The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-22

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, the payments reached $3.50. Other pay
ments were made to a man named
Kerr. a correspondent Of q New YORK
paper, now dead. Kerr was laid Ger
tain sums for two or three years, but
, the sums We're not mentioned by the
witness. The vouchers signed by Mr.
Nichols were produced. \ payment of
5000. July I, 1899, witness cou'd not
remember but, answering Mr.. Hughes,
he said he thought it was to enable
him to pay somebody else.
Unable to Explain.
Vouchers dated October. 1888. for Sc
/ IA, and July /, 1880, for $4,000. wit
ness was also unable TO explain, but
thought he could remember later when
be had refreshed his memory. The let
ter of the witness TO Senator DepeW.
dated December. 1896, relative to our
friend who gets around at this time
OF the year" was read TO the wit
ness and he said it referred to Mr..
Manning. He wrote 20 Senator DepeW
because the senator was on the finance
committee OF the Equitable society and
said that he expected the senator TO
turn the letter over to the eXeCu i've
officers. The letter of Dec. (. 1902, re a
tive to "our rambunctiOus friend from
up the river" witness also said re-
ferred 10 Mr.. Manning. Mr.. Manning,
. he said wanted 10 know whether the
arrangement of yearly payments by
the Equitable society was to be con-
tmued. Witness said Manning went
into this arrangement under his Mich
OlsD persuasion. Mr.. Nichols said he
induced Manning 10 giveup his bust
ness as an aCtuary because Manning
had been antagonistiC.
Memory at Fault.
Witness thought Mr.. Manning was
connected with the Investigation of in
surance companies in 1877, but he did
not know in what capacity. He did
not recall that Manning threatened 10
publish results of that investigation
which had not been made public. Man
ming according TO Mr.. Hughes, claimed
that he had Information Of that in
NestigaGol which. if published, would
seriously affect the Equitable society.
and MI Hughes asked Mr.. Nichols If
that was not the reason this money
was paid TO Manning. Witness said
he had no recollection on this point.
False Names on Vouchers
The names of Pierson. BROKER. Bal
deTsOn and numerous others on NOucn-
ers on which payments We're made, wit
ness said, were false names used TO
protect Manning and keep his name
out of the matter During this same
period witness was employed by The
Mutual Life Insurance company in
looking after Manning. as Mr. Hughes
/ termed it, and paid Manning for the
Mutual sums like those paid for the
Equitable. The same system of usin5
false names 10 protect Manning Was
followed i'm his dealings with the Mu
tuai. Witness said he received 81 00l
annually. For a time he received 81
600 also from the New YORK Life, but
they discontinued il about 1899
Witness said Manning wanted "to
follow up the New York Life" but he
quoted him without the use OF add
tiOaai money
Nichols said he does not know where
Manning is now. He could not recall
that he had had any business with any
or the three Insurance conn anies other
than IN the Manning matter.
Looked After the City Council.
Thomas Comas, who said he looked
after real estate and city complaints
for The Equitable society. was next
called. He was formerly president of
the board of aldermen and acting
To the goVenOrShiD.
lie has held no Office since 1872 He
entered the employment i'm 1882 He
looked after matters that were referred
10 him. AIR. Hughes asked if he was
The Intermediary between the city de-
paTJmcnts and the Equitable society
aud the witness replied:
Whenever they require anything"
Mir. Comans said he is a member of
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en- getting the tax assessments of the
officers of the Equitable society re-
duCed. Among these ne said, were
Henry Il. Hyde, James tt. Hyde and
Gage T. Tarbell. he had never re-
cciNed Nancy for political purposes nor
amy contributions 20 TammaDy hall.
Enter Tom Plat.
Al this POINT Senator Thomas c.
FIatt arrived and MI Comas was tenn
porarily excused.
Senator Plats entrance created
stir I'm Tie committee room. Tie walked
sI0Wcly ou the ann of Robert c. Morris.
his counsel. and leaned heavily on a
cane HI took the witness chair and
was sworn. Mr. Morris stated to add
dress The committee but stopped upon
Chairman Armstrong; explantion that
counsel are not heard formally by the
committee
Senator Plat had been carried up the
stairs Of the ETY. hall 10 the door of
the committee room in a chair. When
he was seated and sworn. Mr. Morris
said that the senator would answer all
questions freely and frankly.
State Campaign Funds.
In reply 10 questions by Mr. Hughes
Senator Plat said that he had received
contributions, more particularly from
the Equitable Life Assurance society
solely for the state campaign fund and
during a period Of M least the last ten
years The contributions were of &c.
900 each. lie could not tell when they
commenced, but they continued every
year for some time He received no
money from the Equitable for the local
campaigns nor for the expenses OF any
candidate 10 the legislature. The money
WAS divided as seemed expedient. The
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