The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-10-07
PAID BE COMMISSIONS
Relatives of President of Mutual
Life Received $4,000, 900.
FEARED TARIFF REVISION

60 $3.50 Was Given BY Insurance
Company to Defeat Democratic
Nominees For consress-seandals
viii Reach the Grand Jury.
New York. oct. 6.-That the as
founding total Of more than S2.6OO.OoO
has been paid as commissions by the
Mutual Life Insurance company TO
two members OF the family OF Richard
A. McCnrdy, president of the company,
and the promise of District Attorney
Jerome that the insurance scandals
certainly will be submitted later 10
an extraordinary grand jury, were the
sensational developments in the IN
surance situation. Mr.. Jerome In an
nouncing in court that the scandals
will be submitted TO an extraordinary
grand jrRy. said the inquiry by the
legislative committee had shown
greater moral obliquity and moral OBJ
tuseness on the part of persons I'M
portant in the business world than ala
the shocking revelations in regard 10
the Equitable Life
Another incident Of the develop
ments was the publication OF a letter
from Charles T. Hughes. counsel for
the legislative committee, to Samuel
Untermeyer. counsel for James II.
HYDE. the former controlling stock
holder OF the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society. in which Mr. Hughes
said the committee would make no
discrimination In favor OF Mr. hyde
in his examination before the com
mittee.
II was brought out by the testimony
before the legislative insurance COM
mission that Robert II. McCurdy, a
son of Richard A. McCurdy, has re-
ceiyed as commissions on foreign bust
ness S1.163.S29 and on domestic bust
ness s5il.S52. and that Louis A. The
baud. son-in-aw OF Richard A. Nc
Curdy. has received an aggregate OF
se20113 in commissions from the
company. II was also brought out
that Robert II. McCurdy expected his
income this year would be about SllO'-
600.
w. w. Thummel, the attorney who
was associated with Judge Andrew
Hamilton in looking after legislation
for the New York Life. the Equitable
Life and the Mutual Life Insurance
companies in the so-called legislative
pool that was exposed last week. tes-
tiAed that he was now employed as an
attorney for the Mutual Life at a sal
airy OF $4,000 year. Mr.. Thummel
said that he personally placed in the
hands OF the chairman OF the Republi-
can camDaign committee $500 In cash
which had been given the witness for
that purpose by Vice President Rob
ert A. Granniss. of the Mutual Life
Insurance company. Witness said the
contribution had been suggested by
the danger Of a Democratic house.
that would result in tariff and other
LEGISLATION Of a character to upset
business and affect policyholders He
said other companies had been asked
to contribute. but he did not know
how many did Mr.. Thummel denied
paying money to any legislator for the
purpose of influencing legislation or TO
any other person for that purpose.
Mir Thummel said Mr. Mccall was
in error in his testimony that he had
paid money to the witness to further
federal supervision. Witness had talk
ed with Mr.. Mccall on this subject
and Mr.. Mccall had promised to con
tribute TO it, but no money was paid
10 Mr.. Thummel
He further described the division OF
territory in the country under which
the three companies looked after legis-
lation affecting insurance interests.
and said the Mutual Life had paid out
in 1904 about $4,000 for legislative
work.