The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-01
An Open Letter to Henry Kelsey.

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SIR: Some time since II was told 20 me
that within short time you would cause 10 b.
published wh'r- would purport 70 BE- u Report
upon tho New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance
Company; thnt your object in making said
statement at the present time was TO use the
same n vehicle Of attack upon myself;
that soon after the publ alton Of this Re-
port certain articles would appear in vari-
Gus newspapers attempting to slaughter my
private character. Tho former portion Of
the prophecy hes been fulfilled. | supposed
your malice toward myself would cause
You in } ar Report to distOrt facts and attempt
To- color the truth 80 a. To- trv To blind the public
and intentionally convey wrong impr, -sons.
| will cont -s. however. that was not prepared
for the matter contained in your Report. did
not suppos" that YOU would dare prostitute
your Official position to crafty your per onal
malice. neither did think you would state as
fact that which you know. or ougLe 10 have
known. was absolutely. wickedly. and unquali-
leily false.
In reference 10 the fraudulent mortgages Of
$4,000 land Of the existence Of which knew
nothing IL they We're " Fraudulent" in 1877. why
not egtduy fraudulent in 1874. when you cor.i-
He'd that your examiners had fddiJ,dly cdirted
ont yoin Instructions and that the company was
in sound ana healthy conditions" The five
hundred dollars in greenhacks which were paid
t. your friend and examiner. Mr.. Michael and
which Won nft.ryv.rd .,ol... ,f-bo1 ,ho,, ,,,,.-
thing TO do with Influencing vour mJt,-
ment in reference ~ said mort,n,,"s
now "froudnl.n, 80 nj hat t,,,e o,oiIall. az.
sets? The statement that other securities IN the
amount offl5 900 10 $50 900 had beon constant
| IS ia hypothccation 10 Horny W. Baldwin" Is
absolutely false. and / believe known to You to
| be false NJ the time the words We're pcnncd 10y
y,u S,Voral 'il's loaned 10 The New Jersey
Mutual Lie Insurance Company from $1,000 10
| sl2 OIO and until eoid l,ons ,vora mid 7 holl
| "a, 49,. -. - -
sum III "in'"u' III In"l's"E's assisheu 10 me
to indemnify myself against loss. As these
| loans were Inundated tho securities yvero roos
- -, - ,r, 80
siRheu To 'hv company Inc statement that my
| business is claimed to have cost the Company
| $50 uer cent -" IL sueh statement has ovor ho,n
..nlnt,,oa',
'ihimen 'ahd Which very much dougtl' II is
! maliciously and wholly untrue.
ne s'"cn'oh' 'h"' mortgages given by my
sell 10 inc New Jersey Mutual Lilo Insurance
! Company. 10 the amount Of s. 200, on property
situated in Bergen county. y. j.. are missing.
anu that no record eAis's that they were ever
paid is simply false in every particular. The
| r ,,'.' p"'''''7'" ~ ilo from W.
OoMpahv' tue transaction carried in full upon
unless stolen .inoa vo,,r ro,oi,or hos ho,,, Il,
nosscsso D' so, S'. your r',''Yer h1 Igun IN
l'H0'oSt' 'hlt l'l'lAr arr HhN III MS AAlllNs
az any rate l,ttcr.uress COMICS arc in my kcep-
inc
'Ns'
IN reference 10 mortgag made ly Baldwin
| amounting 10 s3g7s on proporty in Warren
! County \ Y ,,ntd which vo, .to,., or, o.. ,i..
- :" ""' WIN" Wv" S'"'' "'' H4'S9-
ing can only say | never mdde any such
| MORTGAGE or mortgages in my life. Tns-i,uol
n.r,,I, r,,r,,o,,.,. MI ~, ,h.,r =. ,,,, ",
r'V'" Il'IN'"S. lu1"' ny "'ucI7 10 TIC NVW
| Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Company. II
these are MISSING" presume AN examinn-
| ton II tho County Cierk'~ oiile" If Wnrr"n
county. y \. will show You whore thoy have
gone TO- YOur stntonnnt In this nnrfi'1ill,. l.
| thrr, fIrr nl,'lutrIv nuI unuiiniin,,li, fgi., "
! Tho lonns mndn H. mo iv tho NV Jorsc,
Mutual Life Insurance Cnmpailv '-a.nrsi IN,
| nv business were ua,l, H. ndvnnro mo bu.i
! nns. of the Iou,pnDu Similar Loans worn n,olio
! a. nj lonst serrii oiI,r AG,ncies hut thr.' Won
! f1I 10 note Whether these lonus nc.tmulish.
| Ell tho object fnr which tL.v ,y'r" MINK tIn
/ policy holders can luden Sunl,c il To- NV. that
| when non ruined ne (n,Hpdnv Two thirds nf lis
| entire business had boon ulatoi urnu it- hooks
! through my work ana effort Ynnr assertion
| that tic - e-insuring 'c0mmitteo was not M.
pointed by n tlU hOard" Is techul ally true but
infcrcntinlly ms false M your other stntemstts:
| out of sixteen Directors 1 think IN rt.nn were
| present and voted for said re-iusurnncc
| Your statement Of an extraordinnry devclop.
| l.,