New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
HEGEMAN REFUSEDS1O, 900
SATISFIED WITH SALARY.
Caretaker Tells of MutuaPs albany
House of Mrth.

A president Of sn insurance company VINO
would not permit his salary to be increased was
discovered ct the insurance investigation at the
City Hall yesterday This president, John r.
Hegeman of the Metropolitan Life, admitteo
that he was worth $4,000 annually to his COM
pany. He made it perfectly clear, however, that
an attempt OF his directors to increase this TO
300 coo would fail. After Presidents McCurdy
end Mccall Mr. Hegenan was a disappoint-
nent in the salary line. The gloom caused oy
his position on the subject of remuneration was
somewhat lightened by the appearance OF M Il.
Mulaney the caretaker of the Mutuals House
of Mirth" for legislative purposes at Albany
Mr. Mullaney occupied an hour or the aIteF-
noon in telling about his absolute Ignorance re-
earding the interesting details OF TINS resort
ruled by the mysterious and evanescent Al
Fields.
Mr. Mullaney's mental sufferings on the wit
ness stand were agonizing to watch. He was
nervous TO begin with. When Mr.. Hughes be-
gan to show him various vouchers bearing his
signature he became absolutely panicstricken
II there was any reason why some vouchers Tor
money he spent in groceries and in housekeep-
ing expenses generally were indorsed legal ex-
penses" others travelling expenses" and still
others "sundries" it unknown to Mr.. Null
Ianey. To be sure. he knew he was not a law
yer. that his travels" were only between New
1orh anC Albany, anu tlS NSiitoiSo ~ Ef~0NA~N0
that the "sundries" were just commonplace
housekeeping charges.
But Mr.. Hughes's invitation to him to explain
the reasons that might interest the Mutual pol
icyhoiders in this use of their money quite
.foored" him. and his agitation was most pain
full to witness.
There was an impressive list of these vouch-
ers stretching back as far 1900 and averag-
ing about 81 600 year. Mr.. Beck, of the Mu-
tuaPs legal staff, ventured the suggestion that
Mr. Mullaney had used some of this money TO
buy railroad tickets for Mr.. Fields This re-
neved the witness for moment. Mr.. Hughes,
however, was unkind enough to inspect vouchers
for periods when Mr. Fields was not in Albany.
and then the witnesses sufferings began all over
again.
But on the whole Mr.. Mullaney was good
Mutual witness. Mr. Fields could hardly have
done better himself He recalled no one who
had been at "the House OF Mirth'; he never had
carried money to any one for any one He was
sure that his pay was SO a month and he
sometimes ran errands for Fields to the Mutual
Office in Tgew-York By dint Of much mental
effort he finally recalled seeing P. f. butcher
at Albany. Another hercuean struggle of mem
ory brought back the fact that butcher was a
brother-in-law of Fields But he could not re-
call that butcher had been with Fields in the
famous livery stable school at Dobbs Ferry,
where one insurance examiner of the State De-
partnent had been educated. He was sure he
had not Fields for at least two months, al
though his pay was still running all right
Mr.. Hegeman's remarks as to salary were the
feature of the morning session. He supplied a
list of his salary and commission receipts as
president OF the Metropolitan Life which had
an attractive appearance. 1t was not, however.
at all comparable with the fruit that has been
shown 20 have ~pened the McCurdy plum
fellows