The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-31
FRAUDS COVERING
OVER TWENTY
YEARS
WERE PRAcTlcED WITH FlCTt.
TloUs NAMES AND MANY
BOGUS BILLS.
THEY BECAME A CUSTOM
Funds Obtained out Of the Treasury
of Mutual Life Insurance. For
Use of Fields in Secret
Operations.


New York, May 30.- Astounding evi-
dence Of fraud IN the Mutual Life I'll
snrance Company has been given to
the SPECIAL grand jury. The testimony
was In corrohora ion of the fun con
fession made to the grand jury by
Andrew Fields covering lie period aK
10 years during which he was the cot.
fdential legislative agent Of the Mn
tual Life.
The frauds cover peried of 20
years. as disclosed before the grand
jury, and milIicns of dollars duriag
this period have been taken from the
policy holders indictments are GER
tain 10 be fou1d agains officials high
in the councils Of the Mutual Life Bur
when they win be filed in q art is not
determined, owing to the scope Of thn
Investigation pre ented hy the evf-
dence of Mr. Fields.
It is disclosed that not oaly were
padded accounts used to misapprp.
priate money from the Mutual Life.
but fictitious acc nnts were opened
with fictitious firms, which were deait
with Just the same a. IL they were
honest in all the transact DIS with thn
Mutual Life
These accounts covered period CT
many years. and the grand jury has
full list OF all the fictitious firms wf-a
which the Mntuals i supply dcpartmort
had dealings ard through which Field 4
collected hundreds Of thousands of DE.
lars. with the conseas al leart.eM na.l
the knowledge. Of the expenditures
committee of the Mutual life.
50 startling were the adm ssirfis of
Mr.. Fields To tho grand jury that Il
will be necessary 10 call him again "a
q witness, aud he will cnme bsre from
his home In Ocean Grove N. IT,. To
appear before The inquiry.
To clear M part of the evidences
given by Fields Char.es A. Preller.
and Charles G. Gretsinger. ~.
$ stant auditor Of the Mutual life:
Robert Olyphant. chairman Of the ex-
committee; Edgar W. Rog-
ars. bookkeeper for vsander w. Law.
renee 81 Co; Charles f. Parsons.
bookkeeper for lawrence a 60 aai
George MeKibbln Of toe firm nf Me-
<ibbin e. c.. were summoned before
he grand Jury aud confronted with the
evidence % fraud
II Is said that they testified fully as
o details of all transactions which
,ame 10 their ind viduai knowledge
n their capacity as clerks or executive
and the matter was placed In
Iuch position it is understood that
he grand jury would very much like
o hear from Lysander W Lawrence.
lead of the firm. which passed tho
,added bills COR Mr.. Fields amount
ng to more Than 81 000. 600 dur'ng the
,ast 10 wears.
Nick bhin was confronted before the
rand jry with a remarkable sitBa-
ion. and matters we-a brought 10 his
Ittentioa which a founded him He
5 the head of the prin ing and hosk-
'inding establishment well known In
insurance G relies and which was a sUo-
id ary company aiding the Lysander
" Lawrence Compgpv Iva carving o1t
Is cont -acts for printing. hookhini-
ng and stationery with the Mutual
.ife and othcf insurance. c7m0anies
McKibhn did busile. with Law
ence & co II be ween s100.G0e and
poe. 600 yearly. There we're many
ransact ors AZ SHIRT intervals in the
elaiious betwcea Lawrence a. Co. and
IcKibbin which we're mysiifying to
i'm. but which were accepted hy Nc
.ibbin a. being all right although the
latters were questionable. As sa n
le transaction Mckbbin = Sons ept
bin for $1,000 for suppl cs FUN.
he'd to I.awreace & Co.
Shortly sfcrward McKlbhiu 6 So-s
,ceived a check from the Nniual Life.
gned in a regular way hy Treasurer
anis for s45aa. this being s5.5oa n
,cess r the hill which b. had reHd.
ed. McKfhhin would dspasit this
leck IN tho regular way in hia hank
ld send a check TO Lawrsnec & g.
r 81 500.
cKibbon vas not able 50 give anv
ideucc rs "a what became Of he
.5aa He simply sas notified that
hen he received a cnecs m excsss
the bill he had rendered for sR
les 10 send a check fa Iawrnce 4
j.. for the difference. This praciire
"a heen gong oa for years and
,s aeceutcd as a matter r. cosT7e
McKihhin as covering franssefio7s
n Lawrence & Co. in which hs hal
personal interest Bni there were
incs going on under the ranc II
,Kibbin 4 Sons IN which The MutaeI
Re aad Fields figured about Ehiea