The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-08-12
CHARITY INVESTIGATOR ON
STAND IN NEW YORK ADMITS HE
KNEW EVIDENCE WAS FALSE.
Trial Brings to Light Methods En-
pIoyed by kingsbury's
Aenchmen.

Their Farrell, Mons. Dunn, DR.. Potter
and Mr.. Hebberd made great progress
this week in their efforts to demon
strate before Justice Greenbaum in the
Criminal Court, Manhattan, that no
prima facie case of perjury, libel and
conspiracy had been proven against
their clients in the outcome OF the
great overlapping and charities inves'
tigation cases. So successful have
been their efforts that general belief is
that the case will never even be placed
in the hands of the grand jury.
The week has been full of surprises
the first coming when the defendants
failed to make the expected motion to
dismiss the complaint. 1t had been
expected that at the Monday morning
session the motion would be made to
dismiss the complaint on the ground
that it had not been supported by the
prima facie evidence. Counsel failed
to make this motion, however, probab.
ly in the belief that Justice Greenbaum
would not admit it lest the complain.
ants seize the opportunity to raise the
cry that the proceedings had been OF
the rubber-stamp variety.
Instead of motion to dismiss, the
defendants counsel made statement
that they were foregoing their privi
lege, both owing to the weak charac.
ter of the case against them and ow'
ing to the character and standing OF
the men accused, their position in the
community demanding that they use
every means at their disposal to clear
their names of even the suspicion of
wrong doing. The witnesses then went
on the stand in order, under oath and
without immunity.
Testimony during the week served
to show still more clearly the manner
in which the city charities authorities
| strove to accomplish their ends. Dep
uty Commissioner Doherty, on the
stand on Wednesday, admitted that he
had made the statement to news
F, paperman that conditions in some pi
the institutions were worse than any
thing in Oliver Twist" and then fol
lowed the most damaging admission
of bias that has come to light since the
whole proceedings started. The wide
ly-flaunted charge that children and
pigs were fed from the same pans al
the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin
Mount Loretto, Staten Island, was
called to Mr.. Doherty's attention. Mr.
Kingsbury, on the stand, had admitted
that his knowledge of this condition
was secondhand, based on what his
faithful deputy had told him.
did you ever tell Commissioner
Kingsbury about conditions there?'
asked Mr. Moss, referring to the Mis-
sion of the Immaculate Virgin, on Stat
en- Island.
II did,"
Did you ever tell Kingsbury that
children and pigs used the same yes
sels?" y
II didn't tell him that exactly"
you knew that Kingsbury in the
newspapers said you reported this to
him, didn't you?" asked Mr.. Talley.
II assume did," replied Doherty.
did you do anything to counterfeit
this statement appearing in the Moree
pamphlets?"
Il did not" the witness replied, and
when he did so he made the most elo'
quent defense of Father Farrell's
pamphlets that has been uttered since
the valiant Brooklyn priest set out to
throw light on the methods used in
conducting the campaign of vilification
of the chiId-caring institutions under
religious auspices.