New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-20
MRS. GRAY ARRESTED
FOR TAKING RECORDS
uoman Investigator for Demo-
,r,tic Committee Accused by
the Indian Office.
srLEASED ON $500 BAIL
;. Asserts She Turned Papers
a oVer TO Department of JUS
,;ce with Consent of
Former Commissioner.

,,-,t,r sent. lq-M-s. Helen
Nc Cav. OF II. Paul. who. as An in
~. 80 Of crow Indian affairs for the
-, committee Of the House. was the
- stormy scenes at the last ses-
ron-rcss. was arrested here to-day
.,,n,slnt OF the Indian once and
III With corccsling public records
released on her own recognizance
,go hail. ON assurances from Senator
~, If Minnesota. that she would ap-
Or her trial before a United States
-.,;ssioner next Tuesday.
SPECIFICALLY Mrs. Gray was charged with
.,inr the allotment roll Of the Crow
covering Indian lands in Montana.
= h.r arraignment today she declared
,,d taken the roll from the Indian
- with the consent Of the former Ind
commissioner. Robert c. Valentine.
!, Ipdge ~ C.. Burch. OF the Attorney
....,srs once. and turned II over to the
,...,.meut o. Justice. that il might he
- fron destruction and used as evil
s,o. IN a proposed investigation before
4. senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
~. an Investigation was provided at the
I, ssSion in q resolution by Senator
,srvend. Of Michigan.
yn Gray declared her action had the
,.,-oysl OF Attorney General Wicker
.,r and that her arrest had been
,,,usst about by her enemies in the At
,,s,y Generals absence from the osty.
,.rruction OF the Crow records, she said,
,,,v,a lands valued al probably sio,-
! salsa
nthe Department Of Justice very little
II, known OF the affair. Most OF the
sal. there are out Of town. At the In
,sr DEPARTMENT IL was said Mrs. Gray's
r~s had been asked for by Assistant
s-stary Adams on tho report Of the Ind
once that she had three times de-
I'D TO return the Crow records. Act
Il commissioner Abbott pronounced Mrs.
;zys charge that the papers were about
y destroyed foolish"
Yx Gray had desk in the Indian Of
.x sst winter as q representative Of the
inAIn committee, investigating Crow
ltslrs Al one time. she asserted. she was
xng paid BY the Democratic National
Committee In a heated passage in the
guus between the Republican leader
r. Mann. and Chairman Graham, Mr.
lirn declared the voInans employment
y he committee was with the purpose
= Z ksckening the characters OF men in
1blc life. The incident passed over ana
L Investigation was provided for in the
'synsend resolution. For this, with the
rnsnt Of ex-Commissioner Valentine
IN Gray says she took records from
5. Indian oflce. giving receipts, and de-
Jgsi them 20 persons In the Depart
-snt Of Justice charged with making an
Esiry.
snce she began investigating Indian
e1r eight years ago, al the request Of
..sOdore Roosevelt, Mrs. Cray declared.
\ re had been arrested eight times BY per-
4 rs Tho wished 20 impede her work.
4 Sier in the dsy representatives OF the
.zSr Bureau vent through the files in
y Department OF Justice and discovered
missing papers. They we're returned
re bureau
S7intrss. Mass. Sept l9-Robert @.
tsniins. formerly Commissioner OF Ind
e Affairs, had 10 knowledge, ne said
'szght, OF any irregularity IN connec-
~ Nth the use Of records Of the Indian
1s By Mrs. Helen P. Gray. Mrs. Gray
a access 20 the records the same as
" other citizen might. for they were
'.'Ae records he said. but further than
a be knew nothing OF the case.
N Gray has been foT several years a
1s1insni figure al the national capital.
q hgured IN q sensational escapade
NE Grow Indian reservation In 100.
u Gray went on the reservation and
Sas herself in Fighting II, certain
'mn which. she said, we're being per
s'us1 on the "cooped up Indians"
',s government representatives OBJ
~ to her presence on the reserya-
< and she objected to their interfer-
= Finally, she was arrested and
'''n into Jail, where, she charged,
'S treated most cOntenptuously.
ash sne returned 10 Washington Mrs.
preferred charges against the au-
shies in charge Of the reservation,
'nsn the officials Of the Interior De
-Iea' refused TO take action that sat
= ger she sought the assistance Of
Nzess.
:" Gray Is about forty years old.
started life ss newspaper writer,
n'sr a time became interested IN
Wan affairs.