| Show president mccall when cornered is forced to make discreditable admissions of mow insurance money is used new york sept 20 that ha been paid by the new york ufa insurance company to andrew A la milton ot albany that no accounting to has been made except to president mccall verbally and that hamilton attends sessions of the legislature at albany in the interest of the new york life insurance company was brought out today by testimony given by sir mccall before the legislative insurance investigating committee mr mccall said that the various sums making up the paid to hamilton had been given him in connection with different real estate deals but mr hughes after considerable developed the fact that none of the money had been actually applied to such deals mr mccall also said that mr hamilton was allowed money for expenses at albany and that hamiltons accounts were not subject to audit mr mccall denied that he gave mr hamilton money to influence any member ot the legislature or that he advised any such course tbt mr mccall said be was sure would be paid by mr hamilton on demand of the new york Life Insurance company is not said mr mccall im responsible and ill pay it hamilton received tor legal services he said about a year from the new york lite insurance company on iho subject ot the new york life insurance companas comp anys campaign contributions in presidential years mr mccall said they were given tor the purpose ot defeating tho silar platform and for the support ot the gold standard rather than for the republican party As to tha contribution to the republican campagna fund in 1904 mr mccall said he did not care bow many of the agreed with his action he made the contribution iv believing it was justified and for the interest of the new york sept 20 john A mccall president of the new york life insurance company was a witness today before the legislative aff committee district attorney jerome was an in lerest cd spectator of the proceedings today for the farst time he said he expected to make a public statement on the subject of the investigation in a few dayis wallis G nash cashier of the new york state national bank of albany was the first witness he produced tf of the account of andrew A hamilton from january 1 1900 to date this consisted of 24 ledger sheets the account gave no n beyond the amounts mr bash said only hamiltons daughter had to draw checks on that account john A mccall was then called atter being sworn and giving the preliminary information as to his bul ness and residence he said he had been comptroller of the equitable before becoming president of the new york life insurance company and previously had been superintendent of insurance at albany he said it was irue that he had drawn checks on the new york lite insurance company without the approval of the finance committee ho said this was almost a dally occurrence he knew andrew hamilton for ten years hamilton is not a relative of his he added mr mccall said he himself is the sole judge of what checks should be drawn without authorization hamilton he eald has charge of the real estate of the company throughout the country on a salary of a year taking up aba in checks sent to albany mr mccall said in answer to mr hughes that he gave them to hamilton ha said that in 1003 the company determined to buy ho block la the rear of the home office this city ho sent for a real estate agent to take up the subject the new york alfo was not to be known in the transaction in december 1903 the real estate man reported ho thought the block could be procured for and that 15 per cent of this should bo available quickly 1 I told him said mr mccall that I 1 would put him in touch with judge hamilton and pursuant to that I 1 ordered the tap twp checks in question drawn the voucher will show what ahey were drawn for he produced the vouchers and iden them one was tho comptrollers warrant and the other mr hamiltons receipt the word for temporary use on ono of the vouchers mr mccall said meant that the money was to bo faed for the purpose decided and to be reported back to the board he said had been accounted for by mr hamilton mr mccall hero wanted to make an explanation but mr hughea counsel for the investigating committee wanted abo account as represented the account the witness sold waa rendered orally to mr mccall at his office he said mr hamilton had paid out on the elm street property and that there Is still unexpended the checks wore produced they were alna in number to tho order of john N golding the real estate brookjr brook cr and alvo to tha order of andrew A hamilton these mr mccall said were checks that had been paid on the property bounded by elm worth leonard and center streets N Y in 1903 mr hagnes was insistent that the report made by hamilton as to the disposition of the should bo produced has this money accounted for he asked mr mccall it has mr II please produce the account it was given me personally in my office r please produce the exact amount repeated mr II it was given to me personally in my office again said mr mccall senator Ar mationg broke in you mean verbally yes verbally the has not all been expended HELPED BY ELEPHANTS new york sept 20 but for the strength and courtesy of four hugo elephants a two ton batch of mall stuck in the mud at sixth avenue and forty second street would have missed its train at aba grand central depot last the trouble began when a large mail wagon loaded to the top swung down sixth avenue and ventured a sharp turn at the corner where street repairs had left a strip of soft earth turned sticky mud by recent rains A new driver employed in place of a striker was on the wagon and was accompanied by a policeman He urged the horses into the trap and the wagon sank to the hubs A crowd gathered and broke three heavy ropes in their efforts to help the horses then the policeman had a happy thought he sent a messenger to an amusement bouse nearby and asked for the services of the performing elephants pour were hurried to the scene in charge of their keepers they were harnessed to tho sides of the wagon and jerked it out of the mud with indescribable ease tho cheered early in the evening a crowded cro madison avenue electric car crashed into a large mail wagon at fifteenth street and union square overturning the vehicle the strikebreaking strike breaking driver and a policeman ly whom he was accompanied were thrown into the street both were seriously injured the motorman was arrested HE FAKED THE METERS newyork New York sept 20 in the arrest last night of david chatterton abo police are of the opinion that they have run to earth the first of a gang of swindlers lers whose operations have puzzled the officials of tha new york edison electric co for over a year and bavo caused a loss to the company of from to within that time according to the police the method employed by the swindlers lers was to havo one of their number go to a subscriber of the company and make application to reduce the bill of the company at least one the subscriber pay the man who made the proposition one half of the money thus saved the reduction in the amount of electricity registered by the meter was effected by the device of putting in a concealed loop or switch running outside the meter chatterton it is alleged was engaged in putting in one of these switches when be was arrested many other arrests arc expected |
