The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-25
ASSERTS GRAND JURY
PLAGIARIZED REPORT
Mayor Says Charges Against
kingsbury We're Taken
From state Findings.
MANY EVILS SINCE CURED

Tho charge that tho August Grand Jury.
In It's pros.ntment ~ October Is. com.
planning ~ OWL conditions in some OF the
city'S charitable institutions 'ciun-,ly
plariarzed" a report made by the STATE
Board OF Charlie, in August, was made
10y Mayor Mitchell Yesterday after the
,vdenc" had been sent To him by Chari-
tics Commissioner liingsbury.
He says that the Grand Jury. IN us
caEcrness to ind something wrong with
Mr kinrsburys administration. -o.z"d
upon a state charities repp,t which dealt
with evils "f many years standing and
failed to note that the State board. n
October, before tho Grand .Iuty ir9uiry.
reported that many of he conditions COM
planned OF had been corrcctei.
Upon reading Yesterdays report from
COMMISSIONS kingshury tho Mayor Nrote
a letter to Judge charles {. Mott % Cen
oral Sessions. To- whom the Grand jury
prTentment was made
would II be possible for you to Ind out
the following two matters says tn"
Mayors letter First, who gave out a
copy OF this prescntment before II was
aNsmtted to Tho department called upon
tn make reply SeConl, who drafted
this ,,rrsentmen' ana II the jury had legal
evidence before II upon which to base tn"
same II YOU arc OF the opinion. after
reading Mr.. Kingsbury's reply. that the
presentmcnt was hasty and uuwarrart"d
| respectfully ask that YOU consider its
purgement from tho records Of the court"
In letter To- the Commissioner the
Mayor SAYS: The whole matter merely
shows T. what length OF Instrumentation
otherwise respectable citizens will GO when
they have preJudices or special interests
to serve. am very glad that some mem
haVg NJ Ann I,,Y,s -. .,l
to lend themselves to this thing and repu-
dlatel the presentment Of the majority"
To Mr.. kingsbury the Grand Jury pre-
sentiment suggests nothing less than
conspiracv." In his report sent to the
Mayor yesterday he exposes the Grand
Jury To the deadly parallel" showing
that much of the preseutment was merely
paraphras" of the report of the State
Board OF Charities.
Mr.. kingsbury also notes that under
the bylaws of ihe State Board of chart
ties inspectors are forbidden to disclose
their reports without tho approva! of the
board. He wants to know where the
Grand Jury go; tho report which It
"plagiariZed" He says:
who brought together the Grand Jury
and the State Board OF Charities! IL
there any significance In the fact that
former Assistant District Attorney is now
chief counsel for the State Clvil Service
Commission and that no is an incor-
porator of the Associates of Private
Charities, Inc When Mr. Moss recently
said thar the Department OF Charities had
been criticised both by tho State Board
Of Charities and by the Grand Jury did
he know that the Grand Jury had simply
plagarlZcd the report Of The State Board
OF Charities without botheriug to asccr-
tain the facts and only clumsily changing
the wording IN some places? How long
before the visit was their report written"
! challenge any member Of the Grand
Jury to state who actually wrote that
famous prcscntment."
The Commissioner then replies 20 tho
Grand Jury's accusations one by one, say
ing either that the conditions complained
OF no longer exist or that he WAS well
aware of their existence and is remedying
them as fast as his appropriation will let
him