Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-27


 National Emergency Relief Society, ot which she is president. She was pa roied in the custody of her counsel until tomorrow afternoon, when she will be arraigned and bail will be fixed.
 Indicted with Mrs. Story were hes sons, Allen. an army lieutenant sta toned at Aberdeen, Md, and Sterl- ing, who is now in the government service at Washington. They are charged with having participated with their mother in profiteering scheme whereby money contributed for comfort Kits for United States soldiers was diverted to the pockets of a solicitor
 What the indictments Charge.
 The indictments, charge that Mrs. Story arranged with William Garland Brown. the solicitor. for him to re- ceive half the funds collected by the society and that he, gave Sterling Story one-fifth of his 50 per cent. This second division. it is alleged compensated Sterling for his part in negotiating Browns arrangement with his mother.
 The assistant district attorney who has charge of the inquiry declared there was no way of checking up the contributions made and the use to which they were ultimately put. Con- sequently. he said. the aggregate amount believed to have been mis- used could not be verified.
 Mrs. Story, the prosecuting author ities declare. never was actually elected president of the relief society hut took that office arbitrarily. As matter of fact, they say. the manner in which the society itself was incor- ] porated was grossly irregular Several Members Have Withdrawn. Several prominent members have withdrawn and insisted that their I names be no longer used on it's sta ] tionery, it is said. Among those re- ported to have withdrawn are Rear { Admiral Bradley A. Fiske and Mrs. l Simon Barueh, wife of a wealthy New ] York physician.
 1 Mrs. Story subjected herself to ] prosecution, it was declared. because l she falsely represented that her so- ciety paid no commissions to solicit ors and thus obtained a small part of i the proceeds from the Hero Land ba- zaar, in which many accredited war relief organizations participated. i The alleged payment of a s90 com mission to Allen Story for services in leasing an uptown property for the society constituted an additional cause for grand jury action, it was asserted. Subscription soliciting 1 blanks made no mention of the in tention to use part of the money fol the leasing of a house as soldiers recreation center, 1t was explained. Mrs. Baldwin Deposed as Treasurer
 Mrs. A. T. Baldwin. wife of New York lamp manufacturer, who it is declared was deposed as treasurer O. the society for faction favorable tC
 Mrs. Story was the chief witness dur. ing the grand jury sitting.
 Through her counsel tonight Mrs Story termed the charges made agains her and her sons the result of "a dis Egruntlement4 on the part of the treas Iurer of the society (Mrs. Baldwin,
 who was removed from office by vot, of the organization. The lawyer sait that Mrs. Story had no knowledge 0 the society's finances other than tha
 gained during the official investigation He added that she believed impliciti, that the part played by her sons il i the relief work was in all respect 5 Iproper and regular
 l Regarding the 'hero Hand" fund , land a check in Mrs. Story's possession l when the official inquiry was begun
 the attorney said:
 All I know is that Mrs. Story di : not get the nnoney. The check cam Einto her hands when the treasurer wa . Enot performing the functions Of he Eoffice. Mrs Baldwin tied up the whol . society, with the assistance of the dis : trict attorney.
 Society Has Had Stormy Career.
 The National Emergency Relief so l cietY has had a stormy, career, ae 2 cording to the district attorney f was irregulariy Incorporated, he. sait and Mrs. Story arbitrarily assumed ' the office of president. Besides serving three years as hea