The Irish standard., 1906-03-10
Indictments ARE
NOW LOOKED FOR
RETURN OF ANDREW HAKu.
TON NAY BRING INsUR-
ANCE CASE TO FOCUS.

TON NAY BRING INsUR-
ANCE CASE TO FOCUS.
SAYS HE IS READY TO
FACE WHATEVER COMES"
Lobbyist Is Expected to Tell All He
Knows - Startling Developments
Are Promised - Suit to Recover
Money.
New York, March S.-The unexpect-
ed return from Surope of Andrew
Hamilton. who disbursed $l.347,3s2 Of
the yellow dog" funds of the New
York Life in influencing legislation
in ways yet unexplained, has brough.
CONSERVATION to many prominent In
life insurance circles, and indictments
are expected at an early day.
District Attorney Jerome has al
ready presented to the grand jury evil
dence concerning the payment of po-
panies.
Jerome has decided to divide the VIZ
rious phases of the supposed crinlind!
wrOng-doing by insurance officers into
different groups. After the subject
! of political contributions has been dis
posed of another phase of the insur-
ance situation will be submitted to the
grand jury.
Il am back to face whatever comes, :"
said Hamilton. II have heard some
thing about criminal proceedings; here
III am. The public can make it's owa
guess about the rest Although am
not we'll yet, nor anything like it, ]
am ready to accept whatever comes
to take up the challenge"
Many Things to Explain.
There are several things which Ham.
| ilton will be called ON to explain in the
next few weeks. One is what he did
with $235, 900 which President Mccall
advanced to him on the home Office
annex account This is the payment:
which President Mccall refunded to
the New York Life.
The most serious charge which Ham
| iltOn has to face Is that contained Ill
the Fowle committees report relative
to $4,000 which he got from pay
ment made by the New York Life Or.
tensibly for the purpose of taking up
the New York Lifc'S indebtedness 10
the state for its franchise tax. The
Fowler committees report says:
| mo other conclusion would seem
to be permissible than that Hamilton
used for his own purposes $4,000 OF
the proceeds Of the check of June 6,
1904 (for $114.139.04). delivered to him
for the purpose of paying the stat,
tax"
May Make Full Disclosure,
Hamiltons return is fraught with
many possibilities. If he yields to
the cntreaties Of the Mccall family AMI
those men in the New York Life who
are loyal to the memory OF John A
Mccall and would sacrifice much to sen
his name and fame rchabilitatetl,
Hamilton will make an absolutely f,i:!
and complete disclosure of his opera
tions us legislative agent of the New
York Life.
One of the company's officers said
that such disclosure would do mo, .
damage to regulations than all of tn ,
exposures made since the opening OF
the insurance scandal in February a
year ago.
| IL Hamilton makes clean breas'
of. everything. and the friends of the
dead man declare he must to save
himself from the charge of perfidious-
ly deserving the Mccall family, tn,
names of the trustees involved in thu,
yellow dog" scandal will not only be
revealed, but the company will get the
necessary evidence for suits against
them for restitution.
Will Bring Suit at Once.
Buffalo, N. Y, March 8.-John G.
Milburn, attorney for the trustees OF
the New York Life Insurance company,
expressed surprise and delight at the
return of Hamilton to New York. He
said:
| Andrew Hamilton was sued along
with the Mccall estate, and the mat
ter will be pressed Immediately in the
courts for return of the money.
shall return to New York city. AMI
there will be no delay in prosecuting
the suit
will you bring criminal proceed
ings against Mr.. Hamilton?" Mr.. Mil
burn was asked.
mo, have nothing to do with that:
that Is the duty of the district attor-
ney. don't remember the amount in
volved In the suit, but it is a large
sum, and we believe we have good
case against the Mccall catate and All
drew Hamilton"
Will Not Call Hamilton.
Albany, N. Y. March 8.-Senator
Armstrong. chairman of the insurance
investigating committee, Monday ex-
pressed the opinion that the commit
tee would make no attempt to call An.
drew Hamilton, the life insurance leg
islative agent, before 1t. He said he
saw no reason to suppose that thu
calling of Hamilton or anyone else to
testify would assist in perfecting tho
legislation requested by the committee
and now pending.
A Costly Fire.
Cheboygan, Wis, March S.-Fire