The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-08
THE INDICTMENT is BEING
DRAWN UP BY JEROME'S
GRAND JURY.
IMMUNITY is GRANITE
To Andrew Fields and Others--Jury
Discovers Astounding State of
Affairs During Investigation
Of Mutual.

| trict attorney. Office. in obedience 10
the command Of the special insu anc
grand jury, was preparing an indict-
ment against a high eXotfcial Of tao
Mutual Life Insurance company, now
said to be abroad District Attorney
Jerome was busy handing out pa 5ons
Here i list Of immunes 20 far as
known
Andrew c. Fields legislative agent
and head of supply department Of the
Mutual Life
Charle A. Norris, who for years
was Fields assistant in the supply de
pa"tment
Lysander w. Lawrence head Of
Lawrence & Co. through which firm
Fells collected millions Of dolar
from The Muthal life by padded bills
concealed hy false entrie. in the
books.
Edgar W Rodgers partner OF L.
andcr " awrence, associated with
Field. in the padded bill system.
Charles e. parsm, head bookkeeper
for Lawrence & Co., who pe~mite1
his name to he used in the fictitious
lrm OF Par ons & CO., which dallootal
hundreds Of thousand Of dollars from
the Mutual Life for alleged stationery
and materials furn shed but which il
fact wero never delivered.
George MeKibbn, Of McKibbn &
Sons, printers and s'ationers, through
whcse name hundreds Of thousands Sc
dollars were collected dwrire~--.t Hss
period of many wears for an suppl
alleged to have been furnished bui
never delivered to the Mutual Life.
All Of these immunes have civ il
testimony before The grand jury ov
cept Ly.ander w. Lawrence who is n
Hot Springs.
The excuse urged for granting jhis
is that in no o.hcr way
could the highest officials in the Ma
tual Life be c,iminally prosecuted
One Indictment for Forgery.
II is largely uDon the to.limony of |
Mr. Fields which i corroborated ly |
the books of the Mutual Life. that the
grand jury ordered the flnding Of the
against the high official in
the Mutual Life now said 10 be out cf |
he state who directed all the opera. !
ton. in the company 50 as to conceal /
evidence of the drecr dealing Of /
Fields m obtaining money.
At least three indictments will he /
returned against this official tn /
one being forgery The in
iictment is based upon the sectrn I
)f he penal code. which state "ttat
a person who authorizes or directs a
false entry 10 be made in books for
he purpose of conceaiment is equally
guilty with the person who ply ically
makes the entries IN the b0oks.'
Other indictments VIII be found
along these lines, it Is understood. be
ore the grand jury conclude lis
abors on June Is.
Chairman Robert Olyphant Charles
:. Miller aud James Il. Holden. Of the
expenditure committee. will not be in
licted by this grand jury in connac-
ion with the $4,000 quarterly vou,h-
'rs certified by this committee and
which disappeared into 'he yellow
leg fund covered by evpen-e- for The
egal department. These 100000 year
y contributions have been going on
o; a long time under The direction of
fields and former President McCu"dy. {
nd II was generally believed hat an {
.ersone who had any hand in auditing 5
hese vouchers would BE- subjected TO
riminal prosecution.
Mr.. Olyphant testified that when he ,
ook office he informed President Nc j
'urdy that it would De absolutely i'm !
ossible for him. a. chairman Of the
expenditure committee. during The {
mited time that b. peuj in Office )
Ding over bin and v.uchers. TO de- a
emine IL he accounts wee proper {
nd legitimate claims against the Mn o
nal life AIR Olyphant stated that he 9
d not pend more than one ho1r ,
-eekly 10 the ,ompany's Office in look n
lg over the bill
President McCuriy agreed th-t.
Hartman Olyphani would De plac -
} an embarrassing posi- Jon 1wi1g rn
De- sitHat' "a. and he issue1 an order C
! writing. wh ca was submitted TO he e
rand iHrF directing tlat before a-y
~ ar VtIche hould be presented .o :
ie expenditure committee &c shoulI 3
p certified as correc- 1y an executive q
lpcrior in authority TO this comm T. a
-.
Pruident McCurdy in writing d-siE- %
ated Robert 4. G-snni g and Walter
Gilleffe vice presidents. as these %
9icials. and this document Was Sub 3
itted 70 the grand jury. III