The sun., 1916-08-19
REV. DR.. G.. 7. BAYLIS
ACCUSED OF THEFT
Director. General Of Allies
Hospital Relief Commits
sion Indicted.

The Rev. DR.. Charles T. Baylis. for.
merry pastor of the Bushwick Avenue
Congregational Church In Brooklyn and
now dircctor-general OF the Allies Hos
pital Relief Commission. was indicted by
tho Grand Jury yesterday for grand al
ceny In connection with his management
CT the AFFAIR." Of the commission.
There we're three indictments. one for
grand larceny In the first degree and In
vtiving $1,000. the amount collected for
the commission and alleged to have
been Incorporated by DR.. Baylis;
another for grand larceny In the second
degree. charging the theft Of 500 rom
tributed by Daniel G%uggenhcim. and
the third for the alleged theft Of 800
contributed by George A. kess!er.
DR.. Baylis could not be found at his
office In the woolworth Building yes
terday. although 4 detective from the
District Attorneys oflce waited there
all afternoon armed with a bench war
rant for his arrest. but he communi-
Gated with District Attorney Swami. ask
Ing what his bal, would he. lie was
ttld II would be $4,000. and he said he
would set about getting II.
1t was reported to the District At
I .rney that "A meeting would he called
soon by Oscar =. Straus and other
members Of the executive board Of tho
commission to bring Its affairs 10 a
close. at least temporarily. and to ac-
,ept no more contributions at present.
District Attorney Swan wrote a lot.
e4a SA,NArla., g.. as.as NA,-
| chic. 81 West Sixty-nrst street. advising
Ter not to give her services to the
commissions work. as she had written
that she would. because he believed DIR.
Baylis had not acted in good faith.
Among the witnesses before the Grand
Jury were Frederick A.. Collins. secretary
to Daniel Guggenhe.m. WAC testified to
having received a circular from the com
mission setting forth how the moneys col
lected would be spent for supplies for the
allied hospitals and how u ship "A been
donated free Of charge for the trans
portation OF the supplies. Other wit
nesses. who had been In the employ Of
Dr. Baylis, testified there had been no
I such ship.
George Buck. one OF these witnesses.
said that Dr. Baylis had sent him 10
William +. McComhs. former chairman
OF the Democratic National Committee.
II outline the commissions work. Buck
did so. telling. OF the ship and every
thing, but Mr.. McCombs. said Buck. was
himself at the head OF a big relief CONF
mission and told him that no such ship
as DR.. Bayl.s claimed to rave could sail
without his (McCombs's) authorization.
Later Buck said DR.. Baylis admitted that
he had no ship.
Mrs, william X. Vanderbilt. who Is
now In France. gave 800 To the COM
mission. She may testify in the pros
ceedings ii she comes back to this coun.
try In time.
Adolf kallman. who got ca per cent.
commission for collecting funds for DR..
Raylis. told the Grand Jury he had to
give part OF his commission To DR.. Bay
lis. Assistant District Attorney Samuel
Markewlch said that he had in his pos
session a letter from Dr. Bs ylis to Kali
man demanding Is per cent. of the S5
per cent. that kallman got. DR.. Baylis
Got a salary of 500 "A week.
Fol a couple OF weeks the Grand Jury
has been !nQuiring into the affairs OF tho
commission. which has had among Ito
contributors and patrons many promi-
nent persons, including Col. Roosevelt,
Gov. Mccall of Massachusetts, and Alton
II Parker.