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Show MANY EMPLOYES TESTIFY. IN FAVOR OF SUPT.TSIMAS: l : : Nurse Made Scott "Mike" Prom the Industrial School When He Endeavored to Gain Her Ear Dr. Smith Jeits of Private Diseases Which Are Gu sided Against -jtfrs. Co!vin Refers to the Boys at the v ' School as a "Lot of Hoodlums." ; apparent confusion of. Sc-Mt who sat near. "This Institution is perfectly all ! Tisht," she a ided. "The trouble 13, pvple are too noisy and butt in where they bae no business." Mrs. Colvin was thon excused. Dr. Smith, formerly pchool physl"-I physl"-I ian, was the next witness. lie told of the Kcarlet fever epidemic, but was unable to tell how the disease hail entered the sch ol. Witness approved of tho treatment given the sick at the school but was emphatic that the crying cry-ing neexl of the school was a hospital where patients could be cared for properly. Dr. Smllli was shown the school menu and stated that if the same were carried out the boys would 'get fat." He said that the complexions of tho girls would not suit some women, owing ow-ing to tho former being confined indoors in-doors much of the time. It was brought out by Attorney Gideon Gid-eon that the school physician paid attention only to those who were reported re-ported to be ill- The witness Mated that boys and girls were subjected to a phvcimi examination ex-amination upon their entering tho I school and l ascertain the prt-ae-ico or absence of venereal disease. II I stated that these diseases were found I existing at times and when asked where, in his opinion, they were con-j con-j tracted, replied: j "It would be pretty hard for me to j ascertain or state, my experience having hav-ing been that most people so afflicted prove to be liars on the subject," j Young Farley, a paroled inmate of l the Institution and who at present is . d'. ing well, was then called to tho ' stand and the discussion regarding ! his public examination, already referred refer-red to, followed. After a brief conference confer-ence the committee decided to examine exam-ine the boy privately and all others were excluded from the room. Yesterday Afternoon Session. The first witness at the afternoon session was Heber Scowcroft of the firm of J. Scowcroft & Sons, wholesale merchants in this city, who tes-I tes-I tlfied that his firm had sold j goods to the school He said I that all commodities sold to the school were above the average and j that the coffee in particular was a J grade about. 3 cents morn than the (Cheapest. The currants, he said were ! sold the school in both bulk and paek-jages, paek-jages, but that both were subject to i w orms, as were any and all brands of ! currants. I T. B. Evans, the next witness, said j that he had been a member of the board of trustees at tho school for the past four jears up to about three months ago, when he resigned; that he had acted as president of the board for the past two years. During lh time previous to his appointment, and since, his firm had sold staple grocer-' ies for use at the school, during the first two years without contract. Later on. he said, It was decided to adopt the contract system and advertise for bids, and that his firm had made bids "in a way'i-rfnd had sold the school supplies sup-plies amounting to $75 to $100 per month. His memory on some Incidents upon which he was questioned seemed to be dim, but he said he had s -me sort of a recollection about a request mad3 by Thomas for the services of J. H. Scott on his residence; that he believed be-lieved the punishment of the hoys who were unruly in tho canyon was reported report-ed to the board. In the matter of Scotfs employment he said that he himself hsd told Thomas that it would be all right if Thomas paid hi in himself. him-self. He mentioned improvements made at the school and said that the institution insti-tution did not pay big wages for teachers teach-ers and officers. Said he believed that Thomas gave all his time and talents to the school. He was then asked this direct question: "As a trustee and citizen do you believe be-lieve that Thomas was an efficient and capable superintendent?" "Yes." replied Evans. "I believe Mr. Thomas was an efficient officer and equal to the discharge of tlie responsibility respon-sibility placed upon him " Upon cross-examination Evans stated stat-ed that he became chairman of the board in 1907 and corroborated several statelnents made in his direct testimony. testi-mony. When the matter of tho uo of the Oregon boot was broached, Mr. Evans said: "When I became a mom- The morning session of the Slate In.lusirinl School investigation opened ; al D a. m. today and a number of wil-j wil-j nesses for the defense were called ; upon ro give their testimony. Thore ' was none of ihe discord and bitter-1 bitter-1 uosr. of Thursday's stormy session shown today and the attorneys for the j citizens' committee worked In perfect per-fect hnrmonv with Chairman Joseph j and his associates. Toward the closing clos-ing hour an objection offered by the attorney for the complaining committee com-mittee drew a sharp retort from the, orjposing counsel regarding the introducing intro-ducing of testimony by an Inmate of the school, Farley by name, who is -V I present on parole. Aftrr a brief dis-1 cussion of the matter, It was decided j that the governor's committee would examine the witness prhatcly, the spectators as well asv the attorneys and newspaper representatives being excluded from the room. This was done "but of respect for tho apparent reformation of the boy mentioned and to avoid placing1 his story again be- fore the nubile. Rufus F. Stevens, formerly employed employ-ed at the institution as printer and P'jblteher of, "The Industrial School Advance," 1906-S, was the first witness wit-ness called. He told of the boys assigned as-signed to his department and stated that some showed more Interest in the work than others, according to their education. There was not much whipping going on during the time witness was employed at the school, although upon one occasion n boy was given a half doen strokes with the "paddle" by Capt. Kneass for having committed "an exceptionally loathsome act. ' Witness stated that Supt. Thomas was always kind and considerate in his treatment of the boys, gave them fatherly talks and was kind to them. Regarding the food at the school, witness thought It excellent, and much better than that served in the army according to his brother who was a soldier. Witness said that Supt. Thomas had done wonders in improving the school after ue came into office "had transformed a bastile Into a pnlacc." Upon being cross-examined. Stevens stated that he was In favor of corporal cor-poral punishment when he considered consider-ed it necessary to correct certain faults. He admitted that he had violated vio-lated the rules of the school regarding regard-ing the u?e of tobacco and had chewed while on duty. He stated that he had concealed the fact, however, how-ever, from the boys, not allowing them to see the tobaceo in his possession. .Mrs. Mary Colviu, for fourteen j month? a nurse at Ihe school, was called call-ed to the stand and testified regarding regard-ing Cic epidemic of scarlet fever which occurred during her term of office She stated that there were twenty cases of the disease, out of which number two boys died. During the epidemic the patients" received constant attention. atten-tion. Physicians made regular visits and Superintendent and Mrs. Thomas inquired after, although the latter were not allowed to enter the sick rr-om. Supt, Thomas wished to visit one of the boys who was ahout to die, but was not suffered to do so. Witness stated that the cooks quit at one time because Mrs. Thomas was too particular about the grub for a j "lot of hoodlums." Witness w ent on to add that in her opinion the "grub was first-class." She stated that the "grub" was also plentiful. cnl- the bread pudding being a little short at times. When asked by a committeeman if there was not considerable complaint among employes on account of their pay being held over for a. week or so past payday, witness stated that some of the employes would growl about anything. Regarding the death of the Turner boy, witness stated that Supt. Thomas ordered that no expense be spared to care for the patient, and that everything every-thing possible was done for him to no avail. Witness said that Scott had come -ut a few days ago and asked her to come down to testify about "something that wasn't bo," and she had fired him out. "lie got too fresh and I just up and told him to hike." said the witness. "Did he hike?" was asked. "You bet. he did, for If ho hadn't I'd have helped him," she replied, to the amusement of the spectators and the j ber ot the board in 1305 the matter of using the boot was discussed by the board and it was decided to abolish its use at the school." George Shorten teuified that in his capacity of city sanitary inspector he had visited the school occasionally an. I had always found the cells iu first class condition. It was upon his personal per-sonal orders, he said, that Mrs. Crosby was not allowed to see her grandson either before or after death, on account ac-count of the extremely malignant form of scarlet fever with which he suffered and died, He said he feared contagion conta-gion and for that reason issued orders not to let anyone see the body, and the casket was sealed immediately after af-ter death. He declared that Thomas had spoken kindly to Mrs. Crosby when bho called at tho school to see I her grandson. ! Miss Lulu Edith Mitchell, on taking I the stand, said that she had had no trouble with the girl inmates of the 1 school while she had baen teacher I there; that she did not believe In cor- J poral punishment and had no occasion to use It. and that the food was good and there was plenty of it. She said that Sirs. Tracy, former for-mer matron, had told her personally upon one occasion that if ho (Mrs Tracy) lost her position at the school that she would see that Thomas lost his, also. She said that at one time during her stay at the school Mrs. Tracy had taken four girls from the classroom and Inflicted corporal punishment pun-ishment upon theru during school hours, which had demoralized the work of the school for tbe balance of the day. Mrs. T. D. Harris, employed from April to October. lOOS, as a cook at the school, eald that the food at the school I was good and tha: Thomas' treatment j of the Inmates, as far as she observed. 1 was kind and courteous. |
