The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-13
HENRY BERGH IN COURT
The Four Humanitariam sPope" Jones, "Silas
!, Brush" "GildersleeVe" and "SprOle."
Unfortunate Boys Hung by the Thumbs for
FOrty-Ave Minutes and Lashed Until
the Blood Runs Down
Into Their Boots.
.CALvERT AND HIS CANDY"
Dunn TestifieS in His Own
Defence.

Dunn Testifies i'm His Own
Defence.
The trial Of the lad Justus Dunn for the killing Of
she keeper of the House Of Refuge, Samuel Calvert
was continued yesterday morning in the Court OF
General Sessions, before His Honor Judge Bedford
The court room was crowded to its utmost
capacity, many people being refused abundance,
among whom were large number OF ladies. Super
intendent Jones sat there as smiling In aspect as
ever and the boy Dunn, with his sisters and his
counsel, william F. Howe, were present. Mr..
Orlando Stewart, Assistant District Attorney, was
also present as prosecutor for the people.
Henry Bergh came In and took seat inside OF
the enclosure AS he always takes an interest in
suffering animals it is more than probable that his
bowels Of compassion had been moved by the re-
cital in the HERALD of the sunerings and tortures
OF the boys of the House Of Refuge, who have been
treated, as the testimony will show, more like
hOuseless dogs than human beings under the adj
ministration OF pope" Jones.
Yesterday the evidence clearly proved that the
etreatment Of the Reformatory boys was such as
could only have been administered by men devoid
of all Kindness or human feeling.
Side by side with the District Attorney sat o
lawyer named Daedy, who had been formerly o
audience given yesterday in open Court, had cruelty
beaten boy his wrist and open hand with the
Shick rung OF an armchair. When the poor, mis-
guided lad pointed to him with his finger, ''That's
the there ~ every person In the Court stood up
70 look at him. and two purple spots appeared on his
cheeks. During the trial this man has been sup
plying the District AttOrney-whO is doing his
best with bad case-with information. Nearly
every witness called by the District Attorney cor
rOborated the testimony given by the lads in re-
gard to their cruel treatment. Charles Reade, in
his two wonderful books, Hard Cash" and
"Neyer Too Late to Mend," has described with
wonderful power the evils and tyranny which arise
from an unlimited and irresponsible government In
installations for correctional purposes. The infamy
Of the men Jones Brush, Gldersleeve and Sprole Is
told below in the testimony which we give, and
which speaks for ITSELF
HUNG UP FOR THREEQUARrERs OF AN HOUR.
Thomas Walsh, sworn and examined-I was sent
70 the House Of Refuge; my parents are Catholic
/. and am OF the same religion was strung up by
tthe.thumbs and my toes barely touched the ground
aud Mas kept there threequarters OF an hour till
vas nearly fainting; suffered much pain and my
thumbs we're numb applied for the services OF a
priest wi ven was sick and was told could not
have any the whips which were used in whipping
the beys v eere
SOAKED IN OIL ALL NIGHT;
I was lashe once by Mr.. Brush until l was ex-
hauated abe nut three years ago; the priest came to
me since i have been In the Tombs, but have
never seen a ,priest in the House of Refuge; was
punished once for looking or the Bible in the
chapel; was il ,oking at the cover and Calvert took
nv name: the, wanted me to read the Bible and
would not beca use did not DelOn2 10 the renglOn
THE MA WHO PROMPTS STEWART.
have been whip ped by that man there polnting
IN Mr. yho
District Attorney stewarH about, three Years ago
1ecm he aa ling n Of
nP Ike e. that hat sSowh ns closed napa, lhave been
By MI Stewart His devotional feelings were
very intense ash ed woman employed at
ne pses her Sssp, aa~s nurse ws:
was sick three DAYS tth chills and fever did not
think he was going to & 1ones a 10 res
see Mr.. Jones once a week at the hospital; had
been sent up to the scho o. ship twice for picking
aGu was sS guilty By h
thumbs; did not try at an te 10 XII c,r kee h
had M on the ne % back to the
at the time an atten pt , 70 escape vas sas
Catholic religion that reliri did not teach me TO
pick pockets. uus, vvvr,
Mr.. Jones. Mr. Gildersleeve and Mr.. Brush were
psesent when was strung up by the thumbs bad
been Knocked senseless by bookkeeper with "a a
s the 2tn Of August on the Fulton
and broadway, with another oy, while trying TO
M Howe now rose and began 70 elicit from the
witness many damaging things o regard TO the
torture and punishments. Welsh, VINO seemed 70
AZ ioilows Had lived with my fatl YER and mother
and used to go to church with them While was
THE TAEs AND pi sTsr ~ - or THE ys DAcx
! did not want the Rev. Mr.. Bra ulord Pienrcei
e sruns p M Jones' IN not the
boys with watches to time nreir time oi torture
had seen s aps p Ta the Usss
with these whips; co 1Ia , not ;, sC %ns
exhausted; never saw prizes, az .he nous 81 VI
Reiuge got whipped for refusing 70 rsaa te [roa
nom the Bible have been whippc, with the rnng
% chair by that man there point ny ~ an na
y,Gnal with car-drlver's mustacl ,,ncn1id .nEe'
lie continued 90 laugh for some tin aiter. ms !,
name, the boy told the reporters, was ton, lad
formerly schoolmaster In the instia avn, ,. a
been licked with the rung OF u chair; tn eruhe was
very thick.
George Downing, another youth testfe hn ontSo
been in the House OF Refuge twenty-hree ons ,th
before tnat he attended the Catholic Churca aEing
and drinking three bottles OF champagne; he, FOR
was punished 10y being strung up by the thumbs Via
Wenty minutes, ana also iaio over poA nau :. 8
pantaloons taken down and received twenty sioA :
with strap.
. BRUSH, THE BLOOD LAsBER. n
Mr.. Howe-This was Mr.. Si!as Brush, name g
peyer TO be forgotten. who did this.
The witness said yes" He continued was Il
'cospeed to listen TO the preaching Of a minister r.
wine taught different religion from mine; they
tolu ae would get punished II ! would ask for a f.
Jfiest; MI Pierce, the minister, reads aloud the
confess on in thSbook (which the witness tcld In b
nls handl and we uhe boys had to hold down our u
heads anu shut our tyeS. Q.aughter
Y Iney DON'T let you slut your ears at the same l.
zine zinc inongn A. No, sir; tbis - not the conies
moi Taught ~ the Catholic On urch.
~ fNTn TFrN~
nat MOVIE put pocket manual OF DEVOTION used n
~ Me oathohc Church. into the W, mess hand, and u
was about asking him II tho ro Milton OF the "a