The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-25
nUNGLE SURPRISED
Eyler Investigating Com
mittee Meets in This
City and Creticises
the New Trus-
tees.

The committee appointed by the last
Legislature to investigate the charges
against Mrs Myrtle Eyler,. the neau oi
the Industrial School for Girls, held a
meeting yesterday afternoon at NO. 90
Montgomery street. The meeting was
scheduled to take place at three cIocA'
hut If was some time after that when MT.
Albeit appeared None of the other meHl-
hers came and it looked as though there
would be no meeting But ABOUT HVe
o'clock Messrs. Wakelee, Munsle anu
MeeIxer appeared and soon locked tnenl-
selves in an inner room, They said that
all they did was to consider their report
which they hope to have ready TOT pres
entation to Acting Governor Johnson next
Tuesday.
The members of the committee were
free in their criticism of the action OF the
new trustees of the institution IN ap-
pointing Mrs. Eyler superintendent MT.
Mungle said that didn't care to be quoted
just now.
'"The committee has not yet finished us
work, and I do not care to have mucn ~
saw about it until that has been done anu
the report turned over to the Governor
or the Acting Governor" he said Then
in the next breath he went on:-"l do not
think that the best results will be optaineo
| at the school until there is male super
| intendent in charge. Further than that
I NAV say that think it was bad taste
for the Board of Trustees, knowing the
| situation as they did, to appoint Mrs.
Eyler as superintendent. The trustees
knew that it was the intention of the
legislative committee to have man
placed there as superintendent
| 81 had seen but one of the new trustees
since their appointment, and when sa"
him there was no talk of her appoint-
ment. Neither have I seen the Cover
nor in regard to the matter"
MIR. Mungle said the committee had no
j mower to recommend any changes in the
management of the school as much as
| they would like to do SO and added: =
"The committee was appointed to inyes-
tigate these charges against the manage
ment of the school, and then there was
| further power extended to US, in that we
1 were authorized to continue the inquiry
during the recess of the Legislature. Our
| duty was to investigate these charges
and make a report to the Governor, for
| submission to the next Legislature. we
1 will. therefore. make no reeommenda-
tions, but our report will simply be
| summary of the testimony taken before
the committee.
st guess the evidence will show whether
or not the allegations were borne out by
the evidence" continued Mr.. Mungie,
with a smile. 1.-THE public has read much
| of the evidence in the newspapers, and
the public can judge. I do not care to
say anything more about it just now"
Mr. Albeit, the minority member OF the
| committee. said he was surprised when
he heard of Mrs. Eyler's appointment
/ He said he had nothing to say upon
the subject until the committee had I'M
fshed its work and made its report The
minority member also expressed some
surprise at the appointment of Mrs
Eyler.
Mr.. Meeker, as usual did not have
much to say, and would not commits
himself to the extent of discussing the
| action of the new trustees.