New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-04
DELEILANTY FACES ACCTSERS
GOVERNOR or SNUG HARBOR WAS IN
TOXICATED. 4 NURSE SWEARS.
THE NAVAL COMMANDER ADMITS ALL THE
OTHER CHARGES. AND CALLS IT
4 CONSPIRACY.

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The Board Of Trustees Of the Sailors Snug
Harhor yesterday held the first session Of it's
investigation into the charges preferred against
Commander Doehanty. L. :. n the Governor
OF the Harbor. by the nurses Of the Institution.
The Board sat in the office al so. 81 Nassau-st
resolution was passed carly in the meeting TO
the effect that nothing should be given to the
press about the investigation. as it was a pri-
vate affair This resolution was vigorously OBJ
j'cted TO by Captain George L. Norton, who.
with Captain Austin Jayne. forms the marine
portion Of the Board. Captain Norton told a
Tribune reporter who called at his home last
night the story Of the meeting
Il suppose they will think I am sort Of
Judas lscariot TO give this out" said Captain
Norton but 7 made my protest at the time
against the muzzling Of the press. and they
Know where stan1 in the matter. When the
resolution wae being debated Controller Green
leaf said to NJ GoN that with one exception
no account Of the doinge Of the Board had been
given out for sixty years. Well then rs about
time they were given out I said. This thing
has been going on long enough. and the public
ought 10 know about it"
Morris K. Jesup. the president presided over
the meeting. according to Captain Norton. and
the other trustees present were Recorder Goff
the Rev Dr. Morgan Dix. the Rev Dr. Howard
Duiheld and Captains JAYNE and Norton Lewis
l.. pclafeid. the counsel for the Board was also
present.
DELEHANTY CALLS TT CONSPIRACY.
Commander Delehanty took the stand first"
said Captain Norton. and made statement
giving i'm detail the history Of his term as Coy
ernor of the Harbor. and admitting all Of the
charges except one. This was tho charge OF in
toxication Commander Dcehanty denied that
he had ever been at tho Sailors S.ug Harbor in
an intoxicated condition. While he admitted
the charges against him of Interfering with the
work of the physician. Dr. JOY and giving d.
rcctions to him and to the nurses he said that
he had done this because he thought it for the
best interests of the Iiarbor He said that the
physician and Inc nurses had not done their
duty. and that he proposed To see that they did
do IT, Commander Dclehanty then bitterly as
sailed Captains Jayne and Norton He said
that the whole thing was Il conspiracy on their
part to put him out IL office. There~vas some
thing of a stir when the Governor made this
statement Iie repeated it. and denounced the
charges again as nothing more nor less than a
scheme of the marine portion Of the Board to
lifi him out of his job
THAT accusation is absurd" said Captain
myself are opposed to Commander Delehanty
as Governor because he is naval officer.
while the Sailors Snug Harbor Is an institution
for the merchant marine and should be gov
erned by a man whose sympathles lie in that
direction. But that conspiracy story IS absurd
on IT'S face. The charges were preferred by the
nurses and by nobody else. and were simply
handed 10 mo as a member Of the Board 10 pre-
sent 10 the Board.
commander Delehanty spoke for an hour.
Il didn't ask him any questions" said Captain
Norton, because I'm saving those. I'll give him
a few later that he will find hard to answer
at the conclusion Of Commander Deehanty's
speech Frederick Evans. nurse. was called
up as the first witness. He fatty contradi ted
commander Delahanty AT the start by saying
that he had seen the latter in the Sailors Snug
Iarhor I'm an intoxicated condition and that
he would swear TO it, He said he had snelt the
Governors breath and had seen the way he
walked, and that he was positive In his belief
that the Governor was intoxicated at the time
Recorder Gon ana Mr.. Delahed both cross
examined Mr. Evans closely, and had several
lively Tits with him. but could not shake his
testimony. The witness spent the rest Of the
time describing the grievances against Governor
Delehanty
The session closed before Mr. Evans's testl-
mony was finished AS it had been agreed that
each session should be only two hours in
length"
CHARGE or DRUNKENNEss REPEATED
When Mr. Evans was seen after the meeting
and asked if he sure he had seen Com
mander Delehanty intoxicated In the Harbor he
replied that ne was sure Of IT,
II haven't X ray eyes" he said "but ne was
intoxicated as near as could make out and il
didn't smell liquor on his breath it was some
thing so much like it that | could not tell the
difference. said that IN my testimony. and You