The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14) the other Browns have denied ever meet ing Seward.
 MT. Brown testified today that he had never talked with MT. Seward or any one else about legislation affecting the Insurance business.
 MT. Seward was then recalled, and tes- tified that he was morally certain" Brown was the man. although he could not Identify him with absolute certainty William H. Buckley then resumed his testimony.
 Order to a Bank
 MT. Hotchkiss read an order served on the National Commercial bank at Albany to the effect that Buckley forbade the of- flcials to reveal to any one the record of his transactions from 1900 to 1910 Buckley had testified that he deposited his checks from insurance companies in this institution It was shown Buckley get $1250 after he had obtained the ad- mission of the Prussian Life Insurance company to do business in this country Buckley wrote a letter to Carl Sturhahn on September g, 1904, asking s1250 and an annual retainer of 5000 a year. He said that any other lawyer would have charged twice that amount, and that it was a matter which would not be taken under any circumstances "by any reputable lawyer Mir Buckley said he did not know what he meant by that statement
 William B. Smith, general counsel of tue Travellers Insurance company of Hartford testified that his company had paid Buckley s21, 400, in four payments, to pass an insurance reserve bill, which was put through the legislature after long and hard fight. The witness could not tell what Buckley had done to earn the money.
 Mir Buckley. resuming his testimony, said that of the $1250 from the Prussian Life he paid s750 to ex-Judge A. J. Dam aher for legal services.
 Buckley. in 1904, wrote George P Shell don about some mutual companies doing an underground business in the senate on ta tax bill. adding: q understand that the state insurance department fla vors the bill" he wrote
 Tt Is matter. however, entirely for jour judgment and that of your assistants to to whether the bill shall pass Long Series of Letters
 MT. Hotchlsiss this afternoon read an other in the long series of letters to Buck ley form the lat George P. Sheldon. pres ident of the Phenix Fire Insurance com pany of Brooklyn This letter dated December F, 1901, said that Richard S. Reilly, of the Thirteenth assembly district, ii"u pSCh iC-CiectSus tildl ne. tIleu to get On the insurance committee the previous year and failed. The writer went on to say Reilly would be a good man for us,'' and asked that Buckley tell him whether Reilly could be put on the committee. MT. Buckley said he did not know what was mean by "a good man for us."
 A letter from Buckley to Sheldon told of q visit Buckley had made to 'ou' friend, Senator B." at Saratoga, witt whom he had a "satsfactory talk" MT. HotchlSiss tried to get the witness to admit that he had referred to Senator Bracket. but Buckley said he didn't re- call"
 MT. Buckley's previous testimony was concerned chiefly with the legislative ses- sion of 1903. This afternoon MT. Hatch kiss turned to the 1904 session. He first read several letters exchanged between Buckley and Sheldon late in December and early in January in reference to the retainer asked by Buckley. His price for the session was $15.00. He urged Sheldon to hurry along the money as he thought there was going to be a good deal of agitation against the insurance com panies. He said that unless the lar arrangements were adopted" within a week. he couldn't afford to be identified with the natter