The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-30

New York, March 28.-On a charge
that his connection with a contribu-
tion of $43,765 from the funds Of the
New York Life Insurance company to
Cornelius n. Bliss, treasurer of the
campaign of 1904, constituted grand
larceny in the first degree, George w.
Perkins, member of the firm Of ].
Morgan and company, and until re-
Gently first vice president of the New
York Life Insurance company, was
arrested today on a warrant issued BY
City Magistrate Moss. When a detec-
tive went to serve the warrant upon
Mr.. Perkins, he found that a writ of
habeas corpus had already been OBJ
tanned from Justice Greenbaum of The
state supreme court, and the matter
was Immediately taken out of the mag
istrate's hands. Mr.. Perkins appeared
before Justice Greenbaum, and at 3he
request Of his counsel hearing the OF
case was adjourned until Friday. Mr..
Perkins was paroled in the custody
of his personal attorney, Lewis A.
Delafeld.
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. They
were signed by Darwin P. Kingsley,
vice president of New York Life, Ed
mund D. Randolph, treasurer Of the
company, and by Thomas A. Buckner,
also vice president.
Mr.. Perkins counsel admitted to
Justice Greenbaum that Mr.. Perkins
had advanced the sum named to Mr.
Bliss upon the request of John A. Nc
Call, late president of the New York
Life.
He was afterwards reimbursed
through the action of the company's
finance committee. 1t was contended
that Mr. Mccall had executive au-
thority to order the payment, and that
if any crime was committed it was
participated IL by every member of
the finance committee present when
the matter was acted upon.
Despite the action of Mr.. Jerome in
applying for a warrant for Mr.. Per-
kins, and thus taking the matter 30
the higher courts of the state, Judge
O'Sullivan, in the court of special ses-
sions today again addressed the grand
jury which is considering life insur-
ance matters and instructed them that
it was their duty to continue the in
vestigation to the end. He told :he
grand jurors it was their right 20 de-
mand that the district attorney sub
poena witnesses to be examined before
them in any matter they may have un-
der consideration.
Robert A. Grannish and Walter R.
Gillette, as vice presidents and trIs-
tees, and Elbridge T. Gerry, as trus-
tee of the Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany, today rendered their designations
at a meeting of the board of trustees.
They were accepted.
TIL affidavits upon which Magistrate
Moss acted in issuing the warran. for
Mr.. Perkins arrest were forwarded to
the supreme court tonight on a writ
of eertiorari The statement sworn
to by Vice President Kingsley gives
some of the details of the meeting
of the New York Life financial COM
mittee in December, 1904, when Pres
ident Mccall appeared and stated that
Mr.. Perkins had advanced certain
large sums of money to Cornelius n.
Bliss, treasurer of the republican nat
ional committee, pursuant to McCalPs
agreement to contribute $4,000 for
use in the presidential campaign of
1904.
District Attorney Jerome today made
public correspondence between himself
and Mr.. Perkins, which showed that
upon the district attorneys request
for information and without promise
of any immunity whatsoever, Mr.. Per-
kins had supplied Mr.. Jerome with all
the facts connected with the 1904 CAM
paign contribution. In concluding his
letter on the subject Mr.. Perkins
wrote:
When / made the advances men