The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-29

that Mr. HotChkiaS had no night 10 90
into such accounts. Were willing.
added MIR. Dugan. that you should go
into MI Bnckley's letters, for they were
the product of his Una GRAFTON,
IAN imAginlti on - perfect that he could
tell " hen a ball was moved m or ont of a
committee remarked Mr. Hotchkiss
Mr. Buyan inslstsd that Buckley had
exercised has imagination merely To JUS
ufy his retainer
so Jon ron a REPUrABIE LAWYER.
The attempt II Buckley To get a retainer
Of 81. 900 a year from the Prussian Life
Insurance Company was touched upon
when Mr.. Hotchkiss produced from his
collection letter sent nv Buckley tO Z. =.
Seurhahn, is agent. on September ~.
leOa After informing Stirhahn az TO
certain fOrmAlities that must bo gone
through with In the appointment Of
attorneys and a resident manager for
that company % get permission TO
operate in this state he said:
i think that Il In only fair that the ad-
mission Of the company should be AZ
: least 81. $50 and thereafter a permanent
retainer % q. 600 n year. OF course this
Nis not half what IL would cost any one else.
and a. you know IL would not under the
. ctrcumeLAnces ~ NAAch w - aAS iVtN'o-
be lawyer
BlckIey vent on 70 say that he didn't
; want To appear ~ wishing Go gain any
1 thing nv the Company's admission and
eaid that he would he obliged tO spend
.Ss amount %as as s o GnS% what
Buckley meant by reputable lawyer
| Buckley said that he had signed the letter
! without knowing exactly what was IN Il.
and when Mr.. Hotchkiss put the question
J A.. ha aaiA that AZ ~ a n
| graphical error and shouldn't have been
10 whom did you pay that o. .2So'-
assked Mr. Hotchkiss.
The state In-urance Department was
lehs only one interested,
enc one got money IN the state In
kaurance Department from me.
s2l. zoo PROM THE TRAVELLERS IN isoS.
With Mr.. Buckley still On the stand Mr.
[ h tchkiss called Mr. Grosmith. general
counsel OF the Travellers Insurance Com
krany and asked him u his company had
Fever paid Buckley any money lie said
sthat his company had made three pay
|. ments togBuckley In 1908, SIS, 90 IN April.
! o. 600 in Nav and 81 5nO in November OF
! that year The money vas paid 10 put
, through a bill which he had drafted him
1 eelf increasing the liability reserve re-
I duired OF accident insurance COMPANIES
! Buckley had been recommended to him
was introduced In January or February
Of 1903 and was opposed by most OF the
accident companIer. hut was reporter IN
] Nav and pAssed and signed nv the Gov
. ernor MIR Hotchkiss brought ont the
fact thai although he 70 : ci: 10 Tor help
ing this ball along Buckley hadn't made
any argument. hut that the company
J had hired anc Their firm Of lawyers for that
! purpose this firm charging only $40 ]
Mr. Grosmith didn't know exactly what
Buckle lev hsd done or why Il cost so much ]
more than argument. lie admitted that
there had heen trouble over Buckley 3
bill and that Buckley had threatened tn
; Going hack to Buckley Mr.. Hotchkiss /
not hum to admit that he had received I
D.O0O from the PrlIssian Life from the
time IL sought adm s-iOn until 1907. In 4
reference TO the S2i 80 from the Travel
lers Buckley said ne wasn't sure that
he got that IN spite OF the testimony 10
4 know SAID Buckley. L got some
checks from them. | want TO say that
I can't keep track 81 all these thing
Tired to get as many retatners AZ could !
and make use It my experience IN the 4
Legislature and in the Insurance Depart
ment | got them wherever ! could.
BUcKLET KEPT no BOOKS.
Buckley said that he had kept no books
AZ any kind and mad thrown away all !
his old check books
.D,dnt you testify up in Albany that
you had destroyed lot u old papers |
about the time you got married." asked |
4 think / did. said Buckley. hut that
was when I was about TO go abroad.
That was IN 1876. just about the time
they were getting ready Tor an inNe>ti- ?
cation. wasn't IT.
Blckley's counsel objected to this /
Mr. Hotchk iss said he wanted to show
that Mr. Buckley was not IN this country
a. the time IL the Armstrong Investiga-
ton Buckley -aid that he could prove
that he was here all the time II that IN
vestiRation except a short time around
Christmas
MP. =. AND SENATOR r.
On December H. 1873. Buckley wrote
a letter 10 Mr. sheldon enclosing drafts :
Of some insurance bill proposed ny our
mutual friend Mr.. '.
WAS there any mutual friend Mr. v I
other than Mr. Nanderp1ei'- asked Mr..
HotchkisS. referring to Isaac Nanderpoel.
hts then chief examiner ~ IN" Insurance
Department Buckley SAID he didn't
recall anything about ". On December
10. two days later. he wrote.
4 have just returned from Saratoga. /
where | had "A satisfactory talk With our
friend senator b
Who was that Senator > asked Mr.. I
HotchkIS@
4 have no recollection; had lots 81
You know a senator p in Saratoga. |
don't you?-
'Yes-
4 want ~ get an admission from you
that he was Senator Brackett.'
you cant get II from me.
Senator Brackett wasn't your friend
In 1903 was h"S-
Il don't recollact anything about that
letter at all
HELD UF THE BEDELL Bill.
Just as the Legislature was about 90
begin its session sheldon had tn call upon
paa~kiey Ia MAKE good hls unnaid interest
on a demand note that Buckley had made
from the PheniK sheldon said the com
pany was abou- to have an examination /
and that b" didn't want the unpaid in
interest % appesr. Buckley replied nv !
sending hrs check and asking sheldon for
$50 retainer for n" coming SESSION. B
There will ~ more Cr ICES agitation .
this winter" h. wrote and ! cannot
AFFORD 10 80 ident I'D unless make nv ,
arrangements now
Sheldon replied that he thnnght sa,ls-