The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-23

1 bht tsAaANh nClC was
resume Of the graft probe and many
more confessions were made implicat-
ing bankers. Others are expected.
Former Councilman Wasson testi-
fed before the grand jury this morn
ling and six more councilmea con-
fessed: William Brand, Frank A.
Gould. d. X. Barton, william Schrei-
Der. II. b. Miller and John II. Keane
received amounts varying from
sS1.10 to $3.50 while members Of
the city council.
New York Probe.
New York, March 23.-The big
bills paid year after year by fire in
Isurance companies under the COM
prehensive head of legal expenses,
with occasional incidentals, were
again under examination when Super
intendent of Insurance Hotchkiss con-
tinued the investigation he is con-
ducting in connection with legislation
at Albany.
Mr.. Hotchkiss was anxious to find
out what the circumstances were
which led the board of fire under
writers in 1904 to write a letter In
which the statement was made that
bill affecting reinsurance had been
bought through the senate" that
year.
The superintendent, too, announced
his intention to follow further numer-
Gus promising trails uncovered. Some
of these. he thought, might result In
bringing to light the facts he is seek
ing regarding the expenditure of tens
OF thousands OF dollars, which II now
appears the companies contributed
in 1901 and several successive years
to combat unfavorable legislation and
help along bills in the passage Of
which they were interested.
A Cancelled Check.
The reinsurance bill of 1904, which
is still a law, was the object of espe-
cial solicitude on the part of the ex-
aminer.
Mr.. Hotchkiss produced a cam
celled check for 800, paid on Octo-
Der 25, 1909, to George p. Sheldon.
The money was paid as travelling
expenses" in connection with Shell
don's work at Albany. by the Home
Fire Insurance company.
Mr.. Hotchkiss forced Z. n A. Cor
rea, vioe-president of the Home Fire
Insurance company, to admit that his
company made an erroneous state
ment in its annual report for 1904
to the state insurance department. II
was brought out that this company
paid s2,500 to Mr.. Sheldon on Sep
tember 81, 1904. II was shown that
this payment was entered as having
been made for "state tax"
Mr.. Correa said this was clerical
error.
George F. Seward. president OF the
Fidelity Casualty company, testified
THAT "for years insurance and casualty
companies have been harassed In
every part of the country by insur-
ance departments and By strike
bills"
He was summoned 70 Sing Sing
prison several years ago to meet a
man who wanted $4,000 for Tim
Sullivan" to delay passage of bill
adversely affecting casualty compa-
MES. Witness did not know whether
this was the present Senator Sullivan.
but gave the man at Sing Sing tele-
gram to send Sullivan, saying:
"Mr. Seward says you can go to-"
Mr.. Seward said he was asked 20
pay $40 900 to have the casualty bill
killed In 1891 or 1892 during the
Governor Flowers administration.
Later Mr.. Seward testified that the
"Tfm Sullivan whom a man named
Brown Brown (the man at Sing Sing)
had represented would put on" the
lbill for sr0, 900 was big Tim" Sulli-
van.
"You mean Big Tim Sullivan. the
present senator?" asked Mr.. Hotch-
kiss.
81 mean Big Tim" he said 81
didn't know there was ANY other. He
was persistently active"
The man at Sing Sing did not. as
liar as Mr.. Seward knew, have any
connection with the prison.
Mr.. Seward spoke OF the odd
ldays" when, II he went to Albany and
tried to speak to members of the as
sembly to advocate a bill. some OF
them would say. as there any money
in it?"
Once. he said. a legislator named
Goldberg. from Buffalo. said TO him
regarding an insurance bill: 81 think
there's money in that bill and pro-
pose to have some"
State Senator Thomas F. Grady.
who introduced the reinsurance bill
IN the 1904 legislature. vigorously
combated the assertion that money
had BEEN used TO get II through the