The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-03
private Affair.

Grant. who assumes to call herself Sister
RosaIie." yesterday, to ask her about the
Home for the Blind, which she conducts,
/ she declined to give any detailed informal
saying it was none of the public's
ltula iness.s
This is the old answer of suspected
frauds to the inquiries of the press. 1t
was the answer made by Ramscar of the
tOld Peoples Home in New York, but
In spite of it MI. Ramscar served a con-
siderable term on BlackwelIs Island. 1T
is the answer of Pierce, the fiogging boss
of the. Westchester Temporary Retreat,
and yet Mr.. Pierce finds himself the OBJ
5ect of a peculiarly damaging public en-
quiry, with more than an even chance
that the Grand Jury win take an active
part in the subsequent proceedings.
For obvious reasons, we do not desire.
1T this stage of the case. to class Rose
Grant with these two notorious persons.
We merely desire to draw attention to
the similarity between her position and
theirs when called upon to reply to charges
of gross abuse. She may be an angel in
human shape. or she may be the direct
opposite. We shall know more about this
presently.
Down to date, these are the facts about
the case which are definitely known. The
woman Rose Grant dresses as a sister
or nun, and in that garb she collects con-
aributions from charitably disposed per-
sons. She is a weli-known figure down
town, and she visits offices and stores,
even liquor saloons, dressed in her .tre-
sc~riptions. Yet we nave the positive as
surance of Bishop Wigger that she is not
a sister, that her adoption of the dress is
= false pretence, and that she herself
and her enterprise are not -countenance
by the Roman Catholic Church. In the
second place. and IN connection with the
BisasY5Gsy q d~iat:on-of her we have the
fact thasse calls her Home" a 'catho
lic'' institution. Her fimsy excuse thai
she uses the word Catholic" in its ety.
biological and not in its special sense is
shown to be mere impudent tmposture by
the fact hat the Incorporated name of the
concern is the "Home of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help" which is assuredly moth
ing IL not Roman" Catholic.
These matters suggest a strong prima
hacie case against Rose Grant. Added to
them we have two f~acts:-First, that she
was expelled from the management of a
home for the blind by the Catholic
Church authorities over five years ago,
with a strong suspicion that cruelty and
abuse were the motives for her removal.
Second, there is now against her a
specific direct charge of brutal ill-usage
Of the inmates of her home. She is ac-
Fused of beating, starving and otherwise
hi-using them, n one boy preferred to
face the deadly cold of Tuesday night,
naked, rather than endure life under this
Woman's rule any longer. 1t leaks out
That some time ago he pronounced her
y devil.
Now, is this a private affair?
We think not. It seems to us to be a
Ease for the State Charities Aid Associa-
Ton to take up with vigor, and for Judge
Llppineott to present to the Grand jury.
|
THE enterprise of the New York papers
vas wonderfully shown in the way they
copied this morning s.The News. report
Of the Rose Grant Home" for the blind
scandal from our columns. It is a suffi-
cient tribute to the thorough work done
by THE News that not one paper print
. even the most trifing circumstance
additional to those whic we presented
e the public in yesterday afternoons
edition.
RAINEs and his bill seem to be having
p bad time of # in New York. But tbe
tool of Boss Plat Is not Discouraged
He has something even more Infamous
~ AS stSENe 10 lnnict on the great
Metropolis during the coming session of
the New York Legislature.
-
II Is understood that the silver sena-
tors propose to " revenge on President
Cleveland by rejecting all his appoint
ments when submitted for confirmation.
This is about the mental and moral calibre
Of a silver Senator. But probably the
President can stand it if they can. and
the aDpointees will not suffer any serious
loss In being out of Office for three
months.
THE Memphis "'scimetar," one of the
most prominent sound money papers In
the South, speaking of DR.. parkhurst
Ind Mrs. Grannis, says
Parkhurst should be whipped out Of
New York at the carts tai and the
FomaD gwen an experience on the duck
ing stool Slanderers Of their sort are
not fit to live IN a decent cornn,.o4t~