The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-02
JUSTICE ADMITS
PUTTING UP Cash
Explains, However, Friendship
Accounts for His Part in
Shady Transactions.
DENIES ANY INTEREST
In THE PHENIX COMPANY
One Other Witness Turns on
Light Without Attempt TO
Conceal Crooked Work.

NEW YORK, April l.-Justice Edward
f. Mccall OF the state supreme court ex-
paIned today his financial transactions
with William II. Buckley. legislative
agent for the fire insurance companies.
After the days hearing Justice Nc
Call met superintendent HotchlSiss of
the state insurance department and gave
him statement that satisfied Mr.
Hotchltiss that political friendship
counted sufficiently fo@ the questionable
| aspect certain incidents had seemed to
wear.
Earlier in the investigation evidence
was found in the books of the PhcniX
Fire Insurance company OF Brooklyn
which induced Mr.. Hotchkiss to say 1t
looked as IL Justice Mccall had been
party TO an attempt to deceive the in
surance department.
600 check Issued TO Buckley, which the
justice indoTsed with Buckley's name
and deposited in his own bank account.
Buckley owed $1,000 TO the North
American Trust company, which he had
borrowed from the International Banking
& Trust company. When the Interna-
tional was taken over by the North
American the loans were called.
Mr.. Buckley according 10 Justice Nc
Call, induced the PhcniX 10 loan $4,000
on the collateral held by the North Amer
lean company. There was due balance,
which, with interest, amounted TO S2I3l-
This amount Justice Mccall who was
then practicing lawyer. advanced,
How Business Was Done.
AS Buckley had to leave town, he ar
ranged thai Mr. Mccall should receive
the s35. 900 from the Phenix and take
up the loan. Mr.. Mccall accordingly de-
posted the S35,Oo0 check to Buckley's
order. in his bank, drew his own check
pany, paid the loan and secured the Sc
curities which he turned over TO the
PhenX as surety for the new loan OF
S35. .00G.
ter of The $4,000 check.
Buckley had borrowed $4,000 from the
PheniX on February l6. 1900 and Sl@.ooo
OH January %, 1901, but Justice Mccall
says he had no knowledge Of either OF
these loans Buckley went 10 him In De-
| cember, 1900, and asked him for S$46
the money, On January. IA. 1901, Buck
| sl296S, and again got the money
My only interest in the entire SUB
friend was in need OF money; had IT,
and on mis- request / loaned IL TO nm;
on January II. 1901. Mr., Buckley paid
me back $4,000 OF these advances by
| giving me the check Of the PheniN In
| surancc company I beg TO advise you
| that / never in my life had any connec-
| tion or relation with the fneiiiA f"e III
surancc company
| Aside from the statement of Justice
| Mccall the interest OF the day centered
| lpon Stewart Browne, private banker
| promoter and scIf-styled devil OF the
| International Banking g. Trust company.
| who proved fluent, daring ana auroit
| witness, " ,.,, =
| Mr.. Browne. VINO callcu NlihseHl ~
| swond- shed lawYer'-that is. lawyer
| of knowledge, but with no right TO prac-
| uce-madc no attempt To conceaI llht M
he and Justice Mccall Uhen practicing
| iav;yer) had drawn up the papers TO III
| cor0orata the American Bond Mort
| nopc Guarantee company, the paper OF
| the International in a way designed 10
| conceal from the legislature Governor
Roosevelt and the people the true pur-
lie conceded heavy charges Tor lur-
| ritura" on the books of the company
| covered either expenditures. n9t en- en-
| planned that the company ulreGtoEs
| vnrc frankly dummies some OF them
| naInod 10 give the bill local color at
! Xihanv and that he even owned some oi
,hc siock that stood in these directors
| names. .,,, mo-. .,
80 foct the names of Edward Mccall.
| p1,i,iny and State Senator Louis +.
| Goodsel appeared on the books as
owners OF 100 shares each, worth S]3,oOo
| In all Mr.. Browne INSISTED eaCn VI 80 I,,
three had paid for his stock + urritute
fnr the international was costly.
rhn rcnort OF the committee TO the SUI
no,,ntcndcnt OF banks, dated December
Si. 1889. showed an item Of SZS.USS iot t
,he burnigurs lampsnv showed s6642 spent for fur
later another entry OF s2o.ooO t9I
"fnrn{turs' was discovered. authoriZeo IN
January, but dated oaGE 10 80 t!t,,,..
niture" represented expenses o. ots""i"
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