New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-08
THAT LIBERTY BELL SCHEME.
MCDOWELL EXPLAINS HIS HUMAN |
LEAGUE OF FREEDOM"
HE SAYS THE METAL WAS BELL METAL" FROa
THE KEARsARGE. ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL
BELL Is AT ANNAPoILs-THE LEAGUE"
~ A FORMATIVE PERIOD" ONLY.

THE KEARsARGE. ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL
BELL Is AT ANNAPoILs-THE LEAGUE"
IN FORMATIVE PERIOD" ONLY.
William O. Mcdowell is expected to appear before
A. Is. c. Salmon in Newark to-day for the purpose
Of explaining why he can't pay bin OF 500 50 TO
tie Holbrook Printing Company. Judgment for
that amount obtained against Mcdowell by
Lawrence S. Mott. receiver of the company.
Tho work done by the company consisted In
printing appeals to patriotic citizens TO rally around
the Human League Of Freedom. Of which Nc
Dowell was and is chairman. Mcdowell has been
engaged for five years In collecting funds for divers
objects. In which the name OF Liberty was Used
unsparlngly The Newark Sunday Call" has been
making inquiries and in yesterdays issue OF that
paper this statement made:
Last February. as readers of this paper know
The Call' began an invest. CATION OF Mcdowell
dongs "a manager OF the Human League Of Free
dom. II did not say that he was a swindler. but
obtained from many people around the country
contributions to the funds Of the league. and has
misapproprated large part Of this money-how
much lie alone knows.
Among the letters sen. out last year by Mcdowell
was the following:
Dear Sir: This committee has secured from the
the famous United States cruiser Kearsarge that
sunk the Alabama, and they are able to iurn'sh
limited I'M. number Of ep oe The rs
l0 at s5 each. the second 100 at 80 each ana the
balance estimated at from nifty 10 seventy-nEe, At
SIS each. Each bell Will be accompanied by GER
thcate 70 the genuneness OF the metal. and
will have engraved upon it the following texts from
the old Liberty and Columbian Liberty Bell
'Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto ali
the Inhabitants thereof"
GLORY 10 God In the highest. and on earth peace
and good Will toward men
"A new commandment give unto you. that we
love one another.
The CALI wrote to William McAdoo, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy In his answer Mr.. McAdoo
said that the Kcarsarge bell is now at the United
States Naval Academy Annapolis. Md. and he In
closed the following copy of letter on the same
subject written last year:
Navy Department, WASHINGTON. Dec. ., 1895
Sir: In reply TO your letter OF the It'll inst, in
which you state that Anna NJ. Ross POST NO a.
c. 4. r, is in receipt OF circular letter from
Newark. j. offering to sell liberty bells monde -
tho Kearsarges bell has been recovered ana placed
in the hands OF a committee known as the Column
In reply have TO inform you that this Depart
ment knows nothing whatever OF the matter TO
which YOU refer. The bell OF tho kearsarge was
OF the United States Naval Academy from tho
wreckers who looted the vessel after her loss and
is in the custody OF the United States Naval
W. McAdoo Acting Secretary.
Mr.. James Walker. Adjutant. Anna NJ. Ross Post
a. G. A. r.. Philadelphia. Penn.
In answer TO these charges. Mcdowell sent tho
following statement 10 The Tribune last night
The committee OF which was Chairman was
offered by A Junk dealer on souih-st.. Ncw-York,
a lot OF bell metal from tho Kearsarge that had
been received from the West Indies wreck This
male into souvenir liberty bells. and was tho
basis OF our circular letter referred 10 In this
mornings Call" The Human Freedom League IL
composed OF the contributors 10 various liberty
efforts IKE the Statue Of Liberty Washington and
Bunker Hill monuments etc. ,,.-,o,.,.,,
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