The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-10-14
Prof Larrabee once More.-He goes into 0bliv-
ION To-day

Prof. Larrabee once More.-He goes into Obliv-
| ion To-day!
Can any honest man and good citizen vote
for Prof. Larrabee? He has never yet account
ed for that $4,000 he made during the two
I years he was Superintendent of Public In
struction on salary of $1,000 per annum.
A few days ago we alluded to still further
serious charges which were made against him.
These were neither more nor less than charges
of undue familiarity with the poor blind girls
inmates of the Asylum of which he is Super
intendent. These charges were not first made
by his political opponents, but inmates and
teachers of the Asylum! He was tried on the
charge by the Trustees, all his political and
personal friends, yet two of the five declared
him guilty. He has been called upon to pub
judge of the truth of the charges. DR.. Ellis,
who formally made thescharges, has also come
out in card asking him to publish the testi-
mony, as it will convince the public the char
ges were true, and he only escaped expulsion
through the favoriteism of the three who voted
for him. He has not yet done it. DR.. Ellis
has no political motives in this, as he requests
the evidence shall not be published till after
the election. but he merely wishes to prove his
position right at the trial in voting Prof. Lar
rabee guilty. Here are the charges as made
by DR.. Ellis, and which he says were amply
proved by the evidence, and that the publication
Of thesevidence will convince the public they
are true:
The charges are to the effect that Mr.. Lar
rabee has been in the habit of taking improper
liberties with the older female pupils-such as
! holding them upon his lap, kissing them, tax
ing them by the waist, and otherwise improp-
erly handling them. 1t is stated also that one
of the pupils, whose character is not above
suspicion, occupied for some weeks bed room
adjoining the room in which Mr.. L. slept, one
room opening into the other, and it is stated
that he proposed to donate to this girl 40 acres
of land, for what purpose is unknown. One
of the attendants stated that, Will epassing his
room ON one occasion, she saw him lying upon
sofa and two or three girls lying or leaning
over him, and his hand under one of the girls
clothes. Whether these are facts or not, it is
believed by many of the pupils and teachers
that he has INDUCED in improper intimacies or
familarities with certain ofthe pupils, and this
belief is calculated to destroy the usefulness
of the Institute.
4 The persons with whom I have conversed
are Mr.. c. M. Walker Teacher, Mr.. Newell
Music Teacher; Mr.. McGrifin. Teacher of
Handicraft; Mr.. hodges, laborer; Margaret
Belches, Assistant Music Teacher, and Isabel
Cooper, female attendent. | presume they
will make the same statement to you that
they have done to me. will only add that
whatever is done in this matter, in my opinion,
should be done Immediately.
Respectfully yours,
E. w. Fl. ELLIS.
And this man is the Democratic candidate
for Superintendent of Public Instruction. His
presence should not day longer polute the
Institution of the Blind. Why is he kept
there? The Madison Courier makes the fol-
lowing remarks on the subject:
This trial lasted four days. The evidence
is vUfumInouS. Two oil the board of managers
were for Larrabee's conviction. Two Metho-
dist ministers, whom Larrabee had invited to
be present, would have voted with the two
fora conviction upon the evidence adduced
The Professor dare not publish the testimony
| lie knows that the groSsest acts of improperly
have been proven upon him. Prof. Larrabee
knows that it was proved he has a habit of
pulling the larger girls into his lap hugging
and kissing them, feeling their persons, and of
using the most foul and gross language to them!
| These charges were made by teachers and
pupils of the asylum. 1t is enough to make
the blood boil to know that such crimes are to
go unpunished-nay, more, that large polit-
ical party are intent upon keeping this lecher-
GUS Buchaneer Methodist preacher in the Of
fee of superintendent of the Asylum for the
Blind-not only so, but that they are working
and spending money aswater, to fasten him upon
the people of the State as the superintendent |
of public instruction for the next two years
The Louisville Journal remarks.
We would do no injustice to Mr. Larrabee, |
yet we cannot but think that his retention in |
the office of superintendent Of the Asylum for !
the Blind must inevitably destroy the nstitu-
ton. What family in Indiana could be ex-
pected to send a blind girl to be placed under
his charge? Why has he not the public de-
cency to resign?
Let the people of Indiana to-day send into
political oblivion this monster and the whole
ticket, every man on which has been endeavor-
ing to screen Larrabee's iniquities.
GIVE extract the following significant
paragraph from the Kansas correspondent of
the Missouri Democrat:
Although yours is Democratic journal,
and although you support Buchanan for the
Presidency, yet l feel, that from your uniform
candor on all subjects, you will not refuse to