New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-15
CHARGES IGIINST i CHARiIY.
TIE SUPERINTENDENT or TIE chilDRENS FOLD
ACCUSED Of CRUELTY.

THE SUPERINTENDENT or TIE chilDi'ENS foLD
ACCUSED Of CRUELTY
Char1es of cruelty to children have been
nsdo against tho management OF the ChilGrch Foh
rbrb ,n. opc,cd for children Of persons dying In tho
eoupsy Institutions organized Nv ladlc5 con-
nceea with the Protestant Episcopal Cnurch ana tho
Row Hdvari Casioy and his wife placed In charge
OF H. Fold as received share al tho excise moneys
and - per ree for each inmate tho Department
OF CharIcs apd Correction. Mr. CoSlcy 10 resident man
sg-r President the Board Of Trustees, and member
of tie Executive Committee The charges welr made 10
the STATE DOard OF Chariiies which appointed Theodore
Roosevelt. Henry L. IIoget, and Mrs. Josephine SHAW
Lowell committee to Investigate the matter.
The charges were based statements by tho following
who formerly inmates OF tho fold: Jenny Mis Is
yoa-s old who was eight years In the Fold; Fanny
Mcbride. girl of 1G. and Kate McCurdy, ago 49, VINO
was in the Fold I've years. Jenny Mills said that Mt
Cowey habislly treated the children with great cru
city. beating them with whips and other insrnin'h'S'
and always kicking them when no administered PUNISH
uent In furnishing her little brother Mr. Cowlry used
shoe with which be struck the boy on the head cutting
him badly and he also beat the little fellow unt no "'
black and blue all She gave several other Instances
OF alleged inluman treatment and also SAID that boh
Mr. and Mrs Cowey IN the babif OF using abusive
and opprobrOus language In talking To the chio' wv
former swearing III them violently and calling tho o'
iards whom no had picked ont or Inc gutter. Hhc S"
the food sometimes gOoC
miserable.
Fanny Mcbride said that Mr. Cowley was very cruel
constantly abusing the children. /" He kicked ne down
stairs once she said. I" saw him beat Minnie 81
James and knock her down. him beat Fanny Me-
(sr,y till she was and blue. day seldom passed.
that he did not beat Of tho children TIL trey "o
black and blue making them bleed" Kate Mccufdy
the story Of her sister Fannys trcatucn'
and said that her head cut her swollen ana her
Indy covered all over with black and blue marks MIS-
CIey also beat her with brush Tor hiif ah hour
B, tic clock Then Mr. Cowley came mp aud SAID Lay
II on to her good" and Mrs. Cowloy repheo, an
tired and NrstpWpy took tho brtisb aDd cohnncu 'hc
beating for q long time. Fanny WIS SIM III iic foI'
timed and would kick them ana knock i1eih dohh;;
Sonrre. III would take off his shoe or his SLIPPER anu
Ennck them down with II. He took Charley FOX anu
k,cstd hin, down staTs." , IN, ,i ,.o
MI Cowiey SAYS that the accusations aSanst mn a.
the result oi u conspiracy Nv persons hostile 10 me ~
sii,utou lie Names Melville Brown one OF tho ciel
of these an, declares That Mr. Browns h"siiiiy IL uuo
20 his ffr Cowl-y's) refusal to give mp i|O en- uffh 10
NrS Brown. lie he VIII hereafter pubisI Is sHc
fnrDt understood That tho Committee VI tc 0tc
p,arrI ~ CHARITIES ha condemned The Joining OF so many
Offices II, Mr. COwiey, and Ls rcoihhlt hueu
his retire from the position 0f sIefltthueh o
ret.er with the resolution to thai elect inc commit tto
| made n verbal report the board. Members "a IN"
COMMITTEES have refused 10 disclose tho nature vi 'hH
verbal report except far 10 say that There hdd pee
severe punishment OF tho children, ana maj P'rdV m
prOvruIent In the management or inc INSTITUTION Hdi
been Inao recently. The general plan OF me ,hiiuit
Fold WIS Good and II faults Ia It's management cui b
Icote II ought Ire crippled. On The question oi
Mr. Cowiey's responsibility, OF ~" cOhihll tee Sdu
tHo fri4trcs considered him much abused man, ana inc
| others refused Ia express any opinion.