New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
RAY ACCUSED BY CLERK
Major Said to Have Forced At
tentionS on Compliments Wife.
HE DENIES THE CHARGE
Conduct Unbecoming officer and
Gentleman Alleged in Letter
to Paymaster General.

Washington. Feb. 14--A further hearing
On the charges of political activity against
Major g. r. Ray, paymaster in the army,
stationed at Chicago, was held by the
House Committee on Expenditures in the
War Department to-day. and letters ana
orders bearing on the case which were not
put in the record last Monday were read
by George +. Downey, deputy raymaster
general
The correspondence included a letter from
Major RAYS clerk TO Paymaster General
Whlpple, I'm which the clerk, whose name
had been suppressed. declared that Ray
had corrupted his wife. and told the gen
eral a story characterized by him as sick
ening" The letter follows:
Atlanta. June %, 1910
Ny Dear General-Circumstances nave
arisen that make II absolutely necessary
that | be relieved from duty as persona
clerk TO Major p. Il. Ray at the earliest
possible date. This is not an appncatOn,
and you will readily see after readlnS thls
communication Just why | cannot comply
with paragraph 4A of the PaymaSter NAH
ual. especially the last sentence.
Before proceeding any further i first de-
sire to impress on you my desire i0r aPSU tion
contained herein. have father elshIg-
two and mother seventy-three' VINO ceie-
brated their golden wedding anniversary IN IN
brave any circumstances or conditions
rather than bring shame and disgrace on
them or have anything made pubic thaI !
am able TO write. | should have much pre-
ferred a personal interview. but cOuld noi
get leave now TO come TO washington anu
could not afford to do so at this time.
| have loved and honored my Wlie ABOVE
everything else on earth, have trusted heI
as implicitly as | would my mother, ana
you can readily see to just what despera-
tion | have been driven when l write lhls
communication. | have probably Deeu
partly to blame for what has happened by
allowing Mrs. Blank to be in Major Ray
company to the extent that she has, but IN
eXtenuation of this fact | have only 10 say
that | trusted her TO the extent that ! dlu
NOT think il possible she could do a wrong
Within the last few days something
wrICh ] cannot mention forced me to the
belief that there was something wrong
Last night / had an all-night talk with my
Wife and she finally confessed TO me that
she had on several occasions been lnu-
uate with Major Ray-that from the nrst
few months that / was assigned TO hirn
he had forced his attentions on her, had
done everything in his power TO make her
untrue TO me- but that up 10 the time or
our leaving Honolulu she had repelled him,
thinking that she could easily keep him at
a distance and not telling me because she
considered that she was perfectly able 10
take care of herself, and as our relations
were pleasant and we always seemed sure
Of a pleasant station, ETC. etc. If she kept
tbe matter to herself Upon our arrival
i'm San Francisco we had rooms at the
Hotel Manila. end it was there that he
first succeeded I'm overcoming her Scruples,
securing the key between the rooms and
leaving the office in the afternoon, stat
ing that he was attending to private husi.
ness only to go Immediately 10 the hotel
and enter my wife's room
The arguments he used were particularly