The Washington times., 1895-05-22
Associated Charities Full Report
of the Emery Affair.
THEY INVITE INVESTIGATION
The Board Declares It's Willingness
to Cooperate in Any General Move
ment Toward Devising Some More
Complete and Efficient Means of
Dealing with Dependent Poor.

The Board ofs:the Associated Charities
met last highland took final action on the
pending question of Mr. /. s. Emery and
George s. Emery, the latter of whom had
been publicly charged with having in his
possession, Without warrant goods OF
the Associated Charities The matter
had been referred for first report IN detail
to special committee consisting OF Prof.
B. T, Januey, Rev. j. H. Bradford and
b. P. Davis. There were present last
night TO hear the report Rev, w. e. Par
sons, president of the Associated Charities,
b. II. Janney, Rev. George o. Little,
Thomas j. LASER; Loring ChappelI, Mrs.
j. w. Babson, Miss Kate B Hosmer aud
NJ d. Peck. Mr.. Emery was present.
The report OF the committee wasaccepted
unanimously and is as follows: "In view
of the fact that false report seems to be
expected from the committee appointed at
the last meeting OF the board of managers
OF the Associated Charities of the District
of Columbia, your committee most respect
fully makes the following statement:
1T has been asserted that certain goods
said to belong 10 the Associated Charities
were found stored at No. 479 Missouri
dNtilut lIJIIllWesI. MI. george y. Emery,
the brother OF our secretary, not holding
any official relation TO this board and
unknown to many of it's members, declared
that some of these goods were his own,
that some were the property of other parties
whom he did not name, and that some were
the property OF our board.
THE committee who made the first
investigation having visited the house
on Missouri avenue and having seen the
goods at police headquarters, and having
| heard in full the statement of George
$. Emery and that OF Detective Boyd, who
had charge of the case, did not claim the
goods because they We're unable TO iden-
tify single article as being the property
of this association.
DID NOT REFUSE TO IDENTIFY.
at has been stated by one of the press
of this city that your committee refused
to identify the goods, which, we submit,
is most unfair and unreasonable. The
Identification OF articles is q matter of
actual condition and not OF volition.
There was no mark or sign on any gar
ment, parcel or package TO indicate that
even one piece was the property OF our
board. The president of this board acted
only as every careful person must have
done in declining to say that he identified
goods which he had never seen before and
which bore no mark or sign of ownership.
After 1t being stated that Mr.. George
S. Emery had already declared that some
OF the goods belonged to us, it must be
remarked that while that might have been
sufficient reason for the police to determine
to return the goods TO our office If they
believed Mr.. George s. Emery's statement,
it was not sufficient reason for the com
mittee to claim the goods in the absence of
identification.
Now, while we have unanimously exon
Grated our secretary, Mr.. l.. s. Emery,
from censure we have no interest in Mr..
Georges. Emery and wecerta!niy would not
make any attempt to seSeen him from in
Yestigatiou into his relation to the matter
On the contrary each member of your com
mittee which looked Into the facts stands
ready TO give all the Information in his
possession in order to help i'll clearing up
the unfortunate transaction, and thus re-
move from the minds OF the public any
shadow Of suspicion that may have been
raised by the various erroneous reports
as to the integrity of any one in the employ
of the board
CLEARS AWAY DOUBTS.
" Your committee feels that the above
statement is sufficient to clear away some OF
themauy ideas now n the minds ofthe public
and we beg leave to assure all the friends
of the Associated Charities that we stand
ready TO cooperate III any general move
ment on the part of the public and all
charitable citizens IN devisipg ONE more
complete and efficient means or dealing with
this old ana with the present oCes ton, the
needs of cur dependent Toor in cur city.
All OF which is respectfully submitted"
1t was stated by one of the members OF
the board that Mrs. Nutter, in whose house
the goods We're found, has made state
board, in which she says that all the
goods in Mr. George S. Emery's room Were
brought there at one time and were not
removed until by the police; that she had
opportunity of knowing what was taken
in or sent out, and that she never saw
anything taken out except some small
bundles in Mr.. Emery hands, which she
supposed TO te his laundry.
At the regular business meeting of the
| board reports were submitted showing that
| the total receipts of the Charities from
! November to May 3 were $500. SO
and the expenditures $222. 78. The num-
ber of calls at the secretary's office for
the month were 202, of which 153 were
! white and 40 colored; number of families
| aided, 75; garments given away, So. Fifty
new garments were received from the CO.
| operative Sewing Society, of which Mrs.
Hattie Beale is president.