Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-11

BEEHLER's CHARGES A FRIGHT
Ex-Auditor and His Examiner Would
Clean Up $4,000 a Month on Exam
nations Which Sometimes Consisted
Of Showing a Gard Under the Door
1857 for Attending Football Game.

/ Special to IlmeS-RepuoHCaH.
| Des Moines, Sept 1.-THE opinion
/ of the attorney general on eX-Audito
Merriarn's fake examinations of insur
ance companies has been received an'
present Auditor Carroll has completet
| his investigation of Merriam's rascal
ty, with the result that it appears tina
Merriam and his deputy, Max Beehler
/ of Manchester, collected in four year:
s22,500 from insurance companies
mostly outside of Iowa, which fees they
never turned into the state treasury
and never Will because the law does
not require them to account for collec-
| TONS
When Mr. Carroll succeeded Mer-
riam insistent demand was made that
Merram's conduct toward insurance
companies be investigated Governor
Cummins was very anxious that some
thing be done TO ascertain the truth OF
the charges that were being made
i
taken up by the executive council
shortly before the expiration of Mer-
riam's term of office. He was asked to
account for the fees collected, but he
failed to do SO, saying he had kept no
record. Thereupon Auditor Carroll
took the matter UP with the insurance
companies and requested all of those
aoing business in Iowa to report the
amount OF fees paid by them TO the
Iowa department. Mere than a hum
dred replied and the Information re-
vealed was startling. Iowa companies
We're not held up very much and had
no complaint to make, but the foreign
companies We're made to pay royalty
for alleged Investigations, fearing, of
course. TO be attacked by the auditor
of state If they refused.
The reports of the companies, for
instance, show that from May IA to
June IA, 1902, Messrs. Beehler and
Merriam together examined six east
ern companies and collected fees
amounting To s2.524.20 for the months
trip.
From Nov. 10. 1902. to Dec. II, of the
same date, fifteen other eastern compa-
MES were examined by hem, and fees
amounting TO S4,003.45 we're collected
for five weeks fun.
In the last week in March, 1902, Mr..
Reehler examined two California con-
Germs, and charged them s1,I00.
The most of the investigating" was
done by Beehler, sometimes assisted
llv h a. ca, ,,,5
alone. Ii more than one company was
examined in New York, car fare and
expenses both ways from Des Moines
We're charged to each company.
On The trip in May, Beehler and Mer-
RAM mulcted companies as follows:
May IA, 1902. Penn Mutual,
Philadelphia. six days. ....s $3.50
May "A. 1902. American Bond.
Baltimore, four days ..... 27220
May %, 1902, American Casu-
atty, Baltimore, two or three
days Observation-Disclosures. 2so.2o
June 6. 1902. Security Trust
and Life, Philadelphia, four
to six days ........... 1880
June II. 1902, German Ameri-
can, New York, about week 1860
June IA, 1902, Scottish Union,
Hartford, Conn, two days. 465.o0
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..s2.524.2 20
On the second trip the collected the
following sums:
Nov 10, Toronto Assurance,
Toronto, Canada. two days IS 3O7.45
Nov IS. German, Buffalo,
two days ;. ;. :. 2S1.S5
Nov. IA. Fire & Marine,
Springfield. two days ;. =. $1,000
Nov 1s, Security, New Haven,
one and one half days :. -. $3.50
Nov 81. American, Boston,
one day :. :. ). =. -. 2O53O
Nov. % Loyal Protective,
Boston, part Of two days j. 245.00
Nov. %. New Hampshire,
Fire, Manchester. N. H., one
and one half days :. ;. ]. 3. 204.60
No. 2e, Union Mutual.
Portland, Me, one day !. ;. 1880
Nov. -, U. S. Casualty. New
York City, four days j. r.. :. 1850
Dec. 2, Williamsburg City,
New York. two days .. !. :. 306.75
Dec. 4. Lloyds Plate Glass,
New York City, nine hours j. 253.75
Dec. s. Delaware Company,
Philadelphia, two days ). 49,. s2s.75
Dee. II, U. S. Fidelity G.
Casualty, Baltimore. three
days !. =. $500
Dec 16, National Union,
Pittsburg, one day 1880
Dec. II, Bankers Security,
Cleveland, one day :. 1900
Total ). ;. s4.oo3.45