The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-06
AROW IN A TELEGRAPH SCHOOL,


When the members OF the New York
Telegraph Instruction Company. forty or nftv
young men and young ladies, gathered At their
afternoon session Yesterday, in the building Al
broadway and Clinton place, the room WIS
quiet and orderly, and thoy all went bu'ily to
work. Up and down the door are lines OF desks
In parallel rows, and above these stand littlo
telegraph poles, over which stretch mnny little
wires In every direction. At every desk is
telegraph instrument In front OF the occupant
md on each of the poles Is strip OF board that
bears tho name OF the station that Is represented
by the student. Washington Jersey City, Trcn-
ton, New York, boston, and Providence are all
re presented by individuals.
Mir. ID. u. Mack, the scnior partner OF the nrm
of Mack, McEachren & Frost, and the principal
OF tho school. sat at his desk on tho platform.
and MIR. McEachren was quiet and unconcerncd
In the little front room. Telegraph Instruments
| clicked and buzzed, and messages OF love and
| peace passed over the lines toBoston, Newfotk'
| and Providence Suddenly the door new open,
ana SIR. Frost, junior pirtner, spranF upon the
| Q and by the side Of the principal, and tele.
graphing TO the little oruer bell Ia the centre OF
| tne room, rang mn alarm, aud said; .
"Scholars, want TO m IKE speech 20 you.
Get down from here, answered MT. MACK,
NO, will not get down; for want to tell
the SCHOLARS what fraud you are. A..
| Mack seized him by the shoulder. and botn
| clinched aud went OF the platform together:
| Then the jutior partner appealed to tho school
their seats, crowded In body around the desk
| Of the principal, and shouted " Yes, let him
speak we want to hear what he nas TO say A.
| Frost ascended the platform and addreesed the
| school. while tho principal folded his arms and
| calmly listened. Mr.. Frost in ing speech ac
cused hts two partners OF making fraudulent
| contracts with hts scholars and Of cheating him
| NfosU In their business transactions. He said
| tEat no had been with them In their school In 81.
| Louis. and that since HE connection with them
| Us mEnager-about four or nve months ago-be
had been cheated out Of $500. Tney contracted
| tO supply pupils with good situations Tor $lC
pired but this they would not do. Dir. Eros,
accused them OF having carried on systema'ic
swindug operations In Boston, 1T. Louis, anu
other cities, and said that as soon as he was con
vinced of these facts he determined to appriss
the pupils.
There was loud demonstration as Mr.. Frost
| concluded. and the feeling was strong against
Mr. Mack. He was called upon TO reply to the
charges by the angry listeners, and he, mount
| ing the platform, firmly denied them, and asked
| any one OF tho pupils to point out In what wal
he had failed to keep to the terms OF his con
tracts. As he concluded, thcre we're loud clam
orings for investig cation, and measures wer,
| proposed ana rejected, and motions passed and
rescinded. IL was decided to 90 In body e
the once OF a justice OF the peace, and ther'
let both sides be heard. Then II was proposed
| that committee be appointed to look into the
account books OF the nrm, but after the com
mittoe h1d been chosen, Mr.. Mack told the ex
| cited students that they had no right or author
ny TO inquire into his accounts. me scholar
insisted that II must he done the girls began L
| cry, and Mr.. Mack was compelled 10 lie.d. fly,
| pupils wore selected "a a committee " investi
gation, and they pored for many hours over th
ledger. They reported that the books showed
| The receipts to bs about Sl.s0O. for which aoou
81 i.2OO could be accounted for. They didn'
know whether there was fraud and oorrupiioi
or not, aud they thought II best To walt unit
| morning for further iuNestizatiOn.