New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
ACCUSES SULLIVAN
OF TRYING GRAFT
DEdN or INSURANCE
MEN ON ST4ND.
Says Big Tin" Has Behind
$4,000 "Sf1kc" Black
Horse CaCalrg.

fggGuCe lt e-Sl4llNe lllllo lt bellB Traced
down trom the time Of the earliest ef-
forts of the Black Horse CaAalry 10 a
ume very near the present
IN spite Of the intermittent and some
times totally blank memories of many %
fhese Insurance men who knew of and
approved Of the expenditure of large
sums of money II Albany, Superinten-
seut Wllam IT. Hotchkiss ~ the state
lrsura1c- Department with his counsel.
Aired EgrrelL managed yesterday a.
show thst at least rs late as January -.
1900. ire Insurance interests Of this city
had source OF inside Information as 10
she G-4-es II the legislators ar Albany.
More tL1n lhat. The investigation dis
closed tie fact tnct men Wno were COM
noaly supposed 10 have ceased their
lec.a1,te activities after the exposures
in Connection N:th life Insurance funds
Id Erur uu connections with their
frencs in senate and Assembly unul
very recently. If not up TO the present
tine.
Big -aa" sullivan. tho present Sena-
tor was described by George L. Seward,
qrcs.leut ~ the Fidelity and Casually
Company and the dean OF Insurance mea
a. ans CITY. as the legislator behind an
RtCmut made some twelve or dfteen
yca~e ag0 10 Wriug little matter of
$4,000 out of The Fidelity and Casualty
Company and AIr. Seward also contrib
uted graphic descriptions of the methods
ana practices cf The famous E.ack HoIse
-4vS.ry.
Disoruntlss Legislators.
81 Seward drew spee:dc line If dis
tincuou between tht roVsrru efforts of
the Black Horse troop which De- de-
scrlbed as "a combination ready to take
money whenever they found good op-
portunity." and The spasmodic attempts
OF individual legislators. usually dis
Eruntled, he put b. either 10 set cash or
establish trading basis through the
medium of strike bills"
It was ar. Stewards belief that the fa-
NOUS cavalry" were not particularly of
ether party, and d. evidently viewed the
alleged attempt of Big Tim sullivan
IS the nrst and only raid of The troop
against his company.
Cornelius Shufelt. some time an inslr-
lsWye~ with d Senatorial committee
cisrkship sandwiched IN between his TWO
outside nOcauons furnished Nessrs.
frotchkiss and Huwel with the lines
nElcl led from the DAYS OF 1891 down a.
matters which engaged tho Joint atteu-
ZION of legislators and fire insurance men
within The last tWo years. Practically
A. Shufelts main contribution TO the
Investigation was the Identification ot
numerous letters. and from the batch o.
r.em produced Yesterday u would seem
tat Mr Shuielt. during mis- years as
clerk 10 The Insurance Committee of the
senate sad later as clerk If another
commlttee and then as deputy clerk Of
the Senate. MAS ule of The uCsiest of cor
r,spoll5uts with FIVE Insurance men ia
tbs a.t
oIr shgteit's chief connection with the
6re insurance interests lu this city WAS
through the late George 7. sheldon, ana
L.e extracts from some cf nis letters sent
B. -Ir sheldon when Shutelt was
-,rk ol The assurance committee
showed plainly ;hat ne wanted 10 be of
H. utmost possible service % sheldon.
Kept Sneidcn Fully Informed.
lie kept The president OF ,he PheniN
q Brooklyn informed as % each ana
every possible sep ~ Insurance mat
ties u ;he Insurance Comr.itjee and
ulo1 lLc foor of THE Senate and ASSEM-
d.. .ul Tor dNe years, Up 10 january,
l-a il had 10 be a pretty small atialr
o. Insurance circles that wasn't recorded
b. Slltelt and forwarded Hlth liberal
COM. -..-s and advice Go sheldon ana
th.o.ra Aim 70 the Aew York 6oard ol
Pre- Tulervrters
f".th al this enormous service Mr.
sE1st wss Overwhelmingly. modest in
D. Gems. -..1s Tor compensation. Accord
iue 20 bis testimony Yesterday, When De
So clt his Insurance business Ia
Chatham. after one Years service as
c.cE at the senate Insurance Commit
a. he Was Indebted to the PAeuE of
broolsu. AIr ShelaCn's company. iu the
s-m ol about Sl-I This enormous debt
Az Sheldon generously cancelled, and
Vra taat gratuity Shale-t rested con-
tft for some timc
Later a special aeect soVed tle seeds
o. .-coLtrrt iu his honest soul, and he
began to wonder whether the Board of
Fle Underorlters m New York
s.o-cLt bc paying linn soIaetnns ier
III Services
Nl9 thi5 suggestive individual was
a. SaGau couldn't recall. ult b. au-
pad t.-t this seeut asked him one
d. Hl.t De- received as clcrz ~ tEe
h'aste Irs1r-lD- COMMITTEE fIe told
I'M S5 dag, and the assent fippanug
replied tIat ae would lE, to t1Ee the JOB
Nftoa' psy lrom tle state.
N.r" D asked him." saII Shufslt
}fs.'.d.r
Lsa De said hcrcs plenty of
u'uoy Aere q SON lroa vhac do est
Al
sagfet consults 'Lou" Payne.
Ir- ..-rk ,urucd ihis over f1r TIME
a. u-nv decided % rlEe "a bold
f'rke Csc would ask ,lr sheldon fof
e-)-n1t a cent loss
Lt sa.h q matter Mas u1t to ie
AFhrv handled. so shufeIt sala De- ar-
psoaohe1 tae matter thr.u1h H. old
H4end. Louis D.. PaEn II appeared taai
Ms Insurance AGENCY il Chatham lad