The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04

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Nor Russian army officer. escaped eS-
Z lie from siberia. md Juvenile pret"e-
tive worker, vas next called. He told
of having spent ton ds.s AT the Assoc
Ctstcd Charities buildins. and 81 ha'-
ing attended tho meeting NJ Mrs. Ma
sons home
While was at toe associated
Charities ~F.rsi. Lane attefup pied @gi.
eide by drinking cRrbnliC acid. NftCT
the tC~nuiotion subsidized pT. EiIcaan-
an informed mc that he mad tpld the
reporters that the cir tried to Kill
herself on Nens Bile street, and not at
the Associated Charities, ! sskeo him
ny he DID this. becsJ use J did not
approve Of deceit ii" said because
liz would not reflect any credit on the
Associated Charities for the story OF
her attempted suicide there to get
out This deception hurt me very
much.
The neat morning Mrs. Neville vas
much excited and rushed to me, say
ing, 'Ers.e Lane has a knife and
threatens to commit suicide. went
upstairs TO where the girl was. she
sat psaAng potatoes with a knife.
pretended that i had broken "A finger
nail aud asked her TO lend me the
knife to cut II of. she hande me
the knife. Then / sat down and talk
ed and prayed with her for an hour
nor more. She told me a rad story
Of being beaten by her parents. When
Or. Buchanan came back he repri-
manded me for going upstairs 10 the
girls department. This also hurt me,
because | felt that | had done a kind
act and possibly saved the girls life
He Wanted to Preach.
Witness told of his -~endeaNoFs- to
get Or. B~uchanan's permission to
take the boys and girls to church.
! but the secretary said the guard was
not large enough to prevent escapes.
lie said DR.. Buchanan also declined
TO ALLOW him to read the Bible and
preach TO the inmate of the
institution. the secretary saying 1t was
not a religious but q charitable in
stitution.
Col. Lochwttzsky, being cross~ex-
amined. was asked II he knew Pearl
: Atkins, and had made an engage
ment to meet her at the post-of1ce.
He replied in the affirmative and re-
aented what he thought an asper-
sion on his character. He said the
girl was a poor waitress whom he
had helped 10 buy much needed
clothes, that subsequent to his out
fitting her she became sick, lost her
position and needed help. and that
he wrote to her and told her to meet
him at the po~gt-ofice and he would
give her further assistance.
Used Banana as Pistol.
Col. LochwitSsky said in reply to
questions that he had never been
a detective, but had served al a
deputy sheriff without compensation
and on one occasion arrested a des-
uerate counterfei,er by leVeling a
banana at the ~latter's head, and which
the counterfeiter thought was a piSr
toll.
"rf you adopted a ruse to get the
knife from the Lane girl. n drew a
banana on a counterfeiter, don't you
think Ii is sometimes necessary for
the secretary OF a charita bic organi-
cation to adopt tsotfui methods in
handling the inmates and affairs y
asked Attorney Montague.
Certainly" replied Col, Lochwttz-
sky. Understand me, / make no
| criticism Of DR.. Buchanan. was
here for ten days n save some
things which + certified in my am
davit at Mrs. Mason's home"
Isn't IL a fact that the essence of
YOUR testimony is that If you had
been secretary of the Associated
Charities you would have run things
the way you thought best and that
Or. Buchanan as secretary Is running
things the WAY he considers best ?"
inquired the attorney.
Yes. that Ia true q the wit
ness. II am more sentimental han
DR.. Buchanan. He told me go. Others
have told me so. I believe in being
kindly. DR.. Buchanan has strict
orders a n seems TO me TO be toe
firm and stern"
Colonel Lockwitssky said he paid
no attention to the Associated Chair
Iaies work done ty Or, Buchanan, but
was interested in the Juvenile Pro
~tective activities. He said Or. Buch,'
anan was secretary of both organi'
cations, Colonel Lochwitzsky did no
believe this was right because the
too offices sometimes conflict.
DR.. Buchanan agreed with thu
colonel, saying there was too mucf
work for one man, but adding
there's no one else to DO 1t but me-
Draws But One Salary.
At his point Mr.. Lecky explained
that DIR. Buchanan received a salar
OF 5000 a month from the Associated
Charities and was allowed to do thu
work Of secretary of the Juvenile
Protective Association. The Juve'
nile Protective Association pays thu
Associated Charities $50 a month fol
letting Or. Buchanan do the work.
said Mr.. Lecky. "Dr. Buchanan re
ceives not one cent of this $50. II al
goes TO our organization treasury"
The next witness called was Mrs
Mason. She seemed TO be greatly up
set and somewhat indignant thai
premature publicity had been giver
the meetings held at her home. Shit
STYLED the newspapers and reporter!
pretty cute and smart" Mrs. Masoi
re Ia she-knsw-aething about tn,
Associated Charities personally. AL
her Information came from persons
who had been at the Associated
Charities.
: W haven't got our witnesses TO,
gether or made any charges" de
clared Mrs, Mason, The whole
thing was sprung on us unexpectedly
We held the meeting TO talk matters
over. / had heard rumors that
various yeople had complained and
they were invited TO my house to
make afhdavits which We wanted DR.,
Mastin to look owe and tell us II there
was enough IN them to warrant an IN
vestigation, Blu. we were pushed out
of our track b. the premature pub
LEGATION About our meeting. We
haven't had time 70 call our wit
! nessas because they are poor people
scattered all over the city"
When Chairman Patterson asked
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