Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
INSURANCE INDICTMENT VOID
DeciKion Of New York Court May Bar
Further Prosecutions.
BIG JOB FOR NE. coRTKEY0U
Statement this Secretary 0f Treasury
Haa Been 0Hered Pressaescy
of UnfOn Trust Gem
Panys

NEW YORK Dec. G-John p HegeInRn-
president Of the Mstr0pol tan Life Ins -Enee
! onpan was freed by the Eupreme oOugt
today in q decision that. II II stands, VII
serve to quash al indictments now out
standing against insurance ofnctRlA This
is according 10 q statement by District Al
turney jerome, who. however. expects to
take the case 70 the court Of AppeAlA
Nj. HsremAn was charged with perjury
in the verificataon Of q report made by TIE
METROPOLITAN Life Insurance company 70
the superintendent Of Insurance IN JGnuAsT.
lsR. Tbs matter reached the Hppella1s
division Of the supreme court through
hRbeAs corpus proceedings The court IN
its opinion says the evidence Was not suffl-
cient ID establish primEfAcis, W1lful and
deliberate perjury Of MI Hsgsman On The
contrary, there wRs enough TO show suff1-
GENTLY that such Ndlful and deliberGts per-
| jury had not been committed
attorney said;
u have not diEesasd The whole opAzioA-
but the case undoubtedly viii be taken %
the court Of appeals. II the dscasson stands.
II viii quAsh all the indictments Edn stand
ing against insurance officials"
there are SIX indictments for fargsry
against George ". Perkins. formerly vice
president OF the New York Life Insurance
company. and several against Charles 6.
FHirchflds Of the same mpG based on
practically the same ADeEatinns IN regard
70 spErn the oompGny's condition Thsrs
Is one indictment fer forgery against Rob
st A Grannik, formerly vice president q
the Mutual Life Insurance mpEn On the
same ground
C0rtelyoa OGerea BE Sea-
II was stated here tonight. though not
officially confirmed that the p~reEidSAey OF
The Union Trust oompEny hAd bee offered
10 George T. Cortsly0u- The Unisn - the
fourth largest trust company IN the uty.
John Z. Rockefeller keeps his psrs11A1 &C
count II Il II has deposits q E2lB7.48 q
apttAl stock Of nOO0SOO and . surplus and
r.ivided profits Of n.IBF4
II Was further said that M. Cor1elyoa
would not decide definitely with several
~eeks whether he would Aocspt the pssd-
ION.
Edward King. who was preEident Of the
ni1n Trust company FOR thirfy-ffvs years.
e on November IA A committee WAs ap-
'ntsd to select a new presidsnt. and last
Eek the Eec-etsrF vas IN conferences with
comment bankers here
Praise fer Ba~ttAesAipG.
" . fAEAnC y IL AMCINlEA L1L-Ar-
snip fleet and It's officers and men we're
uttered by Lord NOrrhoots. retiring CIV
srnor general Of Australia. al a lnnchson
IN MS honor n the Lawyers club To-Day.
Lord Northoote sale the vessels gave Aus
~trEiG1s a broader Ooncspron Of the am-
p~OrtEnoe and power Of the nation ErrDss
the Pacific from them than they had Be
fore the visit OF greater Consequence. how
ever. he Regarded the fact that the EpDoA--
Enue and cunduut o. their Officers and men
created an IMPRESSION 10 ther ersdt ina
ne believed woald be everlasting.
Freneh Dsels a. sport.
The 'hloOdlssE" French methld Of oDef-
tnE, a Ia moae. In Whlrh NEE BULLETS are
used "a 10 b. taken ~ as a sport By the
New YORK Athlsue cluh- The code Is e
be strictly observed al AL competitions and
tournAmenta, even doNn 10 ths careful eE-
Animation o. Weapons me selection Of
seconds. IN far. All the csurtesy ana su.
gnetts incident % doeling IL 10 be cErrass
ont MEskA WI be worn by the c0ntestAatl
70 protect the face and eyes and sAs se0r-
inE VII rsoordsd EgEs1S . WAa8 e1ntS
worn ever ne Ghs2