The sun., 1905-12-19
YONKERS PRIEST ACCUSED.
FATHER II. 4. BRADY CHARGED
WITH GRAND LARCENY.

| formerly chaplain Of the SiXty-ninth kegl-
ment and now curate in st. Joseph 8
Roman Catholic Church in Yonkers, has
been accused before the Grand Jury in
White Plains Of grand larceny. The
charge against Father Brady is that he'
with Thomas Qualey, young man OF his
parish, by means Of forged power OF
attorney made away with $4,000 belonging
| to Mrs Rosetta Brady of 10 Ravine avenue
Yonkers Qualey has also been indicted
| for the same offence. Father Brady Is IN
st. Josephs Hospital at Yonkers very sick
with typhoid fever.
Mrs Brady died suddenly on September %
last. The money, it is charged, was drawn
from the Westchester Trust Company by
Qualey and turned over by him to the priest
in April before she died. Father Brady
at present is defendant in two suits which
have been brought, by Lavinia Lally a
woman lawyer of $50 Nassau street, who
appears for Viola Ness, alleged to be Mrs
Bradys only heir and next of kin
The suits are to be tried in February
according to Miss Lally. One is an action
to recover 50, ,3oe which it is alleged, Father
Brady Qualey and bartender named Car
tin got in all from Mrs. Brady. The other
purporting to have been executed by Mrs
Brady years ago in favor Of the priest and
alleged by Miss Lally to be forged instru-
ment.
The mortgage was assigned by the priest
to Patrick j. McNulty, according to Miss
Lally, and McNulty is also a defendant in
that action. The litigation has been going
on for some time, but criminal proceedings
were instituted only recently. The Grand
Jury had before 1t ten witnesses in the
matter.
Mrs Brady and the priest, though Of the
same name, were not related. According
to the story told by Miss Lally, which she
says was testified to before the Grand
Jury and also set forth in a civil suit Father
Brady and the woman never met until two
years ago, when Mrs. Brady's husband died.
Mrs. Brady was so years old when she died
She and Miss Lally's family had been neigh
bors in Yonkers for years
The Lallys now live at 234 Dean street.
Brooklyn Soon after Mrs. Brady's hus-
band died Miss Lally says. Mrs Brady
sent for her grandniece. Miss Ness, who
lives in California, and told her that she
would get all her property. This consisted
of two houses on Ravine avenue. In De-
cember. 1904, Mrs Brady sold one Of the
houses for SO, 800
1t is alleged that she asked Father Brady
who was present when the money was
paid over to deposit the money for her.
It was put in several banks by the priest.
In the Westchester Trust Company he
opened an account in the names of both
Mrs. Brady and himself That was on
4, Ia Il
an account as trustee.
In the complaint on which the indict-
ment was found, according to Miss laly,
it is charged that he drew up a power Of
attorney purporting to have been made
by Mrs Brady to Qualey, who is only 10
years old. Mrs Brady could not write.
In the instrument a cross was made after
her signature, which was in Father Bradys
handwriting, With this power Of attorney,
Qualey, it is charged, went to the West
chester Trust Company in April, drew
out 81 900 and turned it over to the priest
who accompanied him
Qualey day or two after. told his brother
what he had done, and asked him II he
would be arrested Tho brother sent him
to have talk with Dr. NJ 6 Gallagher. a
physician of Yonkers and friend Of the
family. Miss Lay said that the brother
and Dr. Gallagher informed her of the facts.
They we're also witnesses before the Grand
Jury They are alleged to have testified
about Qualey's confession to them. The
paving teller Of the trust company was also
a witness.
Accordin TO Miss Lally's story. Father
Brady got Mrs. Brady to leave her home
several months before this and took her
to the home Of Annie Savage. former
servant The mortgage of $1,000 which
he put on record last April was dated four
days after Mrs. Brady was moved.
month after Mrs. Brady died a will was
offered for probate in which she lie t all
her property. real and personal. 10 St
Josephs Church and Father Link, the
rector
Surrogate Silkman, sitting IN GonEers,
after hearing part of the testimony, Miss
Lally says, threw this will out and ap-
pointed temporary administrator. There
is now pending motion for receiver for
Mrs. Brady property.
In the civil action for the recovery of the
money it is alleged that practically all Of
Mrs Bradys money was drawn out Of the
banks and disposed Of According to
Miss Lally s9o5 was turned over by Father
Brady to James Ca1tin, whom he had known
when chaplain of the regiment. Cartin
is said to have testified before the Grand
Jury that Father Brady told him that Mrs,
Brady wanted him - have it because she had
information thai he was a distant relative.
Miss Lally said last night that there had
also appeared a deed of Mrs Brady's other
house to Mary Kane a servant in doctors
family in this city. An ejectment suit has
been started by Miss Lally on the ground
that the deed is forgery,
Miss Lally told Sun reporter last night
at her home in Brooklyn that she wasn't
half through with the case and was going
to press matters against the priest to the
end.
Il laid this matter before the District
Attorney in White Plains in the first of
October" said Miss Lally. For some
reason it was not brought before the Grand
Jury until this month. In less than year
all the money in the banks disappeared
her only piece of real estate was mortgaged
and her equity in it was decided away to
woman she had never known. She told my
mother last May that she hadn't drawn any
money from the banks and hadn't signed
any mortgage to Father Brady and never
received any money from him. Father
Brady explained then that the mortgage
was for a loan he had made to her"
Miss Ially said that she had laid tho