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"I clearly see and I have no hesitation in affirming that when first the suggestion was made that the disappearance of the Griffith child might be associated with the alleged practice of human sacrifice by the Jews, far from giving hospitable ear to the suggestion, I should have repelled it with indignation and advised the State trooper to desist from his intention of making inquiry of the respected rabbi of the Jewish community of Massena concerning a rumor so monstrous and fantastic.
"I do not make this statement of pro found regret because of any fear on my part that charges will be brought against me looking to my removal from the office of Mayor to which I have been elected five times, four of these elections being unanimous."
Major Warner reported to Governor Smith that he had suspended Corporal McCann after a severe reprimand.
*Formed last May by the Rev. William E. Cashin, Manhattan priest, onetime chaplain at Sing Sing.
*There are two separate houses in the convention; the House of Bishops, in which each bishop holds a seat, although votes are denied suffragan bishops, and the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, consisting of four laymen and four clergymen, elected in each diocese, and, one clergyman, one layman, from each of the subsidized missionary districts.