The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07

THE return OF Hamilton was a.mattoF@of
the greatest surprise to the management
on the company. Officers who heard the
report early in the afternoon refused 10
believe II.
II is doubtful whether John c. Mccall,
the secretary OF the company and a son Of
the former president, knew of Hamilton's
arrival until some time after he had landed.
Secretary, Mccall and Justice Edward F.
Mccall, q brother Of the late John A. Mccall,
held a conference in the New York Life
building late in the afternoon, but they
refused to zee any callers:
One of the trustees of the company was
particularly close to President Mctah, and
who was greatly elated over the return OF
Hamilton, made this statement;
young man, there will be men all over
this country who will read Of the return of
Andrew Hamilton with genuine alarm
A member Of the Fowler committee
said last night that the committee would
surely invite Hamilton to appear before
It. This will afford Hamilton an oPpor-
tunity to unburden himself of some in
teresting facts in a graceful manner, John
@. Milburn and Judge William A. keener,
the committees counsel, are out OF town,
and no action will be taken by the com
mittee before Thursday. Thomas p
Fowler, the chairman of the committee,
10 in Europe.
President Orr at his home in Brooklyn
last night said that he was glad to hear
That Hamilton had returned, and he hoped
that he would disclose in detail how he had
expended the money which he had re-
oeived. Mr.. Orr didn't think that any
body connected with the New York Life
knew that Hamilton was coming back.
The return of Hamilton may result in
some changes in the recommendations
for suits made by the Fowler investi eating
committee. The recent report OF that
committee held Hamilton accountable
individually for sos 1884, Of which amount
SOS ,577.54 was paid to him on account
of the company's bureau of taxation and
legislation, of which he had charge: lhe
committee recommended that legal pro-
ceedings be instituted at once to ascertain
for what purpose these moneys were
used and to whom they were paid. With
Hamilton himself on hand to appear in
this action the prospect for cold chills in
tome quarters is promising.
Hamilton, in the Fowler committee re-
port, is also held liable jointly with John A.
Mccall for s2l9, 500. The total amount to be
accounted for by Hamilton and the Mccall
estate is more than 81 900 900. No papers
have been served yet in any of the proposed
suits for restitution.
Andrew Hamilton received from the New
York Life since 1892, when he became head
Of the, bureau Of legislation and taxation,
about 81 800, 900. For nearly all OF this ne
gave only his personal receipts as vouchers
President Mccall testified that the service
which Hamilton performed was necessarily
secret in its character, but the Fowler COM
mittee held that if the payments were eglti-
mate there was nc excuse for secrecy.
There are several things which Hamilton
will be called on to explain in the next few
weeks. One is what he did with the $235 900
which President Mccall advanced to him
on the -home office annex account. Ihis
is the payment which President Mccall
refunded to the New York Life by turning
in his $500, 600 of life insurance for a surren-
der value of about $50, 600 and selling his
summer place at Long Branch at a big loss.
Hamilton is apparently the only man VINO
can tell what did become of this money.
The most serious charge which Hamilton
has to face ia that contained in the Fowler
committee report relative to the SIS 900
which he got from a payment made by the
New York Life ostensibly for the purpose of
taking UP the New York Lies indebted
ness to the State for its franchise tax. the
Fowler committee report said:
"No other conclusion would seem TO be
permissible than that Hamilton used for
his own purposes SIS 900 of the proceeds of
the check Of June 8, 1904 dor Sill 1900,
delivered to him for the purpose Of paying
The pa yments made on the Hamilton &C.
count from the Paris Office, which were dis
closed by the Fowler committee, and which
amounted to s144 600, are other things which
the Judge will have to explain.
Hamilton will be called on TO explain, also,
the matter of the demand notes which were
discounted by the Central National Bank
and the New York Surety and Trust Com
pany.. which were paid partly out Of the
New York Life's profits in the United States
Steel syndicate, The payment from the
company's profits was for $50, 72O, Besides
the notes drawn by Hamilton, there were in
cluded in his batch two made by Supreme
Court Justice Edward +. Mccall to the order
OF John A. Mccall. The two notes amounted
to $4,000. All the notes were indorsed by
iJohn A. Mccall.
Mr.. Mccall testified that all the notes
had been drawn to raise money for the con-
duct Of Hamilton's bureau of legislation
and taxation, and that the money was ex-
pended in the interest OF the New York
Life. The Fowler investigating committee
held that this explanation was inconsistent
with the conditions which existed when the
notes were given.
sNo reason" says the report, ais given
why Hamilton should have raised money
for the purposes Of the company by dis
counting his own notes or those OF Edward
Mccall; or why John A. Mccall should have
given him the necessary credit to raise
money in that way
Here is a table showing the payments by
the New York Life to Hamilton since he be-
came connected with the company:
1so241so5-For legal services In specific
1906 OF bureau OF legls-
\ lation and taxation" ....,....... TOo r5TI.64
1903 ie04-Paymer;s on account OF the
dent Mccaii. 2s5, 10000
poI-unexpIaine payment from mon.
eys advanced by the New York Lifeto
collected from assigned
SYoorRHf ifeEs books. ,'.',"",'.." @,ss6,47
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from the Paris
once, including the $4,000 which went
: TO President Mccall on the Hamilton
Ise40saisncc paid on notes from, New
YORK Lie profits in the Steel Syndicate $3.50 70
Total. ....... 81 ,s47, 1852. Al
The opinion was expressed generally
Yesterday that District Attorney Jerome
may have let Judge Hamilton know infor-
mafly that he would prefer to have him on>
this side OF the Atlantic, but Mr.. Jerome
refused to say anything about the Judges
arrival.
Hamilton left this country last summer
several weeks before the Armstrong in
~vestigating committee was appointed.
President Mccall and other New York
Life officers told the committee after Hamil-
toms trail had been hit upon that he would
he back about October IS.
In the latter part Of November John A.
Mccall was summoned before the Arm
strong committee and asked pointedly
by Mr.. Hughes what the New York Life
had done to get Hamilton to return. Mr..