The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-01
Company Man Arrested.

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Company Man Arrested.
Earlier today Jacob Frank, a New York
Life company agent. was arrested,
charged with forgery in the third degree.
Frank had been summoned TO explain the
signatures of several policy holders to al
legged forged ballots cast at the recent
election of directors of the New YORK
Life.
The policy holders committee. headed
by ScIughdm as manager and Samuel
JnteTmyer as counsel, and with menu
bcrshlp Of many distinguished persons in
this country and Europe, fought the au-
3ninistration" tickets in the recent cleo
Iions of directors of the New York and
Mutual Life Insurance companies.
Scrugham was arrested while in Albany
I'm connection with insurance legislation
looking to the reform OF insurance conf
pany elections. He was expected here to-
night. and was awaited by representa-
1ives of the district attorney oftice, VINO
met the TRAIN when 1t reached the Grand
Central station at 1910 o'clock. When he
did not arrive, it is stated, his arrest was
ordered in Albany.
Samuel Untermyer. counsel for the pol
3Cy holders committee. gave out the rol-
lowing statement tonight:
Mir. Untermyer's Statement.
NY attention was only called to this
complaint late tonight during a consul
erabie part of the campaign 1 was in Eu-
rope. 1 know nothing about the subject
Of the complaint except what have just
like a cry of stop thief on the part of
the companies. They know that the for
Eeries on the part of the companies ran
into the thousands and they would like
Il have no doubt Mr.. Scrugham will re
able fully 10 meet this latest move on the
part of the companies TO cover their
since the elections in both the New
York and Mutual companies on Dec Is
the district attorneys office has been
Looking into the Counter-charges of crook
Cd Wo-k by the administration party ana
The policy holders committee. represent
atives of both sides have been heard and.
many ballots have been examined Notn-
ing definite was done. however. until ant
er the official count was announce,
showing the administration tickets to D.
the victors by large maJorities in both
Ca Carrington, stirrup and scrugham
were in the district attorneys office yes
1crdav and were e tmined separately.
Today four women clerks employed by
the policy-hOlders' committee in prepar-
ing ballots were examined IN the district
attorneys office soon after tnai the
NlomDlanr against three policy-hoiderS
Nommittee employees was drawn up Stir
Tup and Darlington could not secure bail
and were locked up.
The three prisoners VIII De given a near
ing tomorrow morning.
in the complaint Mr.. Howe declares
that the alleged cOnspirators had IN their
possession on Dec. 10 1906. large number
tees ticket which were not at that time,
according to the complaint, in proper
form to be counted. The complaint FUR
Their asserts that the prisoners did con-
spire together to tamDer with the said
defective ballots. and so altered and
changed them without the consent of the
,,nIicv-holders who had signed them as
10 make them appear 10 be IN due aorm
of law and proper To be counted at the
said election
MANY ballots. IT is further complained.
we're not enclosed i'm envelopes which had
been signed by the pOhcy-holderS as re-
0lired BY law. that the insurance inspec-
Tors of elections might he deceived and
count for the policy-hOlderS committee
tickets a large number of ballots which
were not valid and entitled to be counted.
Many Ballots Involved.
The complaint adds that the persons
named caused a large number of the bal
lots ito be altered, including the forgery
of the names OF poliCy-hoiders and of
Witnesses and had them delivered TO the
board Of inspection
Howe makes charges on information
and belief which came 10 him from Miss
Anna Mason. Miss EvefssSs kIes and Mrs
bV the pOlicy-hOlderS committee
Miss Mason. Howe says, told him that
one of the men under arrest had instruct
ed her on Sunday, Dec. i6, TO take certain
ballots for the pOlicE-hOlderS committee
ticket and TO copy the name of the policy
holder and his address and policy 1um-
her on envelopes. one for each ballot She
aid SO. and she added that in the previous
few DAYS she had seen a large number
of the envelopes on which she wrote
names as well as the ballot at the office
of the inspector of elections.
Miss Miles declared that she was in
structed 10 initiate as nearly as possible
the policy-holders' signature.
The complaint says Scrugham admit
ted he filled in certain envelopes and told
She girls in the employ of the committee
10 fill in others.
Darlington and Stirrup were released
from the Tonbs late tonight on bail.
FISH QUITS BELL.
Boston. April 9).-Announcement Of the