New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-17
CHARITY FOR INFANTS.
CONDITION OF THE NETWORK ASYLUM.
THE MANAGEMENT ATTAcKED-wHAT IS SAID IN IT'S
DEFENCE.

Roosevelt
,anaSers Of the Board of Managers of the New-York
INFANT ASYLUM yesterday forwarded to the Com
n;ssioners of the State Board OF Charities LOT the
County of New-York the following communication /.
The undersigned members Of the Board Of Managers OF
Che SswYork Infant Asylum beg leave TO can your
attention TO the facts stated below First up TO last
@ had been satsfactory In that month the pres
dent Mr. Clark Bel, and some other meInDeis OF te
members Of the Board who called in to take part in
the proceedings of the Board tGr the ea mrs. o e
ton and by what cannot refrain ron 70 sSg Ts d
unscrupulOus device, obtained cGnOt Oh oe 6ou' ANU
Der of additional managers ,,,s
maSL at B B theS proceeded to deprive
fhe medical members OF the Board OF any participation IN
sI and sanitary arrangements of the asylum have
ieft little or nothing TO be desired me majority so
MANAGEMENT Of the asylum and the undersigned were
only prevented from resgnng by the earnest request OF
be left alone in their efforts TO fight of the msioIne
which the radical change 10 the medlo hGb IN Fact
have since actually happened. - ,-. -, .,o
Board, and also the undersigned, OF al power, VIC p
jOrty proceeded to invest the president Mr. Garh be
fer In the exercise of this absolute authority and in
spite of the remOnsrance Of the medical members ne
N charge Of the Country Home at Mount, Vernon
under whose administration the death rate had
finally been brought down below per cent per ann
aud appointed in his place doctor VINO hG eTTm the
Seu ~ $500 u, 9bvsician i'm charge OF such inst
tuition and under whose ma9agfe p 1 cent in two
months The president persisted in retaining TINS doctor as
ten nv three Of the medical members, and in spite of
the ghtful mortality that has prevailed during her Term
ForGThese various acts OF the majority of the Board
and Of the president acting under e NE
cal members protested against as beng ID the gnIo
degree inudCiOus and dangerous 10 the welfare OF tne
in3itio5 lint no attention was paid TO their protests.
In view of the above facts we respectfully ask LOT an
ns we ImIy believe that as managed for the past few
months il il curse and blessing to those for whose
your attention TO the financial and executive manage
ment of the asylum II mLoDoRs HIEH Kpps
Nl,v- York, Oct &c. 1888.
Clark Bell president of the Board of Managers of
the Asylum, after reading the communication sald
1.-THE assault of Messrs Roosevelt and Gibbs, which
is given to the public under cover OF request lOI
an Investigation into the affairs OF the
i'm the newspapers of the city, Two issues
divided the managers at the annual meeting
dent female physicians; and second, the re-
organization of the Medical Board III was 9ecld1u
that the best interests OF the asyinm Wotu oe
served by a complete reorganization OF us neucai
service in which the most eminent men IN Ihe pro
fession should be selected for the medical work.
The Board Of Managers nhsuuGoe et+or HE on ID
perfect the organization of the Medical Board.
This change, however, met with the most desperate
cal men particularly of DTS. H. ID. NlcOll and +. A.
Burial The former used his personal influence
and that of his friends to prevent physicians IRON
serving the Board. He induced several 10 resign
who had already accepted positions.
"Ihis was the beginning of a war when mas Deeh
wagng nearly year against me bnt s
its close invited to appear before the coroner
Jury and did so. | was browbeaten by It's mem
hers and treated in disgTaCeiul manner lheS
refused TO allow the institution to be represented
bv counsel before them and not one OF the Medlcal
Board was permitted to be sworn although ear
nestly requested that that privilege be accorded IT'S
members As TO the appOntnent OF Ut haII,
would say that she came to us highly recommended
from Mrs Dr. Dubois duectresS of the Nursery and
Cbilds Hospital and by the Dean of the WOmen's
Medical College of Philadelphia. She has displayed
unusual ability and set-reliace IN the dscharge
of her duties and has met the outrageous assaults
which have been made upon her with force when
certainly entities her to the admiration OF her SEX
it is true that Mcssrs Gibbs and Roosevelt were n9I
entitled to any responsible position on tlc board,
Tor tbev are among the newly appointed managers
and have not yet obtained standing. ! nope a
most thorough investigation of the affairs OF the asy-
ium will be made Immediately"
DR.. w n. Brakeman said that he dld not WISH 10
be considered as supporter OF CiarH pen OF ms
regard to the Justice of the verdict OF the coroners
jury. -. - ,,o poora %
Managers, asserted that he believed that
the criticisms which have been made OF
the management OF the mI pI lioro "e aT
honorable men, and were too CONSCIENTIOUS
TO allow any crOOkedness in its proceedings;
DR. Henry ID. NicOll, another member of the Board
of Managers, said that he was heartily IN accord
with the views expressed by MessTs. Gibbs ana
Roosevelt in their communication to the Board OF
Charities,
Richard b. Kimball told the reporter that the OBJ
ject of introducing new blood into the medical stan
was to prevent that body from falling into the
hands Of medical clique. The plan he be-
iioved to be wise one, as it broad
ened the influence and scope of the work done
in the ASYLUM. he said that while MesSrs Gibbs
and Roosevelt had pointed out IN Their
paper the marked increase in the death-ratC
they had forgotten to draw attention to the cause
namely an epidemic of measles of the most danger
GUS nature.
MCNAMARA FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULT.
HIS PUNISHMENT NOT TO EXCEED A YEAR II
PRISON AND $3.50 FINE.
The trial of Policeman Mcnamara, who wa
charged with manslaughter in killing John smith
by Clubbing him while under arrest in Elizabeth
St on August %, finished yesterday III Inc
Court of General Sc SsiOns. The prisoner was no
called 20 the stand in his own defence The only
important witnesses heard for the defence we're tive
police officers. Policeman Buckley OF the thirty
seyenth-st station, testified that he arrested Smti
in July, 1879, for the murder Of John Bap
tisto Marsino, who was Killed by I
blow with pair of ice-tongs, Smith
pleaded guilty to manslaughter aud received sen
fence of three years and six months i'll the STATE
Prison. Policeman Tighe, who was for seyera