The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-15
ADJUsIERS' FEE =
EXCEEDS SCHEDULE
Regular Tariff Would Have Given
Craig, Wright & Walker SO, 100;
They Collected $4,000.

i remember there was shelving II.
the basement. because We, pulled Il
down Ia make larger nre area. and
MAKE as good a showing AS possible
Tor the insurance adjuster To look at. -
DO YOU mean To say that you pulled
goods down to present the appearance
OF greater Damage than there actual.
ly WASP"
refuse 10 answer"
This was sample OF the testimony
given by John Wright, of Craig,
Wright a Walker. Monday afternoon,
In the case brought against the nrn'
by Hugh Dillon. and on trial IN Judge
Mandell court.
Wright spent an uncomfortable aft
ernoon on the stand. Attorney J. H.
Pound, who was conducting the cross
examination. flashed ON him one o.
the firms contracts for adjusting with
scale OF prices on the back The
prices run from 10 per cent for losses
OF $500 TO $4,000 down 10 . per cent
for losses OF 100000 and over. The
COS. of the Dillon adjustment. accord
ing TO their schedule should have been
per cent. or about $4,000. They COZ
| ltNAtu SlU,OUO loI Atlt NOIk, anu II -
for return OF the alleged excess IN
this fee that Hugh Dillon started suit.
Where is the contract you made
with the billions" asked AIR. Pound
I'VE never made contract. We
discussed il with them and they told
us to 20 ahead on a contingent basis -
did you give them -ehe-ef these
contracts 10 sign
No They talked with ftXef and
then told us To go ahead.
Then IL was agreed that you were
TO have all you got over $AO,OOO?'
Yes"
Then had YOU collected 5000 You
would have been entitled ~ S50000?'
yes Had we collected $l,OOOOOO
we would have been entitled TO $500
1000"
Wright was then asked about the
condition of the basement following
the fire. but he displayed a lapse az
memory. He couldn't remember II the
elevator ran To the basement. how the
shelving was arranged, or how mucG
goods were there
IL only know what Dillon told me.
that there was only $1,000 worth q
foods there. and dare not uncover
Il to the adjusters,'
and YOU say YOU got 100000 from
the companies for the loss in the
basement"
NO. We got $50 600 from the goods
tfestr-ytri- IN t17srfrtft and the
first floor"
Mr.. Jound continued 10 question Mr.
Wright. Tuesday morning regarding
the stock In the Dillon store nj the
time OF the fire.
You claim there was 100000 worth
of stock on the first floor. $4,000 on
the second floor, and S2,500 In the
basement That makes less than SOD
GOO. and yet you settled for S52,OOO
and sl4.000- sal3age p
Yes
so you got $50 900 insurance and
salvaga. when there was never more
than $50 600 in the store? ,"
THAT Is my opinion.
$50 YOU stood by ana saw Dillon
swearing 10 tho proof OF loss under
an oath administered by one Of your
employees. under which ne claimed
loss of s52,0o0?"
Yes"
you knew that was perjury
81 did not
Mr. Pound devoted some attentic-
to the testimony OF the Dlllphs 'hat
goods were carried from the store
by the adjusters
rs II customary 70 take goods from
damaECt stUCfks--
IT is customary for the adjusters to
-t,rv- goods -tiit'-rftte t't-wiftctr- the
salvage Is inventoried.
is il fair 10 take $3.50 worth at
s92?"
ct Is"
The witness was then questioned
about the day spent in an effort TO
get the adjusters for the underwent
ers 10 raise the insurance. The first
offer. he said, was $4,000 and sal
wage After day OF htsfl4Hg this
was Increased 20 $50, 900.
Then that day was spent In the
interest Of Craig. Wright Walker,
ysasnt it?" Mr. Pound asked. but Mr..
Wright claimed that the billions also
benefited.