The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-22

Bob. as his inumhteS call nim, was
rendy to step In. Then Mr. Little oblig.
lngly gave way and went to Paris to
live. He died there n year or two ago.
and his estate was valued at $4,000
The "YeIlow Dog" Fund.
There were very many interesting
things brought out in the testimony
one was that various sums Of money
had bceti paid out TO the legal depart
ment. for which no purpose was as
signed II has been charged that these
were for what is known as the yellow
dog" fund Intended for influencing
! legislation and the like Another was
that since 1896 the sum OF S92 500 had
been paid to the Republican national
and congressional committees. Still an
other and th0st sensational os all was
that $4,000 had been paid to Thomas
H. Bowles Back Of this BOwles pay
mont Is story. Most of the story win
never be told perhaps. but some OF 1t
has leaked out Thomas II. Bowles
was one of the most successful general
agents OF the Mutual He had made
great mark in the central west and
was tnen placed in charge of the south
ern field While there for some unex-
pmlncd reason he began a secret cam
palgn against the McCurdys. He
charged nepotsm, extravaganza and
general disregard Of the policy holders
interests For one thing he said that
son Robert was raking S2500O0 an,
% 81 -. ffYf a. a
suit. Bowles was fired. Then he began
campaign IN the open to Gust the Nc
Curdy management TO do this he
gathered policy holders proxies from
all over the country. 1t was at about
this time that Tie $4,000 payment was
made to Mr.. Bowcs, and the war sud.
denly stopped. There have beeu yari-
Gus intmutions that the amount he re-
ceiyed was much larger Rumor says
that it ran all the way from half mill
lion to 4 million. However that may
be- Mr.. Bowles retired and is now said
tc own more than S1m000O worth of
property, most of it in the south
Richard A. McCurdy IL past seventy
years old His father before him was
connected with the Mutual Life com
pany The con was graduated from
Yale and studied law. beginning the
, practice IN New York city Soon after
hc was made attorney for the Mutual
. Life After few years in this position
, he was made vice president Temporal
rily until permanent man could he
found. The permanent nan was found
in McCurdy himself AS he expressed
II in his testimony, he got the halter
about his neck and never could 5real
. It," After u long term as vice presi
; dent ne was promoted to the presi
dency OF the company. FIRST at $4,000
year and ufterward advanced gradu
, ally to the present figure.
: Does Not Mix With ibe -Four Hundred.
lie Is not a social man lie does no
mix with tile -Four Hundred lie hai
managed to keep out Of the public
prints all his ife-that Is. until recent
J ~. II has been bis boast that he cOul,
! walk an the way down town in New
York. from his Fifth avenue residence
TO his office. and not be recognized
: once II has seemed TO be his desire Il
:
crecy. a lawyer recently described al
- attenpt to reach President McCurd,
e personally as very discouraging an'
tedious experience. When at last b
did succeed Ia gaining access 70 th
highest salaried Insurance man in Ga
n world ne fuund that functiOnary ln al
IA elegantly furnished Office seated on
3 81 600 chair, Ia the middle OF "A Si200
} rug aud before $1,000 'iesk. on whic
t was not a scrap Of paper or other sig
, Of vulgar labor How the lawyer ine'
3 the prices of these different articles h
q did not explain, but IT is good sior
e any way. Mir McCurdy testified Tia
r. he did not know the price of these fu
l. nishings
le McCurdy IL ike king in the Mntua
r lie has practically unlimited powe
n lie speaks habltualiy Of II as my
10 company. refers 20 It's officers as 'my
1t officers ard the agents as my" agent
rs lie has never designated the assets 4
ie my" ussets SO far as known. Bu
a then. be has no need 20 do so. The
ne nre mems of conveying a meaning
A. that sort other than speech
TX Their Real Homes In New Jersey.
:. Both Mr. McCurdy and his son ba'
New YORK houses. but these are u
7, particularly estentadous nor Is mus
-, time speut IN them. The real homes
=. both are in New Jersey, AZ Morrl
~ town the elder McCurdy has one OF q
!. finest country places In the land, al
here he lives and here be Il IN the We
cream OF The exclusive society Of III
he summer home Of millionGires. son-l
A. law Thebaud also has Il iine new hos
zee at Moulstown. and son Robert has
TO equelly 6ne mansion at Morris Plaii
10 The next station. Here the McCurdy cl
Ter has literally regal estates, where th
In ride 70 hounds after the most approx
m English fashion Mr.. Ihebaud is esI
oe clally fond Of riding and hunti9g.
he II Is not generally known that
llv cider McCurly Is "a poet but sicl
he the fact lie recently had some vel
IN tl,e independent ana il Is not d