Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-04
Committee Recommends
Investigation OF Insti.
tuition for Deaf.
TEACHER AND NURSE
ACCUSED OF ORGIES
Men Entertained at Night, Com
mitteeman INDUCED in
Graft, Are Charges.

AiA1A~N LNP4Ss 4hdS f--xAS d I6Sult Vi
the charge that the hospital building
of the New Jersey State School for the
Deaf was the scene of one or more
midnight orgies during the past few
weeks, an investigation will in all
probability be made of the entire in
stitution, and indications are that Of
the most startling scandals In the his
tory of the State will follow.
The committee of the State Board OF
Education, which is placed in charge
of the institution, met today and con
sidered the report that Miss Helen
Reedy, assistant supervisor, and Miss
Clara Tindail, a nurse, participated in
the orgies. AS a result the committee
will recommend to the state board
that committee be appointed to In
vestigate the scandal and that the
probe be made public.
Wants Immediate Investigation.
The school committee announced that
it had sufficient svidence to warrant
further recommended that it be made
without delay, indicating by this sug-
2estlon that conditions are such that
there should be an immediate remedy
The school committee. OF which DR.
Llamor Allen. of Jersey City Heights.
is chairman, held a special meeting this
morning behind closed doors. Counsel
Tor John H. Backes, of this city, was
finally called in. He asked for public
bearing on the charges against the ac-
cused women. The committee stated
that there had heen-no- official charges
made, ana that it did not believe it had
Authority to proceed with probe with
out frat reporting to the State Board
OF Education. 1t was then decided to
make a recommendation to the State
board for an inquiry into ..le institu-
ton.
Bar Reporters from Meeting.
Reporters were barred from the meet
ing, and after II was over they We're
given the report.
Dr. Allen said that he believed n
public investigation was necessary. He
said he believed his committee had no
province in the matter. He admitted
that the committee had made a pre-
limnary investigation and found con-
dlIiDHo llldL NC pIpDS0. IlC
would not admit that the school COM
mittee itself had made a thorough in
vestigation about six weeks ago, and
that it found alarming conditions.
DR. Allen was asked If Professor John
p. Walker, superintendent of the
school, had not made a report which
contained charges against certain offl-
cials and employees. He would not dis
cuss this. I'VE have gone under the
surface said DR.. Allen, "and have en-
deavored to find If there is any foun
dation for the sensational rumors con-
corning the institution. The result is
our recommendation"
Then the conditions you find justify
o thorough investigation?" the chair
man was asked.
He replied in the affirmative
No Witnesses Called.
No witnesses were called today, but
Jacob w. Mutzer. who, with his wife,
Is employed In the school, was ready to
testify that Miss Reedy and Mrs. Tin
dali entertained men at midnight sup
pers at the hospital building of the
school, where number of children are
suffering from ailments besides the af-
Fiction which makes their admittance
to the institution possible. Mutzer was
ready to say that at least one man did
not leave the institution after one of
the suppers
1t Is understood that there was a
difference of opinion among the men,
bers of the committee as to the
charges. One committeeman upheld
Miss Reedy and Mrs. Tindall and want
ed the charges whitewashed A majority
however, believed in probing deeper in
Mutzer's charges and other scandal ru-
mors. Besides the orgy charges there
are reports of graft that directly in
volve one or more of the school COM
mitteemen. These will be ferreted out
by the State Board of Education or
a special committee appointed by it,
The present board is abolished under
new law which goes into effect in
June, but it is likely that the mem
bers will insist upon the investigation
before they go out of office, SO that
scandal may be eliminated from their
administration
Professor Walker BlameIess.
Professor Walker who has been in
charge of the educational departments
at the institution for years, is held en-
tirely blameless for existing condi-
tions, and he, like many others who
sympathize deeply with the unfortun-
ate children whose condition makes
such school necessary insists that
the States money appropriated for
their care be spent for the employment
Of conscientious officials who feel for
the unfortunate, and that 1t be used
in a manner that will bring. the best
results to the practically helpless in
mates