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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Mitchell Charges
4 Crimes TO Clergy

tration took Office at least, It had its
leCinnings and foundations then.
at will be rccollocted that IN 1909
and 1910 the Board Of Estimate and APP
portionment. in order 10 examine into
the accounting system Of the private
charitable institutions OF this city to
which public funds are appropriated
for the care of dependents committed.
ordered an investigation by SPECIAL
committee Of two members, consisting
OF Controller Prendergast and myself,
then sitting as President of the Board
of Aldermen That committee went
into this question. and in the course OF
its inquiry and the examination OF the
accounts Of certain of these institu-
tions there was found among the rec
ords of one of the Catholic institutions
of the city a voucher bearing the IN
dorscmcnt TO the effect that It had been
drawn as part Of fund of $4,000 sub
scribed bV the private Catholic char
liable institutions of the city as an
so euphemistically termed,
for Daniel C. Potter at that time eN-
aminer of private charitable instltu-
tions i'm the Department Of Finance, the
officer upon whose unquestioned word
the appropriations were recommended
TO the Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionment and were passed by that board
for private charitable institutions OF
the city. The Controller secured the
resignation Of this man, the examiner
of private charitable institutions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
4Ju.t a minute. Mr.. Mayor" said Mr.
The Mayor Insists.

"Wel. Mr.. Chairman said the
Mayor. appealing to Senator thompson
81 insist on proceeding with this state
nent Of the facts. These are the facts
and they contain evidence Of the com,
mission Of serious crimes; TO my minu
one OF the most serious crimes that can
be committed in an American jurisdic.
ton. that Of an attempt on the part OF
a particular group. Of particular re-
ligious demon nation, TO exercise a pre-
ponderating influence in particular
branch of government and 70 interfere
with its proper administration.
This is an Investigation OF the
supervision Of telephone lines. The po-
lice supervised these three telephone
lines. What | have here IS complete
Justification of the supervision Of these
three telephone lines by the police
showing the actual commission OF
crime. / can well understand that Mr..
Bowers. who has represented these
gentlemen. would not like TO have Dc
known that Father Farrell'-
"A moment. Mr.. Mayor" interrupted
Senator Thompson, banging the table
with his gavel.
promised TO pay $50 to get a
witness out Of the jurisdiction, and
that Mgr. Dunn promised to pay SlOO
10 get a witness out Of tho jurisdiction,
but these facts are here contained, ana
I'm going to state them. finished the
Mayor hurriedly, getting in his state
ment despite the poundings OF Senator
Thompsons Cayel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24

instance: ! have desired since then 20
make a full and complete statement OF
this case, and ! have her. IN my hand
the evidence which justlfes the police
action in these specific cases that are
before the public Of this city, and
demand the opportunity 10 state IL here
in public and IN the record. In the
course and due process Of this commit
tees hearings. and ! believe that there
is no status for an executive session.
| am not willing 20 state 10 IN eXecu-
tive session. ! am willing 20 state IL
here
"Now. / understand that the attor-
neys all concerned have good reason 90
want 20 suppress the truth in this
matter. ! can understand why Mr.. Tai
ley's clients fear 10 have this come out
upon your record, Mr.. Chairman, and
] can understand more than that as 20
the reasons that underlie the desire
that these facts should not be made
known 10 the people Of this city. m
this forum here. az this table, and | 90
lot propose
At this point the committee, led hy
Senator Thompson. left the room.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
MOTHER, POOR, KILLED
BY BOY DRUG FIEND
Brooded Over Carman Mystery
Was Refused Money.

Coney Islands Sunday murder mys-
terry has been cleared up by the con
fession Of Walter, -ycar-old
son of Mrs. Frances Leyanofski, tho
dead woman.
His mind poisoned by drugs, his sys-
tenn weakened by tuberculosis, Walter
came out Of the Metropolitan Hospital,
BlackveIs Island. few days ago He
had resided with his mother near the
Carman home. az Mneoia. Hc had
taken a morbid interest in The mys-
terry
Desperate for money, Walter came 20
the Reiner hcme, 1855 West Thirty
second Street. Coney Island, where his
mother was employed as a domestic.
The war had taken her husband from
her forever in the fighting at wilma last
summer.
While William ReIner and his wife
sat on the back porch Walter went
stcalthily 10 his mothers room. lie de-
manded money. She had none to give.
Walter fred five bullets into her body
and fed Yesterday he confessed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
The Four Crimes.

These were the four crimes which
IL was suspected had been committed
by these persons either Individually or
acting i'm concert perjury. criminal
libel. conspiracy 10 utter criminal
libel and conspiracy TO pervert and Cd
struct justice and prevent the admin
.stration Of the law. ! might point out
that libellous pamphlets were circulat-
ed. from the best information we are
able 10 obtain. al the rate Of 10000 to
each publication. and circulated az the
doors of all the Catholic churches Of
the city. practically all of the Catho-
lie churches Of the city"
by telephone?" asked Senator
Thompson with a smile.
no. by hand. distributed. given out,
advertised" answered the Mayor.
"Now. gentlemen Of the committee. |
stated that there was a conspiracy m
my opinion on the part OF certain
clergymen and laymen 10 obstruct the
due administration OF the laws, 70 in
terfere with goyernment-in short. re-
ligious interference with the govern
ment of this city. which is thing, |
think. contrary TO the genius of Ameri-
can institutions, because II there is
one thing that is a fundamental in
American life It is that just as we
declare that government shall not lay
its hand upon the altar of the Church,
so the Church shall not lay its hand
upon the altar of government And
let me say that while | am Mayor it
will not.
As TO this specific crime, or the four
crimes. the evidence obtained through
the supervision Of these three tele-
phone wires was as follows give you
the conversations that were taken
down:
At this point in his testimony the
Mayor paused for a second. With the
muscles Of his neck WORKING cOnvul-
siycly little trait Of his when OK
cited and his face pale and hard set,
he resumed:
81 have evidence that Father Far
rell"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Farrell's Counsel Protests.

Alfred j. Talley. counsel for Father
Farrell and others under fire in the
Strong investigation. arose and pro-
tested against the Mayors statements
involving the priests.
81 do not believe, Mr.. Chairman
said Mr.. Talley, addressing Senator
Thompson. who was pale with excite
ment. II do rot believe that the Mayor
Of New York should aggravate the
crime Of eavesdropping by reading
aloud the conversations he says took
place
Here followed a long argument be-
tween the Mayor and counsel and mem
bers Of the committee. which ended in
the committee going into an adjoining
room 10 hold an executive session, leav-
ing the courtroom to the Mayor, the
crowd and the newspaper men. During
the discussion Mayor Mitchell had mar
aged 10 say:
Senator. these are the facts to which
the public of this city is entitled. ]
have been accorded the privilege Of
coming here. I was asked in the first
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Presentment Plagiarism.

"The next attempt Of this kind "aS
that which took place IN NoVe"'oei
/ 1914. when the August grand jury VI
1914 made presentment ne pr
sentiment Won will note. Mr.. Chairman
was made in November OF 1914. hd'
presentment was plagiarizatloh OF
report rendered by the state bOaru "
Charities i'm August OF l9ll: me PiL
sentiment described conditions "hIe"
had existed i'm Angus. Of 1914 and were e
then i'm process o. correction.
mistake made By the grand jury was 10
accent what was handed TO them IN TOTO
and incorporate it in its presentmeu.
without trying 20 find out whe'het u
related to conditions when eNls'eu a.
the time the presentment was mace
swallowing the report OF the otale
Roard Of Charities which had been ren
dered at an earlier date. IL IS sls"',,
cant as we'll as interesting that -: y
Potter APPEARED as a witness before
that grand jury. Somebody misled 'he
grand jury. ..,,rrod
"Thc next organized attempt occurred
in 1915. The Department OF fuoI'c
Charities was engaged IN an ehort 10
correct fagrantly bad conditions !"
publc institutions as well as IN pIlFdu'
institutions. The worst conditions
were found in the child-caring instltu-
ton for the feebleminded on Randall $
Island The conditions there we're so
lad that they would beggar descrlp,
ton. ! saw some of them myself )
went over there after the slperintend,
ent was removed from once and !
Looked at the conditions that even sun
prevail. because there has not oeeh
time TO correct them
81 saw infants living on a sun-baked
vcrauda because there was no room 10
nut them elsewhere, because there were
insufficient nurses TO take them away
without even MOSQUITO netting TO cover
them and flies crawling IN and out OF
their mouths. The children IN those
institutions had been vermln covered
they also had been compelled TO 90
without changes OF clothing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Catholic Conspiracy Scented.

"He further pointed out to me that
from all the circumstances as devel-
oped upon the records, the conduct Of
witnesses and from eXtrsneous facts,
some Of which were also known 10 me.
there was serious ground for the be
lief that there existed a conspiracy
on the part of certain priests Of the
Catholic Church. Potter. Hebberd an
others. 20 pervert Justice and obstruct
the due administration of the law in
the language Of the statute, in the
manner which ! have already indicated.
and further by attempting TO teach
witnesses what to say on the stand. to
prevent other witnesses from coming
on the stand. and get them out Of the
jurisdiction. Mr. Hotchkiss then stated
that he desired that these facts and
suspicion of the commission Of these
crimes be called TO the attention Of TIE
Commissioner Of Police in order that
he might use the powers which he had
for the detection Of crime
The Mayor IN answer 10 a question
Of Mr.. Moss explained that Mr. Hotck-
kiss was retained as special assistant
corporation counsel by the City o.
New York TO advise the Commissioner
Of Charities and TO cooperate with him
m the presentation or charges against
the State Board of Charities before
the Strong Commission
81 was saying continued the Mayor.
that Mr.. Hotchkiss requested that this
matter be brought 10 the attention Of
the Police Commissioner m order that
he might use such means for the de-
lection of the crime as he had at his
command. and in particular the super
vision of the telephone wire Of Daniel
G. Potter ! told him ! would communi-
cate the facts 70 the Police Commits
sioner. which ! did Immediately. dis
cussed it with the Police Commissioner,
and he came TO the conclusion that
that means could be used here, as IL
was generally for the detection and
prevention Of crime, and that he would
do what he could 10 obtain evidence Of
the crimes which ] have named.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Kingsbury Attacked.

There has been persisten. effort
70 discredit the Commissioner Of
Charities. to pull him Off the investica-
ton that he was making Of these pr
Nate charitable institutions. 10 malign
him, to SANDER him, 10 lie about him
at every opportunity. TO intimidate him
and to intimidate the Mayor in order
that immunity from investigation and
from censure should be secured for
these private charitable institutions.
The PRIME movers in that effort have
been men like Mr. Hebberd. Father
Farrell. this man Porter this cx-min-
ister and discredited city employe
and a certain number Of other Cath
Ollie clergymen who saw e. TO associ-
ate themselves with these men In this
attempt
"A further attempt 20 attack and 70
discredit the administration Of the
Department Of Public Charities under
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24

this administration was that Launched
ID 1914 when the state Civil Service
Commission undertook an organized
raid upon the city government under
the guise Of an investigation OF inc
Municipal Civil Service Commission
but in fact and in reality an invesu-
CATION Of the Department OF fuoilc
Charities. an attempt to discredlt inc
Commissioner in the work Of investiga-
ton and supervision that he had un-
der way. That attempt. lasting over
"A series of public hearings, charges
and counter charges. resulted IN inc
CONFLICT, vindication Of the Municlpal
Civi Service Commission and the worh
Of the Commissioner Of Charities py
the Civil Service Commission Wn,cn
succeeded the decent. the respectaoie
Civil Service Cor mission which sue sue,
ccedcd that one which had begun ire
invcstipation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Children in Filth.

an order that all Of the three prin-
opal religious denominations Of the
city supporting private institutions Of
this kind might be represented. and in
order 10 guarantee the fairness Of the
examination, Commits Sloner kingsbury
secured my approval OF the appoint
ment OF men representative Of these
denominations. There were appointed.
representing the Catholics. Brother
Barnabas; representing the Jews. Dr.
Bernstein. and representing the Prot
estants. Ma Reid. These men. as
committee, undertook 10 make an eX-
animation Of these institutions.
What they have found has been
pretty thoroughly spread upon the rec
ord made before Commissioner Strong
the Governors commissioner. sitting
under the Moreland act that in some
OF these institutions of all denomina-
tons children were found with their
hair knotted with lice. their scalps COW
cred with itching sores. their bodies
covered with filthy clothes that had
not been changed for three weeks. their
bodies undcrfed and under-nourished:
deprived of any reasonable opportunity
for recreation. compelled to sit on back
less wooden benches; some Of them
compelled TO battle. ten. fifteen or
twenty-five standing in a trough Of six
inches OF water; many of them com
PEELED TO use the same towel after
bathing, and other kindred conditions
These conditions are not illustrative
OF all the private charitable institu-
lions OF the city. nor must 10 be under
stood 70 be intended TO imply that they
are. They are illustrative only Of a
certain number. but they were found in
that certain number from the time this
investigation got under way down 10
the present time and eliminating in the
indictments found this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
EdDesdr0pper on Church Plot, Says Mayor

years in the city service rs had she
deserved whatever consideration the
city officers could properly give. de
spite the fact that she had been wholly
inefficient and had grossly maladmin-
istered the Institutions. to the detrl-
ment Of the children; that we would
nevertheless, contemplate suspending
action on the charges II. as it was init
mated. the Board Of Education would
be willing, acting upon its own motion
to retire the woman on a pension.
may say in passing that the Board OF
Education never took that actioL.
think It would have been quite i'm
proper il II had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Three Wires Supervised.

About week later Commissioner
Kingsbury came 10 me and stated that
there was reason 10 believe that the
man Potter was about 20 abscond the
iarisdictlon. and as msteria! evidence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Potter Baptist Minister.

"This man Potter who has passed
through various vicissitudes in life,
having at one time been a Baptist min
ister-the vicissitudes came afterward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
Their Acts Justified
Wire Tapping, He
Insists.
REVIEWS CATHOLIC
PLOT AGAINST CITY
Asserts Every Effort Was
Made to Call Off Char
tiles Inquiry.

The following IS verbatim report
o. Nayor Mitchel's testimony before
the Thompson committee yesterday:
aWel. gentlemen Of the committee.
during q period Of almost unprecedent-
I'd INSTRUMENTATION concerning the
activities Of this branch OF the govern
rer,. have remained silent awaiting
the proper opportunity and forum to
make known the facts concerning this
matter of supervision Of telephone
lines. 70 is necessary that as Mayor Of
the CITY 7 should make those facts
known It has been necessary since
This question was raised.
"lt las become more necessary no
view Of tho fact that the Kings County
Grand Jury has seen ft 20 lodge this
wholly uuiustifahle charge against the
Commissioner Of Charities and the spe
cial Assistant Corporation Counsel. /
therefore take this opportunity Of stat
inc an the facts concerning the super
vision Of the three telephone wires
which primarily cccas ioncd this discus
sion. and n order 20 do so ] must state
TO- this committee the underlying facts.
Sees Catholic Conspiracy.
and. first. and as a general troposi-
ton. ! wish 20 say 20 this committee
that for the last two years and a half.
during Che entire life OF the present
.tv administration. there has been q
veil organized and purposeful corspir-
scy conducted by a certain number OF
D0-rcncionlsts Of ms own. acting with
other persons. 10 obstruct the due
process Of the government. 10 Interfere
aith the proper and orderly conduct
Of the government and with the prop
cr and orderly conduct or control
OF the private charitable ustitu-
tons Of the city, and the ordering
Of the care which those institutions
give 10 the $4,000 dependent children
committed by the city TO their care.
The details and ramihcations and sub
divisions OF that conspiracy I will dis
cuss for YOU in detail It goes back
even before the present city admins
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-24
ADVERTISEMENT.

In "Ameri-
Can,Gernan-
American and
German" Booth
I a rk n 9tOn
draws a triangle
tn at must be
solved not by &C.
ON e try and not
by diplomacy, but
by the citizens of the
United States. Read
it in this weeks
Golfers;
THE NATIONAL WEEKLY
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-11-11
w. P. w. 0.
Martin Martin


There has been some talk of a con.
test of the returns from the Raceland
precinct. bat 1t 10 claimed that there
has been no irregularities practiced
there. Judge Martins friends feel
confident that he has been returned to
his seat in Congress.
In this parish there were three va.
cancies on the School Board, which
were filled BY election. as follows:
1st Ward, DR.. U. 8. Perret, Progress.
sive, elected.
9th Ward, Albin ]. Segura, Progress
stve, ia votes; Henry Landry, Demo
crat. 48 votes.
It'll Ward, Thelesphor Robichaux,
Progressive, l65; Madison Leblanc,
Democrat, "a.
In the returns made of the vote of
this parish upon the Is Amendments
the LIST and End were voted FOR"
and all the balance were voted
Against"
The election for President of the
United States OF last Tuesday is char.
acter1xed as one of the most remarka-
bic in the history of the nation. It
was not till yesterday morning that a
conclusion could be counted even on
the returns then in. The race had
been 80 close that the fullest returns
had to be awaited. This seems to be
one election In which New York state
did not vote with, nor help to make
the majority. President Wilson is &C.
credited with having carried 272 Of the
electoral votes; Hughes, 247; the II
votes OF Minnesota are still in the
doubtful column. Necessary to a
choice, 266 votes.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-11-11
Judge Judge Dist. Att

Judge L. o. Hacker, Progressive
candidate, carried Iberia parish by
40 majority over Judge James Simon,
Democratic candidate. This lead,
however, was swamped by Judge ST.
mons majority of 537 in the parish of
St. Martins. This victory returns
Judge Simon to the bench of the Nine
teenth District Court for another term
Of four years. Emile Vuillemot, I'M
opposed Democratic candidate for the
Office Of District Attorney, is receiving
the congratulations Of his many
friends in both parishes, He made
very creditable run in Iberia, consid-
ering there was no opposition to slim
ulate interest.
In the race for Congressman from
this, the Third Congressional District
of Louisian, Hon. Whit p. Martin. the
Progressive candidate for reelection,
was opposed by Sheriff Wade 0. Mar
tin Of st. Martins parish, the Dem.
ocratic candidate. Yesterday morn.
ing the following figures were given
out here as being the summary Of the
parish results. and believed to be cor
rect:
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-11-11
THE ELECTION.

Tuesdays election here passed
off very quietly and with but little
evidence of enthusiasm on either
side. In this city there we're four
polls the principal one being at
the parish Court House. A motto.
able fact was the absence of the
usual crowds about the polls
throughout the day. If the
booths could have been hidden
from view and the guard ropes
taken away, one could hardly have
recognized selection day" Yet,
more voters participated IN the
election than did four years ago in
this parish.
The vote for Congressman was
as follows:
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-11-11

On Sunday night the fire alarm
summoned the firemen to the
southern city limits to witness the
Burning of Aristide Smiths home,
and pOwerlesss to render assistance
in saving any part of 1t. The
scene of the fire was beyond the
reach of the city's water mains Or
the cOmpany's hose. The occu-
pants of the home were aroused
from a sound sleep by their neigh
bOrs.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-11-11

Among the poultry exhibitors
at the Louisiana State Fair, at
Shreveport, this last week, were
the following from this city and
their awards
Il. s. Pessan, r. I. r., 1st Cock.
eral; LIST Pen; Best party color.
ed pen in show.
L. i. Laperouse, Light Brahmss,
Let .Cockerel; 1st Pullet; End
Cock; 3rd Hen; LIST Pen.
L. +. Lallande, Blk. Orpingtons.
LIST and End Cock; 1st and End
hen; LIST and End Cockerel; LIST
and End Pullet; 1st and End
Capon; Best solid color cock.
and Best capon in show.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-11-11
LOST NOTE.

A certain mortgage note, dated De-
cember Is, 1915, executed by Willie
Simon, in favor of Gabriel Simon, for
$500 bearing per cent interest from
date until paid. and falling due one
year after date, paraphed by c. M.
Compton, Notary Public for identified
tion with act of mortgage of date Dec.
16, 1915 executed by Willie Simon in
favor Of Gabriel Simon.
Lost or MispIeced-The public is
warned against negotiating said note.
GABRIEL SIMON.
1919 Segura, La.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-11-11

Mrs. Tom. Barker, who has been
visiting in New Iberia for several
weeks, was stricken with paralysis
last Saturday morning just when
she and her children were ready
to board the train to 60 to the bed
side of her son-In-law, Mr.. Peter
Fey in Thldodauy. She is IN a
critical condition but was a little
improved at the last account.
All of her children had been at
her bedside during the week. La
fOurche Leader.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-11-11

The first grocery delivery wag.
on, of the automobile type, to be
put into service upon our streets,
is owned by Mr.. G. F. Laughlin.
1t is of the Ford make and was ID
troduced to it's sphere of USEFUL
ness about the middle of last
week. The very latest improved
methods of promptly serving Gus
toners is characteristic of this es-
tablishment. His competitors to
beat him must employ the flying
machine-and then 1t will be his
next move.