The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-09
Andrew Hamilton, Legis-
lative Agent For Insur-
ance Companies, Ar
rives Quietly in New
York-Makes Reply.
The Man Who Handled
the Famous yellow
Dog" Funds Says He
Has Nothing to Fear.
Handled Millions.

New York, March 6.-Unheralded
and unannounced Andrew Hamilton,
the legislative agent for the three big
insurance companies, whose testimony
was so much desired by the Armstrong
investigating committee, slipped into
New York today on the steamship
Deutschland and hastened away to
Albany before the news of his arrival
bad gotten beyond the officers of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
who alone we're in the secret.
With no concealment save the sign
ing on the ships register as H. A.
Milton, which differently punctuated
and capitalized is Hamilton" the man
who knows most about the famous
yellow dog" funds which have never
been satisfactorily explained, glided
into New York like a shadow ana
quickly passed out again.
HAS CANNON LOADED.
To a friend at the pier, the man
who got more than $1,250, 900 from the
New York Life, by order of the pres
ident," said: Il am here prepared to
meet any charges that may be made
against me. My hands are clean and
j have no fear of the result If any
body sees fit to get after me with a
gun he will find out that>I am armed
with a cannon. ! heard something
about criminal proceedings and here
j am. You can interpret what it means
and so can the public. 1t signifies
that though my health is far from re-
established, / am ready to accept any
challenge implied by such proceed
ings. / am especially unfortunate in
the death of Mr. Mccall, and | might
say almost as much concerning the
more recent removal of Lyman Short,
chief counsel Of the Mutual, to say
nothing of the incapacitating of Mr..
Alexander. To some who have gone
l could have looked with no misgie-
ings, as to what they would say or
do. AS to what others have said
and done during my absence-and |
might allude to those who live in
glass houses-I will say nothing"
Hamilton, however, said he gave
vouchers for all expenditures and that
TO any and all Of these vouchers Mr..
Mccall would have given certificate
OF indisputable character. In other
words, death had not only taken a life
long friend but complicated the case
OF the survivor.
Judge" Hamilton was the aecred-
TIED counsel and Albany legislative
agent of the New York Life Insurance
Company and attended to all legisla-
tive business of that company. He
also handled legislative funds for 9TH
er insurance companies Immense
sums OF money paid to him were told
OF in the Armstrong investigation.
His own company. for various rea-
sons, some of which have never been
cleared up, gave him more than a
million dollars. This, coupled with
payments made him for special SER
vices to the Mutual and Equitable
made up the yellow dog" funds.
LOCATED IN PARIS.
When the insurance investigation
was we'll under way testimony was
adduced from officers of the New
York Life connecting Hamilton with
large sums of money of which il was
SAID there had never been an accur-
ate accounting, and it was then that |
Hamilton sprung into fame. A search
was made for him and he was finally
located in Paris. Requests that he |
return to tell what was done with
money given him all met with the an
swer that he was in poor health and |
that his physicians would not per-
init him to come to the United Ststes.
When matters reached a crisis with |
the report of the Fowler "house clean |
ing committee" SON of John A. Nc \
Gail then president of the New York
Lie was sent to Paris to get Hamil- |
tons statement and to try to induce |
Rim to return. He brought back only |
the report, and Mccall, from his own |
funds, paid back s2S5, 900 10 the COM
pany, mortgaging his home in New
Jersey to raise the money.
GRAND JURY INSTRUCTED
The March grand jury today was
Instructed by Judge o'Sulliyan, in the
court OF general sessions to investi-
gato the alleged crimiaality OF many |
OF the big insurance companies which
have been proved by the Armstrong
committee. District Attorney Jerome
was with the grand jury for almost ar
hour and it is understood he dwelt on
the misuse Of funds in aid OF political |
parties and candidates as exposed by |
the Armstrong committee.
Judge O. Sullivan instructed the jury