Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-21
Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge
Admits Writing the Alleged
Rebate Letter
MARSHALL is ONE ACCUSED
Letter Which He Wrote to Insurance
Company Suggesting Method by
Which He Could Be Given Rebate on
Insurance Policy is Made Public and
! Judge Admits Authenticity.

Milwaukee. July 21.---Justce Roujet
D. Marshall. of the supreme court OF
Wisconsin, is the high court official
referred to In the proceedings OF the
Wisconsin legislative life Insurance in
vestigation committee, when State
Manager Albright OF the Union Gem
trial Life Insurance Company, of Gin
cinnati produced correspondence show
Ing that supreme court official
asked that the life agents commission
Tor collection of the premium on his
policy be paid to him. The authentic-
aty Of the correspondence was youched
for by Justice Marshall over the long
distance telephone late last evening.
The justice, however, thought there
was nothing irregular in any of the
letters.
The original correspondence has been
produced by Mr.. Albright.
The first letter is written on supreme
court letter paper and Is dated at Mad
y ison, Oct. l, 1902. In this letter Mar
shall says:
Il suggest that you send my receipt
to the First National bank, Madison,
3 Wis, with draft attached for $671.40
(amount Of premium and instructions
to deliver the receipt upon the payment
Of the draft ON or before due rate of
premium, and that in such case you
4 permit the bank to take the usual
agents commission for The collection,
with permission to pay the same to me-.
My policy came from an agent en-
lv nuts Id nf nj nf httGf =
acquaintances. l see no reason to
make the payment In the manner sug-
gested. but If there are reasons, OF
Z course you will write me suggesting
where to send the money"
This letter was sent from the home
Office In Cincinnati to State Manager
Albright. of Wisconsin, who on Oct. 6
wrote his superior officers, making this
criticism:
when a judge of the supreme court
OF this state makes an appeal for a
rebate and does 1t direct to the home
+ office, Is 1t not time that there be
some elevation in the moral conscience
Of the people in high places before we
can hope for much change for the bet
ter among the rank and file on the re-
bate question"
81 Albright also wrote Judge Marshall
calling attention to the law forbidding
rebating and in reply received a letter
from Judge Marshall enclosing draft,
for the amount Of his premium and
saying that he was mot unacquainted
with the law to which Albright re-
4 ferred. and added, "On reflection you
will ,proba bly, see there is nothing In
the law to prevent your company from
paying any bank any collection charges
you see fit"
Marshall Admits Letters.
Judge Marshall admitted in an inter-
view yesterday he wrote the letters
hut said:
81 defy any one to read into my let
ter any demand or request for any re-
bate or allowance other than the usual
collection fee allowed agents who han
die premium renewals"
He says he wrote for information as
to where he should send the amount of
his premium. and as soon as he re-
ceived that information he sent
draft for the amount.
The disclosures were the subject az
conversation very generally yesterday
and rumors of all sorts filled the air.
Impeachment proceedings We're limited
at in some quarters, but the members
aof the insurance investigating commit
tee scoffed at any such proposition.
1.-THE very worst construction that
can be placed on the Incident said
one of the committee, lis that judge
attempting to find law for the way
in which the law might be evaded, and
suggested it to the agent. There is
absolutely nothing upon which any
criminal action can be based"
& The legislative committee wrote a
letter to Mr.. Albright instructing him
to submit to the committee at it's next
meeting the original correspondence,
ture of the writer.
The committee will meet again on
July 81.