, 1870-03-20
THE WALSH SCHOOL AFFAIR.
Examination Of the Charges
: Against Miss Rose.
Honornbly Acquitted.

Miss o. E Rose, teacher In the Walsh School,
arrested few days since on warrant charging
her with making an assault upon crippled boy
named George Edward Legge, was analgned be-
fore Justice Moore, as the West Side Police Cezzt
yesterday morning. The Lad, Who Is Is years Of
agc, wns seriouSly injured IN = planning mill about
a year ago; hts leg and back being laid entirely
open by the g1!pe Of the betting, and for long
tine his life stood In imminent danger. From the
effects OF the Injuries b. has not get recovered and
stil1 umps In 3 marked degree. :
His own sto1y Of the assault was to the eject
that, coming to school eariy on last Tuesday morn
Ing, during the high snow storm, be, with other
boys, begged to be admitted to the school, and WIS
refused by Miss Rose, who was the only teacher
present Pcrsistiug IN his entrenues, the teacher
hAd finally forced him cut Of doors and shut the
door aFainss him 50 rescelJ that he Was thrown
the wounds received by the accident at the plnn-
ing mill The Latter part Of This story IS true, but
as concerns Misc Roses part IN the assault the boy
Incident TO the excitement Of the OCCASION or else
he told ! wicked and malicious lie
Tbs testimony Of the scholars who were present
MISS Rose was not within nfty feet Of the lad at
the time but further shows that they were The dt.
rect Cause OF the accident themnelvca-
the testimony, scknowiedsed that they had No
case, and only remarked, "thero secms to be q
conflict Of testimony" Inspector Runyou ap-
case was opened that he WIS anxious to give the
prosecution the largest liberty during the e1anlna'
rou. -.......-...
The following Is the testimony aaduced before
TIE PROSECUTION. ,--..
George Edtcard Log, sses., said: an ls year rear
Rose and ether boys The other boys went tnto
the halt Mlss Rose told them TO go out We asked
70 Be les In sas saa she Tonid 81 =, n sAe could
the last and before was entirely out she shut The
door on me, thereby knocking me down with tne
sch SIC her. T She % said, Toos a. nc nusa yoo az
\ making, you must 20 OUT No boy Knocked nj
down. When was knocked down tumbled te
| the bottom. ! then felt the blood running down
| ny leg, and then went home. There are eieh1
steps e The stairway. The door struck me agasns1
| my left leg.
Of Mcaan and seet Ky BE-,
clothes sr We're fnli q blood and frozen On him d;
/ vas unable 70 tel me what WAS wrong, md 80
| weur To the school house to discover the canse
The wound was opened about the lower pA1t OF htl
was inscnsible during the whole Of the frs1 day
and was dellrouA My son 1eft my house fol
school, at half.pasts O'Clock By out clocf, whiel
was fast, q aiterward found out II Was twentl
| four blocks 70 the school house.
| THE DEHENCB-
| jams Drqgdn, s,rorn: ] an u years OF aga.
came to se6ool tn minutes before 8. Miss Rosi
came ten minutes after O'Clock A lot Of us bor
&c i shc could get Is IL she LETT Tne 10y ~
not Knocked down then. VIC al run CUT M
LegEe with rs. Miss Rose then went up ssalrh
ns' ses ns e. e e !. Il u os
doorS IN Thcn Lsss said, the .moaitor' i con-
Sc I'm NJ saa ~ m noeted an1 hm Aa aoRn s
1hnRhed - he gosnh / did not think he had bee
hurt IafterTArls went in, and did not aee hip
again ....-
Henry E9mady, sso4n: 1 am Jears Of agt
We were all at the door. Miss Rose had gone q
sal,a g. &sonseedy sad aIae monitor, ~. Is con- o
Il came m to lie School at il minutes Before oeioei
ea@e %eit R oher soys Th
VIC asked her to let us in. She said she would ses
When knocked Legge down, another boy pushe
Iesge Waa pushed down. The top step Is abou
three feet wide. had my back 70 Iggc when
was pushed looked round and saw him Ia
Louis Li.eoe, necrn: I am Is years Of age- can
to school 10 minutes after O'Clock. I got Bon
coal with the tanitol. When Me came TO " doo
janltoi Il sne might let the boys IN, but he salt
"Eo, they are always IN my Way" The boy
were at .he girls door. The boys door Ia At I'll
I back Miss Rose came Of 10 minutes bef0:a
O'Clock. / t1id not sce LegRe falL ! nav ~
Rose close the door and then 90 70 EtalrA 81
did not Ehus The door quickly. did not kno
snd sold the bo5s "Yoa can't set In nnere; 60 Eoun
ca. T Erara Leape, recalled: James Dusgan did nj
fan aet1ust me. None Of the boys touched me.
Jsmes Dugsan called CUT "Tn1ss not 20; n
| D.. 4. FORBES, s.fo7n: i reside On State stree
attended 70 70 The boy 1eRgc. The surface Of
| previous Injuries were eomeMhat lacerated, sho,
4 fx,1t NATL hra fall