The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-14
ACCUSATIONS OF CRUELTY.
THE MdNdGER or THE CTILDREN,S
rom INYESTI0aTED
What tho sub-Commiitee ommcnds Amer
Hearing the Testimony Against the Rev.
Edward EOwicv nnd his Wifc-Tbr Dental.

What tho sub-Commiitee Recon mcnds Amer
Hearing the Testimony Against the REV.
Edward Cowicv and his Wifc-Tbe Denial.
The Rev. Edward Cowlev and his wife.
who had charge OF the Children's Fold. I'm 4 st
Six ieth street, are charged with cruelty to the
children under their care, and Theodore Roose-
volt, Henry J.. IIoouet, and Mrs. Josephine y.
Lowell have Just concluded an Investigation,
under an appointment rs subcommittee Of
the Board of state Ch lrities. The report which
they have lIii before the Board includes tho
testimony they have hea d, and concludes with
arcsoluiion recommending the ppoiniment OF
another person In Mr. Cowley's place US man
agcr OF the Institution.
The Cnildren's Fold IA a Protestant Episcopal
institution designed TO proyide home for the
children II persons dying In the county insttu-
tlons. and for children whose parents cannot
maintain home, but are able to contribute
toward their support. Tue shepherds Fold oc-
cupies brown stone dwelling house on Sixtieth
street, and Ia 1t nfty four little ones are fed,
clothed and lodged, sent to the public schools.
and In time provi led with emplovment In
private families. The city assists the institu-
ton 10y paving two dollars per CAPITA eacn week
for the support OF the pauper children. lhs
Rev. Edward CowIcy was President OF the Board
OF Trustees. and manager besides. His wife as
sist- him.
Mr. CuwIev was ordained twenty years ago.
Since then he has sefyei as chapl tin IN the
county institutions, and organizsd the Shep-
herds Fol, out - whicn the pre.ent institu-
u grew. Ihe q her trustees OF the Cnildren's
Fold are the Rev. Ia nlmasG lltudot. ID. ID; Will
HAM X. Gardner. " illiam II. Newm IN. Eias j.
PATHS j mes Pott, Nahum Stet-on, Jr., Mrs.
George h~pew, .ars. :. NJ. q. Convey, aId Mrs.
Ihe tes inonv before the COMMITTEE, has not
been maze puuic. bit the witnesses vino were
inmates Of tue + ia are reported To hive re-
peAted their testimony suostentialIy as follows:
jenny Mil., VINO lived elg years in tie Foli. saws
dir trr' srn ny snr sa3s Ia, ne uea her uro.h"r
hrai S,th l.sloe unil ne 10 ran 40 n and "a
her husband, she never aone complaining of the
clh,r %. aud sh'n he c me IN "nd n.ari her com.
ievc.cly with Dolly Warden whp. souelina-, when
.nt n H. n' ,, az si & "g gn w ~, h, s pers PET
ouc. sne ao adeses that Nc. cowley wa. a tue naDit
bdpu- cpi'nei. tlw I'd them. c,nns lneru has r :.
@ ~ lie % u and mat tler 11 re n"a aua aied
mis"rabN un the Island.
OF this sort was all the testimony thus far
built upon Jenny Miii-'s story, but did not
alter the mature ~ the cnstges.
" Ihe ties tmnnv showed thit the children re-
ceiNcd unusual punishmeuts," sIG MIR. Henry
l.. HOgue' 81 the lnve.ti-a1ing committee. ,es-
terd ". "ODce q whp, and once cane was
used. Per onall, am oppose to the pian uf
uan cement. where the manager i a trustee, IA
Is ne case wit Cpwlcy. one cinupt be uas.er
aud man a. tue same time am also o.p jsed
TO corporal punish hment."
r.Cpwicy -pc ks uly. but earnestly Of his
Determination TO put t. rout these cnArses,
whicn tie sa,s lfi-e from envy and anger on the
pant Of Mt. Mriv,ile Brown, VINO wls instru-
mcutal IN ofinglus tb 'ut the present investiga-
ton. lie saws mat LIT spring Mrs. Nelville
iirown visited him In comp ny with another
Lazy. and ask ei fHr two children named McDOn-
uusu tuen IN thr tod. without iutr liucing ner-
self hN II Inlc. and without -lin tent authority
{ u making the i,q test. H. wA- pbugcd to dcpv
tne r,Vur-t. and tnen her husband came aud
ucmunued the cullufrn. MIR. brown has burne
nm ~ VIII ue ". cv = since. slr. COWl"y viii
pIDit>h STATE nent very soon. ia winch he con-
Of all tass iur the charges preferred against
him.