The daily sentinel., 1906-03-19
DARWIN T.. KINGSLEY Is
INVOLVED IN THE MINUP.

Andrew Hamilton. the coniden-
tial agent of the New York Life the
other day appeared before the life
insurance investigating committee
and delivered himself of an eXcor-
iation against the trustees of that as
soeiation, which will ever be memor-
able in the great insurance investi-
CATION He called the members of
the board Of trustees and the off
GERS towards and ours" and among
the number present was former
Grand Junction man, Darwin r.
Kingsley, well known in this city by
every old timer. Mr.. Kingsley had
10 sit and listen to the following
language OF Judge Hamilton, who. if
his statement is to be believed was
more sinned against than shining and
ID. =. Kingsley has rarely been men
toned in this great Insurance scan
dal. even though he was that com
pany's first vice president Kings
ley is very smooth one and he has
played his cards well until the pres
ent time in keeping in the shadow Of
this immense crime and scandal
against the policy holders. The only
other place Kingsley has been heard
of was in an article which he contrib
uted to one of the eastern magazines
in defense of the company
Judge Andrew Hamilton declared
that every payment to himself by
the New York Life was madt with
the knowledge and approval of the
trustees especially of the finance and
auditing committees. He pointed ont
that if there had been anything the
matter with his vouchers for these
payments It was their duty to bring
I4u L.
month after month and year after
year, FOR ten years. they passel them
and then, when the cry at last comes
out, they say: Well, we did not
know anything about it.; this is the
fellow. this is the man that has done
II all. When they say they did not
know what was going on il excites nv
laughter and derision.''
lie declared again and again that
the payments We're proper and legit-
innate, and that he had no apology
to make for himself or for President
Mccall
The first applause from the big
crowd that quickly filled The great
assembly chamber as soon as the fact
of Judge Hamilton S presence because
known about the building broke out
with roar of laughter after his ref
ercnce to the enthusiasm with which
lie said his victories for the New York
Life We're received by the officials
of the company.
They would come and pat me
on the back" Hamilton said. with a
bitter sneer; these men who would
not know me now; they would come
In and pat me on the back and say
You did it,"
A storm of applause followed this
scathing reference to the yellow
dog as a dog of courage and loyal
". But the ours who stood around
this funeral that has occurred the
ours who knew of these transactions
and shrunk into their shoes-they
are the curs-and that is the reason
that | come before YOU and say that
the great interest of $4,000. 90 of life
Insurance and 100000 900 of assets
can never be safely trusted to the
hands and administration of lot of
ours"
Judge Hamilton's appearance was
totally unexpected by the commit
tee. He arrived unannounced not
long after o'clock sat back I'm the
room and for a time was recognized
only by one or two newspaper men.
The interest was intense as he pass
ed down to the front amid silence
Among those who sat near as he
nSSHh us bllteE hIldlSnment OF the
New York Life trustees were the fol-
lowing members of the board: Ru-
fus 5. Weeks. vice president and ac-
tuary' T. A. Buckner, wise presi-
dent; d. p. Kingsley, vice president:
John A. McCan, secretary. and J
H. Mcintosh
1T simply exeites my laughter
when l hear the gentlemen assert
those who are here and in my hear
ing and others. that they did not
know that Andrew Hamilton was de-
Tending the New York Life and the
insurance interests generally through
the United States on behalf of the
principles of the officers believed 10
be necessary for their success and
Tor the benefit of the policyholders.
why, il there was trouble and an
agent would write from a far-off
country and say II this bill passes
Il is going TO kill our business here
they would rush in you know, to the
president and say: Here's this
agents letter. For heavens sake. we
wiz lose all our business out there.
Well. send for the Judge AM
right the judge win come. Sit
down We'll what is the troublee'
Heavens' II this bin passes we might ]
as well get out of the state an
right, We win have to see what the
objections are to IT,. We will have TO
agitate' we will have the press do 4
something; We will have the poll /
ticians do something; we will have
the agents do something; we Will
have the policy holders do some \
thing; we will get men OF influ ance
to go ahead and see of we cannot beat
it, And We would beat IT,