Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-11-18 | Page 2 | Attorney Chickering Denies the Testimony Given by S. S. M'curdy

ATTORNEY CHICIiERING DENIES THE TESTIMONY GIVEN BY S. S. MURDY SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18. Attorney W. H. Chlckering said last night in reference to the testimony given yesterday yes-terday by Samuel S. McCurdy at the insurance in-surance investigation in New York: "It is true that I represent the Mutual Life here as a legal adviser, but that I was paid 817,500 is ridiculous and false. I happened to be "in New York at the time referred to in the New York dls- patch. My son was dangerously III in a hospital at Yonkers. That was the reason rea-son for my being East at that time. "It is true that I met Gov. Budd in New York at that time. We discussed insurance matters with the Mutual Life people. Qur conference had reference to the attitude of the then California Insurance Commissioner, A. K. Clunfe, towards the life Insurance companies. Clunie a Bit TJgly. "You see, Clunie was insisting upon both life and fire insurance companies j living up to the letter of the law. He was a little bit ugly, in that he made much of trivial and technical matters. We had one dispute with him. When the late A. Ii. Forbes was general man-p.ger man-p.ger for the Mutual Life here Clunie found ihat some of the men on his bond were dead. He insisted that if Forbes" bond was not renewed with additional bondsmen that the Mutual Life policyholders policy-holders In California might suffer. "There was nothing to this contention of Clunie. However, his request was reasonable as to perfecting Forbes' bond, and it was complied with. Made Them Observe Law. "On the whole. I should say Clunie was the first State insurance commissioner commis-sioner vho tried to make his office mean something and his antagonistic attitude towards the companies made them more punctual and careful about observing ob-serving the requirements of the California Cali-fornia laws."