New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
INSURANCE INDICTMENTS.
Explains Wig Thomas +. hy0n
Was Not Prosecuted.

Mr. Jerome took up next the question OF the
prosecution of Thomas F. Ryan and the insurance
charges, reading this question:
In the political campaign of 1901 did you ais? also
state MI Whitneys memory IS not so short that
il cannot go back to the days. scarcely year ago;
q o0 F 6o 9Sse was MADE GS to j. Shea an office boy Of
Kya4 IN aRougn N gor af and 9a in
was criminal transaction
The District Attorney in reply said:
AND now the aoPT A9ry ocs right {bt on an the d6i 6Tai
mated by the traction magnates VINO nad Nioidted e
his prediction pledges, puts TO MIN ulese oes
'Did you ever prosecute and punish Ryan for this
rme No R,s ANA neveT t Wss e tg Charged With it. The
person who was charged with the crime was E@Iihu @
on August 1s 1899, and a misdemeanor aud
therefore outlawed by law on august ~ I90
and did come into office until January l. lsoz.
Meanwhile Theodore Rooseveltwho. whether you
Theodore Roosevelt was Governor of the state. and,
riaI onmmssioner General Andrews who had been
Police Commissioner with him to investigate the
ported to governor Roosevelt ~. TIN. .,d
he took no action. Roosevelt was Governor and
he took no action, although he had power to send
the Attorney General here. Before Gardiner's term
appointed by Roosevelt. Philbin held office for a
I came into Office the action had already been out
so that think this question is also simple (Ap-
plause)
NOT AFRAID TO PROSECUTE
But the lnnuendo Of all this IS, Of course that
power pow in the community, and II you followed the
newspapeTs and got their yeTsion you you'd thfnH &
low who stole a loaf Of bread out OF a baker s
gurance He has not touched an Insurance. CRATER
He was afraid Of the dominating influence Of IL j.
Influence Of Thomas F RYAN, -.,... ,...,-
ance oficiaIs. Following up the Armstrong commit
tees work There were only M four % mRo[taH{ @ nSHF
dead one was cut OF his mind-Qaughter)-and IN
Of Evidence % and never has been indicted Gillette
and Grannis the two vice-presidents Of the Mutual
I indeed Perkins-this terrible bugaboo about J;
the New York Life j Pierpont Morgan's partner
and Charles S. Farchild, president Of the Trust
those two the two principal officials of the New
York Life. except its president. VINO was dead and
crimnally were he living to-day. tApplause)
JUSTICE To Mr. INGALLS, MEMORY.
It is no more than simple Justice to the memory
most careful scrutiny-and l had made it-showed
that justice would have been done from the lips OF
than had. II he had had The cOgIagemiit @ lit iva Tas "a
disclosed against Mccall that would have warrant
But I am not here 10 defend others. am here
TO defend myself found l3 indictments against
Perkins. against Fairchd against Gillette, 10
against JORDAN. the COnlTOiieT OF tite ElIlle4bp5
Tom Ryan's company. 1 couldn't indict ltyd0--he
not IT, All he did to buy Jhe COM
pany. I have yet to learn whether Arthur Eris-
bane thinks buying companies is in Itself larceny.
I indicted the president. the general counsel, the
vice pres esidents, the two Burnhams. and Edrdg"
of the Mutual Reserve. indicted the controller
Of the Washington Life and Frank G. KoohnS, OF
the Bankers Life Insurance Company. think
that s. indictments against those men does not show
I also indicted Orlando Thomas and Charles F.
Morse.
And might just we'll answer the question
about Montgomery and Thomas while 1 am here
nuN=ngoTed
morals The American or The Journal put up
twelve questions this morning. suppose they got
confused on the time; they thought to-night was
three davs of from this morning, and they did not
have time enough-hut they said among other
things. What happened TO Thomas?' What nap
pened to Thomas Q ye independent leaders, is
this: That Thomas was indicted and a motion
made before COf and that motion is still pending
The case cannot be tried Untl Con- decides it
daughter and applauseD
have conversed "yith the receiver OF the Metro
politan, and he in turn had Conversed with Mr.
Amory about this wholesale theft. but the re
ceiver Mr.. Whitridge. seemed 10 be Of the opinion
in regard this particular thing that there never
any such OF money there 10 he stolen
Qaugl1ter) and he didn't know how IL could be
stolen in that