The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-24
A $4,000 YEAR FOR BUCKLEY
THAT was 1904. WHEN NE
HELPED THE GRADY mn.
Ise Tesslnes shelsisa was Friendly 10 the
BilI Then. Though for Repeal Later
BuckIey white An Insurance Oaraal
borrowed aal .O00 Freaa PA~aix

into yesterday at IN" insurance hearing
II appeared that the year the Grady hill
went through and Odell vetoed u and
then Withdrew his veto Buckley got
S27 O0o from tK' fire insurance companies
for his services nj Albany II was only
his third year ~ a lawyer Before that
he had been third deputy superintendent
! OF insurance
| Buckley was personal friend Of GRADY =
| and ~ a witness Yesterday he was very
! positive that Grady's hill was q good ons.
!. and benefited polcyholders. though most
: ~ the companies IN the New York Board
/ Of Underwriters weren't IN favor Of il
! The only specific thing that Buckley re-
msJnhered o. have done TO help along his
! friend Gradys bill WAS to- draw up "a brief
when the hill was h-Iors Gov. Odall He
! also hired a lawyer 10 APPEAR beGors OCiell
but even the name Of this man he had
forgotten yesterday.
! II was not until he hill got before O,l..lI
I that Buckley r,'ally became Interested in
q All his orders Buckley te~tifsci. had
como from Gsorg" ?. sheldon. now dead
then president at the Phenlx. ed Shel-
don. ne sad was fri.ndlv ~ the TILL
Mn,l" Buckle was still with the In
suranC,. Department h. had. a. the Gust ON
IN the department IN those DAYS was.
borrowed SiSUD from Sh,.ldon's coin
pany. the Phcn,N q" told about this
yesterday Later IA" increased th..
amount OF the loan To sal .00O He couldn't
recall bow ~ came about that chsckS III
Edward y. Mccall nov supreme Court
Justice. ~arr used IN paving OF some Of
his loan. which was not entirely liquidats'd
until last year He and Judge Mccall
were friends and shared an Office for
while and Buckley enjoyed n retainer
Of - Oon a wear for som. years from tbs.
New York Life Insurance Company. IT
which the late John 4. Mccall vas prssl-
dem
William r HutChins Of the North River
Insurance Company. Carl T. SSurhahn Of
ia" Rossla. and Carl Schrsiner Of the
MUNICH Reinsurance. Company told Of
payments made io Buckley hut no item
lied bills were rendered apparently The
witnesses wer, quite sure that tho money
wasn't paid To help along the Grady bill.
which President Corrca Of the Horns
SAYS wac bought through the Legisla-
ture Buckley swor- that he hadn't
paid cent To any legislator and that
his expenditure was all for general legal
services
CONSIDERABLE THOUSANDS IN THE GRADY
YEAH.
William T.. Hutchins. president 81 the
North River Fire Insurance Company
and a member 81 the laws and legislation
committee ON the underwriters in 1871.
was asked a. the first witness Of the day
TO tell what he knew about the Kennedy
gift fund.
i don't remember anything about the
way the money was raised. Mr.. Hutchins
answered. He remarked that ne prob I.
ably had known something about it az
the time hut that Il had slipped his mem
DRY
DO you think that the IS. COO paid 10 I
the Republican state committee was
raised for proper purposes Mr. Hotch-
kiss wanted To know
i do did think 50 AZ the time and |
have not changed my opinion
Then vor would do he same thing |
over now
/ don't know anything shout that
replied the witness
The witness admitted that he collected
=. mo II the SOD. n,ii u was so long ago
that he couldn't tell who cont rhuted
IT, regard 70 the Grady season ~ 1914 ,
Mr. Hutchins said 'ha' no helped collect !
funds
What was tho sum- asked MIR Hotch- |
kl-e
Considerable thousands Of doll.r-. l
believe
ON December I. ISoI. Hwchins gave
sheldon 81 on1 aud on December ~ gave
HIM s2"0 NOR.
BILL FoR SIS 80 FROM BUCKLEY
4 biu toy legal servIoes- receipt 81
bv " Villain N Buckley IN April ~ uf that
a. -.
THIS hill was turned down bv the laws
and legislation committee although
Hutc'InS approved nt It At III" nesting
A letter from sheldon io HutChins
dated few iavs after Buckley had pre-
ssnts,i avs bill was read ~ par sheldon
explained that the hin vas large heCausn
~ 1919 a number 81 unfavurable fire m
suranc., bills had hn"n IutruduCnd ~ the
Leg.siat'Ir"
~ THE HIGHWAYS AID HEDGES
Their. was another letter dated June
~. 1904, M which sheldon wro'" To
Hutchins
-IEh.nk that the work that was done ia
this way h.-tuTe the Legislature came to-
gether N several districts, the details uf
which | nave given ~ one case only N
very much more ~fectiv" than having
our board represented by eminent Coun-
seI before Legislative bodies and com
mIttees where u ~ impossible To get time
10 have a full and fair consideration given
- I'll the detAii~ WhiCn go 10 make mp the
ralat IONS existing befween our Insurance ,
assOciaf ions and the public
Mr. Hutchins did not care 10 comment 4
IN sheldon = methods ~ the districts
ALDERMEN
For the first time ~ the inye-tIgai ION /
Nj Hntchkiss referred to he. New YORK
Board Df Aldermen. presumably tho,
r uld'ng Iod'. department thereof
Did you or your board ever make any
present or do fna1cial favor- % members
at tn" New YORK Board of Aliernens-
Never. positively rav"r WAS tbs.
reply
BENEFtctAEIEs or GRADY BILL
carl Stmha # th., Rossla Rem