The sun., 1890-01-21
DNDUCTING A RACKET.
yITOR GLEAsoN'S war OF INTEsTT-
EATING PRINCIPAL BURDICK.
r,ser tho Ruling of the Mayors Chair.
,,nn Mr.. SteArhs ~ Forced to "shut Hts
RIu Month "-AfIss HonneII Tesune..

School Commissioners Thomas KavnpaRh.
Iohn W. HIppel and L. A. Pitcher. the com
nIuee appointed by the Long Island CITY
posrd Of Education TO Investigate the charges
AGAINST Hall n. Burdick, principal OF the First
vsrd school, continued their investigation In
,he Mayors ofllce last night Principal Bur
dick is accused OF incompetency and conduct
unbecomlng principal.
The formal charges were made By Mayor
Gleason on complaint OF Miss Mary A. Hon
nell and Miss Mary GHrrity. teachers in the
grammar department under Principal Bur-
dick. The investigation on Saturday night was
stormy. There we're frequent encounters be-
tween the big Mayor and Principal BurdIck's
counsel, George A. Stearns.
The Mayor was in no better humor last
NIGHT He has just recovered from nm attack
otpneumona. His voice was husky and he
had bad cough. he opened proceedings by
iorcibly ejecting reporter OF u local paper
The reporter showed fight, which did not In
prove the Mayors temper The big man. Of
course, easily mastered him. Reentering his
office the Mayor took seat bthind his desk. In
front Of which sat OK District Attorney Bonja-
min ". DOWNING who was to assist In deiend-
Inc Mr.. Burdick.
Downing" said the Mayor. III you had
stood by me you could now have any office In
the county"
Mr.. Downing made no reply to this, but n
warm dialogue occurred between the two on
the subject OF school teachers. Spectators
kept crowding into tho room. Unexpectedly
the Mayor spranG from his chair, and calling
to an officer said:
Telephone to Police Headquarters to send
smother officer down here. may want some
one thrown out and am too sick to do 1t my
self"
Finally the committee made it's appearance,
and the inquiry was begun. The Commission
ers sat at one end Of the table. Lawyers Down
Ing and stearns. with Principal Burdick sat in
front of the table, facing the witness.
The Mayor sat next the witness facing all.
His gray hair stood on end In lighting attitude.
His great blond moustache was awry and his
face flushed. His recent illness had made him
hard OF hearing. and he leaned forward with
his hand to his ear to catch all the witness said.
Miss Mary A. Honnell, who testified on Sat
urday night, continued her testimony. She
said that during the assembling of the school
one morning Principal Burdick ordered her to
Ter Of choice as to whether a teacher stood or
sat during assembly. The chair was placed
near the register in order to mako it disagree
hhe also testified that pupil in the school,
bpamed Clarense stimpson, informed her that
to oher encher she
from other teachers that MIR. Burdick was
T31TEins w3a AGAINST he5 At time
Pardee docked her nights pay on plea that
she had been absent one night
had been taking notes. Il didn't Rns' bear It. VINO
Never mind that fellow" said the Mayor;
go right on; he hasn't got anything to say
The witness then said that Superintendent
@ fsrdee i had visited the night schools only once
,Msyor-Qnly once during the termp How ia
that for taking care OF Long Island City educa-
At the conclusion of her testimony Lawyer
Downing requested permission to cross ! am
Inc hs obsrf The Mayor la to his feet
charges and do not intend that % WHY laWyer %yee
IKE NJ Downing shall come here and cross
shaking his hand in the direction TNIE Of Mr.
P0wsniinEl: that 9 yo9 want to keep these men.
haye been using these men. and / question
tyou did not use them for the purpose OF hav-
6tend that the teachers shall DO protected."
tse or Mr.. BuFdick." said Mr.. Downing In IN
Mayor--Thats not so! You didl You didl
Mr.. Downing-Who2 VINO?
Mayor-1 don't know her name. but don't tell
The Chairman raped for order, and told Mr..
Downing he could not cross-examine any wit
-, The lawyers have no right here" continued
Chairman kayanaEh. and we don't care
snap whether MI Burdek is found guilty
Miss Rose Dempsey, a pretty, dark.eyed
teacher about ls years old. from the First ward
TGs The noft ftT that
belonging to Miss Honnell's class making |
trouble during the assembling Of the |
hesitate in sending the pupil out Of the room. |
=, She also said that Principal Burdick occa-
III n m Z
one time. the witness alleged Superintendent
tSsdse ees wS 9d b@ hsr t4St shs Ggd Isk
nell and that he would see that she
was upheld. -. In the course, OF conversa-
:, Pardee called Miss Hennsli a she i1' devil"
Sups intendeEt Pardee once Informed her that
!eachers If necessary for the sake eu Of IWIis Mss
Hennell. and therefore she must defend her
sell She then @ told the Superintendent all she
LAWYER Downing asked leave to examine the
MGyor-You can ask your questions through
the Chair. Does that suit you, BennyP
Chairman-lt We start on a racket like this
1t will take Il month.
racket. want to know II the witness related
Sing, Sinythng In Untrue about Miss Honnell to Prn-
.Mayorz7I object to any such question being
asked; MIs. i would be an insult to the witness.
asked to be sworn as witness He began ii his
puperlntendent Pardee, School Commissioner
fesel and Principal Burdick.
Mr.. Downing objected as he had already
eoneseveral times to the Introducing OF Super
mtendent Pardee'a name in the evidence as he
was not on trial.
v"oh, don't mind you, Downing" said the
4, Mayor, you are on your oath" persisted
hr Downing. and | don't like to see the pub
nC records insulted." '
And ] don't want tho educators insulted."
".!qfned the Mayor; boiling over with wrath.
n his evidence" said Chairman kavanagh:
out out as he is Mayor. he can 90 outside II he
The Mayor then related the circumstances
SSnder which Miss Honnel was engaged by
euperintendent Pardee. School Commissioner
sssisel; and Principal Burdick. She brought
MN her high testimonials Later on the
SHayor said he found that Superintendent Par
zee was paying 500 more salary to a Miss
an,% LAYTON. who had only second grade certiii-
Ssae @ than he was to the teac hers who held first
Efade certificates. He asked Mr.. Pardee ana
EL n;rr elsel 10 explain. and they wanted to know
GvS eUT ne iounq IT out He told them they would