The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-10
INSURANCE INVESTIGATION
FURTHER INQUIRY AS TO MUTU- AL LIFE'S HOUSE IN ALBANY.

Caretaxer Called as Witness-DOes Not
 Know Why Vouchers for the Main
 tenance of the Residence Were
 Charged to Legal Expenses-Metro-
 politan's President Again on Stand
 His Salary $1OO,OOO and Vice Presi-
 dent Fiske's $75,OO0.
 New York, Nov. 9.-The house in AL bany, N. r., which testimony before the insurance Investigating committee has heretofore shown was for mum Der of years maintained by funds of the Mutual Life Insurance company was again given some attention by Charles E. Hughes, counsel for the committee, when Michael P. Mullaney, the caretaker of the house was called to-day as a witness. .
 MT. Mullaney's testimony was in great part g. corroboration of previous testimony that A. c. Fields, while em- ployed as stationery agent of the Mu- tual, also looked after legislative mat ters, and paid the rent for the Albany house.
 To-day number of vouchers signed by Mullaney were identified by the wit ness, who acknowledged receiving the money for them. Some purported to be for legal services, some for sundries and some for travelling expenses. Wit ness said he was not a lawyer and could not explain why vouchers for the maintenance of this house, it had been testified. were charged to legal expere- es MT. Hughes said that 1t did not explain why some were for travelling expenses and some for sundries.
 Mullaney could not tell what the sundries were unless they were sup plies. He had taken trips to New York to see MT. Fields at the 1atter's sug- gestion. He did not know how many, times he had been to New York. He sometimes bought tickets for Mir. Fields. Nineteen vouchers were iden- tified by Mullaney, for all of which he admitted he received the money, which aggregated $5,739. These were paid be- tween March z, 1900, and July 12, 1905. s Mullaney said his salary was $25 month. He had never carried any money to Albany from New York for MT. Fields and had never paid out any money for MT. Fields.
 The greater part of the day William Barnes, ST, formerly of Albany, but now living at Nantucket, Mass, sat in the committee room waiting to be call ed, but late in the afternoon he was excused for the day. MT. Barnes fig ured in this investigation. several weeks ago, when vouchers for legal services, bearing his signature, were produced, together with a letter signed by Will liam Barnes, jr., of Albany, reminding the Mutual Life that his fathers "hon- orarium had not been received" and further asking that 8 check be for warded.
 The Metropolitan Life Insurance company figured in the gerater part of the days proceedings. John R. Hege- man, president of the company, who was on the stand when adjournment yesterday, was the first witness to- day, and the expenses of the company were further gone into. It was brought out that MT. Hegeman's salary is the same as that of John A. Mccall, pres ident of the New York Life, $1OO,OOO. Previous to 1905, however, MT. Hege- man received $90,0O0. The salary of Vice President Haley Fiske is $75,OOO, George H. Gaston, the second vice president receives $37,5OO and Frank o. Ayers, third vice president receives $16,250
 The work of agents in the field and their compensation were taken up with MT. Hegeman and later James M. Craig, the actuary, was called and the subject of the company's securities was taken up, but the Interrogation had hardly begun when, adjournment for the day was ordered.
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