The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-20
NO INDICTMENTS
IN SCHOOL B0ARD
INQUIRY
JUSTICE STEIN WHO MADE The
GRAND JURY iNvEsrloArioN
SAYS CHARGES ARE RESULT
or siTTERNEss or PoLIrics

No warrants will be issued as the
result OF Police Justice Stems grand
jury investigation OF school board Of.
fairs.
Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
ney James A. Robson. who represents
ed the prosecutors once In the In
vestigation. submitted an exhaustive
report on the subject to Justice Stein,
Monday morning. He nnds that the
charges made against certain members
of the board are groundless and In
some cases wholly imaginary. While
he criticises some OF the methods In
vogue. he sayss1that the inquiry has
disclosed nothing upon which TO- base
h criminal prosecution.
School Inspectors Hiram c. Cold
berg and Herman Schultz, who have
been most conspicuous In their OPP
position to the Martindale-Geolge
crowd In the board, are the only per-
sons specifically mentioned as come
plainants In the assistant prosecutors
report, and they are sharply criticised
for making sensational allegations
which are found TO have no founda-
ton. or at least not such q foundation
Stein indorses Report
Justice Stein Endorsed Mr. Robison's
report as follows:
fndorse the Recommendations OF the
prosecuting attorneys office and IT.
comments upon the proceedings 1t -
manifest to me that the so-called poll.
tics of the board OF education give rtoe
to direrences. and differsnces have lsd
factions there. ! personally deplore
| that politics should enter into the mau-
agement or the. public schools but
cannot assume that politics should not
exist there because IL Ii q system which
has been repeatedly upheld by the peo-
pie. As long as the present system OF
government In this country lasts. JUST
go long will there be politics. parties
and factions. and there always will be
rivalry and bitterness. But l hold IL =
going TO an unconscionabie extreme Ter
one faction to call upon officers OF
justice 10 fasten crime upon the OPP
posing faction; or even to call Tor an
the facts show none to exist No COM
plant has been called to our attention.
which. as magistrate OF law, ! would
entertain as the basis Of criminal
proceeding
II anything has been overlooked Ia
the investigation 1t Is evidently not
THE fault OF the fnstigators. Nothing
could have been more comprehensive.
Ia one instance the charges bark back
IA years and Involve an inspector
who has long been In his grave. Ias.
Kennedy, formerly principal In
one OF the public schools. waS cr0d-
tied with having said that he once
saw SIS paid an inspector to induce
him to favor certain drawing book
Mr. Kennedy was examined as to the
alleged instance.
Ibid you ever hear of an inspector
being paid $75 to vote for drawing
book contract" he was asked.
Not 375." was the reply.
ANY sum-
THAT was IL years ago. That In
spector Ia now dead
says Ne Gave Hely Money.
School Inspector Albert Hely, once
charged with accepting bride from
James Barker for the purpose Of get-
ting him Job as janitor. but who
was never prosecuted. figures quite
prominently In Mr.. Robison's report
Several pages are devoted to q dir
cussion OF charge that he demanded
$40 from Albert G. Buelow I'm c0nDtd-
GRAFTON of his securing Buelow's APP
pointment az engineer OF the Brad
ford Smith school Ave years ago. Buzz
low. who resigned year later to &C.
cept better Job in brewery. admit
ted before Justice stein that he had
given Hely IS.
Did Hely ask you for money! he
was asked.
.sHe never asked me for any money.
but he limited Ike a. II he wauted
some"
What did you say when you gave
him the S."
my feet was sore. told him (
had not been around anywhere with
| him the same ~ the others. spending
money. and said. here's nve DOH
lars"
Commenting on this charge. Mr.
Robson says: 4:
.Tt would be useless to lay such
uncertain testimony before jury -
the sole basis for conviction OF soh-
citing or receiving q bride. II Inepec-
tor HeIy did receive ~ or 70 nom
| Buelow. the fact In not 50 presented
to ne as to warrant q complaint being
| taken"
Inspector Schultz was the complain
ant in this instance.
Groaan Exonerated.
Five solid pages are devoted to the
famous stamp scandal Of year ego.
which involved Clerk William y. Gro
gan, of the secretary's ONCE. Grognn
is exonerated by the prosecutor. but
tho report adds:
The inquiries brought out wretch
ed and careless method OF business
One OF the complaints made BY In
spsetor Goldberg was that the inter,
ests of the public schools have sur
fered by reason OF friendship and the
politics In the promotion OF teach
ers."
AFTER nm examination a. TO hi<
reasons for the accusation" says the
report, he was asked question and
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