New-York tribune., 1906-04-07
Il BLAST FROM FIELDS.
Issues Statement Through Physician
-UU ErpIQin Al.

From the seclusion Of his country home at Dobbs
Ferry, and through the medium of his family physi-
cian Andrew c. Fields the recent legislative agent
of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, yesterday
issued his first blast against the trustees of the
company for which he recently labored. He took
the course indicated in The Tribune yesterday and
dehed the trustees. who have been pointing the
finger Of scorn at him ever since his disappearance
last September He denied emphatically that he
was briber and a corrupter of legislators. and.
without going into detail, offered the Albany
''House of Mrth' clean bill of health.
Thomas D. Jordan. the former controller or the
Equitable Life Assurance Society, who has been
out OF the city since the Armstrong investigation
began, and whom President Paul Morton greatly
desires TO question. TO have returned from the
South yesterday. At his town house No. 5s West
ssth street it said that he had yet returned
to New York. but that he would probably be here
in day two. rumor in the insurance district
that he had slipped through the city and opened
up his country place AT Englewood, n. J.. proved
to be unfounded
DR.. c. II. JudsOn. FfeIds's family physician. who
Thursday evening refused TO permit his patient
to see newspaper men, gave out the statement yes
terday. in the presence of Mr. Ffedss son Clarence
the porch at Genehurst. 1t a formal state
ment. and the physician gave the impression that
II was preliminary 1t said:
I never gave bride in my career. I am prepared
comes I shall tell the whole truth. let it fall on
@ @NIon u VIII vii Inc ~ ruSLeeS @ VINO are pointing the
that I was doing.
saved the Mutual Life Insurance Company hun
drcds of thousands Of dollars. The stories circu-
lated concerning the House of NIirth' at Albany
perfectly proper way It is ridiculous for any IN one
partment have been destroyed. Any who says
that lies am positive they are stiI in existence.
payments constituting which were made by Robert
Allison. chairman of the expenditures committee.
time; am not an old man like Richard A. Nc
Curdy. I still able TO defend myself, and in
/ a any 6IISi raIa
tons with Andrew Hamilton. although have met
him on several occasions.
Several detectives and subpoena servers spent the
day about Genehurst awaiting chance to serve
legal papers on Fields. friend said when he
recovered his strength he would accept service
The law department of the Mutual is expected to
bring civil suit against him.
Augustus d. Juilliard who returned on Thursday
from Europe attended a meeting of the Mutual
finance committee yesterday. Later he had a
long conference with President Peabody. An ar
rangement was entered into between Mr. JuiIIiard
and President Peabody for a conference on next
Tuesday, which will be attended by Emory Nc
Clintock, vice-presdent. actunry aqd general man
ager of the company; William H. TruesdaIe. the
chairman of the special "housecleaning' commit
tee, and Joseph H. Choate. the company's special
counsel At this conference the entire foreign sit
II learned yesterday that while IN London
pany's general agent. who recently resigned to
publish the statement Of the accountants who ex-
ed IN many English newspapers. and calmed the
fears of many pOlcyholders who thought that The
company was going 10 pieces. Mr. Juilliard also
visited France and talked with prominent poIIHy
holders there in effort to smooth over the unres+
which prevailed. 1t was denied yesterday that
Mr.. Juilliard would leave the board. 'i"
In spite of Fields's denial that books and naners
Of the supply department had been DESTROYED ths
officers Of the company reiterated yesterday tho :
the books were missing, and they had been una HE
20 get a trace of them '0
James Hazen Hyde not reelected nrasfdar,
Of the Federation de rAlance Franchise az tha
annual meeting held in this city YESTERDAY His
place was taken by Professor Alcee Fortier ~
Tulane University, New Orleans. Mr.. Hyde who
organized the federation, retained aS ono nS
the directors The other officers elected were: Vice
presidents, Paul Fuller Of New York: + q, I3osen
garten. OF Philadelphia DR. Leslie d Ward q,
Newark. and Mrs Daniel Manning. Of AibanV.
secretary and treasurer. l. Y. Gofiot: board OF n
rectoTs, Frederic r. Coudert. of New York: 4 Ia
Roy White. of Baltimore. and Raoul Dand1rand
president OF the Canadian Senate.