Ogden Sun | 1905-11-28 | Page 2 | Depew's "Up the River Friend"

manning testifies before the insurance committee new york nov was lato this afternoon when sir hughes counsel for the legislative insurance committee called to the witness chair william S manning of albany referred to in letters addressed by john A nicholas to senator depew at a previous session as the cantankerous friend up the river mr manning was the most interesting witness of tho day and was questioned closely by mr hughes as to his connection with life insurance he detailed bis work tor various companies for many years and came gradually to the time when ho took up insurance work in albany and ds lie testified was paid a scar by john A to protect life insurance always in tho interest ot the lousiness but not in the interests of after several acar bo said this amount was reduced to he did not know where mr was getting tho money and had never inquired ho denied that he bad ever received money from tho equitable ako assurance society when aln fee was reduced however ho understood that the equitable tho mutual lite and iho new york lite bad each paid the reduction was duo to the tact that tho new york life had dropped out of the agreement an in treating part of the testimony was reached when mr hughes in quiren concern lag tho state insurance investigation of 1877 manning said he acted as an expert there and found that abo of tho were garbled and untrue ho testified that he benm cd a correct report on the proceedings tho monographer and had a volume printed tho alleged garbled parts having been printed in italics these were sold to some insurance companies tor 50 a copy tho volume was copyrighted to tho publication of contained in the work da denied also thit he had aver made arrangements with insurance companies to STOP the publication of his book 1 I just gave it tip bo said when mr hughes inquired mr huches read the contents of a letter he said had been sent to the governor of a detate taco to an insurance commissioner and finally to the committee it was written by the holder 0 n policy in tho mutual reserve afe ufe insurance company which bo had taken out in at the end of the first years period he said he was informed by the company that he had paid la an amount in excess of the mortuary demands aad that a bond the amount of which wao not stated waa credited to his account payable at the md ot ten years at the expiration atthe en