Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-06-16
DIR. BUCHANAN is
GIVEN SUPPORT
Was Worrying About Young Man
Called Meade Wade" and Left
Farewell Note-Mrs. Lula
Reins Jones Severe on
Executive Head.

ing Committee which materially tend
ed TO injure mat oiticiai s sood name.
While 10 is true that the complain g
iny contingent put on the stand one G
who was sup posed TO be their stellar
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this girl hardly made "a favorable inn
PRECISION, aua her testimony, though
along the lines OF what had been eN-
pected, was olved in maze ~ con-
tradictions.
Then. 100. she concluded her state
meut with the unQuallnea assertion
that her .esn riatiou with Dr- ana
Mrs. Buchanan had been am influence
Anothor witness. Mrs Lula Reius
Jones. vh. volunteered the intorma-
tion she offered and presented DO ln .
almost dramatic form, was severe in
her arrais.ncnt OF the slperinten-
She said chat "old Dr. buchanan. .
as she feclIngly described him. had on .
certain uccasion asked her rlde,
y-ulEar. obscene questions "a uestons .
which even her late husband would
not have put 20 her-an0 that these
had made The blush OF shame mantle
After this incident Il Is true that
Mrs. Jones. who has three aepencent
children continued 20 bo bench
cfarv OF the Associated Charities, out
she was careful 10 explain that she
patronizco the institution, and nor tne
man who was the official head OF d.
Lady as Airs Jones is she SAID that
her interview with Or. Buchanan as
such that she told him that D. she
were mar she would give Nun
blnv- between his contemplate eyes
Two other vrftnesses-one "a former
inmate OF the Ballard House lusttu-
ton and the other a man whose tatn-
Uv had often been helped by the AS
ISOLATED Charities. testheo az some
length rel-a riding Dr. Buchanan ofh-
From what these men said II IS
evident that neither feels that ne
owes tho superintendent debt oi
gratitude.
II is a fundamental principle of the
laws OF evidence that the creclhiity
OF no witness can be accurately
Judged unless his or her cemeanoi
NAV be observed. with all the attend
ing circumstance, at the time OF tht
giving OF the testimony.
The general public should carefully
bear this in mind when IL reads th'
inquiry
In other words. 10 IS no easy task
within the limited compass OF news
paper space. 20 describe the exact ina
preston conveyed by this OF that Wit
ness. Therefore cold type. eNe'
though accurately giving the lanEua~
OF those tcstifying. may sometiIne
mislead. This is particularly the cas-
regarding yesterdays session OF IN
commlttec.
Proceedings Were Spicy.
That the .nvcstigat. Is ottracun
attention obvious from the Dol
creased attendance at yesterday SECS
siou Ierr. us as many as ntty pr
sons were present ar the meetln-. N
rhe assembled company incirt.
neither J. t' Goddiu. the head ot q.
Putnam Ineater Mission. nor p
da.-hter. cr-s. a. S.. Vaughan. I'm
pair had been conspicuous figures
Tie .rst --t..uE ~ tne commii.
Ihe proceedings OF the botE Hr
TAR from uninteresting. and th- TEST
mons ram lnc whole -4mu- ut a.r.
emotions Tim. and a-alu there Nc
outcrurrir-- 90 violent cl."tl'-
while ~. -ratements alternat. u tr'
humor to Iathos. Back 30 u aI 1tr
strata of sorrow and misery anl q
uorauce ard SIN. and on occas ions p
mistakalle symptoms OF prejudice u'
inGratitul-.
HW Montague appeared once mo
as the attorney for the AS~..i1t
Charities. and in this capacty 'lu,
toned the witnesses
Murray NJ Mcclure represent
Mrs. Iaudon i. Mason and toose
fuated with her. though circus
stances prevented his active l.arii
ration in the inquiry.
Mr.. Mcclure. al the outset. asked
p0stponement- He explained 70
Mrs Mason had enlisted his serNi'
last Saturday. but that he haze sit
discovered that his law partners $50
directors OF the Associated Ch1ril
This so embarrassed him. he said. u
he did not like 20 act as counsel
view OF this Captain George A. Al
lie had been retained. but up 20 q
time ne had not had time % fomiii
lie himself with the case.
Thinks They've Talked Too Mucl
Mr.. Mcclure. who explained the
siuOn al some length and with app
ent candOr. expressed the op nlon [
the represenratiVes OF the AssOcla
Charities had INDUCED IN too IA
newspaper talk about the charges.
DIT Buchanan have been very INV
in granting interviews and giving
reports OF the case"
He denied that there was any
valry or jealousy. and said max $
SUGGESTIONS were Unfair 20 the la
and unfair to DR.. Buchanan.
Air.. Mcclure. in this connect
presented a copy ot yester day
rinian. which contained an interV
with Robert Lecky. Jr-. president
The Associated Charities
Afr. Mcclure thought this IN
view untimely. especially as
said something about rival ci
itv examinations. The lawyer.
lowing an impulse that seems
he Irresl stible where newspal
are concerned. qualified his
terances 20 the extent or lauma
that possibly tns- interview was a
affair. or. rather. Inc used the racer
expression, so the reporter says
This brought a laugh rs II aiV
does. but Afr. Lecky very ralmly
quite uneQlivocai-y announces
ne cheerfuny stood for the intcrN
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