The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
ANDREW HAMILTON is BACK.
"TO FACE THE MUSIC" HE SAYS
TRAVELLED AS III. A. MILTON,
To Fellow Passengers He Said That ne
Heard About Criminal PROCEEDINGS
and Hurried HOme-The Fowler Com
mittee VIII welcome his Testimony.

mittee VIII welcome HIS Testimony.
Judge Andrew Hamilton; who Is wanted
to explain the disposition of the legislative
fund Of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. came back to New York yesterday or
the steamer Deutschland. His return was O
complete surprise to every one, even to
the high officers Of the New York Life.
His own family did not know about 1t until
they received a message from Cannes
saying that he would arrive Tuesday.
Mr.. Hamilton went to Albany from here,
accompanied by his son-in-law, James Coke
Brady. son Of A. l.. Brady. They are stay.
ing Vt Hamilton's home on Thurlow ter
race. On his arrival there Hamilton de-
olined to talk to reporters.
The Fowler self Investigating commit.
tee will extend to Mr., Hamilton IN invita-.
ton to testify before 1t at his earliest oon-
~venienoe.
Hamilton says that he has como back
TO face the music. and he frankly stated
that the immediate cause Of his return was
the ne VS. that District Attorney Jerome
was about to start criminal proceedings
against some one or other in the manage
ment Of the New York Life,
Hamilton boarded the steamer at Genoa.
He changed the first two letters in his family
name into initials, and re gistered as aH. A.
Milton" The steamship company helped
him out by getting 1t wrong and calling
him on the passenger list 'W. Milton
o rthe first two days he kept to his cabin,
although the weather was good; then no
appeared in the saloon at meals and on
deck. 1t happened, however, that two
acquaintance were on board. He did not
try to keep his identity from these men, but
they respected his inoognlto. After that
he mixed freely in the cabin and on deck.
1t happened that among the passengers
were two star members Of the "Nylic.' the
New York LIES sacred circle. They made
no secret Of their business about the ship,
and therefore the talk of the smoking room
turned to the life insurance mixup. One
evening Judge, Hamilton was smoking
or deck with one Of the passengers who
was in the secret. The two age nts came
along presently and started the familiar
theme. One Of them spoke of Hamilton.
and his talk was a great exoneration.
Judge" Hamilton sho we'd a polite interest,
led him on a little, and ne yer smiled, even
when the agent said:
-Sir, Judge Hamilton is as blameless Ia
this matter as you yourself"
However, the other American passen-
gers were not all SO kind. Some Of the
professional men aboard were Of the opinion
that Hamilton was 10 blame and told the
agents 30 frankly in long smoke room talks
at which Mr.. Milton" was present. "Mr.
Milton, when appealed to, said that he had
been out Of the country for some time and
knew little about the insurance inquiry.
Whatever the other reasons for his going
abroad, Hamilton was certainly in a bad
state of health. He had an obscure and
distressing nervous complaint for which
he underwent heroic treatment at the hands
of some OF the best specialists in Paris.
At one stage Of the treatment he was sub
jected to a baking at a heat of 240 degrees.
followed by douohes of ice cold water under
forty pounds pressure. At another stage
he went through a painful blue light
treatment. !.
He was somewhat better last fall; when
he went to Italy. Then came the news
VI Vic ucdth VI hIVSuil, WINCH uAoNhOooSd
him very much, not only because Of the
position in which it placed him, but on
account of his friendship with the former
president of the New York Life. There
followed the report that a criminal PROSE-
cution was under way, and he started back
to face the trouble.
He says that he took an assumed name
only to avoid annoyance at the pier. He
knew that he would be bothered by re-
porters and flashlights, and that there
might be some other endorsements be-
fore he had time to learn first hand tho
situation on this side.
Two members Of his family were waiting
for him at the dock, butthey had not brought
along the baby, his granddaughter and
daughter Of Mrs. James c. Brady, born
since he went abroad. He rushed to a cab
and hurried to a place in New York where
the baby was waiting for his inspection.
A family servant remained to ook after
the baggage.
He didn't have much to say about himself
or the case.
'I'm back to face whatever comes" be
said. Il have heard something about
criminal proceedings, and here l am. The
public can make it's own guess about the
rest. Although I am not well yet, nor
anything like it, ! I'm ready to accept what
ever comes-to take up the challenge.
"I've really beer very sick. There's
no fooling about that. / am lucky TO be
alive after all that I have been through
In other ways I haven't had 30 much luck.
Mr.. McCalls death was one pieoe Of badf
luck. Then there is the removal Of Lyman
Short, chief counsel Of the Mutual, and the
sickness Of Mr.. Alexander. All these things
will make IL harder for me
sAs to what others have said and lone in
my absenoe-and / might allude to thoVe
who live in glass houses-I have nothing at
all to say.
IN just say that I have come back TO
face the music
From among the passengers on the
Deutschland came the report that Hamilton
said that he gave vouchers for all expendi-
lures and that Mr., Mccall would have
certified to the propriety Of them all.
The return Of Judge Hamilton was hailed
by friends Of Mr.. Mccall with joy. They
believe that Hamilton will disclose the exact
relationa which eXiated betWeAn him and