and think AGAIN anu
IN keen on thinking uatil he could get down 10 "
basis of SO each. We finally compromise" %" '''
sun, Of 500 each for Butler and Arnold"
AR Pinder then resumed the stand ana sho"eu
hv COMPARISON Of accounts that appIaisinE "4i
estates IN the county Of New-York COSTS oou'
four times as much in any other county ." Wv
c,ote Tho average per estate I'm the four years
mentioned was So ~. against SO - IN NihsS '"'"
IT, Gilbert II. Miner. according to tie record ~
co.vod Davmont for $40 days work in MArch' ISN'
having collected for as high as twe"ty-on' estates
IN one day His vouchers certified that ea'h 'S'"'
had engaged him from five 20 hundred Gays
EocorIs showed that extras were charged lo'
SUNDAY work and that on May u. lN'S' ma -
O'Conncn an appraiser. received >'4 for th't ""'
work and signed an affidavit that he had "o"e
tvontv-thrcc days work. The witness "'''''
WAS asked by Mr.. Jes=up how many men ne ''o"H"
could 90 me WORN ~ NV '.,,, and said I'm
that he thought three me" '""'' - a hie
answer to a question that II WON" j."
, - .h S., Mr. Iessup showed that the
SaNI"s ~ '"' .,e, g, TO tho services OF
State had paid the sum oi sI'I''N ''i
o,,,.isor. IN tho four years specified.
George NJ Judd. an expert accountant Io'o"
Mr. Pindcr on the stand. lie r'au ll"'" l''
-. t,., , o.co,r+e Maid the different appraisers
~ O" 10! "a 11sos ls9- and 1>tS
Assistanf Deputy roller Edgar H. l".It a.
oed hof,r. he Committee of tho work required IN
~ donartrnant of each emplOyo The payTolis, ~
said v,rre m lde on the ccrtiicaton OF IN" S"iIo
CO. mis- forming the sole voucher. H..
sV-ba, fho committee recOnyencd for the ai.eI-
,o'c,, soaeion chief Clerk ". l.. Lcary oi the sur
noon Se"S Crt v,as called TO the witness stand
Ios"tot :. ~ lem Nr Icarv said he had con-
a. Li ,ro.ont I'M les for seventeen years ana
I'M r 80 unr5er Surrogate Ransom. Tie witness
,nvtG.d tIaf The roster 81 employees IN the SuIro-
gote's conn as contained I'm The city Record OF
January n last with the salaries attached, was "
Corrrct reproGjiction Of the list prepared by ne
witness The witness said that in addition 10 ms
- lutte b, xy.s chiof OF the law assistants IN
the office Of the Surrogate. Regarding lile Hp
nointment bv the Surrogate OF special guardians IN
transfer tax proceeding cases the witness said ne
,,,. ,ot euAlrtnoty well acquainted with the inner
H"r.ings If the Office in the Surrogatc's Court 10
& - oiiigentlv on that point The Of $3.50
Spr"n d,e work on The part Of q special guar
dh3a ma witness thought. was too steep a
c%ar,re Work in tho Surrogate's Court, the wit