Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-22
THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
A Committee of the Board Reports on the
Emery Incident.
Exoneration of the Secretary-T The
Result of an Investigation of the
Missouri Avenue Case.

The board Of the Associated Charities
met last night to act on the report of the
special committee appointed to look into
the charge that George s. Emery, brother
of L. S. Emery. secretary of the Associat-
ed Charities, had in his possession goods
belonging to the association. This COM
mittee consisted of Prof B. T. Janney,
Rev. j. H. Bradford and B. P. Davis There
were present last night Rev. W. E. Par
son, president of the Associated Charities:
B. T. Janney. Rev. George o. Little, Thos.
]. LASER, Loring Chappel, Mrs. ]. w.
Babson, Miss Kate 3. Hosmer and NJ d.
Peck. Mr.. L. S. Emery was also present.
Report of the Committee.
The report of the committee. which was
approved and accepted by a unanimous
vote of the board is as follows: I'm view
of the fact that fuller report seems to b
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 make the following statement:
1T has been asserted that certain goods
said to belong to the Associated Charities
were found stored at 4T9 Missouri avenue
northwest. Mr.. George S. Emery the
brother of our secretary, not holding any
official relation to this board, and unknown
to many of its members, declared that
some We're 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 inves-
tigation, having visited the house on Mis-
souri, avenue and having seen the goods at
police headquarters, and having heard in
full the statement of George S. Emery, and
that of Detective Boyd who had charge of
the case did not claim the goods because
they were unable to identify single arti-
Gle as being the property of this associa-
ton.
The Identification of the Goods.
1t 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 a matter of
actual condition and not of volition. There
was no mark sign on any garment par
Gel 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 TO marks or sign of ownership
IF it be stated that Mr.. G.. S. Emery
had already declared that some of the
goods belonged TO Us. 1t must be remem-
bered that while that might have been
sufficient reason for the police department
to return the goods to our office if they be-
lieved Mr.. Geo. S. Emerys statement, il
was not sufficient reason for the committee
to claim the goods in the absence of iden-
LITIGATION.
No Interest I'm C. s. Emery.
Now. while we have passed resolutions,
unanimously. generating our secretary,
Mr. l.. S. Emery from censure we have
no interest In Mr.. G. S. Emery, and we
certainly would not make any attempt to
screen him from an investigation into his
relation to the matter.
"On the contrary, each member of your
committee, which looked into the facts
stands ready to give all the information in
his possession. in order to help in clearing
up the unfortunate transactions, and thus
remove 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.
Your committee feels that the above
statement is sufficient to clear away some
of the wrong ideas now in the minds of the
public, and we beg leave to assure all the
friends of the Associated Charities that we
stand ready to cooperate in any general
movement on the part OF the public and
all charitable citizens in devising some
more complete and efficient means of deal
ing with this old and ever-present uues-
ton: The needs of our dependent poor in
our cities All of which is respectfully
submitted"
regular business meeting of the board
was held, at which reports for the month
were submitted