The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10
AL-CRIMINAL
Policy Holders Men Arrested.

On the charge made by the New
York district attorneys Office that there
wasa conspiracy in the work of the In
terpational Policy Holders committee
to vote forged and void ballots at the
recent election. of trustees for the New
, York life. three representatives Of the
committee were arrested, including
George Il. jScrugham. manager. The
main point of the charge Is that just
prior to the election a large number Of
ballots for the policy holders ticket
were not In proper form, and were al
tered by the accused men so as to
make them comply with the insurance
law Mr.. Scrugham defends his course
by saying that the altered ballots were
deposited with a statement of the cir
cumstances so that the matter could be
passed upon by the proper authorities,
and his course Is defended by Samuel
Untermyer, counsel for the committee.
The charges were based upon state
ments made by women employees of
the committee who had been dismissed
and subsequently were employed by
the New York Life.
On the same day Jacob Frank, an
agent Of the New York Life, was ar
rested on complaint Of Mr.. Scrugham
on charge of forgery in signing the
names Of about $50 policy holders bal
lots, from some Of whom he had con-
sent and others not.
Bond Thsfts Now 100000.
Later details Of the bond robbery of
the Trust Company Of America came
to light through the examination OF
Loan Clerk Douglass confederate,
Broker bennett. 1t was found that the
actual value Of the bonds taken was
not less than 100000 and that Doug
lass had laid aside 100000 more for
convenient abstraction on the morning
that suspicion caused his sudden de-
parture. Douglass and his associates
had raised about 100000 in cash and
loans on the stolen collateral. 1t was
admitted by the trust company officials
that they had paid out $165,000 to re-
cover most Of the bonds which had
been placed with various brokers, and
that the actual loss would be $4,000,
/, considering the $4,000 bond of the
loan clerk The effort to connect n
prominent Boston man with the deal
was not successful, although 1t was be-
Iieved that third party assisted In
the negotiation.
1inuer Hermann. Not Guilty.
The Washington jury which Ind
heard the extensive testimony submit
ted In the case OF the government
against Binger Hermann, former COM
missioner Of the general land Office, on
the charge of destroying letter press
copy books containing official records
Of the Office, rendered n verdict of not
guilty. The trial had lasted ten weeks,
and the jury dellberated twenty -one
hours. Mr.. Hermann after being dis
missed by former Secretary Hitchcock
was elected representative In congress
by his Oregon constituency notwith-
standing that he was under the cloud
Of an Indictment. lie admitted having
destroyed the books, but said they con-
tanned nothing but private correspond
ence. Willie the government held that
they contained evidence connecting him
with certain land frauds.
Packers Rebate Fines Upheld.
At st Paul in the circuit court Of
appeals Judge sauborn filed the opin-
ion a4iirming the judgments against
The packers Cor accepting concessions
Of II coats hundred less than Abe es-
tablIsbed rates from Kansas City. Mo-.
to points 10 foreign countries Ihis
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