The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-06-24
THE STATE SCANDAL.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

VALENTINE IN AN EQUIyoCAL POSITION.
From the New Albany Ledger-Standard.l
The evidence in the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum examination, so far as developed,
places Mr.. Valentine in very equivocal DO
sition. We have seen nothing yet which
duplicates the superintendent seriously.
BLOCKADE RUNNING EXTRAORDINARY.
prom Skaters Democratic Herald
The testimony in the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum scandal shows that the blockade
between Ida Fawkner's and Valentines
bed rooms was run more often than Ad-
miral Sennes run the blockade of Charles
ton harbor.
DIFFICULTY IN THE INSTITUTION
From the Lafayette Dispatch.l
The Deaf and Dumb criminal investiga-
ton is still going on, and a mass of evidence
is published by the Sentinel, from which it
is evident that there is certsinly some diff
Guilty in that institution, which, In the opin-
ion of its officers, needed to be covered up
The prosecution against Fawkner has been
abandoned, the Indictment bsing nolle
pressed by the prosecuting attorney
SHOULD BE sIFrED TO TEE BOTTOM.
From the Ripley County Journal
The trial of MeIntire, superintendent of
tine, one of the teachers, on charge Of So
ducing several of the female pupils, is now
in progress at Indianapolis. The charges
should be sifted 10 the bottom, and if sus-
tanned, the offenders should receive more
than ordinary punishment.
GROUNDS FOR THE GRAVE CHARGES.
From the Evansville Courier.
The investigation into the charges lately
made by the Sentinel against some of the
officers of the Indiana Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb is now in progress, having
reached its fifth day. The Sentinel of yes
terday contains large amount of the testi-
mony taken, and if we may Judge from
what has already been elected, there have
been sufficient grounds for the charges
that have shocked the people of the
whole state. The evidence of two
witnesses was that they saw a girl named
Ida Fawkner go into Valentines room on
two different occasions. One of them testi-
fed that Ida Fswkner had confessed to her
that Valentine sometimes kissed her and
held her on his lap. There are one or two
other points in the testimony which 90 to
show that the conduct of some of the Off
Gals fairly invited the worst kind of GEN.
sure. If looks as if the Sentinel would be
able to substantiate sufficient case to de-
feat the suit for libel that McIntire has
brought against it.
CORRUPTION AND FALSE SWEARING.
IFrom the Miami County Sentinel.
The investigation of the trustees of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum into the conduct OF
AcIntire, the superintendent, is progressing
with uncertain results. 1t discloses hid
eous amount of corruption and false swear
ing Several o. the witnesses who filed
their atfidavits against Mr.. MeIrtire have
taken back all they asserted, and declare
that they were coerced into the false swear
ing by undue influences. Still there are
some damaging disclosures against the SUI
perintendent, which yet remain uncontra-
dicted. The affair is yet in the mist and
the truth can hardly be conjectured, One
thing seems manifest; that ''there is some
thing rotten in Denmark" 1t speaks
poorly for the moral training of the
inmates that SO many OF them could be
induced to make the affidavits they did,
without some foundation for them. The
proofs SO far have done little towards clear
ing up the mystery. Mr.. McIntire has
many strong and Influential friends, who
are using every means in his behalf. The
thing looks shaky ON both sides. Much of
the testimony is dlscreditasle to the witness
and the parties, aud il is doubtful if any of
them come out with clean hands.