The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-25
rlIIOWS'S EASY $4,000.
x,,,olLER coLER COLLECTED TIE
f0IrI .IIu INHERITANCE TAX

,.,t Hs Did Hut Assemo.yman ~
Or Thousn' ~ n Europe with $4,000
lows ~ seat. for Collecting It-"Who'o
ffo" .n,a,.ers' Law . job" says Co'er.
,,ruon Edsard H.. Fallows went to
As'e'no,d av.a after the payment made to
~, nv IN. state Comptroller io' w
",tro tho states tax on the s+o.op'oo per
oo" o.,a,. In this country Of the iapH ueoiSe
eo"a, . ,ayment which It sreported amounteo
e.,o He Is expected n return TO New
p'VO ~. s,.t week OF June. News OF tho
ior" y, cha nsyment 10 Mr.. ALLOW became
ahou". feY DAYS ago and there has been
pu pun" tslk about town since hen over
""nonrt Of the fee. for 1t was supposed mere
wv. comn,roner Coler had discovered tne per
ss,o, "a here and had collected the ihher'-
so",., The Comptroller was asked yes
tan, .ho,, the matter and.he replied:
IVA thought that We collected H.
- ,or a NOR. explicit statement, he oaid'
This whole State Appraisers law sa 'oo'
..,vsv-a political Job, We go aheao ana w
=, dn,v as laid down by the law ana coiiee'
.ta,a,s and II the estate Is Dig enough
- nm attorneys fee an attorney turns up
"nD,r,ed by the State Comptroller. But nat
~" state Comptroller's business. 80 you
.",d Interview him about It. He makes the
~ ,ne,,s without consulting this ONCE,
ssyoppwe- state Comptrolers used sometimes ~
aonsnlt The Comptrollers once mere as Az.
cCona1t,on n, those taxes. but that Is iot uvue
Com rorn believe that II they wouid let tniS
W. and the Surrocate's office alone we conlt
oo.Iisct from 30 TO 80 per cent. more taxes pu'
The whole thinS is a JoD. .uoa ,nor ~
NY Faliows did what he was called upon &c
ao vol and gave him a letter TO the Sla.e
S1omntrolIer TO that effect. IL any one
Aces any work I'm always ready to,stre
tssm credit for it. Mr. Fallows did what mere
sn'tled 10 be paid for IT. We expected INA! ne
ron,id be paid. but we did not expect that ne
mord he pait $4,000 And aS ] understand u
,Sst is not his whole fee. but a payment on ac-
M. Falows's law partner. Samuel I carter,
u, said that he thought IL should not be the
nlblics business what fee an attorney GOV, a.
nat should be regarded as a private maven
he attorney II the matter was 70 pc pupnc.
S"vsyer' he thought that there could be no lar
crt,ici.m Of the reported amount paid 10 Mr.
FaIIovs. as any lawyer In the CITY coiiecuhS
such a sum as approximateIy .;" %S yor woi ,hs
work, as Mr.. Fallows would IN me
caas q, a private client, he said. The assessed
lax was g., $685. $50 10, and payment navins
been made within six months tn actual ainouht
collected was 81 ,a3t, 753.01. a rebate OF . per
cont being allowed Tor payment withln mat
period Nj. carter said that II was the inten-
lion Of the heirs to fight the collection OF the IN
bsr'tance tax and TO carry the fight TO the Court
q Appeals. They c~ontended. he said, that ne
United States bonds were exempt. ana mat inc
isGnnoO or 5000. 900 he did not recall The eI-
act figure AZ the momen paid by the estate 10
the English Government under us lnherltance
lax lsy should come out Of the taxable estate
here Mr.. Fallows. he said. induced them 70
make the full payment required within the SIX
months per cd and abandon the threatened
contest, and for all his services he was entitled.
in he opinion Of Mr.. Carter, TO even a larger
fee. II was. however Mr. Carter said. a per
.onal matter Of Mr.. Fallows. not. a firm analr.
and lust what Mr. Fallows would care to say
about 1t he was unable 10 saw.
II Ia the understanding here that only by d.
rect and prompt action OF Comptroller Coler was
the tax upon the Smith estate collected. It's aio
that Mr.. Coler found the securities which we're
subject to the tax and that had he mo-, known
where to look for them they IN all probability
would not have been found. Mr.. Coler, admit
ted Yesterday that ne had interviewed the own
ers before Mr.. Fallows saw them. that the hold
,nss had been acknowledged and that he. the
Comptroller, had been asked how much he
and that he had given the
askai for