Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-29
Fire Insurance Inquiry Develops Many
Facts Concerning Legislation at Al
bany---Man Identified Who Asked
For $4,000 to Kill Bill.

| New York. March 2S.-William H.
| Buckley, who has been the central fig
llrc in the fire insurance inquiry for the
| last three days, had most uncomfort-
| able time of it today. He was on the
| stand all day, except for a short time
| at the beginning of the session, and
WREN adjournment was taken there
| was no indication that William H.
| HotchKiss, State superintendent Of in
surance, was approaching the end Of
his inquiry into Buckley's doings.
| Mr.. Hotchkiss kept up mercilessly
his examination into the lawyers ser
| vices bearing upon legislation at AL
| oany, for which Buckley received
many thousand dollars from the fire
| insurance companies.
Aside from Buckley's testimony. the
most interesting incident of the day
was the identification by George r.
| Seward, president of the Fidelity and
Casualty Co, Of Edward A. Brown Of
| MiddletoWr, n. Y. as the man repre-
senting State Senator Big Tim Sui
| Ivan in 1892, who asked Cor $4,000 on
| behalf of Sullivan to have bill killed.
This is alleged to have taken place in
Sing Sing prison. Brown also testified
to''N anu u'iti''t tii''I ny NN'i i'"'' '7"' u
a conversation with seward or ever
| saw him before.
William Bro Snlth, general couhcll
| If the travellers insurance Co. OF
Hartford, testified that ms company
produced $2l,l0 T" Buckley IN l9o' I"
put thf""El t'lt hd'ii'H l'9'i w "i'''
ms ~ me ing ,'eS' p'iNe'' pi'i VI law
'ia'ti"S wiz" mas S'' Zen W. Up.
III NV 'nli
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On ~, ~ le1N. W e,,,l,3.,
| Ivy am. ,;.,'. w ~ o,,o,,;,, 'riro
rrs,,ronca 90 of Rrool,lvn collected
| f,a,, ,,,,ioue o,p,noniae the money.
| which was sent TO Eucklev
M da,, v,,s taken mn chiefly with
| r,,,,,,,o,.,s rro,l, for the connanioe il,
| 1oo, p,,cl,,n,, ooread ia do the worl, al
,,hor,. tbot ,eor for. s15 ooo The Ruck-
| ~, ci,o,da, letters described tine
ao,,rsa - insuronca LEGISLATION and thc
tr;,,,,,,,l, of PuclkInv who ala NOT even
,an,,,it .stril,o hillsr to he intrnduc,d "a.
| M 10. ta+tar, of +bo da,. wore q So
:n -, ,afaroroo +o q comnaion con-
.,',,,,,tiar 70 cam. friend in the sara
tora district" The first from Sheldon
IN Ruclley. dated Aug. %. 1904. re-
ferred to the coming election of state
senators and said:
| %, wish Won would bear in mind the
| a;str;ots whore n little aid might be
ra,aarod in tho matter of election tx-
| nanSes and thus save our doing any
tbing after the Legislature comes to-
| ratI,o, +" Put Ruclilev wrote back that
| .sas q rule il isn't altogether desirable.
bacause orr friends forget that they
have boen helped when the crisis
| comes. 1t is better to be prepared to
meet the crisis when it comes
| Tha lawyers memory was at fault
| ubep asked what he meant by the
"cr;sisv He denied that he made any
camnaign contributions to candidates
| .nd retorted hotly that Mr.. Hctchkiss
should not inject such meaning into the
letter. Mr. Hotchkiss jumped to ms
feet. II will read the lesson vi tn's
letter to the peopie " 'li'' ,.it
shouted. shaking ms hhser al w. w
| ness an" ~ ~. 49,.
meant by a letter like mat
Buckley luriousiS tbis invostiea-
all grahd s'a'" p''''
ton :. ,oo, pro,,ev wrote
On OCTOBER IA, isuf ,.omr sugees-
to sheldon: hesalala 20 naln the
ton of dong SO so''s Saratosa district it
gentlemen IN 'ne 9a.".t ,raa,, :.
will nave TO be uo"e nsN.
Mr.. Hotchkiss asked MN
referred to senate, 80 Mr. I1otch.
Buckley said he dloh h''o" ~,
kiss referred to 'he iae rae ' sanotor Rrac,<-
sion of the previous ~ non,nanies a
EFT made the hre ii's"' any ,....,,,