Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-22


York Life in this city without the cost
lar. The only inducement offered was
that the agents could make more on
commission basis than under the sal
airy of the New York Life. Mr.. Tarbell
detailed this deal. with the agent in it's
various steps. and said that he closed
the deal on a Sunday. He thought it
was Il good job and it was done on Il
good day.
MIR. TarbellS testimony was inter-
rupted again during the afternoon
session when Assemblyman James X.
Apgar of West Chester was called. His
card with the inscription Mr.. Hyde
says to pay him." was attached to a
voucher for $1,000 which the Equitable
paid Thomas D. Hustled and the vouch-
er bore Husteds Endorsement. AR
Apgar knew absolutely nothing about
the money nor did he know how his
card came to be used for such a pur-
pose, nor had he ever heard of any
money beng paid by the Equitable or
of anyone else. He knew A. G. Fields,
but never knew of his receiving money
for political purposes. Fields was polit-
ically active in West Chester where he
also lived Mr.. Apgar said and gener-
ally elected whomever he set out to.
Mr.. Apgar had talked with Fields in
Albany while member of the inSur-
ance committee. but never on any mat
tiers in the Legislature to which Fields
was opposed. He had also called on
Fields. socially, in the house MAIN
tanned by Fields.
1t was expected, today, that the dep
osition of George H. Squire, the former
financial manager of the Equitable
Life, would be read for the record, but
Mr.. Hughes explained that the sub
committee had not completed the ex-
animation of Mr.. Squire because it had
to be taken in parts, Mr.. Squire being
too feeble to stand any lengthy CONVEX
sation. The deposition will, therefore,
be read when it is completed.
New York, Nov. 21.-John A. Mich
OILS. a lawyer and quarantine commits
sioner of the port of New York from
1850 to 1892, who wrote the letters to
Chauncey NJ. Depew in behalf of his
| friend who usually gets around at
| this time of the year" and who. he
wrote, was getting "rambunctious"
and needed help. was the first witness
before the investigating committee, to-
day. Much interest was aroused by
reading of the Nichols letters to Sen
| ator Depew on Friday. The senator
was not able to remember who Mr..
| Nichols friend was.
Before Mr.. Nichols was placed on
the witness stand Mr.. Hughes, counsel
tor the committee. announced that the
examination Of George II. Squire of
the Equitable Society. which was con-
Quoted by 4 subcommittee on Satur-
day had not been complete owing to
Mr.. Squire's i'll health and that it was
deemed expedient to withhold the pub
LEGATION of Mr.. Squires deposition I'M
| ii. it was completed
| Mr.. Nichols was called. AS shown
by vouchers under observation by the
committee on Friday, Mr.. Nichols re-
| ceived retainers from the Equitable
Life Assurance Society. When he
went before the committee. today, he
| testified that he had been an attorney
for % years and had been president OF
the Knickcrpocker Life Insurance Co
He had been employed by the Equit-
able Society for 20 to 25 years under
IAN dIllludl ICtuiiirl w piVVV anu 'tiN
he is still under that retainer Re-
Gently he was employed by the Mutual
Life Insurance Co. He said he was
lconsulted by the officers of the Equit-
liable Society on matters not connect
ed with the Legislature of 1894. One
of the matters entrusted to him was
that of w. S. Manning of Albany who
he said was formerly q travelling sales
man for clerical company who for
lmerly had been an actuary and was
familiar with life insurance companie:
and the methods.
Mr.. Nichols said that Manning wa!
employed by certain people to brnt
charges against the Equitable Societ!
that the reserve was not as large as
ought to be. Manning was paid $3.50
Mr.. Nichols said, $50 that he would b.
favorable to the company. Witness la
ter said the sum was paid to keel
Manning from being employed agains
the company and he said he though
|. these payments had been made owe
! period of Is years. Sometimes thes
payments reached $3.50. Other payment
: were made to a man named Kerr,
correspondent of New York paper
!, now dead. Kerr was paid certain sum
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