The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-23
BEN NOTES ON NEW JERSEY.
His Experience In the Newark Jaii-A Sub.
stitute for Hell,

NEW HAVEN, Feb 22-Bcnjamin Noycs of
this city was heard to-day before the legislative
committee on judiciary. at Hartford. In sup
port OF his memorial presented to the Lcgsla-
turo concerning extradition. Mr.. Noyes IL at
present President OF the National Capitol Life
Insurance Company OF Washington. and
has acquired certain notoroty through
out tho country In connection with life
Insurance. A short time ago Mr.. Moves was
arrested In this city on o requisItion from Gov
Bedlc OF New Jersey. and carried to Newark on
charge OF retaining fraudulenty the assets Of
the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany. The way this came about was through
the fusion OF the New Jersey Company and the
American National Life and Trust Company Of
this city into the National Capitol. II has boen
freely stated that Mr.. Moves was guilty Of sharp
practice in the transaction. and 1t appears that
the interested ones in New Jersey took pretty
much the same view. II was in support of his
memorial which. In substance. provides that no
citizen shall be taken from the State without
hearing and n chance to appeal. that Mr. Moves
Eraphioally narrated his experience before the
He said that the affidavit upon which the pre-
ceit was issued contained but one name and
ne stranger in this State: 1t charged Mr..
and with endeavoring to defraud the policy
holders of the New Jersey Mutual Life fnsur-
anee company This was perjury: had not
run away from Jersey. or any other State |
had never done business in New Jersey. or
stole sol, So much as a pint Of peanuts and yet
pany. The assets amounted TO 81 200. 900,
y ssInd doo they eharsed o me with stealing
sd@paHy gSSo owned T6ooV T6 eon,rSt mors than the
regard to that company had u perfect right 10
Waki,' and would make II again Il called on.
family home. and the reputation Which have
peeh hali century establishing. without
was sick at home in New Haven. partly con.
fned TO bed. The first knew, two officers
rushed, through the door, past the female ser.
yant OF my house. into my private room. |
fvsw way hStdHing iod Of any py2cecdngs against me-
didn't want "i 10 SVs2 ro NM 'irS had n once r,h
;Ts, 9nS nl,,,, in the State; %eIL dIaai g
funeral took place. had TO get W. be muflled
W. anu 60 IN a carriage TO the attorneys Office.
! had to bargain for my liberty that might at.
back the neAt night. l had e leave The funeral
T. take the cars for New Haven. l was taken to
Nswsrk SrSsr under an pndersiandng With this at
rng G and 6 Et 'sert so 9s PaTsq ar
a bond Of .s2o.09O. 1 said / would 70 to
lail' for. though 1 had the money t9
knew they would steal l.. The OH ser who took
me, from New Haven tSIcAlanusl came 70. me
nuSy You i viii take ylcn H. Noycs GSSs and oSaf pst
him in Jail forthwith. Judge, ,Depus.' / said
pSe %g0 5% 5%dsS uiE 3 BE- worI 1%%c % ISy be-
thought $4,000. The oflcer did not know how how
much he owed. but the Judge was responsible
found out that Ju ige Depue was worth SIS .O0j,
IeoneSluded to take the risk and go to Iail. This
Ms w spg gTsdinae1dsy San wSs warS week asr man came
must 20 down to Ills court. asked him Who
ne ne was and where his Iapers We're. He said he
Tim give y sps so 10 the be- gabss tS1
that shan't come: / know whore am now
The oac,r said that such a MESSAGE would get
what was in then and continued that had
been In jail week. had heard nothing, had
the ofiiser | would 80 when, he get tho pa.
eSufi eSuri I0PSs saw o5 vent went with him into
harrassed The Judge howed-that is thought
he tidVSnd bowed back; He said he thought
nbe, asked him what he meant. aud he said
he thought % 900 was as much as ought 10 be
stealing o. coo. 900. s50 900 would be low enough
80 .,s sent fqr ex-Judee Guild who has formerly
arGScupiisd rSI i Depues seati and he went my bond
for RimSand said | could gS S'ii heme' say ."f /
ih9usht II an there was no use IN going back to
yS'E not know whSS sht ss4s
next Then / asked the kind Judge ii he had
any obleeton TO my staying In Newark for n |
couple Of weeks; l had a little business 10 at
tend 10. He said no. could stay went into |
another court so they could have n fair show 10
arrest me II they wanted to; wanted TO get it
~ done ~ at once. The newspapers from
Maine TO the Gulf were filed up with b. N0yos 50
mat persons employed ~ cut pimeniarylD |
notices out Of papers had filed three or
iqur scrap books with What he stole |
How long lie was III JAIL How easily |
he got out Of IT, &c A nice record |
= hand down 10 my childrenl It's SO now that |
II my daughter goes to Washington or Albany |
and to a reception. people will ask who she Is |
thd receive Tor an answer. Oh. that's Miss |
Noyes; her father was in Newark lnil' Well |
anyhow put up 5000 in securities to secure |
my bQnd-nan, and while was At the Fifth Az |
enue Hotel some weeks after. heard that my |
case had been called up. Ny attorneys Know |
nothing about II. and were not there, and was |
lned 1900 Tor contempt of court and my bonds |
declared forfeited
Ia conclusion. Mr.. Noyes said; "Ihaye given |
.he story Of my Imprisonment with strict truth |
have told you the base OF the bill you may |
,onsiler. You will see that | don't intend h. |
have 1t easy 10 get n citizen out Of this State. |
propose, too. to protect myself, because intend |
% travel some. Any other Information | can |
give this committee ! shall be glad t. give, and |
can DO II, because I've been there. The news
papers have been busy Of late disposing Of hell |
Il they succeed. Jersey could be substituted |
50 lar this has cost me 81 .5OO in money alone"
This closed the hearing.