| Show I 1 M M 1 INS ff I 1 b I 1 criminal prosecution in sight for mccall and others I 1 new york feb 10 tho times today says following the return of attorney general julius M mayer from albany yesterday it was learned that the state slate administration is keenly interested te in the possible criminal phases of the andrew rew hamilton expenditures tures in the now new york life insurance company as disclosed by the jort of the fowler investigating committee it was even hinted that the indictment of hamilton by a special grand jury called by the governor and his extradition G on charges h of grand larceny may be considered in the near future unless this course Is rendered unnecessary by sin similar lilar action on the part of district attorney jerome the proceeding in such a caso case is for the governor either on the application of the attorney general or otherwise wise to appoint a special prosecutor in connection with the assembling of the special grand jury but such in an undertaking is seldom if ever put through unless the state officials aro convinced that the local di attorney has failed to act within a reasonable time what judge mayor thinks of the disclosures against both john A mccall and hamilton contained in the fowler committees report may be judged from an interview that tha t he granted at his office yesterday ho he said the character of the report of the fowler committee for thoroughness and candor is most encouraging and indicates the good faith of the committee have you arrived at uny conclusion as to political contributions ho he was asked yes was the reply after studying tho the legal propositions involved I 1 am convinced that the courts will hold that payment of political contributions was 11 unauthorized and in violation ot of law I 1 hive have no reason to believe that a contrary view is entertained by tho the investigating committee commit teed of the insurance companies do you place legislative expenses for which no satisfactory accod accounting f ting is I 1 rendered en dered in the same category as political contributions was another question 1 I do ie replied plied the attorn attorney oy general pending tho decision of tile tho state authorities whether it will be lleces necessary to tako ako up tip the hamilton expenditures independently of district attorney jerome judge slayer is engaged with tile tho civil side ahlo of the lifo life insurance 0 matter i the report which the trustees of the no new w york lifo life adopted at the meeting on thursday contained ic commendations that suits stilts bo I 1 brought to recover or obtain an aci counting for some of tho the money hamilton and it is the announced policy of the attorney gen oral to allow tho the trustees of tho the com panics to bring such suits of their own accord it they caro card to io do so tile he question therefore e v whether hother he will institute suits stilts against against new york life trustee bruste on oil account of these matters will depend on oil the result of whatever suits the company way iray bring judge mayer it is learned has hag confidence in the fowler committee and its counsel but the probability that john A mccall affeid hamilton would never be able to satisfy judgments for tile the money hamilton spent even if IE judgments woe obtain obtained td in all casas lian has brO brought light up ahn ultimate of the of the new york Y ork lite trustees tro Weins themselves elvos it may br said that ifsich a situation arose after the deter determination tn ilia tion of the proposed litigation against mccall and kiamil ton till the courts would bo be asked to do tern 1110 whether the trustees trustee berei not r required to tomake anake good the difference tho the total illegal payments ind and the amount recovered |
