Show SUPERINTENDENT GETS 1115 INNINGS IN SCHOOL CASE CAS Some of His Witnesses MaRe MaKe Malc Him a Paragon I. I of Virtue OGDEN June 26 Superintendent II H. II I. I Thomas of tho the state industrial industria school had his innings before the citi elti- in esti investigating atin committee which i is probing the time affairs of time the school a aits at its session yesterday and was declared ideal man mai manfor manfor by man many witnesses to be bo an for the place and that the time institution under his management had been conducted con con- ducted along ideal iMal lines The rhe sessions session of f the committee will wi end cud Tuesday when lien arguments will wi bo lle made by time the tle Two wo other attorneys for each side witnesses may be examined at that tha time if th they y can be procured d Joseph Bur leto who was the tho first firs witness called at the afternoon session described tho the methods used in iii proc I in ing statements from the tho paroled inmates in 11 mates of tho time 8 school All Al questions question aro are asked in tho time presence of the parole board in in Salt Lake Lake r. Mr Cram Assistant Assist a ant t Superintendent delt Kneass an and 1 the time witness He lie identified an aff affidavit from fron Ada Swenson S ensen now married and amid living in Bingham Canyon In this affidavit the deponent declares that the statements state state- ments made by Mrs Mr Lillio V. V Halsted tnt before the time committee last lat week regarding regarding regard regard- in ing certain improper questions h being heing in asked her bv lv ll Superintendent Thomas Thoma arc are untrue The rhe affidavit declares that tha that she has reform reformed Id and the tho teaching she rc received at the school has proven val Another affidavit from Irom Miss Mis l isa Anderson former teacher in the time school wa was offered in evidence evidence- She that in a general way vay conditions were good durin during the time of lien her 01 employ ploy gool Affidavits by Brown a former forme cook and Bowen Rowen a former ormer guard dc dc- dc scribing whipping methods were also presented Assisted in Whipping W. W If ii- Ackert was waa the next witness lie le had been blen discharged d by hy or order er o of Superintendent Thomas and the board hoard and was soon afterward reinstated by bv bythe bytho tho the same authority He lie did not know knon why had been discharged ed and re re- re instated instated He lie le had hind chargo charge of the farm detail and worked work from four foul to six boys lie le said lie he assisted in the whipping whipping whipping whip whip- ping of the seven boys who offenses while on their camping trip last summer Tho Tito witness winess said he ho whipped Edwin Elwin Wells Wels and ani another boy whose name namE he Ime could not and that th the others were whipped h by the other officers The Tho band hand was playing all al tho the time in ing the tle whipping Hughes tho time only boy the witness saw aw after the tho whipping had his skin broken a a itlo little on one o of his arms Ho Sic didn't didn t remember seeing the other boys and could not nt tell tEI how hov severely the they were whipped Asked i if ho whipped the two boys hard the time witness wit wit- ness fleas said Paid ho Ito spare spare Y very vor r much HP lie described how time the boys hO 5 ran around in a circle cirle whilo while th the lash hash was being being applied Some b begged ge for mercy and ana others did not Time The whipping whipping whip whip- ping ceased ceasEd only when Thomas directed that it i should One boy dropped droppEd down after the lash had boon been applied but hut the witness believed that ho Ime was feigning He lie was taken out of the whipping room nevertheless by one of tho the officers Grateful for Punishment The peculiar gratitude of ono one on boy was recited by the win witness ss He lie said this boy had been bean whipped and had imad immediately im mm- mediately thanked Superintendent Thomas for the punishment saying sayin that I he fully deserved deserted it The Time witness said that he lie 10 used tobacco whisky and profanity profanity pro pro- I fanity while at work worl Ho He had used tobacco tobacco to to- bacco and profanity in tho the presence of I the boys but they did not suspect his I US use of tobacco I Mrs N. N J. J Ives hes of Salt Sal Lake City said aid that she had a boy bov bo boat at tho the scho school J during the winter of 1907 1007 Ho ITo Io was ill i of scarlet fever fe and she went there to to- assist in in nursing him She Sho said t that tat at she found that the sick boys at the school were treated well wel and the food fool Furnished the tho inmates was good at all al times imes while she was there The witless wit wit- witness ness less said that in her opinion Thomas Thomass is s a thorough h Christian man and that her boy who is is now on parole from the thc institution had improved 90 per cent as the result of his experience in the reformatory Mrs II H. II Thomas Thonmas wife of Superintendent Superintendent Super Super- Thomas was the next wit wit- ness She said she has baa been matron of if the school since November Xo 1 1 1903 1905 Her work is chiefly in time the boys' boys department department depart- depart ment nent but she has supervision on of all al housework the cook roo rooi rOO i food supply and lookin looking after the thc clothing for the he boys Mrs Irs Thomas said that several months sometimes elapse before corporal corporal cor cor- or punishment is necessary She tes tes- tilled that the the food at nt the school furnished furnished fur fur- to tho inmates is of good gooc nual- nual Ity ty and that there is IS plenty of it Says Thomas W Ws Was s Honest Thomas Movers ers was r recalled by the defense He said that tho the work done doncon on j n the residence of tho the superintendent by y V J J. H. H Scott Scot which occupied him for forel forsight el sight eight bt or ten days could have lJ e been done by jy a competent workman in four or five days lays He le described Scott as a n put put- Thomas ho he declared had paid scott from his own pocket and that I the tho ho amount was deducted from the school chool pay roll rol at the end of the month Parley Griffin was recalled and mont said t that hat at Superintendent Thomas had talked kindly ly to the seven boys bOR who were I punished for grave wave offenses during a camping camping trip The kindly talk and advice had been given iven both before be- be bp fore ore and after the boys were whipped During tho the evening session the investigating t atin committee asked if any anyone one connected with the investigation desired csirE to tp p make a statement Mrs Kate Hiliard Jill Hil- Hi Hard availed herself of this opportunity lity and on behalf of ot the women's chubs lubs clubs of the state tate declared that the he investigation wa was Legun crun as the I result of a ma ma- meeting held atthe at the tho ho Weber academy several weeks ago This meeting she said was called caled af af- af ter br er Miss liss Lucy Van Cott of Salt Lake had ad voluntarily offered to wake make wakE an ex j ex-j I ex-I J II I. I pose of conditions at th tl school school which she had vif time before At this vi ri m speaker declared Miss ts V Vf Vs failed flunked Hand and r 1 she site said she he hind had ltd found o oman oi man Joseph Joueph at th this I point effort ort e html had been made to g S Cott to attend the she alma had refused to come conic i isaid said faid she was opposed to J and that the use use at tho the school should be lie abo abol Does Not Favor Lash Competent instructors m men mi mien en of character should be bt assist in the tIme reformation of of the school and anti the la las means of punishment sh aside according to Mr views Mrs rs Hiliard ex eXT she meal bv by the word worth C fit 11 Miss Aan Yau fott ott ot had bad failed promise which she hail had ll Dr C G. G A. A Dickson the the Industrial school I hool since inc 1 tilled that the time sanitation is is' ford fared some suggestions as i il ilof sug of ot the menu J Superintendent II Ir I H. H I then called call to the stand H Hben III been ben superintendent ine WO All Al his p wi hind had been tin since tt tb th February md nd Ma May 1905 HiS w wf wl sm-i T. T B. B l- l lans l ans of the the board he similar east cast and w west t. t 1 to 10 0 get et i ideas idea as them The Time ms grams rams from eight reformat countr country showing that i i-f i form of corporal Yo vogue ue Corporal ness declared was wa local school onh for seth Kui such as uin using tobacco o. o crimes crimes rimel Tho ent admitted that thai he lie dire dirc J of t the tho he seven boy boj bOJ whipped for an in in the canyon last lat j said Fair that hm h hp thought they i I punishment meted mated out an yet 1 Professes Ignorance j S SHo Ho Ia said i lie h liar had never heR hea investigation of of said aM to have ha ha n f n upon the tho Bam on boy bov E R charges of gra graft f preferred I Ifor for erecting his mis hi ance anre from front tho the employees o 0 Thomas said hI me obtainEd obtained from the time board of Movers Meyers and mind on the j l were n paid out nut of his owa pc work done donto and time tt amo amo 1 from from fromn their pa jm pay loll 0 TIle Tho b i school lie hI f Fair said aul who asa ai work lid did dir So 10 o 11 as 1 nature of a diversion fo f The witnel df thai tha asked vile il IP questions Ions thal of of g as testified d to h hm hIis is Mrs D. D former matron I he time he citizens' citizens commit tee did Damino n D amino amine Mr fr rho Thomas mas An was taken until J Tuesday a 3 J o'clock when the com coni capt listen to t hI arguments oi of 1 ncy nays The Th I of p probably olo eloes e time the evidence I witnesses l. l now mim heing sou sough ough hf rena commit I i can be T j Tuesday t |