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Show Punishment in New England. ' -The board of education of New Haven, Conn., is examining the catie of Principal Princi-pal John G. Lewis, of the Webstel school, who is accused of whipping little Paul (iebhard to death. Much has been said about the principal's whipping methods. Louis Meyer, a 14-year-old boy, living at 217 Davenport avenue, testified: tes-tified: "Two years ago I was strapped to a desk by Mr. Lewis and punished. Ho strapped my legs to the logs of the desk, and then he strapped my hands to the top of the desk. Then he had a revolving re-volving polo with four or fJve straps in it, all with knots in tho ends. This flettr around by pulling a string-, and the straps hit me all over." Chicago Herald. |