The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
Forgery and Perjury Are the Crimes Alleged.
Ex-oFFIcERs OF MUTUAL LIFE
Df. w. G. Gillette and Robert A.
 Grannis Arrested and Released.
FaIse Entries Made in the Book. of the Company in order to Conceal Transnctions-speci Grand
 Jury's Work.

New York. June 11.--Indictments for forgery and perjury against pr. w c Gillette and for forgery ana filiag false statement against Robert A. Crannis. both former vice presidents of the Mutual Life Insurance Compa- ny, were returned today by the spe- cial grand jury, which has been in- vestigating insurance affairs fer Inc past six weeks.
 The indictments were returned to Justice Scott in the criminal branch cf the Supreme Court when the jury went before him for dismissal having ended its labors. Six indictments were found against Dr3 Gillette. fivc for forgery in the third degree and one tef perjury Mir Grannis was indicted TOT forgery and for making false state ments to the insurance department ths latter being a misdemeanor.
 Roth defendants immediately su~- rendered themselves and were admitted fo bail. pr. Gillette in S10.000 and MT. Grannfs in s5,000, their cases pcing put over until the first Monday U September. n. c,fI,ette are based upon alleged false entries in the books of the company and the perjury charge grows out or the testimony before the grand 1'iry. The forgery indictment against Gran his is based on alleged false entries upon the annual report Of the ndutuai for 1904 to the insurance department. If is alleged that the sum of $l,044.05s, the net profits of the company for lso4, was not noted in that report but was concealed by Grannis. The mi5demean- or charge of making false statements grows out of the filing of the alleged false rerort to the Insurance Depart ment.
 Charges Axainst Gillette.
 The first indictment against Gillette rccites that while v,ce-President of the Mutual in May. 1904, he caused to be made in the second book Of the nm pany, known as the blotter. false entry that s4.5og had been paid to the firm of George MeKibbin d Son for ad- vertising, when as matter cf fact neither that sum nor any other was paid to Mckibbin & Son.
 The second indictment charges that on the same date a fraudulent entry of s2o.eo1 for printing and stationery was made when as a matter of fact only S12,T01 was paid
 The third indictment charges that on May il, l904, the defendant made a false entry in the cash book. indicat- ing the payment of $6,3S7 for adver-. tislng when only $2,s7s had been spent for that purpose.
 on May A. 1904. the defendant causes to be entered in the blotter a fraudu- lent entry that the sum of $3.400 had been paid to C. E. Parsons for station cry and printing when no sum had been so paid.
 The fifth indictment charges that on May II, 1904, fraudulent entry was made in the blotter that $3,511 had been paid to George McKibpin & Son when no sum at all had been paid. All i've of the indictments charge forgery in the third degree.
 The sixth indictment charging per- jury recites that the defendant for two years prior to April 1. 1906, was an officer of the Mutual Life and that on May II. 1906, he appeared before the grand jury and was sworn The in- dfctment charges it was material to the investigation to learn whether a certain bank account at Dobbs Ferry was Gillette's personal account and from what source the deposits had been obtained.
 The Perjury Charge.
 It charges that he feloniously de- clared under oath that it was his per- sonal account and that 1t had been obtained from his personal account elsewhere when, as a matter f faer the account was as trustee of the M;- tual Life and the money deposited had not come from the defendants personal account but from the funds of the Mu- tual.
 The indictment against Grannis Tor forgery in the third degree charges ethat his report for the year 1904 filed with the state superintendent of in- surance failed to make aay report whatever of profits and incoma finin the sale and maturity of ledger assets while as a matter of fact the corI- panys net profit from that source was $1.o44.05S. It charges that on Feb ruary 2s, the defendant, well know ,teeu "a tsk be prepared and verified under oath by two officers of the company.
 The second indictment against Gran his charges a misdemeanor the ind.ct- ment being based upon the same facts as alleged in that charging forgery. It charges that Grannis, well know ng the statement to be false, unlswfully concurred in having the report so DIG pared and the statement contairing false and untrue statements trans.nit- ted to the Superintendent of Insu- rance"