Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-01
Insurance Hearing Ends

The hearing before the board of ar
bitraticn in the Levine insurance case,
whereby some agreement Is to be
reached OF the amount which the
company shalt pay Philip Levine. was
continued on Friday and concluded at
the evening session.
4 The hearing on Friday afternoon
opened BY Attorney CULVER calling
the attention of the court to the fact
that. Max Goldberg & Son had not
produ,ed their books as had been re-
quested. He also asked to have Il
TRANSCRIPT: of Philip Levine's account
at the bank to be offered as an exhibit
later in the day.
A Lir. Bennett. who was an occupant
of q Part Of Levine's house at the
time of the alleged purchase of $1,000
worth of junk by NJ. Goldberg & Son
from r Levine. He told of the large
amount. Of rags, rubbers and old metal
that Levine had stored in his stable
and yard. and Of the teams of Max
Goldberg & Son hauling it away at
about the. time of alleged sale. A
statement of the. amount of goods
purchased by p. Levine from George Is.
Morse was introduced and also dupli-
Gates Of bills purchased of !. r. Gould,
The Charlotte Cheese Co.. Milliken
Tomlinson &; Co, were offered as evil
dence.
The question of how many fires he
had had previously was objected to by
Attorney Heselton. who then stated
that counsel would admit of F. Lc-
vines having had four fires. This At
tornev culliver accepted as sufficient
for his purpose and did not further
press the question.
Because Louis Levine. had stated
that he had sold his brother between
$500 and $1,000 worth of tobacconi SITS
supplies from October Is. 1919. tr
March ], 1920. he was required to bring
in a grist of invoices as proof that he
had that amount of goods to sell.
At this point Max Goldberg brought
in his bookkeeping department, with
the exception of his bookkeeper. Mr..
Goldberg was somewhat exercised least
his personal and his firms business
should become too generally known.
Assurances from his counsel and the
commission quieted these fears to some
extent.
Questioned as to the books of his
firm he stated that he did not know
when or where the entries were made
as his son Abe. now in Bangor, was the
bookkeeper and all assistants. He and
evidently, he only. held the key of
knowledge that would disclose what
Attorney CULVER wanted. When things
calmed down a little later. Mr.. Gold
berg was able. with Mrs. Gulliver's
assistance to bring out the fact that
theer was no entry in p. Levines &C.
count Of the alleged $1,000 purchase, nor
any evidence of any cash paid Levine
for such a transaction. Neither was
there any entry of the loan of $500
claimed to have been borrowed by Le-
vine.
SAT the afternoon session Abraham
Goldberg Of Old Orchard, a former
partner OF Philip Levine was put on by
the insurance Co. He told of having
loaned p. Levine $500 and was forced
to bring suit to recover. Mr.. Goldberg
was former partner of P. Levine at
Riddeford. *
At this Juncture Chairman Leigh
stated that as the room was so crowd
ed he. thought it would be advisable to
prohibit all but the counsel from smok-
ing. ~
Chief Engineer Jones Of the Gar
diner Fire Department was introduc-
ed and told of sthe Levine fire. A
Brest the. truckman who moved Le-