The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-24
MRS. BARRY MADE DATES
But Then She Insists That
She Always Broke
Them.
THE SNAKE HILL SCANDAL.
Other Women May Be Forced to
Tell Stories the FreehoIders
May Not Like to Hear.

In THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS yester-
day appeared an account of of the causes
that are said to have led to the dismissal
of Mrs. Ellen Barry last Thursday, who
filled the responsible position Of waitress
at the Asylum Her story WAS not told,
because she could not be found, none of
her relatives appearing to know anything
of her whereabouts. After considerable
trouble located her at boarding house
at No. 1l6 Bloomfield street, Hopoken,
yesterday and called on her.
TELL 'EM Amt HERE.
When rang the bell it was answered
by the landIady in person.
Is Mrs. Barry here?" enquired-
The lady s'sized me up7 for moment,
and then replied.--"She is. =
please say to her that would like to
speak tOher," | said
After / had been ushered into bed
room that opened on the hall, the lady
went to the head Of the stairs. and
called:--"E1lenw
What is it?n was the answer that
came from the kitchen.
1.-TWO gentlemen want to see you, = said
the landlady, which was true, for had
friend with me.
tell 'em amt here" came from the
VOICE uOWu 6tttlfas
"No WON'T shouted the landlady, II
won't lie for anybody
well, / won t come up stairs anyway
came in angry tones from the basement.
why noJ?V
because WON'T
The truthful landlady repeated this
message to me and then told her the
nature of my business and that wanted
to interview Mrs. Barry about the causes
of her abrupt dismissal, and the portly
and good natured woman delivered the
message, going down stairs this time.
The doors were all opened, and I heard
voice emphatically declare that It's pos
SCISSOR would not go upstairs
This was in due time told me. and I
concluded that If she would not come to
me had better go to her, and with the
landlady's consent, the gentleman with
me and myself descended to the base-
ment.
MRS. BARRY FoVyD.
We found Mrs Barry IN the dining,
room. She appeared very angry, but soon
recovered her usual good nature, and oc-
casionally q pleasant smile would pass
over her very prepossessing face, and her
dark eyes would appaar to laugh. AT
other times they filed with tears.
81 regret very much" said she, shat
this trouble of mine has got into THE
SUNDAY MORNING NEWS. 1t is true that
have demanded an investigations and
deny Mrs, Hogan's story:
tsWhy do You suppose Mrs, Hogan made
the complaint If IL is not truefn / asked.
Il suppose 1t was because she wanted
to get my place. can prove that Speer
was not at the asylum the night Mrs.
Hogan refers to."s
What night was thatf"
"Oh, well. it was one night. That will
be made known at the investigation
Oh, dear, am SO sorry that Z fiE y News
printed this story for every one will see it.
No one can accuse me of doing wrong
II have been told that you have met
gentlemen by appointment. That, pre-
sumo, is not true?"
1T is not true"
'Is it not fact that you made app0int-
ments to meet some gentlemen since you
have been here?n
Mrs. Barry hesitated moment and
with smile said:-''Well. II did make,
what you call 'em-'dates,' but always
broke Them
"But," / insisted, II have been told
that you frequently went out with the
male attendants. pleasant evenings; that
Isuppose, is trues"
"Well, l didn't do il any more than the
other women. We would be tired after
being confined in the asylum all day and
would take walk down the road. 1t
was never by appointment. When we
would take a walk, if we saw q
male attendant, we would say, Are you
with us? and he would usually come. y
''It is also said that while you were on
| the Hill you drank beer"
"Well, don't you like glass of beer?n
| admitted that could appreciate the
| luxury. and she continued:
II have never drank any beer on the
| Hill since the new Board came in. When
| we would go out for walk we would go
| down the road to q place where we could
| get it. | was not the only one who did
this, oh, no. There were plenty more
| than me.n
.sWill this fact be brought out at the
! examination you have asked for on
| Tuesday,
| OTHER WOMEN WILL HAVE TO TESTIFY
| sIll make all these women testify. and
others, too, for not one of them can say
/ wrong against me-"
| "Will you make any specific charges
against any people on the Hill?''
..No; but they must testify. want to
| say never went out with one attendant
| friendly with all. Sometimes they would
| come to my dining room.n
ibid the women in the Almshouse
walk out evenings, the same rs you did,
with escorts?"
"Of course they did. Now I won't say
anything more until the investigation /
have demanded takes place. I'm going
| to see Director Bruggemann and Conn
missioner Coyle tonight about this mat
I ter"
That was all Mrs. Barry had to say
about the matter, except that she was ap-
| pointed by Freeholder Snyder q number
| of years ago.
School Trustee James Barrett requested
| me to say, when met him later in the
| day, that he had not seen Mrs. Barry for
more than year and that he knew moth
| ing about her or her whereabouts 4
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