New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-09
Jurist Faces Charges That
Bring Hint of I'M
peaChment.
JUDGE HELD TWO JOBS.
EX-OFFICIAL SAYS
Weeds, Father and Son,
Also Named in Platts-
burg Scandal.

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fled with Dr John H. Finley. State
Commissioner Of Education. in which
serious charges are made against Jus
tee Henry T. kellogg. Of the Supreme
Court 4th District. Hints of impeach-
went proceedings are being freely
rsde by political opponents Of the
Plst.sburc jurist. Concerned in the
charges sre Smith ". Weed. whose
daughter IS the wife Of Justice Kel-
Uoce. his son. George 5. Weed; John
y. Riley. Superintendent Of Prisons,
sni others.
Dr Finley Is IN possession Of the
rapers. f'ed by Corydon s. Johnson.
cashier Of the First National Bank of
P,sttshurc, and Everett c. Baker. for
rer Assemblyman. The latter's place
3, the local Board Of Education is at
The root Of the scandal. which follows
10 closely on the Sing Sing revelations.
thst concern one Of the men now sc-
sused, Riley. whose sppointee, George
& Weed. has been acting warden q.
Err Sing since Mccormick was ousted
Baker alleges that he lost his place
ir he Plattsburg Board of Education
81 snap meeting of the so-called
Pls;tsburgh Academy board called at
tte direction of Smith VI. Weed sew
eral weeks after the legal date for the
annual meeting. OF the twelve mem
bcrs OF the board. several were asked
10 join in the petition, but all refused
for reasons which indicate that the
P,a,tsbureh ring" IS powerful and is
feared
Attorney Bowed TO Judge.
Their replies are incorporated in the
papers OF one member it is written:
"E T. B9-sford is an attorney and did
rot wish 20 Join for the reason he had
90 appear before Judge Kellogg occs-
.'ora.'y. and further because he at one
time was Interested in a company with
Smith ". Weed"
Both John H. Booth and H. P. GilH-
land are lawyers. Z. G. Moore didn't
want TO join because he objected TO
being the first TO sign his name as
Joining. Il. ". Cady regretted the ac-
ton of .he board, but didn't want TO
air the matter up.
A. ". Warren, clerk Of the board
and also of the Plattsburgh Acad
emy Board stated that he was
cauch. between two fires. but his ad
mission that the meeting Of the acad
omy board was called on less than
q hours notice and a letter from
Smith w. Weed directing him so to
axe in the charges submitted 70 Com
missioner Finley.
According 10 the charter. the Board
of Education is composed Of Is mem
bers. 10 appointed by the Mayor, with
the approval of the Common Council,
and the others named by the academy
board, one each year for term Of
Eve years The academy board con-
s'sts Of 10 members, holding Office for
l'fe and appointing their own success
sors. Their only function appears to
be 20 keep of their number on the
Plattsburg Board Of Education.
The meeting, whose action Johnson
ana Baker petition Commissioner Fin
icy 20 declare null and void. was held
on Monday, August II, notices having
been cent out the night before. 1t is
ruegod that Booth. Moore, Cady and
Bot.ford would have been present if
they had received sufficient notice, and
each would have voted for Baker 70
succeed himself As Baker mustered
three votes-his own and those Of
Warren and Gilliland-it is evident
that he would have had q majority.
Those voting for William B. Mooers,
who was elected, were Mooers, the
Weeds, Justice Kellogg and Riley.
Meeting in Kellogg's Room.
The meeting was held in the cham
bcrs Of Justice Kellogg, who, the peu-
ton says, has served since January l.,
1908. as president of the Board OF Edu-
cation all in disregard OF the letter
fF.4ll ana intent Ol Nit oNNSAN'
constitution that stipulates Justices OF
the Supreme Court shall not hold any
other Office or public trust.
The petition further alleges that
Justice Kellogg is not even resident
Of the city or school district, but lives
IN Peru, five miles distant, and IS there
fore disqualified from holding the
school Offices. The name Of the justice
IS then coupled with those OF the
Weeds and il is charged that as the
trio are members of the same family
two Of them are thereby disqualified.
The reason for the alleged tactics OF
the Weed-Kellogg- Riley group seems
20 be IN the charge that for a little
time past considerable interest has
been manifested by a considerable
number of people, and by members or
the Board Of Education of said school
district, in regard TO it's membership
20 oust the present superintendent OF
tcfools by Mr. Weed and his friends.
Baker insists that he understood
there would be no opposition 70 his
reelection at the regular meeting Au-
gust /, and that in any event said
alleged special meeting (of August
~ al that particular time, under the
crcumstsnce and upon so unreason-
ably short notice, was a so-called snap
meeting and was sham and a fraud
upon the face thereof"
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