The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07
Few Witnesses Remain t0
Cfiticise Sec'y Buchanan n
and Organization
STRUCTURES MADE BY
TWO WOMEN MONDAYs
"Ersie" Lane Said Official Slappss
ed Her-Tells Why She Tried 9
Suicide-Mrs. Jones Com
plains-Others Testify. q

Unless an attorney representing the
prose ution'' appears N the tnves~
tigatio1 now oeing made q. the A.
ISOLATED IrLritiCs and tue conduCe
OF Secretary James Buchanan. It 4 u
believed t!ae hearing VIII concludes
| Tuesday aft4lf o,-u-
Practically all the Witnesses whose Ns
names wer- gjtta the G. tDnittce IT,
the beginning Uf the investigatfo0s 8s
have been heard. Several, howev0fs
could not b. found ana did not Ap-
psar before the probers 1T Mondaysq
session Al. he ccncn sicn OF tho
thee and hulf nours' q,esttontn2&a
Monday the cc:ntc.,ttee adJourned TO-
meet at 5 oc,o:k IuesGay afternO0n.
At Mondays session Mrs. LandonS
Il Mason. wEo called the Eeettng 60
tho c1noia.n:nt s at her home lMAe
Wednesday. Made IL liaia that ah0al
wished TO have cur side represents
ell by cou.4scl. L.torney Murray nc
CURE SAT- nc could not serve AosS
counselor occ.use two of his aSDO~
ciates Eeso on the board ef directCrns.
OF the Associated Charities. He sid
Mr.. George Annette would take th1s6
case" aru .ought to obtain a con-
! tiruancc. This The committee de-
ciined to grant. although Chairman
/ Patterson sclj he ana mis- associatees
would BE- yiaa To lee NJ AtnsHe ~ y
su:h time az he was able to ap-
| pear at tie in. Cstigs&tion.
| Two Damaging Statements.
! Mondays session proSrred two
4 somewhat damaging statemenf9
againss LIZ. buchanan. but lie has not
/ yet beesl hear, and may n flute the94.
/ The ms, came from s. GFuu}4e
/ Lane. q ,ss-heasied Atrl. who No.
spent some -ime At the AfsOeiAto 4
Cherities as Ar ,oeorrIgipIe lasa. 4M4 u
Z who a.tampted suicide In the btil14SsS
i Ing at Fourteenth ana ErAnkmM%
streets. She aid Or. Eccbanan ha4
ben guilty of ~ propri~ties toward u
her an slapped her at rrEt Sn6 o.
| ciared she d.snk tarbc.ic acfd to eu0 NJ
| her lie because Il DR. Buchananso
| treatm.n. u Ter and later admitted
that love afarr with Meade Wad0
was recpansi le ter hrr desire 10 da4s
| the Gecond del ogatoiy statements
was mad ~ Nrs. Lula .se.ns Jones'
| who disclaih.ed any alliance Nith
! Mrs. Mas n's at OF con- p:airantn. oG1f
said she regarded her drtv TO tell g. II
I her borrowing ,x,erHffes with 0rs8
| buchanan just what Dr. BuchAuAn
he'd sa.ss 10 Mr.. Jones to &t sererNlX
orend he- @as ever ne de- plain. ~
though sra repeatedly States. that nt9ss
/ language MAS obscene, vulgar. grCe1
barrass'ng. and he evea made ru0A
! reflections on my Chrlst ianjty. Nj
Jerry Montague. .netafer OF sMeA
co,nmittes wa" .lot al al sAuane1
with t,es.- gtn,ra. char Sc'erixAttcnD
OF Or Rpchanan's Guest.ors and re-S
marks ard Urged Mrs JtLcs 20 n0#
more srse~ihc, INT she declined.
The Lane girl and Mrs. Jones nuxM
admitted before leaving the wttn4oM3
hAtHA0
terially by the Associated ChAxttto
The little girl said she had beaMssXs
much better girl since Visiting
Buchanan, but Mrs Jones conotaN4
referred to him as ''old Dr. BuchaM9@
and said although she had rece1X
aid from the Associated CnaxauNe
was through Mr., Robert LAncaAeAx 10
most estimabie Christian gentiaA1
IN hei opinion, and not from tho soGNM~
tary of the organization
Mr.. Mcclure Appears. sS
When the hour for opening tina -
ond days session of the investigates
arr, cd, Monday afternoon. CHAM
man Patterson called the memne9
lof the committee. President LeG3k49S
) Attorney Hill Montague and Attox14
Murray A. MCGUIRE, together Co.
conference. .sSs
Although the conferes talked ~
whispers, while the Atty or seventy-nyo4
persons In attendance sat waiting, s
was learned that Mr.. Mcclure nAM
ton" j. II. Goddin. Mrs A. q. VAu4NNg
an. Col. A. M. Lochwitxsky. Mrs. Lo1~S|
don Mason, and others OF the civ n
Righteousness Association, and waus@
a continuance. n. asaS
! Mr.. Lecky, who. a. president q tN
/ Associated Charities, called the &C.
!. mittee together. opposed contl ]
ance He said the case was ot vff
Importance to the Associated CA4&
ties and DR.. Buchanan and ahosa14
settled as soon 0s possible sS
Declines the "Case.n
Mr.. Mcclure explained why M Z
mot wish to take the case. 49,
sought was a continuance TO gtye :
: George Ainslie time to prepaFoM =
s.case," and know something 49,
tory to DIR. Buchanan.
!. After the conference. Mrs. 8040
son called the COMMITTEES to ORDER
requested Mr.. o. A. Hawkin1e 49,
! tary, TO read the minutes Of 0491
session. He read a list Of -
lncsscs summoned. They woSs
W. Glenn, Ersie Lane, 4okx1WA
Jennie Seigel. Mrs. Joseph MGQ
, Ida Sternsdorff. Kennedy Paime
C. E. Johnson szs7
Attorney Mcclure arose ana
formal request for = contlM
saying he had taken the s'ca1o
!. out knowing two Of his paxtn1ea
on the board Of directors of ~
ISOLATED Charities and was co1U
, 70 decline TO serve. He sald 04S
, xlt0 had not had time to peo3&@
the hearing Mr. McC;uire amt1s
was no hurry about the invN141
He said It should 70 along
and calmly. and not In cq1
catch can fashion. The et&ot54
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