Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
THE RED CROSS INQUIRY
REMoNSTRANTS FILE ANSWER TO
.socIETY's REPLY.
They Insist Upon Special Investiga-
ton of All Miss Clara
Barton's Acts.

Senator Proctor, chairman of the investi-
eating committee. has received the answer
of the remonstrants to the reply of the
American Red Cross. A thorough investi-
cation into all the acts Of the Red Cross
from the beginning Of the society is in
sisted upon. Miss Clara Barton's acts are
especially to be investigated. according to
the views of the remonstrantS
1t is stated that at one meeting OF the
society. soon after the Galveston flood,
Stephen Barton. nephew of Miss Barton:
appeared before the board of control and
said that moneys used for Red Cross pur-
poses had come addressed to and were
remitted to Clara Barton personally, and
that little latitude should be given and
given graciously to Miss Barton in her
desires as to what use should be made of
that money"
Want Miss Barton's Bank Accounts.
They say it Is their right to know what
money was given to Miss Barton as presi-
dent of the Red Cross and what was given
to her as an individual. and what was so
given as to make the president account
able for it to the association. 1t was the
duty, they declare of the Red Cross presi-
dent to reveal what funds were given by
the donors to be used she might choose,
and what were stamped with trust They
then call for all of Miss Barton's bank
accounts.
With reference to the Gardener donation
of tract of land in Indiana, which was
decided to Miss Barton in trust for the Red
Cross and which she permitted to revert to
the donor. the point Is made that while
Miss Barton, as a trustee. might, with the
aid of a court of equity, relinquish her trus-
teeship. she had no right whatever to re-
linquish the rights of the Red Cross or
ganzation. AS many of the suspended
members are among the incorporators of
fIA pa1 trnc fhnyy aTuyd 10 Or n
Miss Barton to restore the property donated
without authority.
The AtweH Contract.
The paper tells story differing ma terial-
ly from that given by the adherents of
Miss Barton as to the Atwell collection
of money for the Red Cross Miss Barton
admitted that Atwell had collected money,
but said he had threatened the society
with a damage suit because of the inter-
ference of Mrs. Ellen s. Mussey, who had
cancelled his contract and had injured his
reputation.
Miss Barton said she had permitted him
to retain what he had collected and had
given him out of her own pocket 81 900 to
settle the matter.
1t is asserted by the remonstrants that
Mrs. Mussey, as counsel for the society
held that the contract made by Miss Bar
ton with Atwe1l was made without proper
authority and was not binding upon the
corporation.
Atwell however, refused to release Miss
Barton from her contract, although he did
promise not to solicit any more funds. This
promise, the remonstrants say, was not
kept. and Mrs. Musssy had to go to New
York to annul the contract.
They point also to the collection by w.
w. Howard of $12 600 and the fact that no
part of this reached the Red Cross as
further evidence of maladministration. Re
ferrng to the denial that dissatisfaction eX-
tod hn ,lyir % 10 Da1
they ask that the letters of resignation of
George KEENAN, and the Rev. Alexander
Kent be called for by the investigating
committee.