New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-12

was bpt OF the many contributions to the Fold which
Nh Cowley has secured The condition Of the Fold Is
this There is law by which the city is TO give 900
year 10 the CHARITY The outs wanted TO get the
| place Of the ms, and litigation followed.
nave nothing about the merits Of the case,
hut the institution became poverty-stricken ana Mr
Cowey driven to ask for assistance Not ouly that,
but during the last two yeafe Edward Cowey his spent
$1400 out Of his harfearned saving toward the sup
port CT the Home he s now IN debt provisions
supplied 70 the children. Such beng the case be de-
something else than the abuse Of che community
and tine lashes OF the law. IN two years there
has been only OF sickness IN the IN
siitutioD, and that one this boy. That TACT
speaks more loudly than the medical testimony about
- 20 back we've yeara. during which Mr. COwey
has had The management OF 800 children During tba
period there nave been only three dc ns and very little
sickness among his charges What can do bur place
these iact> before you VIII you believe n Moat you
see or IN the theories OF medoa expeItsf Ihsre ~
another TACT To weeks after LOUIS yctor pad been
d8Aen 10 ~. Lukes Hospital ne was cillhg 'ot Iopu
Tne tact is food did not ito him any good Il was not
is the way Of IN the midst Of plenty II
was tInng over which Mr. C0wley nad no control lie
could not arrest the march Of disease; nor can the ply
oIcias 40 II; My Ilcnd mas iallcu 10 she" the boy
condition TODAY. How far has ne advanced in strength
cant fact aud want Won to recoect t You may well
conclude that If he had made any progress you would
you the boys treatment convince you everything
tnat could be done by Mr. and Mis-. Cowey was done.
and have doubt u will give pleasure 10 open
the prison door and say 10 Edward Cowley, You are
not guilty"
TESTIMONY FOR THE OFFENCE.
Mrs. John Mason ,ston sister Of Mrs.. Cowley's,
the first called by the defence. sao testified
that she visited the Fold in March, 1879 and remained
for two weeks. She saw no sickness among the emil
drcn they seemed robust ana healthy On that occasion
she did no, notice Lous Victor. she again visited the
Fold in November aud remained unit few days before
Christmas. LOUIS Victor theB sick She occupied
"A room adjoining LOuis's, and frequently heard Mrs
COWlCy going him during uIgut. Ihp enid
often fed from Mrs Conveys table, The care bestowed
upon HIM tie same as mother woul give to her
enid never heard nm cry or complain OF hunger nc
happy and would eat awning, AMI wa given
inca potatoes. butter, bread and fruit.
l NJ
Mr.. COwey ant the children testified that sl' mad
boarded with Mr. COwley since last May Louis Nict0rs
Dr. Haws attended him. She had seen NJ. Cowev take
the boy In Jap and feed him from table. lie
very aztec Tomato toward 1r. aud Mrs COwley aud they
thought q great deal OF HIM. Witness went TO board
with Mr. C0wley because he owed two years rent
Charles COWlcy brother OF Tire prisoner. and law
practising IN Boston, testified that he mad been
trustee OF the Shepherds EOd for about three years
He visited place frequently. Last October LOUIS
Victor brought 70 the room IN which he aud he
then told that the child suffering from fckcts
He mad scky appearance, .nl somewhat enact
dted. Inc BOY was supplied WIN iold nom MI. C"W-
ley's table while lie was there De had eggs and meat
Witness last saw him few days before Thanksgiving
DAY. ne emaciae1 and e suggc Ted tnat he should
sent the hospital u order that might have add-
aud Mrs COwley that the boys sickness could not last
long be eating well. Their general deuleanor
toward the child parental ana kind; never heard
the sghteSt thing approaching complaint from Linn.
Mr. Cuwey received no salary for his services. the
income OF the Fold had been stopped 10y litigation.
When 40 the Fold last SpTug he SAW ush ana potatoes
cooking; hc also saw ham bone winch had four or
five pounds oi meat on A. Fanny MciurdY, the gir Who
did the cooking that occasion told him that she WAS
getting along rate. During his visits the Fold d"
never heard anything approaching a COMPLAINT. not
Wh-taudiug that lac made speca EFFORTS 10 ascertain
dissatisfaction existed.
The trial VIII be continued to-day.