The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01

money 20 charity asked Mr.. Hotchkiss
after reading this letter.
NO, sir.
ne thought that you'd Weld IL it was
put in such a way
suppose so
On December 10 Mr. Wilcox wrote TO
buckley that he would have nothing more
70 do with the matter.
ANDX's INDEPENpEST ToCCH.
vice-president william J. Griffin Of the
National Surety Com.any was the witness
who disclosed the fact that Hamilton
while trying 70 collect a bill from all com
panies from Mr. Wilcox touched the
National independently He said that ON
May 10. 1901. the National Surety Com
pany had contributed directly 70 Hamil-
ton. sending him a check made 20 order
which he mad deposited In the state Bank
check bore Buckley's endorsement on the
hack. as well as the name Of }. { M"Cul-
len.
BucKLLY STILL BUSY IN 1905
Mr. Grimm did not think that Buckley
had done any more work for the company
Of this kind. but remembered u when q
letter was read written by President
Joyce To Buckley on March II. 1875. asking
Buckley 20 ~ things up 80 that they could
get the motor vehicle law amended -
compel drivers Ia give bonds. lie spoke
about getting Assemblyman bashIord
then having some other Assembly,
have IL amended President Joyce wrote
suggesting that Buckley might 500 senator
Thomas j. McAianus, with whom l atm
well Acquainted
IL you will write me with reference TO
what can be accomplished.
On March 10. ISOs. President Joyce
wrote Buckley TO tAAe up the matter OF
passing thus hill and also to try ana get
30 a. To allow fidelity companies To go
hail in automobile cases. Mr.. Grim was
quite sure that President Joyce was
writing to Buckley without expecting to
have TO pay him for these services. MIR
Joyce he SAID at one point. was a great
letter writer. On April = OF that year
Buckley wrote hack to President Joyce
that Senator Grady thought he could
get it through the senate and through
the Assembly Rules Committee, though
| Then President Joyce. after the Legs
lature adjourned. wrote to Buckley at
Albany that they would try u next year
and said We will be glad to have you
send in your bill and trust you will make
u reasonable When Mr.. Grffin saw
this letter he said:
i suppose Mr. Joyce expected 10 make
some compensation. but though | have
looked through the files ! cant find any
record OF any payment. He said that
Mr. Joyce would return from California
about April Is. On April -. la0S. Buckley
wrote TO Mr. Joyce that Grady had got
the ball through the Senate but had been
una BILE to get Il out OF Assembly Rules
We will get IL next year. provided
IL N attended 10 a little earlier he wrote
Mr.. Grifiin said that the company had
never taken his advice
MAI OFT INTO TRoUBLE ~ RI TOOK PAT
1t n apparent" said Mr.. Hotchkiss
that AIR. Buckley then was promoting
legislation in lbs and he was not regis
tered. IL he was paid money. ~ il APP
pears from this, I shall see that IL ia
promptly brought to the notics 81 the
proper authorities"
stewart Browne Of 40 Broadway
was put on the stand for a minute yes
terday while a letter was read from
him TO the superintendent declaring
that a loan TO Buckley from the inter-
national Ranking and Trust Company,
In which Justice McSall has been men
toned a. stockholdeT and counsel
was legitimate. Mr.. Browne was or
Raniyer and nrst president % that com
pany. Mr.. Hotchbiss said that he in
tended TO examine Mr. Browne after
his assistants had got through making
their examinations of certain tr.st com
panies that figured. and told him to APP
pear at II O'Clock this morning TO which
time the bearing was adiourned