Show new york life contributed thousands to re campaign funds checks drawn for large sums without explanation new york sept 15 on the stand this afternoon in tto insurance investigation vesti gation george W perkins produced a check for drawn by the new york life insurance department december 1904 payable to J P morgan and company air perkins testified that this check was a contribution to the national republican com matte and was promised to cornelius N bliss treasurer of the committee mr said the same thing was done in and 1900 the reason for the contributions he said was that the company feared its assets would be endangered in case 0 democratic when the session of the legislative committee to investigate life insurance business was begun today edmund D randolph the treasurer of he new york life insurance company was again called to the stand he presented a statement of the profits realized from the operations of the new york life insurance companas comp anys joint accounts it showed profits of in ten years and was made out at the suggestion of counsel for the committee early in the week A book of financial transactions in non ledger assets of the new york life insurance company kept at its hanover bank office was also presented checks for were found in the accounts of the hanover bank of the company they were paid to A hamilton who mr randolph said was connected with the law department these payments were made on order of the president without any action whatever by the finance committee and mr randolph said be knew nothing whatever about alm on december another instance of checks ordered paid by the president to the amount of was found and mr randolph said he knew of no one but the president pres ident who could tell what these items were for As to the statement of profits presented earlier mr randolph referred mr hughes to george W perkins who has charge of that part of the financial operations mr perkins was sent tor at this stage of the proceedings |