The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-04
HARTMAN
DENIES IT
Says He Made No Loans to
the Equitable Life.
NOR HAVE HIS COMPANIES
Made ANY Such Loans--crimmins Also
Makes Denials-Hyde and AIexand-
er Forces Are Anxious for
Agreement
NOR HAVE HIS COMPANIES

New York, April 4.Yesterday was
day OF general denials from the clash
ing interests in the Hyde Alexander
Equitable controversy. +. II. Hartman
was the first to deny the motives and
actions that have been charged against
him.
Asked about the reports that the en-
ion Pacific and other companies in which
he is interested have had profitable f.
nancial relations with the Equitable
Life Assurance society, he said
Il have never made any loans to the
Equitable nor have any of my COM
panies, and never sold anything to the
Equitable, nor did any Of my com
panies."
Some one asked ii he had misbehayed
at Saturdays meeting in the office of
| the state superintendent in the iii !;
the state superintendent OF insurance,
and had shouted Wow, WOW, wow
and Vow, VOW, VOW, as an expression
OF his disapprovaI of the proceedings
We'll, if didn't | should have he
replsssd.
John ID. Crimmins entered the next
denial. Commenting on a report in which
j. member Of the Equitable policy hold
ers' committee il quoted as calling him
a traitor and as saying that he is to
be thrown out of that committee, he
] said that the best answer to that charge
lay in the fact that all the members
of the policy-holders' committee had
| signed the agreement to the mutuali-
cation plan. ~That story is some of
Platt's work" Mr.. Crimmins added
Asked ii there was any truth in the
persistent report that his alleged change
Of front was due to the placing of $5,-
10000 Of the Equitable funds with the
City Trust company, of which lie Is
president, Mr.. Crimmins said ssNo
| been deposited with the City Trust com
pany-" He denied that any office in
the Equitable society had been offered
| him, and said he would not accept such
an offer If it were made.
| Jacob G. Schif Of Kuhn, Loeb & CO.,
whose name has been brought into the
present tangle in connection with GER
| tain alleged bond transactions, was the
one notable exception in the matter of
denials. He declined to avail himself
Of an opportunity to deny that he had
withdrawn from the finance committee
of the Equitable. The report that Mr..
Schiff was no longer member of that
committee was made todays without
qualification.
| MIR. Hyde and President j. w. Alex
ander attended a meeting of the execu-
| tive committee of the board of directors
of the Equitable Mr. Alexander spent
the greater part of the forenoon in con-
sultation with his counsel, cambridge
Colby, and others of his friends, in the
lawyers Office. He had no statement
to make when questioned about the sit
uation. Mr.. Hyde was also uncommuni-
cative.
The silence of Mr.. Hyde came rather
as a surprise, as he had intimated on
! Saturday that until the squabble ended
| he would talk freely on any matter con
nected with the society and Of public
| interest.
Both the Hyde and Alexander forces
are anxious that some agreement should
I be reached and an end made of the
present disclosures and allegations.
Some development making for peace Is
| looked for as the ultimate result of the
various meetings and conferences now
being held. The next development may
come from Albany, when State Superin-
tendent of Insurance Hendricks decides
on the scope and plan of the inquiry he
| has been asked TO make by both fac
lions Mr.. Hendricks visit did not re-
suit in the harmony he had hoped for.