Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-01
INSURANCE men ARE
ADMITTED TO BAIL
They Were Arrested on CHARGES
of Forgery.
BALLOTS WERE JUMBLED UP
scrugham and Darlington Say They
Are Innocent.
DID NOT FEAR THE RESULT
Both Men Claim That They Court the
Fullest Investigation Of
Their Work.
scrugham and Darlington Say They
Are Innocent.
DID NOT FEAR THE RESULT

NEW YORK. May 1.-when George b.
Scrugham. manager Of the international
policyholders' committee. and Charles r.
Darlington and Charles stirrup, assistant
manager Of the same organization. arrest
ed late last night on charges of forgery in
connection with the recent election of d.
rectors OF the New York Life Insurance
Company were arraigned before the police
magistrate today their cases were continued
until next Monday. scrugham and stirrup
were released on $500 bail and carrinpton
on 5000 bail.
BEFORE ne was arraigned In court Scrue-
nam issued statement. In which he de-
ciared that acts Of an entirely legal nature
nave been misconstrued SO as to make n
appear that an attempt was made to cir.
cumvent the laws governing the insurance
election and to procure the counting NV
fraud OF ballots not properly executed. "As
matter OF fact" said he, these charges
do not have to do with the alleged tarnper-
Ing with ballots at ALL but refer to the
nlhng In OF names and addresses on en-
veiopes in which ballots were sent to the
inspectors at the New York Life Insurance
company's ofsse: There has never been
any attempt at concealment in the matter"
Ballots in Box.
he declared that the ballots In question.
LOO In number. were placed in a single
box. and the box was labeled "ballots
without envelopes" He said that the
statement Of election inspectors that these
envelopes were mixed in with other bal
lots was explained by the fact that the
1rst official act of their board was 10 in
discriminatory open the boxes for the pur-
pose or ascertaining how many ballots
were cast by the committee. '"rhe net re-
suit OF this action" says the statement,
inately 5umbled together. az Az
No Fear Of Outcome.
whether or not Mr. Lawshe and his asso-
ciates in the New York Life board of inspec-
tors remember now finding the anidavits
placed In the box containing the ballots In
question is quite immaterial. The fact that
they were made and deposited Is entirely
susceptible OF proof. and that In itself
would be sufficient answer to any charge
OF conspiracy to circumvent the election
spectors were obliged to take cosuizance OF
our committee" {: b.,
Mr.. schugham further attributed the ar
rest Of himself and his assistants to those
interested In defeating the objects of the
International policy holders Committee ST
have. he said. mo fear for the OUTCOME
Of this matter. which / shall make II my
business to have sifted to the bottom"
No Such Orders. ?.
Mr.. Scrugham later denied that he, Car
rington or Stirrup ever gave orders to three
women clerks to attempt to initiate the
handwriting OF policyholders in addressing
the envelopes for the 100 ballots
He said: Mrs. Frances Goldsmith, who.
according to the statement in the affdavit of
Mr.. Howe the assistant district attorney,
gave him the information. was discharged
by me for incompetency three weeks before
the polls closed. The two others went the
day after the polls closed In company with
seven others. They had no difficulty in get
ting positions with the New York Life.
1.-THE statement ascribed to them that
they were ordered to change names. sign
names Of policyholders and initiate hand
writing Of the policyholders is absurd. They
never got any such orders from me or
from Darlington or Stirrup."