The Washington herald., 1906-10-19
SEEK AGENTS ARREST
Fraud Is Charged in Life In
SUrance BallOting.
ELECTION OPENS WITH RUSH
International POIicyhOIderS' ASso-
citation Seeks to Prevent Marked
Companies Declare They Are Obey
ing the Law in Every Respect.

New York, Oct 1S.-The following tel
esram was sent from the manager Of the
International PolicyhoIders' Association to
State Superintendent Of Insurance otto
Kelsey, tonight.
IN connection with fragrant violations
By the New York Life Insurance Com
pany OF section "a. Of the insurance law.
We direct your attention to section %
Of the New York insurance law which
provides that any corporation or person
violating any provisions of the insurance
law, except where such violation consl-
tutes felony shall, in addition to any
penalty otherwise prescribed for such
violation. be guilty OF a misdemeanor.
We request that YOU Immediately in
stitute criminal proceedings against the
persons who have rendered themselves
liable to the criminal penalties of the Law
acting as agents for the New York Life
Insurance Company. We viii be pleased
90 furnish you with the names of num-
Der of these agents both in this State
and elsewhere, together with evidence Of
their criminal violation
&C. r. SCRUGHANI. Manager"
This telegram was sent after letters
from policyholders containing ballots they
had received were dumped into the office
Of the International Policyholders' Asso-
citation.
Agents send Cut Ballots.
Agents for the New York Life began
to-day sending out ballots TO the policy
holders. \ two-cent stamp was placed
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the ticket in opposition to that of the ad-
ministratiOn were scratched out. the
holders policy number was written not
only on the ticket but also on the re-
quired form stamped on the envelope
which was to carry the ballot back to
the companys office
Manager Scrugham sent his telegram
after he conferred with Andrew c. Gray,
son of Judge Gray, of Delaware
Just what action the superintendent of
insurance will take on the manner OF the
telegram is awaited with interest in life
insurance circles
All the ballots sent out and stamped
were signed in every instance by an
agent. Manager Scrugham. however, de
clared that he had investigated and
found that the post-ofice letter box. the
y
the envelope sent TO the policy holders.
was that used for the main Office of the
New York Life
First Day Of Election.
To-day was She first day of the cleo
ton for trustees Of the New York aad
Mutual by the policy holders. and affairs
in life insurance circles, so far as these
two companies are concerned. took on a
lively turn The two deputies sent by
SuDt. Kelsey to take up quarters in the
main Offices Of these companies arrived
and went to work. Isaac Fuld is the
deputy sent to the New York Life and
C. $. Macarthur TO The Mutual
According to the State regulations.
these two men are supposed to set every
bit of mail sent into the companies, and
to go through # and sort out the hal
lots Vice President Darwin F. Kingsley.
of the New York Life. said to-day that
he was extending every courtesy 10 the
Representatives Of the superintendent of
insurance. and that several employees had
been detailed to open and sort the mail
before the deputy.