The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-06-03

for reconsideration OF It's hctlOhs anu IL oP-
pearIng that he hal been offered tae option to
have the charges against him Investigated, or TO
resign his place, and that he had chosen to re-
sign, the board considering the said resignation
a confession Of guilt" confirmed its previous
action, aud he was dismissed in sgrAce. See
exhibit "R." Afterwards French obtained a SIT
naTion i the .ebraska Deaf and Dunno lnsti-
t,sa . r. ras not long until a printed
circular was received By me, purportlng 10
come from that institution, in which french
was charged with gross imm 0ral1ties, ana Wnlcn
stated that he had been disgrace ully dismissed
from that institution. See exhibit ~ AIteI-
wa rds learned that FTeuc nad applied lot
situation as teacher of a class of inntss In the
Dublic schools OF CINCINNATI, ana inquiry wfs
made of me whether he was mt person LOT
such a place. Ianswered that he was not anu
stated the circumstances which led TO MS als-
missal from the Indiana Institution. rms Is
the man now in the pay or faWkner, WHO haS
fabricated most OF the so-called documentary
Evidence" exhibited in support OF the charges
against me- His character and motives Will
more fnllv appear as YOU examine thee docu-
ments in detail. The first is a statement not
sworn TO. purporting TO have been made ana a.,
signed by Mrs. Marietta Graham, formerly Ma
rietla Enochs. nj Olney, H., on the zitn DAY Oh
April, 1875. Mrs. Graham swears that she never
signed such statement; Inat e sn iar sheI
she was sixteen miles away bOm Tue
place where the instrument was signed when IL
xas signed and tnat the statement is WHOLLY
false see exhibit "D" Her husband, h. j.
Graham, swears that French came 10 him and
presented he false statement. saying tnat ne
wanted to u.e IL against Mi. McIntire. He
further sWeaTs that FTeHch fOrg5 ID Mrs. Ora
ham 3 signature to the statement and that ne
rears that French told Mr.. Graham that Mr..
McIntire had 'acted bad" with Ida Fawkner III
will De noticed that Ida Fawkner herself makes Is
no such charge. See exhibit az" Tbs next Is
the staten snJ OF Mrs. Candice +. Bergman, Tor
merry Johnson. She swears that French told
her that Fawkner was mad at Mr.. Mclnufe ana
wanted to expel hi A from the Institution, and
had promised him (French) money to enable
MIN to attend TO the business OF tting up these
tam ont
signed by her; that AZ is false, and That she dld
not say anything Ike IL to Fec ca. French
Monday morning. See exhibit az" Her hus-
band, John w. bergman, corroboratss
her affidavit with his OWL, IN whicn the add,
to be superintendent of the Institution. See ex-
hibit "G" the
AFFIDAVIT OF MISS ANNA CAREY
explains how French procured from her the
statement published by Fawkner in support of
hts charges. French told her that "Fawkner
and a man named Kennedy "a cripple) had sent
him to get the statement and that they paid him
for doing So" He also promised her money and
a position in the Institution if she would sign
the statement. She said French wrote the state
ment himself and that it is wholly false. Miss
Carey is a Catholic and, as am informed, had
denOuuced the statement published In the SEN
tinel as false, TO her priest, before she made the
affiday it, a copy of which is herewith filed. See
exhibit oh " AS to the story of Mrs Davis /
will say that she has not made any rstraction
OF it. as vet. Since was publ learn this,
French has been to see her and has
duce her TO stand by what she has said. The
document shows that French was present when
she made oath to it, and thai he interpreted the
oath. L have no doubt l. can be shown that il
was procured by methods 81 milar to those have
all eady exposed. But whether she retrscts 1t or
not am prepared 10 show that 1t is wholly false,
and / believe it can be shown that il is of a
mel md Il
me. Ida Fawkner's statement Is a pure iabli-
cation. Lorg before the officers Of the institu-
she had incuIpated him by statements made to
most intimate friends, her classmates and ROOM
mates. When her shame was, exposed by the
abortion, sh charged her uncle with her se1uc-
ton without so icitation, inducement or sugges-
| ton. She uniformly made tlat statement to
the officers OF the Institution, to the m atron and
| in VeStigaTiOn before the committee, consisting
of the board of trustees and Judges Roache and
| Blair, while her uncle, George FawkDer, was
present, and she never made any other state
ment as 1ar as know or ever heard until she left
Fawkner and his friends. l am confident
that shall be able to convince you that her
, statement is true, herewith present some
FURTHER EXHIBITS.
which shed more light upon the workings of this
conspiracy. MISS Carrie BiSchof swears that
French told her that he wrote the letter TO the
trying to get Mr. Mcsntlre out of the institution.
(See 4Sniblt iiI." Eliza ]. Moore swears that
French SAID he was employed by Fawkner to
charge Mr.. Valentine with the seduction OF his
niece Ida Fawkner (See exhibit ~. Charles
Suliivan's affidavit shows that French saw him
wanted him to travel over the state to get
| charges sgainst Mr.. MclDtire and sLme teachs rs
at The instiiuie Ssee exhibit ~ y ETeneh,s
| Anna Carey and teH her Ito be firm, and that
"ws will help her very much alter June. IL
a so states that the trial lof tswkner Tor apor1
Fawkneris trial is set for June 18th.
These exhibits disclose the aulraui and object
/ ing They libel the dead. fabricaie lies about
| the living. they commit a forgery, they commit
\ perjury and subornatiOn of perjury. Fawkner
demands thata meeting of your board shall 'be
Immediately called, and an early time fixed for
! that opportunity be given me (him) TO appear
bv my ihisl counsel. Dye & Harris and Byfield &
| Howe. and produce the evidence of these
vestig alton, asking the like privilege OF ap-
| THoS. MCINTYRE.
The originals will be produced and are open &c
your inspection.
STATE OF INDIANA, MARION COUNTY, IS:
Thomas McIntire, being duly sworn says in
| m snt subscribed by him are true in substance
and fact, as he verify believes
4 lltOS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2Stf
day Of May, 1875 HOWARD GALE,
| Notary Public
i VALENTINES ANSWER.
To the Board of Trustees Of the Deaf and DumI
Institution of the state of Indiana:
One John +. Fawkner has published a serie
of charges againgt Mr. Thomas McIntire, super
intendent OF the Deaf and Dumb Institution o
Indiana. In the fifth specification of thes
charges he says "that during the year 1874, Id
Fawkner, a female pupil of said Institution wa
seduced by Ezra Valentine, teacher in sai'
Institution, who afterward procured an abortion
on her, and that said Mcintire, when INFORMED
OF said facts, concealed the guilt OF said teacne
and for the purpose O. screening said Valentino
and himself. conspired with said Valentine 4
induce aud did induce said Ida Fawkner u
charge the same on me, as shown by her state
menT sworn to on April q, 1875" am the per
son referred to in said specification as Ezra
Valentine. The charge against me Is who'll,
false, l deny IL unequivocaly and withou
reservation. and ask at your hand