The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27

Iss i ~.
The minutes of meeting Of the
board of directors on Jan. IA, 1898, were
introduced in evidence and the. prose-
were either the warm personal friends
OF. relatives of the defendant. The min
utes as read showed the ratification Of
the contract of DR.. Force with the COM
pany Of which he was to act as general
airy Of $4,000 and 800 of / per cent
Of all insurance in force. =
"Why didn't you spread that con,
TT don It know"
uWere you ashamed Of it?'' ,-~.. u.
| !" No sir '''a
| s.!at1What would your salary be, ap-
proxmately, under that contract?"
| 1.-THE $4,000 and some commission. -
| How much was the commission7"
II don't know. Much more than
could be drawn ..5Iz
than could be paid out Of the expense
fund.-" ~. III.
- The contract covered a number. Of
years, and the company would grow
| go Did you think that contract was
to the interest Of the. .policyholders7'
i Gould Earn SALARY.
! IF I could build up the company
into g large concern, twas"
4 What was DR.. W. d.. Edwards sal
airy before you took his plaees -
'.ssven thousand, two hundred dol
aNow, didn't you promise Dr.; Ed;
with you and to get outq''
81 did not promise to pay him
|
/ @WWhat did. you promisea"
! ave talked 1t over and I entered
into an agreement to take care if him
and to pay him personally" %
nHow much did you pay hima'
i 1.-THE amount agreed upon was $780,
600, but that was never all paid
DR.. Edwards could fairly act for. the
policy holders in making this contract
in view Of your agreement with him9'
."I never gave it thought. =
ra ma 1Gs r, Wppoh did you finally pay Dr.
- ~ z ss2 ~ say exactly, but I think
! "And that came out Of the com
ut came out of me, personally
m And not 70 out qf the cesm9pany''
mDr; Edwards had a brother4'
Y F.
n;1 %Y s 4on msae .sys contract with him
~. Examiner Finds Fault. b
: st.Didn't you have some trouble will
the public examiner over this contrac
with J. G. Edwards, DR.. Edwards
: brother7'' .s.r = aasgT :
, "a public examiner-asked question:
3 "nWhat did he askf'' Err
3 -.ff don't remember - :,
, "Didn't Mr.. Wolf ask you about It
t and didn It you tell him that, you mad
. because i relieved you Of paying none.
: II don t remember telling him that
I think he asked me # / would hav
{ made the contract If J: 9. Edwards ha!
}, not been DR.. Edwards brother, and
IL told him that might have influenced
. me to some extent" &
Il .r. Produces Report.
II Mr.. Dahl produced minutes Of
= meeting in 1900, at, which report o
10 the insurance commissi oner was rea'
@ and discussed, and which demanded th
.e return Of the money paid to !. G. Ed
= wards. DR.. Force insisted that he ha
O1 no memory Of the meeting or Commits
n sioner O 'Shaughnessy g report, altho. b
s. admitted that there must have bee
d such meeting if 1t was recorded i
r. the minute book. &.
= HDidn It you go down to st. Pau
with Wallace Campbell to see Nj
4 III don t remember it. No; I didn
= 90 with Mr.. Campbell to see him"
y Mr.. Dahl then produced the min4t
u book in which it appeared IL that D ,
Force and Wallace Campbell did go, t
:. i Sin MI: o'sh''sDnss'y ana eon'A' w.
J, UProbably we did, but 1t has entire
Il ly escaped my memory was the de
"a dendant g explanation.
II Demands Money Back.
2. Mr.. Dahl then produced copy Of tn
letter or report Of Insurance Commits
j. sioner o 'shaughnessey. In this docu
ment the commissioner demanded tn
return Of 81, 900 paid to !. Q: Edwards
lie and stated. that DR.. Force had explan!1e
the 7. G. Edwards contract by sayin
IL that this contract relieved him Of, pay
ing DR.. Edwards the money promise
m him. DR.. Forces memory was fault
~ during the examination on this repor
and his ct don't remembers 'sand g
K don't knows" were numerous.
Mr.. Dahl then took the examinatio
x down to the consolidation PERIOD an
the witness retold the story Of his al
at ranpement with Bechtel. Did 20
show Mr.. Bechtel your contracts
y asked Mr.. Dahl. go
IF yes, sir; I showed him my copy Q
it or the minutes Of that meeting
tl1Where is your copy now9o
ST suppose the company has It s"
ssThen you finally gave 1t upfo
- eyes; ii 1908. -
= Campbell Gives Up.
RI The witness then told Of Mr.. Camr
81 BELLS relinquishing his contract wit
- the company and how this resulted i
DR.. Force doing the same thing wit
at his.
Sc g And you finally agreed with Nj
Bechtel to commute your contract wit
o. the company
81 Eyes; if that is the proper word7''
HI Counsel then read the new contrac
of that took The place Of the old one an
Il it contained the agreement to CON
mute the original contract calling 70
a $4,000 year salary and not $15, 90
Las defendant now claims he was er
Iii titled to.
I - And you told and talked to NJ,
Bechtel about this contract that Gale
ID for only SIC, 600 8 year salary
q an, very sure that Mr.. Bechte