New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
-- THE SCHOOL SCANDAL.
-r,.r or A SCHOOL TRUSTEE ON CHARGE OF


TRIAL OF A SCHOOL TRUSTEE ON CHARGE OF
~ BRIBERY.
The trial of John r. Hennessy on the charges
preferred against him by Andrew Mills, OF having re-
ceivcd sloo from Miss Mary E. Cannon as consideration
for procuring her appointment to the Fourteehthst.
School, was continued before Commissioners Gross ana
Lewis commissioner Sands being absent at the rooms
OF the Board OF Education yesterday afternoon ABOUT
20 ladies' were present most OF them teachers ana many
OF them the appontecs Of Mr.. Hennessy $500 r,,
Andrew Mills recalled by counsel Tor 81 school
made her positive promise In March; spoke u NIX
MI HenDessy desired to make an explanation He had
said before that he had introduced the principal 10 MISS
Cannon at Dayis's; that was mi''ake " was ~ 'H'
Miss Maggie Cannon called for the
was Principal In the Foureonthst school last winter
know Hennessy and Miss Cannon remsmber Menaessy
camSor nt the schools went with him TO Miss Davis in
The efternoOn had with her ~ 10 ner APP
pOdnraan3 IT, that was the evening introduced;
had several conversations with her; she vas usne
81 teachDs and discipline talked with her frssy she
was apPCrn6S he Interested himself in my behalf and
never paid any thing to him, directly or indirectly, was
hold with his wife the present
Of that saoS Mas ad0%
messy had appointed her because OF her poverty Han
sGa Mas Cannon have known her
Years recolect her appointment as teacher heard
IT, rom Ms ." heard Of i time
Fall the first Statement she made was that she onefed
Mr Hcnnessy in her house; the third that she gave
It 10 him In Of my door, and In the presence oi my
Crosse xamined-The first heard Of tho report was
weeks two months ago. before sS %e as
pointed that she pay for 1T she sad she had given ven
Su S go sd I se Sa SE' Ss
was likely to get In trouble asked her If she dd 800 she
had shs f lan Of scheo M
SgG the time she said she had given Mfs T.
the S ss G %d% take IT, she 70 his
house e and ga gave It to his wife and shildrenj
sns told that %' . a' had 0nsF Sea
an envelope told him Glove letter. tins was
did with it, SUPPOSE he put in his pocket that's what
gentlemen do with love ,hat s as under
OATH and wanted it understood that she was under
would t the th ueG to tax with
husband for she preferred gcntlcmens society TO ladies'
MARY r. cosrove sworn-a school teacher in Houston
stMTestifed that appointed on the recommends
GP Of Peter t ha lSe 1 neither cnnesy nor his
family consideration for the appointment tnil sue t e
sides in the city with her parents but was
Helen A. Brady testified that she taught in Fourteenth
st. an evening school last Winter; was appointed by
gave him his family any consideration 1or IT, H.,
to mari nEh school in the seventeenth Ward last Win
ter; paid Hennessy nothing for it, did give his fam
Wy Wee ssy ago SATURDAY a appointed and
that was the only appointment, ne MADE ba S
School last Winter Hs1nessy appointed me gave him
sagah A. RYAN sworn-An teacher in School No. g.
I'm Fourteenthst. Hennessy procured my appointment
didn't give anything to Hennessy or his family, nor dd
tSae %pt %us M Ga tine PS SG
Inc that was appointedby Hennessy; made my appl'
cation through MI. sote: r, r,o,,so, ,ooohoro 8,
the Houstonst school testified that they understood
they had obtained their appointments through Hen
messy but had never paid him his family anything.
william Casey janitor OF the Fcurteenth,st school
testified that he was not Hen1enssys fatheriaw' ana
John Bynes recaed-Hennessy never offered me $50 to
get of ha e a sp Ss
her in March; she was temporary teacher then he
Zane and Hennessy Lanes stables he asked 70
Miss capnSn TO the y mS syfTy s
give to s sn % ser Tho
james Tmony sworn-was present at the meeting OF
the Seventeenth Ward Trustees when the difficulty
Cured the meeting was called to order by ennessy
said there report circulating about Trustee re
ceiyng money and asked any one who knew about it "a
so poor that she the butchers for 10 cents
worth OF meat the butcher would give her "A cents worth
pity he then said that she had given Hennessy SO
for a appointment; Hennessy then said that Harvey
Woods and Mills had malgned him, and were no better
| than scoundrels and he demanded investigation
Bynes asked Mills he made charge and Mills said mo-
would have an Investigation before the Board of Edu
cation: some one told me outside that Mills would put
Hennessy through ii it cost $4,000
Henry Rochell sworn-i4ye at No. 70 Thrdave., and
have since three years last March before that roasted
e Suysesant pear Tree for years; know Miss Cannon
and have for IL or II years introduced her to Hennesy
last SPRING took her TO Hennessy house, went with her
10 er an 10 ss nnd az o. se o ST9
ship for meas had done good deal for him. didn't
told hsg he Would i aTe to nay him 500 or r 5o
$500 she said she would give him 500 for appoint