The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-30
EVIDENCE AGAINST
NIGH MUTUAL
OFFICERS
GIVEN EY "ANDY" FIELDS iN EN-.
DEAvoR 70 DODGE cRlMI-
NAL INDICTMENT.
ALEXANDER SLIPS AWAY


New Y i, May % James W Alcx
ander, former president If the Equit
able Life Insurance company, slipped
away to Europe on May -, sailing
from Boston on Cunard line steam
ship bound for Genoa lie will go 10
Munich where some OF the foremc
Eur paal expert in mental troubles
win treat him He IL a charge 81 y
trained nurse and hi. iamily pAy iciaa
Dr. Pearce T.. Bailey.
ANDY" Fielas of .ne Mutual Lif9 IN
suyance company appeared today be-
fofe the special grand jury anl gave
violence that viii undoubtedly result
In the mdi tment Of several high OFF
cal5 of that company. Fields was on
clutches and was attended by his
nAy ician and his sol Clarence.
II developed today that the clerk
who had been enfrl ed with de-.
stl3ying discriminating book ~ the
npply department. o. nc Mutual Life
lad failed IN his duty After hiding the
BOOKS in his home for months he was
raught By a subpoena server from The
district attorneys Office. He defied
he grand jury for one session. When
threatened with Indictment he broke
Iown an1 confessed Afterward he
vent to ident Peabody and told
Eha, he had done. lie wa promptly
isohargad from the service Of the
Mutual Life Insurance company
III N almost certain that The special
sana jlirY VIII Iipl afl afictvae M
sga4st rerfain men Wii0 untiia few
months ago were high IL tho Official
Hist Of the Mutual Life When before
he grand iufg today Fields pat the
responsibility where he believes it be-
longs. He declared. i was raia at the
ososecut ng aito.nes office, hat ex
Pre- ident Richad A. sicCurdy and
vice Presidents Grannts and Gillette
passed on all his vouchers which
figure IN the padded accounts Of ~
iandcr Lawrence & Co When the trns.
tees of the New York company met to
day after a struggle OF an hour to OBJ
tain a quorum it was decided not to
act on the resignation of George w.
Perking. recently declared innocent of
grand larceny by The appellate divi
sion, The former vice president and
hartman of the finance committee of
the company. until the meeting on
June l3. Mr. Perkins re ignatoa has
been on the table since last December
when he resigned as vice president
No lntimation that he intended to
leave the board however, was given
until today
old personal friends OF Andy
Fields would not have known him TO-
lay when he sneaked into the criminal
courts building in response TO an inn.
peratiya demand Of the pccial grand
jury. The alternative offered = ED
was q criminal indictment of such a
crious nature mat eXtralition would
have been possible This threat
hraugh him from a sick bed.
Andrew Fields does not expect to
be long tn this world" said an ind
mate frcnI today lie did NOT want
10 die with an Indictment hanging
over him. His family has been urging
him 20 clear his name and place the
respon eibility whe-o T. belnngs he
would ma tc tify ragat ding hi lcg 81
lalivo connections IN any circum-
staaccs. bu5 he was willing TO tell The
grand jury how ih money -dmc from
thc Mutual Luc"
Fclis. was before the grand jury
g. -rly an .our After re bad passed
tnc ordeal Nr Jerome said that be-
had answer . cyefy qae Jon Thar the
-ra9d iu asked hiu and that !, va
doubtful f lac lry wou.d again need
Ais presence.
Accord ug TO ruIors which wen.
ater fto rHnirfI court briiling
Fi9 rr .H. Ha rn 'rn pr-ei
hi.hsrI Nss 'ait .f tt
iir arst- eI.lr aaa eUI. a.H
ttfr ftrr.
ago. u was said tla. Mr McCn ly.
would return 90 New York f1 face
the Music
The clerk who had OBJ. sins
bo0i of Tire Mutual Lifs zail today
aDr O. llete. thel "a rc- pr.-i ic1t
of ths 1lut-ai life. called zee a1 in ms .
Office about the tire fbe Aru.frore
comuifr began 8. . IrsF Eil ttr
Mruai iife.
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