The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-01

New York, April 90.-That there was
conspiracy on the part Of representatives
of the international Policy Holders Com
mittee to vote forged and void ballots at
the present election of trustees Of the
New York Life Insurance Company is
the charge made by the district attOr
ney's Office.
AS a result two men who have been
representing the committee In the cleo
tion-Charles Stirrup and C. f. Caring
ton-were arrested here late this after
noon. and George r. scrougham. who
has been very active in the affairs Of the
committee. was also arrested in Albany,
1t was scrougham. manager of the
International Policy Holders Committee.
who complained 70 the district attorneys
Office not long ago that forged ballots
had been used in electing the administra-
ton ticket While investigating this
charge the representatives, OF the district
attorneys Office say that they discovered
irregularities in the ballots turned in by
the policy holders committee
That the district attorneys ofiea was
examining the methods OF the policy
holders committee became known on
Monday. when Assistant Attorney Smyth
had scrougham, stirrup. and Darlington
before him.
What Men Are Charged With.
The charge against the three men is
that they unlawfully agreed and con
splred together Tor the prevention and OBJ
structlon of the due administration OF the
laws Of the state of New York. especially
with relation to the election OF directors
of a certain insurance company. called
the New York Life Insurance Company"
Mr. Scrougham was arrested late to-
night az Albany. lie had been there all
day looking after legislation suggested
/ by the policy, holders committee. He was
/ arrested by Detective Fitzslmm0ns. Of
| the district attorneys Office squad. who
was sent 10 Albany on the first train
after the warrant was issued. The other
two we're arrested in this city
| Darlington and Stirrup refused 20 make
| statement until they had seen their
counsel Samuel Untermyer. chief counsel
for the policy holders committee This
committee was organized TO protect :he
| interests Of the policy holders after the
l ms SAlantE SfdlNaiSs anu It's membership
! includes a number Of representative men
/ Of the country-former members of the
/ Cabinet and governors Of several States
/ Nicholas LOngwsrth. son-in-law to Presi-
| dent Roosevelt. is secretary of the COM
mittee.
Find $1,000 Names Forged.
/ In a general way the charge against the
! three conspirators is that just prior 20
the New York Life election, on December
/ IS they had a large number of ballots
/ for the policy holders committee ticket
which were not in proper form to be
counted and that they altered the de
/ fective ballots so as TO make them comply
with the requirements of the insurance
/ law. 1t is charged that all this was done
/ without the consent Of the policy holders
who signed the ballots. and in many in
! stances without his knowledge at all.
! It is understood that in the investiga-
! ton made by Assistant District Attorney
/ Smyth he had discovered between 2.000
and 5000 envelopes on which names were
/ forged. The investigation has not yet
been completed, and II is not known how
many Of these envelopes there are.
Darlington and Stirrup were baiIed out
at midnight John Williams went to the
| Tombs and furnished the bonds for them.