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Show with the governor of the state, who. on being informed of the facta in the cafe, said that "whipping is much too good for them." Attorney Johnson -closed by saylug that the worst - boys and the worst girls of the state were brought to the institution .for correction: that while it was easy .to And fault it was not ho easy to suggest a remedy', and that counsel for the citizens' . committee should abandon ; every reference to questions alleged to have been asked girls of the school by Superintendent Thomas. Attorney A. W. Agee, for the citizens, citi-zens, made tho closing address of the day, during which he quite generally summed, up the evidence which has been taken during the committee's sittings. sit-tings. He said that it had been plainly plain-ly shown, that there was graft . at the school, both, by Thomas and by T. B. .Evans, "the-latter furnishing goods to the school w-hilo acting .as . trustee, which, he said.. was in direct contravention contra-vention to the Tilling by Attorney General Gen-eral Brceden, who interpreted the law as forbidding any officer of the school from selling goods for use at tho institution in-stitution or from receiving any emoluments emolu-ments in 'any form whatsoever from tho school. Attorney Agee said that the whipping of the seven boys was deplorable and unnecessary, becauso if there had' been proper supervision and management of the boys while on their camplngtrip the offense would have never taken place and the whippings whip-pings would havp been unnecessary. Judge J. W. Agee gave a Bumming up of tho case on behalf of the citizens' citi-zens' committee that preferred the charges in the beginning, substantially substantial-ly as follows: That the boy King, after being confined con-fined in a cell till ho became sick and had to be sent to the hospital, was broughtout and by order of Superintendent Super-intendent Thomas was flogged before going into the hospital. Seven boys were confined for two or three days in two cells, each cell being be-ing about 4x12 feet, and containing only on-ly ono cot, sufficient only for the accommodation ac-commodation of one person, and were fed on bread and water only. The odor od-or arising from the cells was very bad. Boys were given from fifty to sev-enty-fhe blows -with a heavy leather strap, with nothing on but their shirts. The MaJin girl was for several days confined in a cell, the floor of which was covered-with water so that a plank had to be laid from, tho door to the cot on which she slept, and was ror girl a rnorspl now and then without with-out the knowledge of tho superintendent superinten-dent - ' , . A clear preponderance of the evidence evi-dence shows That Indecent questions were put to girls and which they were required to answer under penalty of being confined to a cell. That the punishments inflicted were often cruel and sometimes even inhuman., in-human., That the food furnished the inmates was often unwholesome and , Insufficient, Insuffi-cient, while the table of the superintendent super-intendent was supplied with the best the market afforded. That the superintendent reprimanded reprimand-ed his assistant. Captain Kneass, and i Mr. Scott, and attempted to have the i former discharged because they declined de-clined to call boys of the school late at night to take care of a horse which his son had been driving for his own pleasure and not on any business bus-iness connected with the school, That the cells In wblch the Inmates were confined were unsanitary, not ( alone from being In tho basement, but 1 because they were allowed to become unclean and filled with foul odors. That the superintendent was gross- J lv negligent in having tho girl, Henrietta Hen-rietta Coyle, removed from the school to the hospital in the clr- in an open spring wagon in cold weather, instead in-stead of calling an ambulance. That an examination of the bills allowed al-lowed and paid to T. B. Evans &. Co. while Mr. Evans was a member of the board, will show that the highest retail prices were paid for supplies even when bought In large quantities, and that a very largo quantity of luxuries lux-uries were furnished, although, it is claimed, that there was a shortage of funds fpr the conduct of the school. While Mr. Thomas testifies that Scott worked only nine days for him, both Scott and Captain Kneass say that Scott worked threo weeks on the hoii6o of Mr. Thomas. He returned to the food served at the school, and during this discussion said that strawberries had been furnished fur-nished to tie school by T. B. Evans at $2.25 a case during June. 1907, and many other delicacies which never reached tho Inmates tables, and that he was of the opinion Superintendent Thomas lived better and had a better board than did David Eccles. At the conclusion of Attorney Agce's speech the matter was given over to the committee, who, after going over the evldonce, will submit their report to Governor Spry. Just when this will be done was not given out. j TESTIMONY AT SCHOOL ALL IN ATTORNEYS MAKE THEIR CLOSING CLOS-ING ARGUMENTS. Evidence Taken During State Industrial Indus-trial School Investigation Is in Hands of Committee. The investigation into the alleged mismanagement of the Stale Industrial school bv Superintendent II. H-Thomas H-Thomas came to an end yesterday afternoon, af-ternoon, aftVr about three hours had been occupied by tho attorneys for Mr. Thomas and for the citizens' committee com-mittee In summing up the evidence which had been submitted. Attorneys Valentine Gideon, T. E. Johnson and A. W. Agee spoke during the afternoon, the first to tako the floor being Mr. Gideon, who went through a short summary .of the evidence evi-dence submitted. He paid that ho was glad to note so much Interest had been taken in the management of the school by the people of tho state. In a general gen-eral way, he said, the testimony that Thomas was -Incompetent to manage such an institution as the Industrial school, that he had no experience, no policy and no outline of study; that he thought the superintendent of an industrial school should be more competent com-petent than Mr. Thomas had been shown to be, from evidence introduced during the investigation. He said that the board oftrustees had early recog nlzed Thomas' incompetency, . Inasmuch Inas-much as thev had taken the authority to punish inmates of the school out of his hands and required him to submit sub-mit the case to them and recelvo instructions in-structions from that body as to what punishment to inflict: - said that Thomas had usurped this authority in the punishment of boys by whipping and confinement in cells for the use of tobacco, when employes and guards at the school were habitual users of tobacco to-bacco themselves. In regard to the questions alleged to have been asked led on oread ana waier omy, ax a period when she was in ill health, until un-til Mrs. Tracy, the matron, appealed to Dr. Conioy, who ordered her removed re-moved from the cell. That contrary to the regulations or orders of the. board of trustees. . the 'Oregon boot" was used on different ooyB. . One girl was asked by Superintendent Superinten-dent Thomas to go through with an indecent performance before the superintendent sup-erintendent and in the presence of the matron, and when she refused to do so was confined in an unsanitary cell for a' wret and fed on bread anil water.- . Scott, the Instructor In carpentry, was sent: with one boy to do work on the private property of Superintendent Thomas, and was paid for his work $20, or, according to. Mr. Thomas, at the rate of about $2 per day, while at the same time his services were needed need-ed at,' the school In the construction of dormitories,'., and an outside carpenter car-penter was employed to do the work that should have been done in the school by Scott,. and was paid $i a day for his work. . While Scott was working for the superintendent .the slate furnished hlra board and lodging. lodg-ing. Neither.. the ; state nor the boy received any. 'pay for the work done by the latter, n r : t A detail, of -two boys was sent with Griffin, one of the employes, to do work on the private property of Superintendent Sup-erintendent Thomas when their services ser-vices were .-ha41t needed in preparing trenches for the new water system. A detail of from one lo five boys and a team belonging to the state were sent with Myers, an employe of the school, to work upon the private property of the superintendent, when there was work to bo done on tho water system. According to the, undisputed, un-disputed, testimony, Myers and these boys and the team worked four or five days on. the private property of Mr. Thomas. . " According to the testimony of Miss Mitchell, a witness for Mr. Thomas and who was a teacher in the school, Miss Conroy was employed as a teacher teach-er of music, but from Christmas, 190S, until April or May of this year, and we believe until the terra of office of her brother. Dr. Conroy, as trustee, expired, she was at the school only two or three times; yet she was carried car-ried on the payroll and her salary paid by the state. For "some time after Mr. Thomas became be-came superintendent, the statutes of this state (section 2067) requiring girl Inmates of the school by Thomas, Gideon said the evidence showed plainly plain-ly that such questions had been asked, because while several witnesses corroborated cor-roborated the testimony of Mrs. Hal-sted, Hal-sted, no"' one except Thomas himself had denied that they had been asked. Attorney Gideon described the whipping whip-ping of the seven boys In the classroom class-room as an "orgy," and characterized it -as a "cowardly crime on the part of Thomas " Attorney1 T. B. Johnson, who has represented Thomas during the investigation, inves-tigation, then took the floor and summed up the evidence in behalf of his client. He said that a great deal depends upon the teachers end employes em-ployes of an industrial school, because the superintendent of such an institution insti-tution has other duties to perform of a more general nature, such as looking look-ing after improvements, buildings, etc., and that matrons, cooks, teachers and other employes should have the direct supervision of the inmates. He said that Superintendent Thomas deserved the hearty support of all citizens cit-izens of the state for tho work he had done at the institution. Regarding the food served at the school, Johnson said that evidence proved the inmates were given the same as was served on tho superintendent's superin-tendent's table. I Continuing, he said that none of tho charges brought against Thomas were worthy of consideration; that they were brought by incompetent persons who were too willing to condemn but had no. remedy to offer. He said that Thomas reputation, the reputation of his wife and of tho state of Utah depends de-pends upon the result of the committee's' commit-tee's' finding. The investigation, he said, was begun primarily through a woman-hailing from Salt Lake, who whispered 4o: a woman in Ogcjen that if the Ogden woman would got a big crowd ' togother she would come up here and teir what she knew about the reform school. The meetjng was called, and discharged employes of the school were given an opportunity to "vent their spleen." He ridiculed the charges of graft, saying that tho only foundation for such" chargos was the fact that Thomas, acting on authority from the board of trustoes, had allowed three men and a few boys to work on his residence, for which 'he pad them out of his own pocket. Ho -said tho citizens' committee should have gone to the board of trustees and found out about the matter before bringing such ugly charges against the superintendent. superintend-ent. He deplored what he called "petty "pet-ty complaints" against the management, manage-ment, and cited the instance of Mrs. D. T. Tracy's evidence concerning vermin ver-min In the beds in the girls' cottaco at. the school, saying that Mrs. Tracy had been at the school threo years and a half and yet had to wait "until she was deposed' before mentioning the fact. He also deplored the mention made by Attorney Gideon of the punishment of the seven boys. These boys, he said, were "burly brutes w ho had 'outraged 'out-raged smaller boys while on a camping camp-ing trip; that they were men in everything ev-erything but years, and that whipping w as too small a punishment for them." Ho said that beforo punishment was Inflicted on them tho board of trustees had been consulted by Thomas and that the board in turn had consulted contracts to be made for supplies upon up-on competitive bids, and after advertisement adver-tisement for bids were entirely Ignored, Ignor-ed, later contracts were let. for certain cer-tain articles, but a large portion of "the supplies practieally all not thus contracted for were bought of T. B. Kvans & Co.; a corporation In which T. B. Evans, one of tho trustees, was a stockholder and officer, and although purchased In large quantities, the highest retail prices were paid. Prior to letting the contract for flour to Peery Bros.. T. B. Evans & Co., also furnished the flour for the school. These dealings with this company were carried on by Mr. Thomas and were permitted by the board of trustees trus-tees as then constituted, in open violation viola-tion of section 20(30 of the statutes of this state, and in defiance of an opinion opin-ion of the attorney general of the state given to Harry S. Joseph, then a member and now chairman of the board of trustees, March 22, 1906, more than three years ago. During the entire incumbency of Mr. Thomas it .appears that not ono meeting of the superintendent, subordinates sub-ordinates - and teachers was held to discuss methods and devise plans for the government, education. Jnstruc- j tion and reformation of tho bovs and girls committed to their care and control. con-trol. Although there was, employed in the school a plasterer and there wore boys in the school who were good plasterers, tho girls' cottage was allowed al-lowed to go unrepaired where the plastering was off in many places, so that it Jnpoatlblo to keep out Vf.'l ...!.). ( j ': -,( -i;iri :ulfn. 8 tabic Was SUp-pMcd SUp-pMcd with C" I '-tt ! :orket would k.Ta, J. whu-: clif-i-rst quality of ;f'ir -g 5rvrr ,i.lr.ai3i-, and the j ifczuuitrs get butter n- only two meals each week and uave 00 'y separated niilk in any cons dnT,1? quantity. Emploes were ipttj pd. too, who used tobaeeo at rt- RC-L ,ol in violation viola-tion of the regulation h. - Boys and girls wrr r.lned for many days In un-zfitar1 rHlR on broad and water., :'""t the human'- felines 0f' ,-,1m!ow-s would prurnpt them to give Ui t"-3gr- boy |