Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-06
Got More Than $4,000, 600 From
The Mutual Life Insurance Co
AS Comm iSsiOaS.
GRAND JURY WILL INVESTIGATE
Dist Attorney Jerome Says the Scan
dals viii be Submitted to it
legislative Pool Described.

New York, oct 5-That the ostound-
ing total Of more than S2,60OOOO has
been paid as commissions by the Mutual
life Insurance company To two meme
bers Of The family Of Richard A. Nc
Curdy. president OF The company ami
the promise of Dist. Atty. jerome that
the Insurance scandals certainly VIII De-
submitted later to an extraordinary
grand Jury, were the sensational deFtI-
dement's In the insurance situation to-
day.
ii was brought ont by testimony be-
fore the legislative Insurance committee
that Robert H. McCurdy, SON Of ftioh-
ard A. McCurdy, has received as com
missions ON foreign business Sll6iA2',
aud on domestic business $5ilHo2 ana
that Louis A. rhebaud. son-in-law OF
Richard A. McCurdy, has received am
aggregate OF S920,1l3 iu commissions
from the company. II was also brought
out that Robert H. McCurdy expected
his income this year would he about
SllO 000
Previous TO this testimony w. F.
Thummcl an attorney for the Mutual
Life Insurance company testified thut
he had paid to the chairman of me tc.
publican congressional campaign COM
mitteo the sum OF A-iuNV ll 'd7h Jas I'll
campaign contribution,
Mr. Jerome I'm announcing iu court
that the scandals win bee submitted To
AN extraordinary grand jury SAID the
inquiry by the legislative committee
had shown greater moral onUpuity ANA
moral obtuseuess ON the part of the per
sons important u the business world
than did the shocking revelations iu Zee
gard to the Equitable Life
Another incident Of the days develop
ments was the publication of letter
from Charles H. Hughes counsel OF the
legislative committee, to Samuel INTER
myer. counsel for James II. Hyde, the
former controlling stakeholder of the
Equitable Life Assurance society. I'm
(which Mr. Hughes said the committee
would make 40 discrimination in FAVOR
of MIR. Hyde I'm his examination before
The committee.
The chamber of commerce, at It's
meeting today. adopted a resolution de-
Glazing that additional legislation is
necessary for the proper regulation of
life Insurance companies.
w. Y. Thummel, the attorney vho
was associated with Judge Andrew
Hamilton in looking after Legislation
for the New York Life Insurance COM
pany I'm the so-Callcd legislative pool
tlhl WAS thINrfil llNA N''hH A'NNlll''
before the committee that he was now
employed NJ an attorney for the Mutual
Life Insurance company at a salary of
1920 a year. Mr. Thummel said he
personally placed In the hands OF IN.
chairman of the Republican congress
sional campaign committee the sum Of
S.. 500 IN cash, which had been glyeI
The witness for that purpose by Vice
President Robert A. Granniss of th'
Mutual Life Insurance company.
Witness said the contribution ha'
been suggested by the danger OF
Democratic house that would result
i'm tariff and other legislation Of a char
acter 10 upset business and aIect poll
cyholders. lie said other companies
had been asked 10 contribute but HI
did not know how many ala, Mr.
Thummel denied paying any money e
any legislator for the purpose or IN
nuencing legislation or TO any othe
person for that purpose
He described the Legislative pool, anC
said the expenses were met by tn
company looking after the territory II
which expenses were incurred, ana lat
er an adjustment Of these expenses wa
made between the three companis. II
had received money from the New IorI
Life in these adjustments, but kept n
account OF his disbursements.
Mr.. Thummel said Mr.. Mccall was Il
error IN his testimony yesterday tina
he had paid money to the witness q
further federal supervision OF insuy
ance. Witness had talked with Nj
Mccall on this subject an2 Mr.. Mccall
had promised TO contribute TO It, but 10
money was paid by MIR. ThummeL
lie further described the division O
territory In the country under whir
the three companies looked after legIs
lation affecting Insurance Interests, an
said the Mutual Life had paid out d
1904 about $4,000 for legislative worl
It was az this point hat Robert Il
McCurdy was called. lie had q mum
Der OF documents IN his hand as u
mounted the platform. and when N
had been sworn he testified that he wa
the general manager " the MutQa