The Portland daily press., 1895-06-24
DARLING FOUND GUILTY.
Goddard A. Doane's Story of His Immoral
Act.

New York, June 22-The fight between
the trustees of the Fourth ward and
Joseph f. Darling, teacher in Gram
mar School No. I, at 80 Vandewater
street, was ended on Monday last, the
trustees say, by their disnissing him.
Teacher Darling brought charges
against the Board of Trustees before the
Boarfof Education on June T. He ac-
cused them of being incompetent and ig
norant and said that they used their plac-
es for political purposes. These charges
have not yet been disposed of. On the
following day the Board of Trustees,
which consists of Civil Justice Herman
Bolte, chairman; John B. Shea, James
O'Connor, and John B. Fiske, held
meeting and listened to charges against
Darling.
Nine separate charges were made
against him. He was accused of immorali-
ty, of falsifying the records of his arrival
or departure from school, and of MAX
Ing use of school time for matters not
connected with the school. He was also
accused of insubordination and of max
ing false charges against school
officials.
Mr.. Darling was invited to be present at
this meeting, but he did not put in an
appearance. He sent letter instead, in
which he said that he had been advised
by his lawyer that any action the Board
of Trustees might take at that meeting
would not be legal, as the Board of Edu-
cation had not yet decided the charges he
had made against the trustees.
The principal charges against Darling
are made by Goddard A Doane, build
er, who lives at 355 West Twenty first
street. Doane accused Darling of being
guilty of immoral conduct with mar
ried woman, who was named.
Doane says he was a friend of the wom-
an and of her husband, and that she had
confessed to him her wrongs doing with
Darling. Doane says she told him that
Darling had ruined her life, land that she
was completely in his power. She said,
Doane says, that Darling was skilled in
hypnotism. Doane testified that she
had told him that upon two separate oc-
casions Darling had mesmerized two
women friends who were visiting her. and
had then taken advantage of her.
Doane says the only reason that he had
in testifiyng against Darling was that he
was a friend of both the woman and her
husband.
D There were thirty teachers examined at
the Board of Trustees meeting, and they
all said they regarded the trustees as
their friends. No teacher had any COM
plant to make and none of them had ever
attended any secret meeting to protest
against the Board of Trustees.
To show that the Board was not "a
gang of political vipers and Diyverites, -
as Darling is alleged to have called them,
Chairman Bolte showed that a sister Of
ex-Congressman Dunphy had been ap-
pointed as a teacher and promoted three
times while the contest for the control of
the machine of the Fourth ward was
going on between Justice Diver and ex-
Congressman Dunphy
After all the testimony was taken Darl-
ing was found guilty of each of the nine
charges by the unanimous vote of the
trustees and school inspectors. The notice
of dismissal was ssent to him On Monday,
to take effect Immediately
He has ten days in which to appeal the
case to the Board of Education. Darling
lives at 42 Lexington avenue