New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-27
WILLIAM H. TRUESDALE.
JOHN w. AUCHINCLOSS.

There seems to be no doubt that the very
day Mr.. Fish's resignation from the board of
trustees of the Mutual reached President Pea
body, the latter went to the offices of the Illinois
Central Railway Company, at No. 135 Broad
way. and demanded certain information regard
ing the accounts between Mr.. Fish and the rail-
road company. When the TruesdaIe- Auchincloss
statement shown Mr.. Fish yesterday. he
said that ne not in position to advise The
Tribune to the questions involved.
On January "a. at the request of Mr.. Trues-
dale, The Tribune printed the following letter
from Mr.. TruesdaIe to President Peabody:
My attention has just been called to an article
appearing in this mornings Tribune, which claims
to give inside information to the effect that the
mittee. the hand. and the officers and some
of the trustees, on the other, have become very
the cooperation it should from yourself and other
oft1eals Of the company in securing Information
committee is being blocked in its efforts in diff
ferent directions and that the patience of several
members of the committee has been tried almost
10 the limit.
The statements made in said article and the in
ferences TO be drawn therefrom are wrong. and
Tse n6 10 o Togk gea no
are cooperating in good faith with our committee
pany and put them in the shape they should be
with the least possible delay.
have not been answered in any serious way While
certain OF the records of the supply department
officers of the company whose attention has been
called to the missing documents have been. as
believe, eXerted 10 find and produce them. and all
witnesses that could give any information to
the whereabouts of these records other
subject upon which committee has requested
them to appear before It have. without single
exception, so far as know. promptly appeared
before committee and made reply TO all in
QuiTieS made of them
On behalf of our committee I greatly deplore the
studied and apparently persistent efforts being
the impression that serious discussions exist be
tween the members Of committee and their
co-truSteeS or between them and the officers of
the company and hope that every one having the
whatever lies in his power TO correct these false
reports and as far as possible Undo the harm they
have already done.
Stuyvesant Fish resigned from the Truesdale
committee February 16 and from the board
of trustees on February % His resignation
from the committee followed refusal of Presi-
dent Peabody to investigate the relations be-
tween the members of the board Of trustees and
the company with particular regard to the
financial transactions that had taken place. On
the receipt of Mr. Peabody's letter to the COM
mittee, declining to make this investigation. Mr.
Fish moved that the committee conduct the in
VestIgat1on itself with the separate members of
the board. This resolution was voted down by
Mr.. Truesdale and Mr. Auchincloss, each Of
whom voted mo- as is shown by the signed
minutes of the meeting of February 10. Mr.
Ffsh's resignation from the housekeeping COM
mittee promptly followed. The designations of
William G. Choate, James B. Dill and Balm
bridge Colby, counsel to the TruesdaIe COM
mittee, followed that of Mr.. Fish. Effingham
B. Morris resigned from the board of trustees
under date of February 81.