New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05

ply, very clearly that the Governor Of the State
Q-And was it for that reason you We're willing
ne should get what information he could from the
without it? A.-No. not exactly that, but you may
be very sure did not feel very pleasantly toward
Q-Have you been able to find where the con-
Q.--Have you tried to find it7 Avery hard.
we have done everything we could and have them
now looking over every account we Fave
In the course of his testimony Mr.. Mccall de-
soribed the motives which actuated his company
to spend so much on its Paris office This was
due he declared, to the fact that Paris was the
headquarters of the European business of the
company, and that sentimental and advertis-
ing" reasons entered largely into the case. Mr..
Hughes endeaVored to show some indication OF
a return of some money expended, according TO
the books, the Paris Office, to some secret &C
count at home, but failed. He then asked
about New-York Life investments in Russian
bonds, These, the witness declared, amounted
to 600; the insurance in force in Russia,
he added, was S6OOO0OOO and two losses, ag-
gregating 81, 800 covered the company's interest
in the late Russe-Japanese war. Mr.. Mccall
incidentally denied indignantly that the New
York Life had insured Spanish soldiers at bet
ter rate than American in the late Spanish
American war, declaring his company wrote no
Spanish insurance at this time. He, also ex-
planned his participation in two OF the seventy
three syndicates of the New-York Life, including
100000 in the International Navigation. In
referring to previous objection on his part TO
George w Perkns's relations with both the
New-York Life and j. p Morgan & Co., Mr..
Mccall said
being connected with both. I thought it worked
well"
RETURNED CHECKS MISSING.
Neil F. Towner a law partner of Judge"
Hamilton, in Albany, followed the course of all
Albany witnesses to date in denying any
knowledge of interest to the committee. The
only interest in his testimony lay in the declara-
ton that the return checks of the Judge had
strangely vanished. He admitted putting them
in desk, but swOre that when, in obedience to
the committees subpoena, he had looked for
them they had vanished.
Following Mr. Towner. z. L. Devlin, who has
charge of the New-York Life real estate. took
the stand. He testified at first to the cost and
value of various foreign offices. Then Mr.
Hughes turned to the famous Home Office
Annex Account" from which the S235 600
yellow dog" fund went to Judge" Hamilton,
but Mr.. Devlin could throw no light this
point
Interesting developments attended the ex-
animation into the management of the property
of the New-York Life at No. 40 West T2d-st.
This property, carried on the books of the COM
pany, cost S203 056 90. The property was ac-
qured by foreclosure in 1902 The witness tes-
titled that the gross income for 1904 amounted
to SlO,316, and the net income to 81 127 Al. Mr.
Devlin discovered that his figures this point
did not tally, but Mr.. Hughes did not give him
a chants to explain The disbursements were
for hall boys. elevator boys and janitors. among
other items. Among the tenants of this apart
ment house, shown last year, were the fol-
lowing relatives of President Mccall, several al
ready mentioned on the payroll of the New York
Life, and their rent:
John e Mccall 81 50oILeo Mccall; s1.6oo
Mr.. Deylfn testified that these apartments
usually consisted of ten rooms and two baths;
that $235OO had been expended the building
in 1902 and $4,000 in 1903 a portion of the
charge being for making four flats into
eight room apartments. All the McCalls are
still in the house except Lee who has moved
Mr.. Devlin declared that the apartments were
not desirable and the company had found 1t
hard to rent them.
At the end of the afternoon session the com
mtttee held brief consultation with their coun-
sci as to what action should be taken on the
letter received from Samuel Untermyer on be-
half of James Hazen Hyde 1t was decided to
leave the case in the hands of Charles F.
Hughes. Mr., Hughes decided to reply to Mr.
Untermyer and to publish the letter if Mr. I'm
termyer had no objection. 1t will. however, be
a day or two, in all probability, before the
answer is sent as Mr.. Gntermyer is out of the
city. The affairs of the Mutual are to be probed
for the first time to-day, and President Richard
A McCurdy will probably take the stand