Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-08

aske ed TO recommend an attorney. lie
said that he recommended several,
among them being Carter. Said he
thought Carter was a good lawyer,
was from Wclch's home town and
was friend of Welchs. He said he
! understood that Carter had been sue
cessful in handling the affairs OF the
! Union Mutual company and thought
/ the case in point was similar. He
! did not know Of any services per-
formed by Carter Frazier received
! the check sent for Carter and held it,
| according to an agreement between
! Carter ana the company TO be paid
when the services had been rendered.
! Frazier said that he did not know
whether Welch had any knowledge
that Frazier mad been asked to rec
cmmend the employment Of counsel
Tor the insurance company
Welch was charged with WrOngfully
continuing a license to Eugene Arnet,
an agent for the Kansas City Life In
slrance company after he knew that
Arnct was guilty of acts contained in
complaints lied in the office In this
connection Fred w. Fleming of Kan
sas city connected with that com
panN testified. Fleming said that he
was informed Of charges against Arnet
and investigating found they we're
made by former employees of Arnet
who had been discharged for what he
thought sufficient reasons. However
Nelch was not inclined to believe as
untrue the substance of the charge
that had been made. and was of the
opinion at one time that Arnets Ii
.conse should be cancelled
Appeals to WclCh.
Mr. Fleming knew Arnet for a long
time and knew he was a good insur-
ance man. Friends and business ac-
quaintanceS of AImet also appealed tC
Nelch not to revoke the license Of
hrnet, and upon a stipulation Of Arnet
that he would not again do what had
been contained in the charges he
would continue the license of the
agent. The matters complained of
constituted unethical practice. Arnet
agreed to refrain from the abuses
complained against him end his
license was continued No further
complaints have been filed against
him
1t was charged that WEIGH at
tempted 20 compel the Southern
Surety company Of st. Louis to make
a bond for II. c. Harrill of Wagner.
connected with one of the local banks.
.. \. Wells, vice-president of the com
pany who lives at Muskogee. was the
only witness examined on this count |
Wells read a letter sent by Welch to
X. If. Huckleberry, president of the
company, asking if the company
could not make a bond for Harrll |
Harrill, he said, was at the head of |
the state Democratic central commit |
tee and might some time be in a po-
sitiOn to assist the company, ana that !
Welch thought he, too, might lie OF |
assistance some time A letter was re |
CCiycd from HucklCberry agreeing to |
make bond. The bond was made |
but as usual with the company an |
bona was required from |
llarrill before the company gave its |
bond to the WAGNER man. The COM |
pauy has made several such bonds in |
the state, said Wells, and the require |
ments on all Of them are the same
Asked No FavOrs.
However, Wells said that before The
bond was finally made he wrote his
and Informed them that |
Iiarrill was then no longer chairman
Of the Democratic committee. This
was about the time of the change in
chairman.
Wells said that his company had
never asked a favor Of the insurance
commissioner nor received any. That
he himself once wanted Welch TO re
woke the license Of an agent who
Wells thought unfit to hold such
position, ana WolCh refused to do so
On the grounds that the difficulty was
one TO be settled by the courts.
With the Conclusion of Wells testi-
wony this evening the prosecution
completed lts testimony ON SIX articles
Of the imp sachmeHt There are four
more.