The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-17

in 1902 $2,g50,000; II. s. Steinman, who
lin the same year received 81 100000; Hy
man Wood, who IN 1904 received ST.
100000.
Simon Sieglnan at various times re-
Iceiyed upwards Of s5,00o,0o0 Is loans.
WAS amy collateral put upl"
No; there as collateral set aside BY
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., though.
Q.-Was any interest paid for these
loans. A.-~No.
Benjamin b. Odell, Jr., was the first
witness called to testify before the
Armstrong committee in the Council
Chamber Of City Hall. Chauncey Nj.
Depew sat in the front row OF seats, pre-
pared 70 60 on the stand when Mr.. OleIl
should be excused. Edward Iauterbach
and Samuel Untermyer sat close to
Questioner Hughes, and from time 10
time suggested questions in order that
the acts OF the clients might be placed
in as favorable light as possible. Mr..
Hughes began addressing Mr.. Odell by
his old title Of Governor. Without pre-
Iliminary be questioned him immediate
~ as to the settlement which ii has been
said on the stand was made between
Hyde, Hartman and Odell &c the for-
mer Governors suit to recover from the
Mercantile Trust losses sustained in
Odells Shipbuilding stock.
Mfr. Odell's testimony a. to the set
Element Of his suit against the Mercantile
Trust Company WAS much the same rs
that given by r.. HI Hartman whom
| Odeli yesterday called his social friend. z
| When he was asked If he had ever
made any threat Of retaliatory egisla-
tion in the settlement. he declared that
he never had, aud he added, 20 help me
Cod"
| Q.-Did yau threaten that il your
iclaim WIS not settled you would take
the retaliatory measuresf A. Never.
| o. did you say anything about it to
Mr.. Hartmann A.-Never.
Q.-Did you say anything about il 10
Mfr. Hyde Al told him distinctly
that there was nothing hi 4 retaliatory
mature in my action. In view Of the
base calumny uttered here by Mi. HYDE,
| win say that at the time Senator Am.
lhler introduced the bill, told him that
as | had unfortunately been connected
with the stock, it would be best to drop
the bill as far as the Mercantile Trust
Company was concerned, no matter how
good and desirable the bill might other
wise be.
Mr. 0dell said that as far as he knew
no money ever came to him from insur-
ance companies for campaign purposes.
Did it ever come indirectlyfs
| 1T might have. 1t might have Come
from the national committee OF Senator
platt."
| ssybaf ha, Sapatnp platt ~ III .,y4al,
liter
He gathered all the funds so far as
knew until last year"
Senator Depew was called to the stand
when Mr.. Hughes had finished with the
lformer Governor.
| Senator Depew devoted much Of his
testimony to defence of himself with
regard to the Equitable loan to the
Depew Improvement Company, and to
the praise of the ability Of young Mr..
Hyde when he was asked about the rails
ing of the salary Of the vice president
OF the Equitable.
| Mr.. Hughes asked what he did to earn
the retainer of $4,000 a year by the
Equitable Life Assurance Society aud
Senator Depew replied
Mr. Hyde wanted me to act as coun-
sci and aid him with my knowledge of
railways and such investments and it
was agreed I should give him conferences
| in the morning and evenings. After Mr.
Hyde's death, young Mr.. Hyde came to
me and said that it was one of the dy-