The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-26
A. ]. HOPKINS, ONCE
SENATOR, ACCUSED
Papers in Surety Company
Tanglc Assert Perjury
Was Committed.
GONDORF BOND FIGURES

Papers submitted 10 Supreme Court
Justice Page yesterday on which the
court acted revealed charges that AL
bert J. Hopkins. formerly United States
enato from Illinois, who failed of re-
election in 1909, although he won at the
primaries. and who is now president OF
the Illinois Surety Company, has caused
the Indictment OF ID. Clinton Mackey.
for many years general agent in New
York for the surety company, through
committing perjury.
The papers bring to light that Mr..
Mackey, who has been one of the best
known bonding men in New York for
years, Is now under 100000 bail on
two Indictments charging that he has
failed to account for about $4,000 OF
the surety company's money. Robert Il.
Honeyinan, counsc for Mickcy, asserted
last night that he had proved by the
cross-examlnatlon of ex-senator Hopkins
tha one of the two checks which Is the
subject of the indictments was deposited
In the surety company's count This
led to the following statement by Mackey
in the papers before the court:
Before the indictments against me
can be heard Hopkins will be indicted
for perjury, as he should be-"
Mr.. Honeyman said hat no effort Will
be made to induce the Grand Jury TO
take action against ex-senator Hopkins
until the indictments against Mackey are
disposed of,
on the papers submitted to him yes
terday In behalf of Mackcy. Justice
Page signed "A writ Of cert!orari. direct
ing Frank Elasbrouckg superintendent Of
insurance, 10 file In the supreme %
within twenty days all the documents
and testimony on which he has just
made a decision refusing N1ckey a IL
cense to do an insurance business on
the ground that he had been guilty of
fraudulent practices. Supt. Hasbrouck
made his decision after two hearings IN
which ex-senator Hopkins was one OF
the chief Witnesses.
Asserts $4,000 Is Due.
In his petition Mackcy. who lives al
25 Eighth avenue. Brooklyn. says h.
became agent for the Illinois Surety
Company in 1905 and has been general
agent since 1907. He was assootatct
with Wight V. Abbott. who died in 1910
and has been doing business under the
name of MUCkeN n Abbott.
At the time he was ousted. he says
the surety company seized all OF hi.
books and papers and refused to &C
count to him for commissions due. II,
alleges tina. at the time he got out h;
was entitled t. 40 per cent. commits
sion on 500. 600 in premiums due, and
Is entitled 10 commissions on S50,O)(
Of renewals up to January last, II,
brough: suit against the company II
December in Kings county for about
$4,000 alleged to be due him and oh
tanned AN attachment against its banl
account.
Mackey says he recently became ar
agent for the National Surety Company
and that when he applied 10 lnsuranc,
Superintendent liasbrouck for a H.
cense, charges were filed against hin
by ex-senator Hopkins, alleging hat h
was unfit 20 hold a license. He re
piled to the charges and after takins
testimony Supt. Hasbrouck refused tn,
license.
Ex-senator IIopkins's charges. date
December 80 last. allege that Mack-l
has appropriated more than $4,000 II
violation of his contract. and that thu
fact was discovered by representative!
OF the company a few days before d
cembcr IS, 1913 Hopkins said tina
''on that date | personally charged
Mackcy with this defalcation and n
confessed his crime. I severed his re
lations with the company and gave hin
until he first Of tn" year 10 make goo,
his shortaE,. Through various sourCr.
he has paid back SIS. sos"