The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-02
lECKY ORDERS FULLEST
INQUIRY INTO CHARGES
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cDen 10 the fullest inspection ana IN
s,esiiSattou | have not seen the am
sia%4ts referred 10, NOR do AnnH Inc
authors but regardless of who they
MAY be. or what they may ontain,
am confident of the result cf the IN
xestigafton TO be made by theSe genre
,ner, who have been selected for that
purpose. am willing 70 allow the
verdict OF those gentlemen 20 pass as
my statement Of the facts when they
present their findings to the pubae
Of the city and State.
I regret that this article should haV"
appeared In the Times Dispatch with
out an opportunity having been given
me In advance Of It's publication 20
refute the vague but serious re!iec-
tons upon my personal Character ana
the Association, nor for the paper TO
have communicated direct with any
officers OF the Associated Charities, OF
which ! am the General Secretary. ]
am advised by such officers as ! have
HAD the opportunity OF comforting
wtth during the morning. that not n
single officer or director Of the Asso-
citation had knowledg Of, or was ques-
toned In regard to the ruth Of this
article ia advance Of ita publication.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Given Out at Meeting.
The allegations against DR.. Bue-
hanan were made at meeting held
AT the home of Mrs Landon r. Ma
son, wife Of the Rev. Or. Mason. pas
tor of the Grace Episcopal church.
Wednesday afternoon.
The meeting was attended by about
fifteen men and women, among them
a local newspaper woman. who. ac-
cording TO Mrs Mason. did most OF
I ae work for ua" Among those pres
ent were Mrs. Mason, DIR. j. r. Mas
tin, Eecretary IF the State board Ct
corrections ard charities; Samuel
Parrish. Reginald Walker, i. H. God
~. J w. Gibbons, A. NJ. iochwit
81" and w r Saunders.
Airs, As ton said Thursday that
she and a number Of other persona
called the meeting for the purpose
IF inquiring into DR. Buchanans fit
mesa 10 serve AS secretary Of the fn-
stitution. She said several affidavits
were drawn up. bat che was not pres
ent when that was done AS to whe-
Their or not tins meeting would result
In gpeetflc charges being filed against
Dr Buchanan. Mrs. Mason declared
che could not say.
said He slapped Her
,
girl, who had been an inmate Of tn
Associated Charities building il
Franklin street, appeared before tn
men and women at the meeting an
said SHE had been slapped by IN
Buchanan.
The girl said her parents had bru
tally beaten her several times an
her father afterwards turned he
over to Or Buchanan. She RENAME
at the institution four or five day
ans asked the Rev. Or. Meade {
procure a position for her. He foun
work for her in the Gordon Cigar an
cheroot Factory but she RENAME
there only one day because she coul
not stand thu tobacco odors
In her affidavit she said this wi
be denied by Or. Meade SIS he claim
] got discharged"
Leaving the tobacco factory, she 7.
turned 10 the Associated Charities
short time after her result she say
DR.. Buchanan called her into his pr
Nate office and questioned her fts ST
had never been questioned before 8,
eept by her father, and that he mad
4 physical examination.
Tried 10 KIN Herself.
She stated further that an one o.
oasion she was kept locked In h,
tSo"a "fHrt otH'l b'gS anu BitiA wei
taken TO tbs Capitol Square for fires
air and recreation. and when she d
manded to know why DIR. Buohana
kept her indoors he slapped her Jaw
This alleged treatment at the han'
Of DR.. Buchanan wounded her
deeply, sh declared. that she went in
lis Office. picked up a bottle OF ca
boltc acid and drank a quantity OF Il
fry fluid In "a bath room, where 81
had locked herself to prevent disco
cry. After the attendant and chi
dren returned from the capitol Squa
George Low and Mr. Neville brol
down the transom % the bath roo
and rescued her,
Paid uo Keep Quiet.
The Lane girl said she saw Paulil
Wade. another girl about her AK
,r,,h ses las, Tnesdav and that n
nanAv v,as given her "a kaen si,e,
NJ about what she knew about the ASS