The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-17
M NALLY CLAIM PAID.
The Perplexing Forester
Case Settled at
Last.

Michael ]. McNally, a member OF
Court Cunningham F. of A, received
a check for $11O from Treasurer Robert
F. Mathews of the court yesterday af-
ternoon at o'clock, and, with the pay
ment of the check, one of the most
talked-of cases among secret societies
in Worcester came to an end.
The check was drawn and signed by
Chief Ranger James A. Quinn; P. T.
Moore, financial secretary; Michae
Stack, senior woodward; John Bowe
and j. j. Cummings of the finance
committee and bore the official seal OF
the court. The payment of this check
has been patiently awaited by Mr.. Nc
Nally since August 1898, and yester-
day it was delivered over to him in the
presence of Grand Chief Ranger Daniel
F. Fitzgerald, Deputy Chief Ranger P
B, Ronayne and Chief Ranger Quinn.
Since the case first came before the
court for settlement up to the present
day, 20 members have been expelled
from the organization, the police have
been called in to settle disturbances
and the grand lodge officers have been
kept busy constantly. 1t all happened
because a few members insisted on fol-
lowing the dictation of one member
and it was with considerable work that
Mr.. Mentally succeeded in finally get
ting what was rightfully his
The case when it came before the
court in August. 1898. was voted on.
On decision from Deputy Grand Chief
Ranger George r. Tuson the court was
ordered to pay the bill, but refused to
do so, and appealed to Grand Chief
Ranger Slattery. The grand chief ran
ger thought that the bill should not be
paid. Mr.. McNally took an appeal to
the executive council, and it overruIed
the opinion of the chief ranger and vo-
ted to recommend the decision of the
deputy grand chief
The court refused to consider this de-
cision, and the case was taken before
the committee on appeals and grievan-
ces, which met in Boston in May, 1899,
and the committee reported at the
state convention in Boston that it had
voted to approve of the decision Of the
executive committee, ordering the pay
ment of the claim.
Thomas N. Dean and other members
of the court who held office, still re-
fused to pay the claim. The court had
voted in the meantime twice to pay the
claim, but each time the original bill,
which was made out and signed by DIR.
John F. McKeon, had been lost, and
despite the decision of the grand Off
GERS and higher councils, it was never
paid. A civil suit was entered by Mr.
McNally in the courts, but it was with
drawn on recommendation of Grand
Chief Ranger Daniel F. Fitzgerald and
McNally was nonsuited when the case
was called for trial.
Mr.. Dean and some other members
of the order We're suspended by order
of the grand chief ranger, and are still
out of the court having earned for
themselves the names of insurgents A
prominent Forester, in discussing the
case yesterday, told The Spy man that
Mr.. Dean was entirely in the wrong,
and not only put himself in a bad light,
but put all Foresters in the city in a
bad light.
A duplicate of the original bill was
made out several days ago and signed
by DR.. Mexican, and yesterday it was
paid. Mr.. McNally did not care so
much for the money, he told The Soy
man last night, but he followed the
case up merely on principle.