The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-07
HOUSE OF MTRTH"
Andy Field Denies That He
Ever Gave a Bride.
WAS HONEST IN PAYING OUT 100000
Tales of High ReveIry at Albany
Were Gross Libels--NO God Fear
ing Man Need he Ashamed
of DOings There.

ing Man Need he Ashamed
of Doings There.
NEW YORK, April Charges SINH
lar to those recently made against the
directors of the New York Life Insur-
ance company by Andrew Hamilton
were made here against the trustees of
the Mutual Life Insurance company
by Andrew c. Fields. The former leg
islatlve agent of the Mutual is now in
seclusion at his home at Dobbs Ferry.
He is said TO he seriously i'll and has
denied himself TO all callers.
The charges against the Mutual trus-
tees were made in a formal statement
which Field issued through his physi-
clan, DR. c. II. ,Iudson. In this state
ment he declares that the Mutual
trustees we'll knew the nature of his
duties while he was employed by the
company as legislative agent and also
had charge Of its supply department
and says that he has come home pre-
pared TO tell the truth. no matter who
il hurts, be his position high or low"
He denies that he ever gave a bride
TO any one. declares the story of the so
called House of Ailrth" AT Albany TO be
a malicious libel and claims that while
acting for the Mutual he saved the
company many hundreds of thousands
Of dollars He says that the records Of
the Mutuars supply department which.
had been reported as missing are with
in easy reach and that they will be
forthcoming whenever the trustees
want them
He promises 10 make full and com
plete explanation OF the manner in
which the S6OO,0OO or more which was
paid to him by the expenditure com
mittee was disbursed and to show that
every payment was fully authorized.
Mr.. Field says that in all his career at
Albany he never had any personal
dealings with Andrew Hamilton, long
the legislative agent FOR the New York
Life Insurance company
The statement in which Mr. Fields
savagely arralgns the officers Of the
Mutual with whom he had dealings
says in part:
In the first place. | never gave a
bride TO any one in the whole course
of my career have come home pre-
pared to vindicate myself completely.
In doing so | shall let The truth, which
shall speak. fall upon whom 1t may.
All Of those trustees of the Mutual who
are now pointing the finger OF scorn al
me were aware of all was doing la
connection with legislative work for
the Mutual. and when they say that
they were ignorant of the character of
my work they are saying what is I'm
true am here to challenge them ina
every such statement they may make
or have made ] ann not an old man
Ike Richard A. McCurdy, whose age is
50 great that he could not defend him.
self
while my bodily strength Is NOT
what it might be- ann mentally as
strong as ever | WAS, and ! am deter
mined 60 vindicate myself in the eyes
of the public ! have to laugh when |
read the statements of the trustees 10
the effect that portion of the records
of The supply department of the Mu-
tual Is missing or was destroyed.
AS To the payments by Robert Oily
phant chairman of the expenditure
committee. of amounts ranging from
$4,000 upward and aggregating in all
about S6OO,OOO paid to me | viii say
that | eau furnish full and complete
explanation of exactly what was done
with this money and can show that
every payment was fully authorized
| saved for the Mutual by my work al
Albany hundreds of thousands of dol
lars and in doing so never committed
dishonest act
II do not propose that the men asso-
ciated with me IN the Mutual shall de
stroy my reputation TO further their
own private ends. The story about the
so called House OF Mirth' in Albany
was q gross libel. Nothing ever took
place in that house, which was simply
my Albany residence. of which or
any other God fearing man need he
ashamed. | am prepared 10 tell the
truth. no matter who it may hurt. be
his position high or low"
DIR. .Iudson said that Mr.. Fields
would not I've able TO see any one for
two weeks at least. His patient s suf
fering from m incurable disease he
said. but by careful treatment his life
may be prolonged for years. William
II. Truesdale chairman of the Mutu-
ais internal investigating committee,
said
1T would not he proper for me TO
state that Fields will be called upon to
make statement TO this committee.
That such course is likely, however,
is probability"
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