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Show ION MAY BE CTED BY JURY J- of New York Likely to Hand in Insurance I 3Iatter. PROSECUTOR TO felST W. T. JEROME t sPhases of Hamilton's raditures in New York Life. RK, Feb. lO.-Following the Attorney-General Julius M. aJ'Albnny yesterday, It was !the Stato administration Is iitcd In the possible criminal I he Andrew Hamilton expen-he expen-he New York Life Insuranco disclosed by tho report of Investigating committee. It lnted that the Indictment of Fi,a special grand Jury called ernor and his extradition on frand larceny may be Conine Con-ine near future unless tills sndercd unnecessary by slmi-n slmi-n tho part of District Attor- 4 Edal Prosecutor. In In such a case Is for t.' either on tho application eS encral or otherwise to 'eelal prosecutor In connec-R?"scmbllng connec-R?"scmbllng of the special Vut such an .undertaking Is ivcr put through unless the are convinced that tho lo-f-Honiey has failed to act nablo llrne. u?4SLay?r thlnks of tho dis-jnt dis-jnt bo h John A McCall and otitaJnetl In the Fowler commit com-mit may be Judged from an t he Branted at his olllce I- ort Is Encouraging. fr lho rePrt of the gttlec for thoroughness and Wl encouraging, and Indlcatea h? commIttee," he sold. iMMid.ial "ny conclusion as . am convinced that rihuiiLd 1,1,11 Payment of po-lUon po-lUon Lnf was. unauthorized ha 'T 1 hn ve no reason i?UB?Un committees of companies," foal Contributions. fufJ(CnelH,atlve "tpensrs for n0ry ac"mtlng la ren-"?ty ren-"?ty as .political piled t hi, a""tllc,r question iiL 10 Auorney-General WrC U10",,,0', StaVo au-i au-i Hami LJ. 111 bo necossnrj' to dS " expenditure Inde--uistrict Attorney Jerome Mnwged wltli the ch-n sldo of tho 'life Insurance matter. The report which the trustees of the Now York Life adopted at the meeting on Thursday contained recommendations that suits bo brought to recover or obtain an accounting for some $1,074,774 of the money Hamilton spent. To Bring Suits. It ls tho announced policy of the Attorney-General to allow the trustees of the companies? to bring such units of their own accord If they caro to do so. Tho question, therefore, whothor he will institute insti-tute suits against New York Lifo trustees trus-tees on account of thee matters, will depend on tho result of whatever twits the company may bring. Judge Mayer, It ls learned, has confidence confi-dence ln the Fowler committee and lta counsel, but tho probability that John A. McCall and Hamilton would never be able to satisfy judgment for tho money Hamilton Ham-ilton spent, even If Judgments were obtained ob-tained In all cases, has brought up the ultimate question of the responsibility of the Now York Life trustees themselves. It may bo said that If auch a situation arose, after tho determination of tho pro-poped pro-poped litigation against McCall and Hamilton, Ham-ilton, tho courts would bo asked to determine de-termine whether tho trustees were not required re-quired to mako good the difference between be-tween tho total Illegal payments and the amount recovered. |