Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-16

Ss, New York, Dec. 15.-E H. Hartman
kwas called to the stand when the In
a Mrance investigation committee op-
%Sed it's session today. Hartman said
SEN learned of the sale Of the Hyde
YNbck on the day that Ryan bought it.
sjyas telephoned to Ryan and asked him
FBlf fhe had bought it.
Il 4 sgIIesNfh,Ryan said the purchase was condi-
4onal," said Hartman, and that he
MsTanted to see me and talk with me,
aand wanted my help. criticised his
Ilplan and wanted to know what he
Fmeant by it.
r. His Story of Conversation.
..Ten or fifteen minutes later
went to Ryan's Office He told me he
had decided to buy the stock and said
1t was time for him to make a name
for himself. He said he had decided
to buy Hyde's stock provided he could
get his nominee elected chairman Of
Sthe board He said he had made a
good deal Of money and never had
done anything to make name for
himself. questioned his motive. He
had told me he wanted my help, that
was the one man in New York
whose help he desired"
what kind of help" asked Mr..
hughes.
Ryan's Proposition Staggering.
X ITO help him get his nominee elect
ed chairman Of, the board" replied
Hartman.
Asked upon what ground he had
3 criticised Ryan's plan, Hartman re-
"a Piled:
Il well, it was rather staggering to
II anybody, that Ryan wanted to con-
Z troll the Equitable or should have con-
L troll of it.
\ Hartman said he was instrumental
in preventing bills from being intro
duced in the legislature to aid one fac
tion in the Equitable to get control of
\ the society.
4 s.'It has been openly charged said
Mr. Hughes, that you get your polit-
ISfcal influence through your relations
with Odell."
The Basis Of Power.
n 81 should say that Odell gets his po-
sitical influence through his relations
| With me-" responded Hartman. He
Maid he is in politics and has some po-
A estical influence and he did not con.
y aaSisider it improper if he did use his po-
i ysltical influence against Ryan. tNoth.
King improper in Ryan's conduct of the
@Equitable has yet come to my atten
tion," he said, "and l have not had
~ time to attend to it. If anything had
come to my attention I should have
n acted
Gives Orders to Officials.
Hartman said that when the move
* was on foot to give the control of the
ssEquitable to James w. Alexander and
~ Ills friends by means ofslegislative ac
Zion at Albany, he wired certain per
II sons at Albany to keep him Informed
\, as TO the progress such proceeding
HF might make The persons from whom
a1a he had requested the information, he
Z said were Governor Higgins and the
late Speaker Nixon.
Before giving the names Hartman
consulted his counsel, saying he wish
ed to spare the men and not bring
their names into newspaper head lines
Scott Grows Anxious.
During the insurance investigation
X yesterday Edward w. Scott. presiden
of the Provident Savings Life Assur
ance society, made an earnest appea
to Chairman w. w. Armstrong of The
Investigating committe to exclude from
the hearing certain statements bearins
!, on his relations with the Equitable
d. Life Assurance society, of which h,
III was formerly Australian agent Charlie!
E. Hughes, counsel Of the investigat
M ing committee, had asked Mr. Scot
zs whether the Equitable Life Assrranc.
Il society had not claim of s1C0,00t
/ against him. Mr.. Scott at first de
clared that there was no such CLAIM
against him and then Mr.. Hughes pre-
J sented letters that passed betweel
4 Mr.. Scott and President Alexander O,
lsSthat subject in 1901, IN which Presi
Ea.. dent Alexander asked Mr.. Scott t
make a formal admission in writin,
$A that his accounts with the societ
{s 1s.howing balances of S57.933 due tn
d essiisociety were accurate. In one lette
III President Alexander wrote that MI
III Scott had accepted the accounts. MI
IN; Scott's letters to President Alexande
b conference. but made no at
n missions as to the acceptance of tn
I accounts.
IN When these letters had been rea
Ed President Scott made m earnest pie
the committee to rule that this sut
{fgfect was foreign to the Investigation
tl Ie declares that he had been pursue