The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-27

associates and some OF the people OF Indiana but
4 / will swear under OATH and God is my witness.
that ali have said is true and just
what he did with me during my stay at
with truth that he toSk great care
1 not to let others do the same with he
could Keep me all TO himself. He always petted
ma very much and alwa Us said l was sweet
when he kissed me and had criminal intercourse
course was mostly done in Mcintires offics,
wi h the doors shut and locked. Sometimes he
called me out of the gisls' sitting room very
dark hall and parlor close by, and feel over me
for his own pleasure. Now, all these statements
are made frankly, freely by me. and under oath
1 viii swear TO all of them, aud God is my wit
ness ANNIE CAREY.
STATE OF INDIANA, WABASH COUNTY:
Personally appeared before me the under
signed, clerk of said county, this 18th day of
May, 1875, Annie Carey, who, upon her oath,
says that she has carefully read the above state
ment, and that the matters and things therein
stated are true of her own personal knowledge,
and that she read and signed the same in the
tify that affiant read and signed the same in my
presence, and that the oath was administered in
manner when oaths are administered
Witness my hand and seal of said Wabash Cir
cult Court, affixed at Wabash this 18th day of
May. lo75. jim NJ. AMOss,
| I@eall Clerk Wabash Circuit Court.
STATEMENT OF MRS. ADELINE DAvIs-EX-
HIBIT D.
| May u, 1875
On the ith of October 1861, and my husban
Garrard Davis, went from the town Of Mitchell,
Ind, where live, to friends in the country
| We had their team drawn b. oxen. When we
came 10 the railroad crossing about two miles
westof our town, we stopped the team and
looked up and down the railroad for the engine.
There Is a curve O little distance from the cross
Ing. around which we could not see, and being
dear we could not hear the coming OF train.
Thinking that All was right We started again.
Wren we got just on the track there CAME the
engine alone, swiftly by around The curve. We
thought our fate rs sealed. The engine struck
me wagon IN Inc center, anu sent ~ all around
IN splinters Mr. pavis was thrown headlong
into the OF en- cOw-pit, and the engine broke one
OF ms legs. was myself thrown up and fell on
The ground on one side of the trace. and the
whF els whirled by my cad. If had fallen a
few INCHES closer my head would have struck
the rail, and the 1gine would nave severed my
head. Ny lit e boy was thrown on the other
side of the track, and received a flesh wound on
the head. It was
TERRIBLE TRIAL TO Us,
and it Is a wonder that we escaped without
death. People in the country hocked 70 our
sstance Mr.. Davis was drawn oat of the pit.
We were taken back to The iowa. The doctor
amputated the leg OF my husband fellow the
knee. For long time we were sorely afflicted
When Mr.. Davis got well enough 10 attend to
= business, he-st d the railroad company for dam
ages, the ohio 6. mississippi Rsilioad) 1t
put OIL from time TO time TIL he had it removed
TO Orange county by venue. There the jury,
believe agreed Ia favor OF Mr. Davis's case, nut
the counsel the railroad companS's sid
Il
occasioned long delay. We were in doubt
whether we would be successful and get the
money for the d2mage On the llth day of NAV,
1865, Mr.. Davis died from affection in the leg,
and his case in court was not yet decided In
gs no one To dTiSe me- in nv condltion Mr.
Davis was buried in Shelby county, where his
folks used TO live, it being his desire TO be buried
. among them. Soon afterward my child died
and was buried by his SIDE L remained in
: SHELBY county about three and a half years
, among Mr.. Daviss relatives, and then returned
to my own home i'll Mitchell. No one helped or
advised me what TO DO a bout the case in court.
we could not do anything. Afterwards / was
compelled 10 pay $500 for the expenses of the
hat Davis Was had So Say SO before S5 he
died. These troubles went heavily
mean Seart With rre When ufr became moge ouiet
and accustomed TO these trials and troubles by
the lapse of years, l was advised to go to the
} Deaf and Dumb Institution at indianapolis to
! see what Mr.: Thomas McIntire. the superin-
the
FRIEND OF THE UNFORTUNATE
in his charge. OF course went, in August, 1874,
stopping at Franklin, Ind, 10 see some mutes on
my way. At the institution Mr.. McIntire told
me it was too Late 70 do anything by the lapse OF
years. was very much disappointed-needed
money for my livelihood and to support my
other two children at home. had to submit TO
my fate. One afternoon while was at the in
D stitution, Mr.. McIntire asked me to go over the
building with him. OF course l went around,
a
of the girls in the north part of the building, he
], asked me to let hi m do something with me. |
D refused TO do and he forced me to let him do
1t. Then he made me promise not 10
tell any one else. / was much surprised at his
action and in my condition knew not W hat TO
do, as he had the confidence of the people and
the boatd of trustees, who were his intimate
friends. or course had to submit TO my I'd
ditlonal fate not knowing how or where TO APP
ply for redress. Before doing the above he
asked me now long ago had been unwell. He
gave me ticket from Greencastle TO Mitchell
: that he had no use for, but gave me no money.
l do not believe he is really the friend of the
deaf and dumb in some cases, as he did not seem
E very willing TO do anything for me at lifetime.
] believe the reason why he told me not TO tell
: any one else, was because he did not want them
to know, for fear they might turn him out OF
the institution. For the above action L believe
him to be bad man, because he might try
other girls as he did me.
! This statement is all true. Under oath will
/ swear to the truthfulness of the same.
Z STATE OF INDIANA, COUNTY OF MARION, IS.
4 Before me this day personally comes a cline
4 Davis. deaf and dumb person, to whom tie
8 foregoing affidavit was exhibited and by her
read, and the usual oath being administered 10
her by deaf and dumb signs by the undersigned,
! through an Interpreter one William French,
and by the undersigned in writing, saws the same
Witness 10y hand and seal OF the Circuit Court
Of said county, at Indianapolis, this 18th day of
Seal AUSTIN H BROWN, Clerk.
. STATEMENT OF IDA X. FAwKNER-EXHIBIT e.
make the following statement and explana-
e ton to exonerate my uncle, John Z. Fawkner,
G who unjustly and falsely accused of my Sc
b duction. Thinking all the time Mr.. McIntire's
f oath OF secrecy would not be broken, 1 took the
, advice and took an oath to Mr.. Ezra G. Valen-
tine never to tell of our criminal intimacy. But
after Mr.. McIntire broke his oath found that
. my uncle, an innocent man, was suffering.
while the guilty was unpunished. Just one year
Y ago, in January, 1874, was called to meet some
, friends in the reception room. After showing
1 them over the buildings they bid me goodbye
l and left. As went through the library met
Mr.. Ezra q. Valentine, who was reading the pa
a pers- Alter some conversation. he invited me
y TO go TO his room to show me his photograph al
buns, three in number. told him | did not
4 think Miss julia Taylor would allow me, besides
il was against the rules. Ed. q. Valentine
+ SAID CoU' EASILY COME TO HIS ROOM
no lad.r