The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-03-29
G. W. PERKINS
is ARRESTED
Warrant Charging Him Win
Grand Larceny Issued
TEST I'M INSURANCE CASE
Test in Insurance Case-Jerome Causes
Arrest and Justice Gfeenbaum Grants
writ u Habeas corpus--Fri-
day Fixed for Argument.

New York, March 2o.Cieorge NJ. Per'
kins member Of Che firm Of . Z Nor
gan & Co., bankers, and formerly wee
president of the New York Life lnsur.
ance company, was technically placed
under arrest yesterday ~ the proceed
ipas which District Attorney jerome has
begun to test the legality q political
contributions by insurance companies.
The warrant WAS issued upon m
formation presented to Police Magis-
trate Moss, and the allegation upon
which IT was issued was based on tie
transfer III S4s. roe III the funds "a the
New York Life Insurance company ~
Cornelius n. Bliss, treasurer OF the ke-
publican national committee in 1901 ~
which it il charged that Mr. Perkins
received the money from the insurance
company and paid IL over ID Nil. Bliss
immediately after His arrest, Mr. Per
kins. through his counsel Lewis a. Della
field. secured a writ Of habeas corpus
from Justice Green baum Of the Su-
preme court, bv which Mr. Perkins was
released from custody and the case was
taken direct to the Supreme court. AM
gulhent on this writ was adjourned until
Friday afternoon next
Mr. Perkins was taken into custody
while iii the office 81 his attorney BIZ q
detective from the office of District At
torney Jerome. He did not appear be-
fore Police Magistrate Moss, who had
issued the warrant, but went directly
before Justice Greenbaum. There the
district attorney rested the legal steps
that had been taken, bat did not 80
into the charges against Mr.. Perkins.
Mr. Delafield. however, declared that
tile offensc charge against Mr. Perkins
was purely technical, and asked for a
postponement of the case. He described
the payment Of the $4s,702 by Mr..
Perkins TO Mr.. Bliss Ia 1904, and said
that the payment had been authorized
by John A. Mccall, the former president
OF the New York Life Insurance com
pany.
The arrest Of Mr. Perkins aud the
subsequent issuance Of the writ Of
habeas corpus viii have the effect oil
having the highest courts Of the state
pass upon the legality Of campaign con-
tfibutions By insurance companies. Much
attention was directed to this matter
ut the recent legislative insurance in
yestigation and it was shown that sew
eral of the large companies on more than
one occasion had contributed to such
funds.
Mr.. Perkins in his own testimony be-
fore the legislative investigating com
mittee, testified as follows concerning a
check signed By Treasurer Randolph Of
the New York Life Insurance company,
calling for the payment OF s4S,702 to
r. 2. Morgan & Co..
"That was money!" said Mr.. Perkins,
paid to Cornelius n. Bliss on account
Of the Republican national COMMITTEES
campaign fund Of last year. We had
agreed TO pay him $4,000 a. much as
that Mr.. Mccall had if lie wished II.
That was all he finally called for, and
it was paid in that way as cash to
him.
~Mr. Bliss made various calls from
time to time, for amounts which ] paid
myself, and when the accounts were
made mp toward the end Of the year
this amount was found to be due, and
that was paid back to me. 1t was
not paid 10 J. p. Morgan 4 Co, but to
me. ! had personally advanced the
money,
@This check for the campaign, drawn
TO the order of J r. Morgan & Co.,
has no significance whatever. The mon.
ey was ordered paid BY the president.
Judge O'Sullivan, in the court of gen
eral sessions, yesterday reiterated 10 thc
grand Jury which is engaged in an in
vestigation of life insurance matters
that it is their sworn duty to continue
that investigation to the end.
lie instructed them also that IL is
their right to demand that the dis.
trict attorney subpoena witnesses 20 bc
examined before them in any matter
which they may have under eonsidera.
ton.
In the petition in which MIR. Perkins
asked for a writ Of habeas corpus, he
declared that be is Imprisoned and 70.
strained Of his liberty by the detective
and that he IS not committed BY iudg.
ment of any tribunal.
He declared, also, that his imprison.
ment and restraint are illegal. and that
tho warrant is void, in that no evidence
Of any crime OF act iustifvinv NIX ~.
rest had been submitted To Magistrate
Moss, and that the magistrate was with.
out jurisdiction TO issue the warrant.
Appended to the petition is copy Al
the warrant issued by Magistrate Moss
which sets forth that upon information
made before him yesterday cone Georoc
NJ, Perkins did commit the crime ~
grand larceny IN It's first degree
In his argument before Justice Green.
baum on the writ Of habcas corpus. NJ
Delaiield declared that tile bylaws ~
the New York Life Insurance comnanr
permitted President Mccall ID mako nv
political contribution alleged. and that
he submitted it to the finance commit.
tee Of the company, which approved
OF 1t. ff'V'SV
III any oftense has bpcn commit, N
by Mr. Perkins" said MI. Dciane,d
then the honored naraes Of tho mn
who composed that committee are eo,,si
" involved with that Of nv client ~
The attorney also stated that AZ,
Perkins had made full statement 4,
the entire matter TO District Attoynst
jerome, and supplied him with Iha n.
timony he needed
Mr.. Perkins was paroled in the cus
toay OF his counsel.
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