New-York tribune., 1911-11-16
'BOY BURGLAR C0NFESSES'M MAKES REPORT ON COURT
GramerCy Neighborhood Assn
Follows Up Hotel Clerks Case.
FIRST DRAFT CENSORED
Chairman of Grievance Commit
tee of Bar Association Called 1t
Libell0us and Contemptuous.

Through the report of special commit
tee, headed by the Rev. Robert Backman'
of Grace Chapel it became known yester-
day that the Gramercy Neighborhood AS
sociation had been quietly following up the
case of the Union Hotel clerk whose ac-
quittal by the Court OF Special Sessions re-
Gently raised big protest among the resi-
dents OF that section of the city.
Mr. Backman reported. for the committee
TO the monthly meeting OF the Gramercy
association. that the first draft OF MS pro-
posed report had been censored by the
chairman of the grievance committee OF
the Bar Association as libellous and con-
temptuous."
The committee was preparing modihed
report, he said which would be submitted
as soon as completed.
At the time that Henry Green, clerk in
the Union Hotel 18th street and Third
avenue. was arraigned In Special Sessions
the representatives of the Gramercy Neigh
borhood Association co-operated with the
detectives on the case. working for con-
viction Green was accused Of managing a
disorderly house, but his testimony TO the
contrary was apparently given more weight
appeared against him.
When the Court OF Special Sessions, with
one justice dissenting from the opinion OF
the other two acquitted Green, father
Murphy and the Rev. Robert Backman, the
representatives of the Gramercy Nelshoor-
hood Association, went to District Attorney
Whitman with a request that some action
/ be taken about the case.
Mr.. Whitman told them that after the
case had been so decided there was nothing
10 be done. unless the court itself was to
be attacked, and the two clergymen appar-
emily dropped the matter there.
II appeared yesterday, however, that they
had not dropped IT. even though the only
step left for them was to attack the court
and though Mr.. Backman declined TO am
plfy his remarks. the fact that his COM
mittee had been in consultation with the
grievance committee of the Bar Association
was taken as evidence that they had sub
mitted the record OF the case to the Bar
Association.
Dr. Hugh Birckhead, rector OF 81
Georges, reported, as chairman of the
committee on streets. that he had received
letter recently from a man who was Tor
merly a Street Cleaning Commissioner.
"He wrote me-" said DIR. Birckhead, that
he could not say anything publicly because
of his former official connection with the
department, but that privately he consid-
cred the present night collection OF refuse
system that could not be maintained lie
added that II was a system instituted solely
upon the wish Of the Mayor
Patrick f. MCGOWAN, the president OF the
Gramercy association offered the comment
that whatever might be the sense or the
meeting on the question Of night collection
Of refuse It would be wiser to keep 1t or
the record at present, so as not to appear
to be dlsapproving of the administration
efforts to put down rioting and disorder
The proposed ordinance which Will allow
| children under sixteen to attend moving
pjcture shows unattended between certain
bours was strongly condemned by the
neighborhood association, and committee
will attend the public hearing on the ordi-
nance TO register the protest.