Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-06

1885, whom be Ant came to wsshin ACTON; he
brought fsar children With him, three boys
and girl; they were Ann szymanoski, James
henry, John Quinn, and - at first she
thought the general treatment Of these chill
dren was good in one respect; a. to his feed.
Ing Of them, he did IL ss she herself should
mott he whipped them With oowhide; AFTER
| be LEFT her house he went to g street, between
Twentieth and Twenty-frst streets, and she
went also; she continued there five or six
weeks. and saw that the children did not get
enough to eat; had known him to whip Anne
lia Masters three times in one day; the chill
dren never had enough to eat; he would give
them potatoes, and somstimes add meat of the
| meanest kind; sometimes there would be
bread on the table, and occasionally bakers
bread; had seen cornmeal and sometimes pud-
ding; she had breakfasted at bis table; he
had different fare for himself and wife from
what the children had, yet sometimes IL was
alike; on one occasion she remembered the
children got nothing to eat all day till even
| ing. and then no dinner but two shipbiscuits;
the children did not often have enough; they
did not complain, for they were afraid to do
so; he whipped them with q cowhide; had
seen Ann Sxymsnoski whipped and her nose
| wIuug by DIR Skinner; the clothing of the
children was insufficient; it was good Of its
kind, but was not enough; some Of them had
no stockings to their feet.
Cross examined by Mr. Davidge-Deponent
| lived where d.. Skinner first came. at the cor
ner of C and Four and-a-half street; he treat
ed the children before people kindly, but be-
hind their backs, not so; deponent could not
| say how often she had seen him illtreat the
| children; never dined or breakfasted at his
| table whilst at her house; she saw what she
did Of his treatment and the childrens' faro,
by passing through the house; DR.. Skinner
had no pillows or anything to lay bis head on,
she lent him avarvfhinO nf the hind. onnId
the table at every meal, saw all that was
on the table, and all that was cooked; never
saw drop of soup given to the children; nor
any tea or coffee; they eat bread, corn meal
and corn bread, and drank WATER the chill
Gren did not know what meat was; had seen
John - whipped numerically in the shed
with q cowhide; DR. 8. whipped the children
every morning; they had nobody to complain
to; the children who came to the DR. from this
| city, ran away from him; deponent had never
had any difficulty with the Doctor, except go
tar as her general disapprobstion Of his con-
| duct went; had never qusrreled with him, but
would not be on good terms with a man.
Mr. Key hero called Mrs E. D. E. N.
Southworth, who had been looking on at the
proceedings as spectator. to testify. On be-
ing sworn Mrs said she had known Dr. s.
since August, 1855; he had called at her house
In deorgetown, bringing some deaf and dumb
children; the exercises through which he pass
ed them aroused her interest; in consequence
| she exerted herself to gather fuads for the in
stItutlon, and succeeded to some extent; her
noighbor, Mir. Pairo, subscribed 500 down,
and $50 per annum besi1 the Institution
was then situated on G. street, opposite the
residence of Senator Seward; her Impressions
were certainly, from what she saw, that the
children had not enough to eat; this Insult
cheney she accounted for by the infancy of the
establishment; about the middle of September
last Mary Donaldson, q blind child then at
the Institution, came to deponent, crying very
bitterly at the time and being in great dis
tress, and said she could not STAY at Dr. Skin.
ner, she did not like DR.. Skinner, and besought
deponent TO 60 to her mother and tell her;
the child was very anxious; deponent however
could not go that evening, owing to q press of
| other matters, and indeed did not 90 after
wards; from what deponent saw certainly in.
ferred that the children were not fed suti-
clently; had eaten at DR.. SINNERS table; at
the one end where he and his guests sat there
was variety, but at the children's end pota.
toes were served; they had two meals q day;
nothing but potato or two at O meal; this
deponent ascribed to the poverty Of the insti-
tuition; deponent visited the institution three
times, and saw what she testifes to at each
time; there was mush at the table made
Of msal, water and salt; this sort of living
deponent ascribed to poverty; the 800 GIT
potato dinner took place mentioned by de.
ponent; Mr.. Poe, of Georgetown, also gave
$40; deponent was at Dr. SINNERS twice
In August and once in September; never COM
planned to Dr. Skinner of the scanty food given
to the children; knows nothing of DR. Skin.
ner 9 competency as q teacher of the deaf and
dumb; Mrs Skinner is not deaf and dumb:
should judge she understood the sign language;
had never seen anything unkind in DR.. Skin
ner's manner, but observed that his tone of
voice was harsh; the children when they came
TO her (deponents) house would complain Of
hungs-; at first knowing DR. Skinner depo.
nent thought him q philanthropic man, and
after that ascribed the poor fare Of the chill
dren to his poverty deponent has never been
at the Institution since its return from Mr..
kendalls place; had no opportunity to judge
OF Dr. SINNERS kindness In the course of
her testimony Mrs SouthwCrth said that from
what she saw, she at one time considered Dr.
SINNERS table 10 be a vegetarian" one, ard
him and his wife to be vegetarians
Mrs. Brewer, testified She had let Dr. 8
have her child; the child at length ran away;
1t got thin and poor; it got piece of bread to
eat, and was not satisf ed when the child
came home DR. Skinner called for him, and
then slapped him and carried him of; the
child ran away q second timo deponent was
induced to send the child back once more by
some Of tie Trustees, Mr.. Edes for instance;
deponent had never seen Mr.. Amos Kendall
Mrs. Annie Murray deposed in So low a tone
as to be nearly inaudible short distance off.
She knew DR. Skinner, and had lived at his
house; she went there with her blind child,
named Alexina Murray, and worked for her
board; the children had hardly enough to eat
| at the table; there were two meals a day:
doPonent was four or five weeks at Dr. Skin
ner's; her child would ask for more, and
would not get enough to eat; saw Dr. Skinner
strip and whip blind child, he whipped with
Toe cowhlde; the child had complained of the
food given her: the children were too cold of
night, and had not enough to eat; they had
diarrhea from eating mush and molasses
The crowded state of our columns TODAY
prevents US from giving all the testimony TO-
day. Its publication will be continued to.
| morrow
DARING RoBBERY.-The house of Rev. DR..
Sunderland, was entered Wednesday by
burglar from New York city, in open day,
while the family was absent from home. The
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