The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-07-07
STATE
CAPITAL
DR.. Wade Found Guilty.

was convicted was the acceptance OF
the gift of an automobile from Samuel
Leibowitz, head of grocery firm
which supplied foodstuffs to the House
of Correction and the State Peniten,
tiary.
The Governors findings are as fol,
lows:
Under date of May 10, 1922, Eugene
O'Dunne, Esq, filed charges before me
against Ogle Marbury, DR.. J. Hubert
Wade and Robert H. Carr, Esq, mem
bers of the State Board of Prison Con-
troll, alleging inefficiency, neglect of
duty and misconduct in Office. These
charges were filed under the Act of
1916, Oh. 556, Section 623.
The charges against Mr. Marbury
and Mr.. Carr all grew out of the man
agement and conduct of affairs at the
Maryland House of Correction, and l
am now having an investigation made
of conditions at that institution. do
not, of course, know what that investi-
cation will disclose, but in the mean
while there is no justification at all
for putting Mr.. Marbury or Mr.. Carr
on trial; and indeed Mr.. O'Dunne is
not pressing any charges against
them.
In DR.. Wade's case, however, some
of the charges allege personal miscon-
duct, and these relate to a certain au-
tomobile transaction and to certain al
legged political activities. These par
ticular charges are numbered 1, 8, 4,
5, 6 and 8 in Mr.. O'Dunne's specifica-
tions.
On June 10, 1922, formally notified
DR.. Wade and his counsel, Samuel X.
Dennis, Esq, and J. Cleveland Grice,
Esq, that would hold public hear,
ing on these charges on July 6, 1922,
this date being selected in order to
comply with the law which requires
not less than ten days notice of the
hearing.
Dr. Wade and his counsel, however,
elected to waive this notice, so the
hearing was held by agreement on
June % and "a, 1922.
AS the hearing developed it became
apparent that the important charge
against Dr. Wade was that in Septem-
Der, 1919, Samuel Leibowitz made a
present to Dr. Wade of Cadillac car,
costing, with accessories, S4,815.20.
The seriousness of this charge lay
in the fact that DR.. Wade at that time
was member and the treasurer Of
the State Board of Prison Control and
Mr.. Leibowitz at the time was presi-
dent of the General Tea and Coffee
Company and of the General Whole
sale Grocery Company, which COM
panies sold groceries and provisions to
the Maryland House of Correction and
to the Maryland Penitentiary, both of
which institutions are under the man.
agement of the Prison Board.
The improperly of a member of a
State Board accepting the gift of a
valuable automobile from the presi-
dent of company with which the in
stitutions under the Boards manage
ment were doing business is manifest,
and the same is expressly prohibited
by Section 638 of Chapter $50 of the
Acts of 1915
There is no doubt, therefore, that
the acceptance of this alleged gift
would constitute misconduct in Office.
After the charges were made, it was
admitted both by DR.. Wade and Mr..
Leibowitz that there had been trans
action in which the ownership of a
Cadillac car passed from Mr.. .Leibos
witt to DR.. Wade. -.
Also, it was stated by both DR.: Wade
and Mr.. Leibowitz that the transfer of
ownership was not in. the nature of a
gift. but was a sale iby Mr., ,Lefbowitz
to Dr. Wade, forfs3ygoo and a Dodge
car. and that. thesngp reconsideration
involved was paid iiscash.
1 talked withspK Wade and ques-
toned hiI4saBsit the unsual payment
of $500 I'm cash. I felt that there
should pc some substantiation of the
transfer of so large an amount of
money, so that l could inform the peo-
pie of the State that 1 was satisfied
with the circumstances surrounding
the transaction.
If DR.. Wade had made satisfactory
explanation at that time, there need
have been and there would have been
no trial But he did not; and as a
matter of fact never have been given
any assistance in clearing the trans
action of the suspicion which sur
rounded it in the minds of the people.
The evidence produced at the hear
ing shows that Mr.. Leibowitz bought
and paid for the car in September,
1919, and that it was delivered to Mr..
Leibowitz at his office on September
Is of that year and there delivered by
Mr. Leibowitz to DR.. Wade. The evil
dence also shows that the companies
controlled by Mr.. Leibowitz first be
gan dealing with the institutions un-
der the management of the Prison
Board in the summer of 1919, and dur
ing the last three months of the fiscal
year ending September 80, 1919, they
sold to the House of Correction and
to the Maryland Penitentiary prov1-
sions to the amount of $1O,800.S2, and
during the next fiscal year, October 1,
1919, to September 80, 1920, these COM
panies sold to said institutions provi-
sions to the amount of $47,785.66.
Two persons, and only two, can tell
the actual facts.
One is Mr.. Leibowitz, who before
the trial stated publicly that DR.. Wade
Ritchie Was Honor Guest.