Evening journal., 1921-12-06
widow said

you mean you never heard about
it?"
We'll" she explained, my old
man was a man that drank a little
and sometimes he said. 'Youu be
rich when 1 die But that was all
there was to It,"
You were never told there was a
death benefit. were your"
''Yes. he said there was a death
benefit, but he never told me what"
you didn't know your husband
was entitled to a thousand dollars ?"
mo SIR"
you need this money. don't
your"
Il certainly do. am living on
my son-in-law. and my daughter
has died since"
Collects Helpers Benefit.
Hogan admitted that he had also
collected the death benefit OF Frank
Tuliey. who had been one Of his
helpers. and who, he said, had died
without leaving a relative in the
world
rs Mrs. Seymour here7" asked
Mr.. Untermyer.
A stout, middle aged woman rose
to her feet and later took the wit
ness stand. She said she was an
aunt OF the man Tuiiey and that in
addition he had left one nephew
and four nieces. In reply 10 a ques-
ton by Mr.. 'Untermyer the woman
who gave her name as Mrs. Mary
Seymour OF $50 Wes Forty-third
street. said she had understood some
money had been coming TO her neph-
ew, but that he had willed II TO
Mr.. Hogan, who had been very good
to him. Attorney McNutty inter-
rupted TO say that this will had been
probated.
Hogan also admitted having been
the beneficiary OF one Martin Quin-
Ian. who died in St Joseph's Hos
pital on September 5, 1915, and that
on September 22 OF the following
year he accepted heck for $1,000
representing Quinlan's death benefit
and deposited II in Bloomingdale
81 others bank. where he had never
had an account before. This money
was conveyed TO him, the witness
said. by a will" but Attorney Nc
Nulty could not say that he had ever
drawn or seen such an instrument
Mr.. Untermyer then questioned
the witness as to his reasons foi
having the checks for the death
benefit paid to him made out to him
self as custodian" and so endorsed
Il can't tell you just why at this
time" the witness replied after be.
ing pressed a. some length. -
thought as I always thought IL there
ever was a claim for it-if It coult
be shown that 1 got It illegally. tina
whoever had a right to It would ge
Il"
'T see" observed Mr.. Untermyer
you thought you would keep It IN
an somebody came along and tool
It away from you. and II they tool
It away from you you would Civ
it up"
Tn. fourth meml OF the organi
zation in whose death benefit Hogan
admitted he shared was Edward J
Gibbons. who died at Otisville. Hog
an explained that Gibbons left
regular will" that he paid tn
amount due to a woman with a mar
named Tieben. This will. he said
had been prabated.
Had Accounts in Three Banks.
In addition to his account with
Bloomingdale Brothers Hogan ad
mitted that he had accounts in th'
Irving National. the Atlantic Ma
tional and in a hank on Madison
square. He thought Il was tn
Madison Square Bank and the insu
tuition was not identified further.
President Hogan had testified tha
he received a salary Of SIS a weel
as financial secretary Of Local No.
and $1,000 a year as treasurer Of tn
national organization. He has M
other income, he said; is the father o
FIVE children, owns a home wortl
labout $1,000 in Mount Vernon
never deposits his pay checks, bu
keeps large balances IN his owl
name IN several banks.
How do you account for the fact
Mr.. Untermyer demanded, that witt
a salary such as yours. with n larg
family and no other business yo'
found yourself spending $4,000 o
$1,000 in cash. depositing abou
$1,000 a year and cashing check
besides7"
The witness declared that some O
the money in one OF his accounts
that in the Atlantic National. be
longed to the international organiza
tion, but was unable. he said, with
out reference TO his records TO sa
what transactions recorded ther
were in behalf Of the internationa
union. He explained that some c
the money represented in his bal
ances belonged TO his wife
The lax bookkeeping method
which made possible the unrecorde C
receipt OF large sums OF money b
the local organization for workin
, permits for non-union electrician
were testified to by Alfred II. Bul
a public but not certified account
! ant OF IL Broadway. Bull had bee
engaged by the organization to aud
Hogan's books. and for the last III
- 'teen years said he had been givin
% the organization a clear bill OF healt
E although the records OF cash receive
d and the permits issued were kept /
b such a way that he admitted a proJ
20 er check was impossible.
$ BOYS AND Girls
Are all invited to join the scho
{ children's dancing class. Auditorium
Eleventh and Madison streets. con
!. mencing Wednesday afternoon ID