Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-29
PERKINS ARRESTED
ON LARCENY CHARGE.
Jerome Appears Against Former
Life Insurance Official.
Prisoner Is Paro|ed and a Hearing Will
Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon.

Bliss. who was the treasurer of the Re-
publican national committee, called up
on Mr.. Perkins Al the office of ]. +.
Morgan d Co., of which firm Mr.. Per-
kinS was a member. and informed him
that John A. Mccall the late president
OF the New York Life Insurance Co,
hitd promised that that company would
contribute to the national campaign
fund the sum of $4,000 or as much of
that sum as Mr.. Bliss might find ne
ceSSaly
Mr.. Perkins confirmed this state
me1t ana said he had asked Mr.. Bliss
To call and that he was prepared to
make n payment of $50 900 to the cam
palSn fund. Afterwards, by successive
payments, $4,000 was paid by Mr. Per-
kins from his own resources to Mr..
EhsS Tor the campaign fund. In Decem-
Der, 1904, the question of the reim-
bursement of Mr.. Perkins came up be-
tween himself and Mr. Mccall, under
the bylaws and customs prevailing in
the New York Life Insurance Co. had
an absolute right to make such pay
ments from the funds of the company,
as he mi"ht think fit, the only reStric-
ton being that the checks for such
payments should be made by checks
drawn by certain officers of the COM
pany ana he said he would refer the
matter to the finance committee, not
because its consent was necessary to
the payment or because it fell within
the scope of the committee, but be-
cause the committee dealt with the
general financial policy of the COM
pany. Mr.. Mccall attended the meet
ing Of the finance committee and in
formed it's members of what had been
done, and that Mr.. Perkins had made
this advance for the company at his
request.
1T is disclosed by the records, Of
whom the finance committee consisted,
and if il be charged that any offence
had been committed by Mr.. Perkins,
thaE the names-the honorcd names OF
the mcn who composed that committee
are equally involved with that OF my
client for the finance committee at once
consented to his reimbursement and
by check drawn by the treasurer and
the assistant treasurer and Mr.. Mccall
the sums advanced by Mr.. Perkins
were repaid him with interest"
Justice Creenbaum here interpOscd
and asked Mr. Delaheld why that
course was pursued with regard to the
advancement of the contribution to the
Republican committees.
"Mr. Mccall" replied Mr.. Delaicld.
said. as appears by the papers, that
he was being importuned by all the po-
Iitic;l parties for contributions and
that he had refused to contribute to
any Of them except the Republican
party, whose policy he considered was
for the best interests Of the New York
Life and he further informed Mr.. Per-
kins that he had refused the importu-
nate demands of the other parties.
"rhe check was drawn in the usual
course of business of the company, and
entered upon its ledger. rs all payments
are entered, ana disclosed the name Of
the payee and its amount, ana was
regularly entered upon all its books
as there any entry which discloseS
the nature Of the payment"'' inquired
Justice Grccnbaum.
NO; there is no ledger entry which |
shows that" said Mr.. Delalield. Mr.. |
Perkins knows nothing about the |
books. He has had no time to go
the books. If there is any
wrong doing with regard TO the entries |
i'll the books, it cannot be imputed to |
Mir. Perkins. When this matter was |
nOoted il appeared 10 Mr.. Perkins that |
everybody participating in the trans |
action WAS Il criminal as we'll as he if |
there was any offence committed and |
that everybody 80 participating could |
refuse to give testimony and thus all |
doors by which evidence might be had |
would have been closed. but Mr.. Per
kins stated to his counsel that every
thing he had done mad been done OPEN
ly and honestly and at the request Of
the district attorney he made q full |
statement as TO the whole matter and
supplied him with the testimony he
needed We turned over to the district
attorney cur books and evidence which
could not have been obtained by force
OF law was thus given him.
Il ask that my time to traverse or
demIr to this writ may be extended
to Saturday morning and. it being ev-
ident that in any event thcr" has been
no criminal intent. that Mr.. Perkins be
paruled in nv custody. He will respond
to any order made by the court"
Judge Grcenbaum then parolled Mr..
Perkins in the custody of Mr.. Della
field. Mr.. Jerome stating he had no OBJ