New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-21
MUTUAL CLERK APPEARS.
Has Not Been Hiding-Qaest OF
III Fields Fails.


the executive staff of his company. de salo
thare was no truth in the report that Mr.. Pea
hodv made it a condition that the heads OF de-
partments should give him their designations
Thomas p Fowler chairman Of the house
cleaning committee Of the New YORK llle, salo
that Mr. McCalTs resignation was not in his
hands, nor. so far as he knew, in the hands Oh
the trustees The committee held meeting
in the offices of the company in the Hanover
Bank Building. Lawyers and experts were
present and received definite instructions re-
garding the Investigations. After the meeting
Mr. Fowler said that the next regular meeting
of the committee would be held on the second
Wednesday in January, and that no special
meeting had been called. would be so far as
he had heard.
John c. Mccall, with whatever statement he
received from Judge Hamilton, is due here on
Saturday from Europe and will report TO MS
father It is probable that he will be calleo
to the stand by the Armstrong Committee 10
tell what he knows about Hamilton, besides
handing in the report This report is ex-
pected to show how much Of the S235,0Oo yei-
low dog fund the elder Mccall will be called
,,non to nav nv December 81, to make good his
promises
The sessions of the committee VIII be finished
in this city unless there is q change In the
present plans. Senator Armstrong said yester-
day: 1.-THE committee will end its work IN THIS
cjtv-I do not say complete, for we viii prob
ably be caught with our picks in the air.
Because of the pressure of work there Is little
probability that either Thomas f. Ryan or ex-
Governor Morton VIII be called tc the stand to
explain the transactions of the Washington Life
in the stock market
In seeking information for the legislative
committee the New-York Life has been more
successful than the Mutual. The Mutual sent
10 California to find Al Fields. and Mr.. Crom-
well said Yesterday that the messenger had re-
turned two weeks ago. He searched every
sand hill in California" Mr.. Cromwell said, and
could find neither hide nor hair OF him"
Mr., Cromwell told about the disappearance and
return of julius Heye. the Mutual bookkeeper.
and the books that were said to have disap-
peared. According to Mr. Cromwell. the books
disappeared first Heye. it was said, went be
cause he feared being put under tie screws by
the Armstrong committee. when. in reality, ne
was absolutely innocent
.rTIeve is a. good old man." said Mr.. Cromwell
HE has not run away In fact. he is at his desk
here to-day. He has been on leave Of absence
ard was only half an hour from the city. I did
not know anything about him until this AFFAIR
canoe IN and then asked Mr.. Sads for a re-
mort on him. He said that there was no man
in the employ of the company who was more
absolutely trustworthy. and that he was the
last man in the world to be concerned IN any
thing dishonorable
..FJe went away before became president
Yesterday [ went to Mr.. Truesdale and sald'
this man has not run away. He Is within nan
an hour Of New-Yorl- We would better have
him back here to testify tomorrow That was
agreed to and ordered Mr.. Heye back here this
morning. He will be here every day"
ROCKS DISAPPEARED FIRST.
HE was going to be retired on a pension at
the end of the year. was he not?' was asked
Eyes. ard will be still, if have anything to
do with it. He is seventy-hVe years old' ana
deserves a pension If ever any man DID. Ny
understanding is that the books disappeared a
long time before Mr.. Heye went away Ihey
were merely records Of stuff that had been sent
out from the supply department do not Kno"
whether they would show any legislative dis
b,,rsarnants. They were not under Heyes
charge and you guess as well as can VINO
did take them When a man has done all the
things that this fellow Fields has DONE he would
he a fool if he die not get them out Of the way
ST he had it in his power.
The Truesdale committee had Heye under ex-
animation for about an hour yesterday. When
he emerged from the room he said: They were
very nice to me, and treated me most kindly
James B. Dill, counsel to the committee was not
rresent but it is understood that the members
of the committee learned that the books were
practically worthless, so far as Heye knew.
When he came out of the committee room he
said:
AS soon as we began our system of book
keeping two years ago those books were tossed
aside as worthless. I don't know just what
years they did cover, but if I had kept all the
books that had been in my charge in the last
twenty six years would have g. stack twenty
feet high. These books were in my care to the
same extent that other books in which make
entries were. They were ledgers and day books
containing entries of shipments of supplies to
agencies and departments. I don't know whether
they disappeared before Fields went away or
not. l went away myself about six weeks ago,
and have been travelling about the country.
A few DAYS ago I went to New-Jersey, but
have been in a good many other States. I have
not been in California, and 1 have not seen
Fields, nor do 1 know where he is. I was not
the messenger who was sent to California 10
look for him.
w. +. KINGS SUGGESTIONS
William F. King has sent out a circular letter
on the subject Of policyholders voting for trus-
tees of life insurance companies and offering
the following suggestions:
Ffrst-Print in form for circulation annually
the list of poicyholders entitled vote Gas the
lists of registered voters are printed in this
city; file copy of this list with every super
intendent Of insurance, and in the principal
agency offices Of the company, accessible to
every policyholder. to whom the list shall be
mailed on request
Second.-Publish notice of the annual election
! of trustees in paper of general circulation in
every State; mail copy of the notice with
| the usual premium notice. If saving OF postage
| be desired to every policyholder in advance of
| the election.
Third.-Provide by law which shall have the
| force of a charter amendment, that in every
| company conducted on the mutual plan there
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