The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-29
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the New York Life
Under Arrest. Il.
MATTER is TAKEN
10 HIGHER COURTS
District Attorney Jerome Makes
Public Correspondence, Which
Shows That Perkins, Under
instruction from Mccall,
Contributed Moneys Of
the Company. 5
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@ NEW YORK, March 2s.--On EaScharg'c cha re g
h that Ills Connection wlllla contribution ol y
tl3,1 from the fr.hs OF the New = ork orr
Life lnsurance Company 70 corhellus l''..l
N. Bliss, treasurer Of the Rcpublltc'tal'l
y National Committee, In ten campaign OF
1oOi constituted grand larceny N INC
1irst degree, George W.3J'crkins,a u mem 8!
E bcr or the firm Of j. I. Morgan q 20, Co
undauntil recently first vicc-prcsdcnt OF
a tIc7 Sew York life Insurance Company,
vas arrested today on$;t warrant issued '
by city Magistrate Moss
When a detective went to serve the war
rant upon air. Perkins, lie found that
4 writ OF llnbens corpus had ;tlrehuy pceh pceh
obtained from EJustieea aGreellbalW,Eo Eoi tic
s Slate Supreme Court, and the matter
was Immediately taken out Of the mag
8 istratcs hands, Mr. Perkins appeiarieed- -
before Justice Cfrccnbaum. and, at Inc
1cqucsl OF his counsel, the hearing III ttllc
case vas adjourned until Friday. Mr.
p.rki1s was parolcd In the custody Of
Ills personal attorney, Lewis y. 81: ocI;l- oJscII;l
L field. 5
rhc warrant for Mr.. Pcrkinss arrest
WAS applied for yesterday by District
Attorney jerome. Magistrate MOSS ,r0
would not act, , however, until aftldavlts
were filed IN the ease. These were pre-
% sclitcd 10 him to-day. They were signed
86by Darwin r. Kingsley rlce-presidentl OF
\, tho New York l.ifc Edmund p Ran
q tlolrh. treasurer or the company, and by
Thomas 4. .13nckncr also q vce-prcsi-
dcnt. MIR Perkins counsel admitted to.
Justice Grnenbaum that MIR. Perkins had
NJ advanced the sum named 10 Mr.. Bliss
S$upo,ta tr. request of,thc late John A. Nc
q Call president t&thc New York Life.
lie WAS afterward reimbursed through
&S the action ofHsthc conpanY's ~ Finance
Committee. ltSwns contendcd that ~ Z.
Mccall l,;ll executive authority to or
der The payment. and lhn t u any crime
was committed II was participated IN sDF
every member Of The Finance Committee
present when li,e mnttcr was acted upon.
The Grand Jury.
Despite the action OF Mr.. jerome IN sap-.
"a plying for n warrant for Alr. PerKlns a1'u
mus taking the matter to the higher
coI,rts OF Tho state, Judge O'Sullivan, In
athn court OF Special Sessions to-day,
aga II, nd dressed the grand jury which
q l., considering life insurance nlatters ana
instructed tllen that 1T WAS their dnty
III, continue the Investigation 70 the ei1d.
lila old the grand jurors 1t was their
isltlt demand that the district attorney
s,ibpocna witnesses TO be examined pc-
fore them In any matter they may nave
i$ under consideration ~,
Robert Al. Giannlsh and Waiter *. ", ~
Bd,.,tc AZ VICE president and trustees, ana
,1-,hridco n, Gerry. rs trustee Of the Mu-
1ual3EIlifc q Insurance Company, To-Day
4 tnndcred their designations at u meeting
~ thc hoard OF trustees. They were acI
ccpted.
{,4oss tnctrfl In issuing the warrant Tor.
aMr 3rerkinss arrest were forwarded 20
$fha Suprcmci Court Tonight $on4a WIZ
+ or ccrtiorari. The statement sworn V
nv Vice president Kingsley, gives some
of the details Of the meeting g w wv NV
York life Finance Committee IN Pc
1,,n,hcr $50 1. !. when President Mccall ap-
,,oa,od and stated that Mr.. Perkins had
X .Ivanccd certain large sums OF money 70
Z CORNELIUS N Bliss, treasurer OF the Re-
,,,,hlcnn National Committee, pursuant
( ~ AIcCnll.s agreement to contribute s5o,-i
ooo for use in the presidential campaign
Z or 1904 j
The Correspondence.
District Attorney Jerome to-day made
nuhllc correspondence between himself
aud Mr.. Perkins, which showed that upon
tho district attorneys req ucst for lhlor-t
nation and without promise Of any M
munity whatsoever, Mr.. Perkins had
supplied Mr.. Jerome with al me 1afts
connected with The 1904 campaign con
trbution. Tn concluding his letter on
,the subject. Mr. Perkins wrote:
,.Whcn made tho advances mentioned,
ann when i was reimbursed therefor, "
never occurred to inc that there could
be any question rs to the propriety OF
such expenditures, which believed 10
bc for the benefit Of tho company.
#.asWhcn tho matter was presented 70
Justice Grccnbalimt for argument All'
Dcluicld, Mr.. Perkins's counsel IN ms
statemont, said;
"In the summer of 1904 Mr.. Cornelius
n, Bliss, who was the treasurer OF tho
Republican National Committee, called
,pon MIR. Perkins at tho Office of j. 7,
Morgan & Company, or which Mr.. Per
klns was "A mcmber and Informed him
"A that Mr. John A, Mccall, tho late pres
idcnt Of tic New York Lifc Insurance
Company, had promised that that COM
pany would contribute TO tho national
campaign fund tho sum OF $4,000, or as
much OF that sum ms Mr. Bliss might
find necessary
"AIr. Perkins confirmed this state-
ment, ana said he had asked Nlr Hiss
to call and that no was prepared to.
pnign fund. Afterwards By successive
payments, S4S,500iwass paid BY Mr., Per-
kins from his own resources to Mr., Bliss
for tho campaign fund,
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TRAINS IN COLLISION,
BUT NOBODY KILLED
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