The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-24
STRONG LANGUAGE
IS USED AGAINST
ED|T0RS--0
Member Of Administrative
Board Delivers Very Inn
passioned Speech
METHODS CAUSE OF
M'NAMARAS' BOMBS
Board Issues Statement to
Public Declaring Water Is
Pure and No Cause
for Alarm


Dispatch. including its editors and
owners, in which he declared that Ii
was such methods and such articles
and editorials as appeared in that
paper concerning the action OF the
Administrative board in reference TO
the recommendation Of Chief Health
Ohicer DR.. Levy. for purifying the
water supply Of Richmond, that
caused the McNamaras to use dyna-
mite on a newspaper Office. charac-
verified the meeting of the admin
fstratiye board yesterday morning and
caused the four other members OF
that body TO sit in astonishment as
Captain Carlton Mccarthy poured
forth his wrath and declared his
opinions of s.ch methods OF Jour
nalism and also of those responsible
for IL.
The Introduction Of hichlorlde OF
mercury into the mains leading TO
Laburnam. the suburb owned by the
Bryan estate. which is supplied with
city water. and into the pipes leading
TO the Times Dispatch building were
among the measures referred TO by
Captain Mccarthy. The application
of knife 10 throat was another re-
ference of the choleric administrator.
who gave every evidence Of being il
rage and vigorously pounded on the
phasize his remarks.
Captain Mccarthy declared that he
had already addressed a personal let
ter to John Stewart Bryar seating
that future attacks upon him would
be made al his hazard.
Calls Them IAes.@
The articles and editorials In this
paper he said. ARE deliberate Ties.
They were written by cowardly as
sasssn. whom | consider no more At
10 associate with respectable people
than drunken reprobate. Words do
Pot come 10 me strong enough To ex-
press the contempt with which
hold the man who anonymously at
tack me and my family. In attack
Ing me my family liz attacked.
have already warned the owner Of the
paper through a written communica-
ton that II he does not stop this
attack upon me and mine, that the
city will not be big enough to hold
both of u.s.
The Times Dispatch Is trying to
override the sacred rights of citizen
ship. by making scurrilous and cow
Ardly attacks upon me. 1t Is try
ing to injure me. and / am told that
paper frently make such attacks
Tor commercial gain. / won't stand
for Il have right to protect my
self for elanderers and assassins.
have no complaint to make against
tny Of the other papers They have
conducted themselves decentiy and
proper"
For several minutes Captain Nc
carthy spoke along this line. His
colleagues strove to suppress him,
but his temper had gotten the best of
him, and there was nothing to do
but finish. He finished and sat down.
tnd there was a sigh Of relief from
he other members of the board
Paper Criticised Board.
For a moment nothing was said.
Commissioner Folkes tried to dispel
the clouds. but he was unsuccessful.
President Whittet had raped the
table with his gavel, without avail.
Not until Captain Mccarthy had said
what had gathered In his mind did the
ytorm break away.
Tho remarks Of Captain Mccarthy
were provoked by criticism OF the ad-
ministrative board by the Times Dis
patch. because of the action of the
board on the recommendation OF
Chief Health Officer Ernest Levy and
DR.. Williams OF the State board OF
health that as there appeared TO be
a mild epidemic Of typhoid fever in
Richmond. and as In his opinion the
water supply was responsible, a
hypochleritc plant should be estah-
iished at either the reservoir or the
settling basin.
Members of the board backed In
,th&jE snninian by City ,Esagi neer Boil
ing and Superintendent Davis. of the
water department. did not feel that
the water supply was responsible for
the forty-eight cases of fever.
further Investigation by the city
chemist was ordered by the board.
VIII Not Submit.
In defense OF his position in the
matter. and as an excuse for his heat
ed remarks, Captain Mccarthy last
night said:
Il will not submit to the use of Mr..
Joseph Bryafi's fortune for the injury
Of my good name and the infection
Of pain on my own family, and as lar
rs il in me ! am going to stop II"
After things had Quieted to some
extent att the meeting Of the board
yesterday morning. and after minor
matters Of business had been trans
acted, the administrative board, In
order to allay approaching alarm on
the part Of the people. on motion of
Mr.. Whittet an open letter was sent
ont u thu citizens. advising them that
there need be no cause for alarm. as
me WIter supply hzd U6en pro-
nounced by the doctors. among them
chief Health Onacer Levy himself, Al
being Ill right at tho present time.
Letter 10 Health Board.
A letter was also sent to the health