Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-11
HEAD OF METROPOLITAN LIFE
SAYS HE MADE CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS
''THE HOUSE OF MLRTHo
Insurance Investigators Question MI
chaeI e. Mulvaney, Who Was Care
taker Of the Mutual Life company's
Albany Headquarters-H andIe d
Large Sums.

New York, Nov. 10.-President John
R. Hegeman of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company, who was a wit
ness before the insurance investigating
committee again today, said his COM
pany had made but two compaign con-
tributions and that they were in 1896,
when 81 900 dollars was given to Pal
mer and Buckner, the gold democrat
candidates, and $500 to the republi-
can national committee. The contri:
buttons were made with the approval
of the finance board and were more of
a moral than a political move, to assist
in defeating the "16 to 1 heresy."
"The House Of Mlrth."
Michael e. Mullaney, caretaker Of
the Mutual's Albany "house of mirth"
was a witness yesterday afternoon be-
fore the Armstrong legislative insur-
ance committee. John r. Hegeman,
president Of the Metropolitan Life
company and James M. Craig, actuary
Of that company were the only other
witnesses examined.
Mr.. Mullaney didn't look like an
ordinary caretaker of three story
brown stone front house. He wore q
"natty" brown suit and a bright tie.
He looked as if he was frightened and
talked in jerks. ID
He said he had been caretaker of
the Mutual's present Albany house, ,619
Madison avenue for your years, but
had been in other houses maintained
by the company for ten years. The
last time he saw A. G. Fields the Mu-
tuals legislative supervisor on whose
account the house is said to have been
main6ined as haven of rest, was
two months ago, Fields, was in Albany
then. AS to where he is now Mullan-
| ey hadn't any idea Until recently
Fields had paid him his wages, which
are s75 a month, together with the
keep Of himself and family. Lately he
had been paid by Mr.. Carpenter a
clerk in the Mutuals supply depart
ment.
Gets $5,737 In Five Years.
Mr.. Hughes, counsel for the COM
mittee, introduced into the evidence
seventeen or eighteen Mutual vouch-
ers signed by Mullaney for payments
made between March Z, 1900, and
March Is, 1905. These vouchers
showed Mullaney had received from
the Mutual in the period $5,737. Only
two of these vouchers had been
brought out before. Both of them
showed Mullaney was paid for illegal
services and expenses" In the batch
of vouchers introduced there we're not
only several new ones for legal SER
vices, but other for "sundries" and
travelling expenses.
One voucher, dated January 18, 1905,
for travelling expenses" for $3.50, in
terested Mr.. Hughes particularly. Null
lany said he had gone back and forth
between Albany and New York for
Fields a good many times. These trips
were made on business for the Mutual
When Mr.. Hughes began to ask for de-
tails the witness couldn't recall any.
thing. He couldn't even remember
when it was he made his last trip to
New York for Fields.
James M. Beck, the Mutuals coun
sci, interrupted while Mr.. Hughes was
examining the witness on this point
to suggest that Mr.. Hughes ask the
witness whether or not he ever bought
any railroad tickets for Fields. Mul
laney had no misgivings On that
point. He had bought tickets fol
Fields. The legislative supervisor
used to tell him when he was going
away and Mullaney used to run 'dowr
to the station, buy the ticket and have
1t all ready for Fields at the Mutuaps
house.
The chief purpose of Mr.. Hughes
examining the witness in regard to the
vouchers for payments made under
Fields supervision is to ascertain
whether the money actually went tt
the signers of the vouchers or wheth
er it was turned over to Fields fol
| t.supervjsine', Durposes at ALBANY.