The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-09
" American Press Association.

H. had been beaten numerically by
their matron, Mrs. Lena Meuller.
This assertion Of Reicherts was re-
pcated this morning To the sheriff.
Coroner Dunn. Charles H. Warner OF
tho Westchester branch Of the :. =.
c. c. and Chief OF Police wolf. who
visited Reschert and Bangert in the
county Jail at White Plains. The two
girls were Helen La Mario and Bertha
Lorche. one was said TO have been
beaten at Unionport and the other nj
this place. The explanation given was
that the girls had broken a rule OF the
homo in speaking with one OF the
porters
on this basis. Or Edward T. Levine
OF the bureau of Investigations of the
New York Charities Department Dr.
r. r. Recder, superintendent of the
New York Orphanage; Or. Arthur c.
jacobson, physician OF the department.
and DR. Ludwig Bernstein Of the Hebrew
Sheltering and Guardian Society, acting
as "A special investigating committee for
Commissioner John \. kingsburN. spent
four hours on a careful and thorough in
spection Of the home and the i24 chill
dren, fifty-four Of whom are girls
As result of their Investigation and
that OF Mr.. Warner the suspension Of the
matron, Mrs. Mueller, will be considered
at the meeting of the Odd Fellows to-
morrow night at 81 ST. Marks place,
where the whole situation will be taken
up by the members of the lodges sup
porting the home.
1t was found that there were one or
;T'o instances OF beating of the children
and one of the girls was found to have
brulse left by the beating on her elbow
The excuse given for the chastlsement
was that the two girls had been left in
charge of another, n trihe older while
Mrs. Mueller was away for n day. The
monitor told her on her return that the
girls had msbehayed at table and they
were assignedto shine shoes as punish
ment. They refused and the whipping
came.
DR.. Devine, in concluding his inspeC-
ton, announced that the city is paying
for sixty OF the children committed to
the orphanage as public charges and
that the inspection was made for that
reason in view of recent Developments
All the boys were examined stripped and
close examination was made OF the
girls too. They were found to be in
general good health. although rather
pale.
The main fault found was with the
lack of educational facilities for the chill
dren. but remedy for that is prom ised
by the board Of managers In coopera-
ton with the YonlSers Board Of Educa-
ton as soon as the new home here is
finished as planned. No drastic action
viii be taken. DIR. Devine declared. nor
will any of the children be removed
Tho crudeness OF things was attributed
to the newness OF surroundings
Mr.. Warner was particularly inter-
| ested In the whipping charge. which he
found was more or less explained, al
though whipping Is not PERMITTED in char
| liable institutions. He said he found
three or four instances. Mrs. Mueller, II
developed. came to the home eight years
| ago when II was in The Bronx, and was
suspended about two years ago because
she could not get along with Superin-
tendent Bangert's wife.
When Bangerts wife. however, ran
away with a porter at the home so Mr.
Warner said. Bangert got Mrs. Mueller
| to come back a year ago last October