Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-03-29
FORMER NEW YORK LIFE MAN
GETS HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
Judge O'SuIIivan Tells Grand Jury
to Go Right Along With In
quiry and Make Jerome
Call Witnesses.

Nev York. Mar. 2S.-On a charge
...,oot,,, Nth tho contrihu
'na' il' Oo''noe'lo" s,5- -
ton OF $4S,foz'5O from the iui'us Vi
the New York Life company to Cor
nelius n Bliss treasurer OF the re-
o,,hI,oon notionaI committee in the
80, a,..t.,,+oa ,rrord
campaign ol lSof eo''s'''u.1u . W,
larceny In the first degree, George W.
Perkins, member of the firm of j. z.
Morgan q 10 and until recently first
49, oafdo,,t % tho Naw York Life
N'Ve P'V''"'' %
company, was aFTesleu tou"S oii
warrant Issued by Magistrate MOSS.
When a detective went to serve the
warrant upon Mr.. Perkins he found
that a writ of habeas corpus had al
ready been obtained from Justice
Greenbaum of the state supreme
court. and the matter was immediate
ly taken out of the magistrates hands.
Mr. Perkins appeared before Justice
Greenbaum, and at the request Of his
counsel, the hearing in the case was
adjourned until Friday Mr.. Perkins
was paroled in the custody of his per-
sonai attorney, Lewis A. Delafield.
The warrant for Mr.. Perkins arrest
was applied for yesterday by District
Attorney Jerome. Magistrate Moss
would not act, however, until affida-
Wits were filed in the case. These
were presented to him today. These
were signed by Darwin p. Kingsley,
vice president of the New York Life;
Edmund d. Randolph, treasurer of
the company. and Thomas A. Buck
ner, also n vice president
Mr.. Perkins counsel admitted to
.mstIce Greenbaum that Mr.. Perkins
had advanced the sum named to Mr..
Bliss upon the request of the late
John A. Mccall, president of the New
York Life Insurance company, and
was afterward reimbursed through the
action of the eompany's finance com
mittee. IT was contended that Mr..
Mccall had executive authority to or
der the payment and that If any crime
was committed IL was participated in
by every member of the finance COM
mittee present when the matter was
acted upon.
To Go Ahead With Inquiry.
Despite the action of Mr.. Jerome in
applying for a warrant for Mr.. Per-
kins and thus taking the matter tc
the higher courts of the state, Judge
O'Sulliyan. In the court of special
sessions TODAY again addressed the
grand Jury which is considering life
Insurance matters and instructed
them that It was their duty to contin.
ne the inquiry to the end. He tolt
the grand Jurors It was their right tC
demand that the district attorney sub
poena witnesses to be examined before
them I'm any matter they may nave
under consideration.
Robert A. Granniss and Walter r
Gillette as vice presidents and trus
tees. and ElbrIdge T. Gerry, as trus
tee of the Mutual Life Insuranc,
company. today rendered their resig
nations at a meeting of the board O
trustees of that company.
Thev were accepted. A report o
the Truesdale Investigation committe
was received and ordered printed bu
no other action was taken upon It..
The AlTldaylts.
The affldavIts on which Magistrat
Moss acted In issuing the warrant 70
Mr. Perkins were forwarded to the su
preme court tonight in a writ Of Ger
iIorarl The statement sworn to
vice President Kingsley gives some @
The details of the New York Llfe's 4