New-York tribune., 1910-03-24


was about 20 follow In the footsteps Of
Elijah r. Kennedy in the Rierdon Incl
dent
ON Tuesday Air. Seward told Of meet
eng an Assemblyman Goldberg al Al
hany some nfteen yenrs ago. The said
Goldberg told him that Re thought there
MS money IN Nr. sewaTd's business az
the Capitol, and expressed the determi-
nation 20 "get some OF il while Il was
EoiEg around"
Yesterday no old gentleman took the
stan6 and on invitation of Mr. Hotchiziss
sinrted 10 make a statement.
"A Or. Goldberg. OF Buffalo. came 10
my ofloe ahis morning with his counsel,
said aIr. seward. and said he had never
r,cf me before End had any such con-
Nr-sation as the one 20 which tesii-
ed. nns "a wanted me TO make state
rsEu;
50 scr Mr. Seward statement varied
only in the nCmes mentioned frotn me
words ucs6 ~ Kernedy in his rctfnction
81 slc f;iercon matter.
scvard Renews chkrse.
TIE tones. however. ve-e GihereEi
srstrnd OF the oonci,iatorv toneS OF
KsrneGy. Sew ard was biting his words
~ WIN shap. and with the same stac-
crso ne vert On: This DT. Goldberg
4. hsrs non. and he bears he appear
sace ~ the man spoke of yesterday
as having talked with IRE In Albany
Z sfteen wears ago or 50. Tn not able 20
9 remember distinctly and = may he that
Q uurnber - men nlisllt 80 appear 20 me-
{ has u Is my best reeoileciion that ms
Flsn ooiucides IN appearanoe Win me
s man about whom testlhed yesterday.
" this statement IL worth anythins 20
any cne 7 l1.Ese n freely. How ] nTst
uaet hin. or how lnew rim, 7 dent
know
There ss nc question but what some
man. when you say Was named Cold
oerr. ard who was member ~ fhe
Ierislature- spoke 80 you as sou fes'i-
aeds" asked Nr. Eotchkiss.
u lsve So sworr," ssid ~ seward
~-th an sr ~ having closed The 'nci-
6ent
IN answer - questions shopt the Ny.
Froer." N,ncrn also ~ meutiened IN
the previous day. Nr Seward remarked
dat he notiocd 81 the pspe-s that .
mar named Edwlyd Brown. ~ Middle
sowr. had ed he supposed hs was the
man 10 whom DE retcrred
And ! guess De S." commences sew
srd. "Es was thcn about thirty ~
shirty.hre .-ears old, as I remember
and a shorter. stoutcr man than Warden
DnoVn7
Dr. Goldberg ther TOOK she stand. Tie
EGid he was ~. Jacob Goldberg, ~ but-
salo. o Democratic Assemblyman IN 49,
enc 1858 and ~ present q member -
the Board cs school Examiners
Reputation BY GOLDBERG.
g rsre rex rsoa Mt Seward be
fsrs today" ne ssid. = did net 20 my
tnewleege ever have sny such converse
;ion with HIN. and have never had a
conversatioo ol that nature with any
one"
Mr Seward walked out cf the room
with MS heod high and 20 traoe OF TO
trBcton An his marneT. and he didn''
even uait 40 listen 20 GOldberg's CON-
urshensive denial.
Csrl q Efurhahn. American manages
of the Rossia Insurance Company. ~ 81
Petersburg, Russia. and Carl Schreiner
who holds the same pare in the Municl
Reirsurance Company, attempted 80 in
Zee, into their testimony tho arERImen
Cat ~ the provisions ~ Sensfor Grady
BIN thcrc was larger reserve proyidec
Cor with which 40 protect the policy
holder
X. p. Hatley, IN examiner 81 the ae'
psrtment's New York ofice, took MP th'
A. J. nd :
II few questions mace him adnli; that thf
n reserve provided for is not larger, but
amply transferred from the reinsurance
company 90 the direct irsuring company
by che GRADY b'L
Sturhahnl 81 sppesrel, IN conjunction
with others I'm the fre Insurance held
had seen the wisdom OF securing the ser
,ices ~ william ~. Buckley. and IN
1903, When the Rossia applied for per
mission 10 % business IN this oountr,
snd state. ~ Fetslned Buckley - handle
fhe fornlallties - admission
Buckley asked Cor $500 FOR that srr-
vice and On annual retainer of Sl,5o0
Fheresftsr, bur a. tho time of admission,
sturhahn testified. he paid Buckley no
Zee for the s-rNices connected with the
tse.fftir aNA rtNHf - i4lo lli~A l4fi4dl
iFtsincr. fheveafter Buckley vas 20 re-
ccIVe $3.50 in fhe second ~esF and 81 on
pesr Tor succeeding yssFa.
Buckley Payments ESpla'nsd.
TIE peculiar Eart - abe arrangement
appeared Later, v'sen .Ir. Hotchkiss
showed the witaess written rrocf that
S5o09 hsd been pai6 20 Bucfley IN 1905
b. the Rossis company, but tir. StuFtahn
sEplsined then that 81 zoo ~ tho s5OoG
we for spec.al services in that wear and
the other $500 WAS ihe deferred lay-
u1ent a. the admission zee.
What special services AIr. Puci!cy had
EiVcE f0r she 81 son in l90s. which
sIurhEhn acknowledges was oVer End
shove his regsisr retainer ~ 500 for
that yssr. she witness could not dcsig-
iRte VIXEN first questioned.
me esplaEat!oa as 40 the Gs.Je0 beirr
Deferred payment on the admission Zee
also waS shot 20 picc-s b. AIr. Hotchziss
WREN h- read into the "ccoFd . lcfte.
written hy Stgrhsbn 40 MS horne Office
~ Rgssis, ono sentence 90 which. re-
fergng 90 ;he payments for Buckley's
services. read: