Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-18
M'CURDY SAYS He WILL
NOT TELL SECRET.
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employing men, but not one dollar ex-
eept for legitimate purposes"

employing men, but not one dollar ex.
cept Tor legitimate purposes"
"What did he pay men for?'
well, many of them were laymen
and he had to pay them to sit and
listen to him. ! say this explains the
matter. and | resent the suggestion
that the money was spent in improper
ways, but ! think it would he improp-
er to publish the names of some of
those he employed
Mr.. McCurdy then stated he knew
nothing of s. S. Olds.
Can you recall ut all what legisla-
ton you thought it necessary to op.
pose?"
1T would not be in my province. If
! undertake to run all the departments
! would soon run myself under the
ground"
Mr.. Hughes said that a question had
been raised concerning the money paid
hy the Mutual Life Insurance com
pany for luncheons for it's clerks.
Yes said Mr.. McCurdy, "the clerks
were fed, bat the scrubwomen, eleva.
tor men and policemen are not fed by
the company. About 600 clerks are fed
daily at a cost of 40 cents Il head.
rs there Il stock of wines kept in
the building?" asked Mr.. Hughes.
Il don't believe that
A voucher for payment of $4,000
under date of May y. 1902. for a first
payment oil a contract of that date to
Thomas II. Bowles was brought up.
Witness said Bowles was an agent at
one time. The money was in part set
Element of a suit BpUles brought
against the company for claims after
his removal in Milwaukee,. Bowles or
ganized Il campaign of policy holders
against the company, and the company
settled the suit for $50. 600. Witness
said Bowles was removed for 'insub-
ordination" which consisted of Dppos-
ing the changing of his general agency
to IA salaried agency and transferring
his agency business to the books of the
company. ~ ,a paet-f
Mr.. Bowles had addressed a letter to
the trustees d%enouncing the president.
''The trustees referred the matter to
the president with power" witness
testified. lie added that the board had
not read the letter. Witness read only
sufficient of it to see what it was and
then removed Bowles. He testified
that Mr.. Bowles had been n successful
agent in the south and west and he
was removed for Throwing mud
70 the charge in the Bowles letter
that President McCurdy provided fat
Offices for his family. witness replied
in Il lengthy statement as to how his
son, Robert ii. McCurdy, became the
general manager. Witness detailed
the education his son had received to
adapt him to take up the foreign bust
ness and said above all he was loyal
to the company. 81 know of no other
mans son in this city or anywhere
else he continued, 'who could have
filed that position as the mar | APP
pointed to it," Witness assumed all
the Bowles charges were a lie"
"Well. why did you settle his suit?'
"Well,'' replied witness. mot to be
disrespectful to the committee, | think
a farmer is justified in buying a rifle
to shoot a skunk without shooting it at
close quarters"
You thought in either case there
were unpleasant results you'd rather
treat at long ranger asked Mr..
Hughes.
Witness said that the suit was set
tied TO get rid of the policy holders
agitation. and ut Mr.. Hughes sugges-
ton witness said that the agitation
ceased when Bowles was dropped.
Former Vice President james Hazen
Hyde of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, having decided that he had bet
ter come to New York and tell all
about Equitable matters. is ut home
and intends to remain there until the
committee is through with him. Since
Mr.. HYDE left Newport after the social
season closed there he has been spend
ing most of his time in Boston. 1t is
said that his counsel has decided that
it would be better for young Hyde to
take his chances before tire Armstrong
committee than to remain an exile
from New York.