The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-03-23
REPLY TO HAMILTON
IS POINTBLANK
Clarence H Mackay Says That the Judge
Has Not the Slighte-t Founda
tion fof Statement That Things
Were Ignored.

New York, March 2s. A reply to An
drew Hamilton's letter refusing to APP
pear before The Fowler investigating
committee of the New York Life Insur
ance company was given out last night
by Clarence IT. Mackay, acting chairman
of the committee The letter, which IS
addressed to Mr.. Hamilton at Albany,
quotes In full certain messages and ca
Diagrams passing between Mr. Hamilton
and the committee, this correspondence
indicating. the committee members de.
clare, their desire to secure an account
I ing of the large sums of the company's
money placed in the hands of the legis-
latiye agent
The letter declares that at the Grst
meeting OF the committee after his re-
turn To this country a registered letter
was sent to MIR. Hamilton, stating that
an action iii court for an accounting of
the company's funds had been author-
lied, and that under the circumstances
/ the committee would not ask him to
appear before il. But ii he desired To
be heard the committee would be glad
To fix time to suit his convenience.
/ AT the same time" the letter con
4 tinues, ~the committee requested conn
sci IN charge Of the action directed 70
ihe brought against you by the board
of trustees To defer the service Of the
/ paper until you had 4 reasonable oppor
1 tunity to reply to this invitation. Hay-
/ ing waited until Monday, the 10Th OF
i March, without hearing from you, il
I withdrew that request. IT must be- said
4 that your previous actions did not en-
I courage the committee in the hope that
YOU would avail yourself Of the oppor-
tunity TO appear before IL.
The committee, as Won will recall
has cndeayored IN vain before this ID
secure through your attendance informs.
/ tion which you alone can give of the
\ disposition Of the large sums of the
company's money placed in your hands
/ After referring to the Hamilton trans.
actions disclosed in the insurance inyes.
tigntion the letter concludes:
These facts make clear the reason
1 why the committee desired from you
the information you could furnish as "a
the use and disposition Of these large
sums of money. Had that information
4 disclosed that any az these sums had
been used by you for improper pun.
poses, there would have been no shield
| ing by this committee Of any officer oI
trustee who had approved such pay
nents
Referring to your fetter you say that
the committee should by this time b
satisfied that the statements contained
in its report Of February nth, 1906, ar,
seriously wrong That report Is plain
statement Of facts which il not impeach
ed in any particular By anything yot
have said. and which Is corroboratet
BY the report Of the. Armstrong com
smittee.
I Your statement that any document
in the company's official files which hav,
been brought to the attention Of Tbs
committe OF any official action spreaS
upon the records of the proceedings of
this committee Or any correspondents,
to which it has had access. has beer
ignored by il to give = false color L
any OF your transactions OF to max,
unwarTanted accusations against You, i,
absolutely without the slightest foun
dation."
Mr.. Maekay signs tho letter.