The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04
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had heard Of the charges spd Rftids-
Wits against ~. buchanan SAID MI
Potts. II replief that l had not lie
todd mo the charges and RrtldAvits
usere In the posseastou oi Nj. John
sts%art Rrvan. an official ~ the Asso-
clated Charities. and also publisher
~ tha Nsws-t.eaGeg- / went I" Mr..
Bryan and demanded 81 han "a su
cfficisl % the Associated Charities, 10
sea thu charges ITO refused 20 let
me have them, sa15rs they belonged
10 the Ns~s-LesGer lSw'nt 80 ~,
Jeffg Montague u asked for the
charges hut Ia sa!d they belonged 70
the News Leader,
II learned sntlsliy what the
charges were and that = meeting was
held at Mrs. MRsou's home, and as-
etgawd r. laau TO see her Brd learn
What ne coulo about the meeting 7
personally looked fcr IT. Buchanan
but could not nEs H.ul. I tried -
got his coautrv ADDRESS 20 serd r.
motor car fer hirH .buS was uDahls TO
learn where he vas 7 made every
effort by wire to Eet into co~rnnun'ca.
ton with him and asked his secretary
to locate bin. buI tho latter failed so
find him.
Knowing that Tho afternoon papers
CT Thursday would have the story.
and not Wishing to follow them Friday
nTor ming, { had the story prepared and
IL was printed.
we printed Is ~ news item the fact
that there were being circulated Ger
tain af1daVits touching Or. Buchanan.
We did not comment on them save Ia
say in "a hrief way what they con
tanned. We have no desire 10 reflect
in any way upon nr. Buchanan. but
take Il e. be the duty cf a newspaper
as & public servant when such charges
are given circulation that the public
hi AGAH.N 49, - - r.
himself might have opportunity to an
swer
have 0eV6r seen the charges or
~afndavits, but l can give you the
names of several persons who have had
them IA their hands and read them.
That ] take It. IS the starting point
you wish to reach. They have been
read by DR.. Mastin, and Mr. Montague.
both of whom. are here. Mr.. Stewart
Bryan and Mr.. Robert Lynn, two
others who were asked to serve on
the committee. Mr.. Mastin. / was In
formed. was present at the meeting at
Mrs. Mason's home, where the afida-
Wits were drawn"
Afhdavits Are Filed.
Attorney Montague eaid this would
be sufficient for the 10
start an investigation. Chairman
Patterson called for the afidavits sew
eral times. Finally Mr.. J. II. God
din arose from his seat. whispered
In Or. Mastin's ear and then pro-
auced a large package from his peck
ct He HANGED the envelope to Chair
man Patterson without comment.
The committed wished to know the
name OF the man who handed the
package to Mr.. Patterson. Mr.. God
din gave his name. He said the
package contained the afndavits
taken Of MrS ATasnrra bnu,a .uA
where he got them, he hesitated q
moment and then replied, From my
daughter" Mr.. Goddin said he did
not stand sponsor for the afidavits
that they were taken at somebody's
instance at Mrs. Mason's home. but
he did not know who ordered them.
Examination OF the contents OF the
package disclosed afidavits signed by
Kennedy Palmer. w. r. Saunders, 1.
NJ. Lochwitzsky. Mrs. Monte Davis
and Ersie Lane. a. supplement- to
Mr.. Palmer's affidavit and a drawing
of the Associated Charities building
also appeared - the package.
Mrs. Vaughan on Stand.
Mrs. Vaughan was called 10 the
stand and sworn by Attorney Monta-
que. She said the five atfidavtts had
been in her possession until they
were presented to the committee.
Mrs. Vaughan said she was a reporter
for the News Leader and did charity
work because she loved to help the
poor. She declared she had heard
from a Mr.. Siegel at the Putnam Mis-
sion that DR.. buchanan was selling
the old clothes given the Associated
Charities instead Of clothing pocr
people with them. Witness said she
told Editor Montague of this and ask
cd him If he wanted "a signed stats-
fent from Mr.. siegel The editor
replied that she might try to get It
and let him see what was in IT and
ascertain whether or not ii would
make story
i didn't. think any more about the
statement for some time" said the
witness. but when I did try to get
IL ] couldn't find Mr.. SiegeI or get II.
Meanwhile had heard many runors
about the Associated Charities from
my father "a people ! had visited
and who came 10 me for help.
Il heard that q meeting was To
he held at AIRS. Mason's home on
Wednesday e%venin; in fact. | had
heard from my father that severaI
meetings had been held there. 1
went TO see her. h told me the
meeting would be held and invited
me TO attend. / thought that as Mr..
Montague had asked me to get a
statement from MT. Slegel he WOuid
also want the otner statements |
might get at the meeting. so / at
tended it.
When ! went into the room Wed
nessay there were present Mrs. Ma
son, }. X Goddin, A. NJ. Lochwitzsky,
Reginald Walker. Ersie Lane. Ken
nedy Palmer. Mrs. Bradbury Mrs,
Monte Davis, J. W. Gibbons, Or. Mas
tin and Samuel Parrish.
Either DR.. Mastin or Mr.. Parrish
asked me TO write down the state
r1enr being made by Mrs. Monte Da.
Wis. a woma who had been stoppin,
1t HI Associated Charities. wrot,
the statement and Mrs. Davis signet
81. Then I wrote another affidavit TO
Ersie Lane, which she signed. DR.
Masttn wrote an affidavit for w. T
Saunders. Mr.. Walker wrote tn,
others.
Given TO Her,
The affidavits were folded I'm ant
given TO me as ! was serving as sec
Rotary Of the meeting. When tn,
meeting adjourned ] told DR.. Masti,
and Mrs. Mason that | would publish
the af5davits. 1t was with their en-
tire consent that ] took them to tn,
News Leader and told Mr.. MontaEu,
tnat they belonged to DR.. MAstin, be
cause he had paid for them.
Il know nothing about the fact.
In the a~fidayits. | had never seer