, 1876-02-28

anything olt1 but oyI}, and, as subaa1neut
Developments proved sbsltcfugo turned OUT more
there's and prostitutes than Rnod citizens. In.
! deod, ono witness for tho dotsus4, altss Sarah
Dyington, who taught tn tho Reform Echoo1 for
many yoatB. saidt upon oath, that tho proportion
Of rototmsa ohstaren rns - ono Ia 70 top. Tho
1tev. W. II. Gill occupied threo ontira days In
presenting tho testimony, that ho bad saleottd
from the mass, to provo llst tho Reform School
| had boen
- DEN OF HoRnoRs.
| Tho investigation nhs begun with tho testimony
| Of former female inn1Ates. All Tho Testimony
taken for tho prosecution would I'LL two sides Of
THE Tn1nuHE II It Nnro GOT Ia solid agate and
in evtry paragraph there would bo story Of
mon bricks will bo saaloiont 70 alve your readers
! 4 taste Of tho quality OF this 1v,dencs. Annio
| 1lobcssa entered tho Reform Hchool whom she
was but ycara Of ago, and, for speaking ttnper-
hotao"hlpped, put Into a. sttsight.juck kot, and
! fcd upon bread aud Hstnr for tE,tao veeks.
] Mnggio Donaldson eHors That tho young erls
| were associated with the o1dor ones, soma OF
Thom Te,e sent to tho Refuge n tho hope
doned lIos, and that sho took her nrst
! lessons in wlckedness in tho Reform School. Yhe
had boon very saserely whipped on several occa-
airl nsmoa Kste Hooper, for tsan1g ,oaenses,
! until the blood strosmoa from sho 8i1l's ahoul-
] ders.
MOST r11rApLx STORY
was told upon tho witnesa-BtAud by . handsome
young woman named Annie VanderkEst Whom
II yeArs OF age Annio WAS tAkon from tho Prot.
estant Epiacopel Home OF Pennsylvania BY two
! ladies Of Allegheny, and employed By them dur
| Ing gear, Mt tho end Of which time hoing nna-
ble to furnish her with employment ANY longer,
Up to thia period Of hor life Annie had livol In
an atmosphere Of religious responsibility,
md s'eo Was stranger to her. sho
WAN ea'Gs within tho mstos' .,,.n .ss
with tho vltoat language. and ahc soon boeame
familiar Hlth the vocabulary OF tho brothol. 1t
could not DO osnorwisc. She vaa thrust In
among 100 girle, many OF whom had lived
her compositions hsd completed hor contamtoa-
tion. She rks gtrl Of high Spirit and for so-
plying IN kind to ~ insulting opithet buried at
her by . taachor, sbe Was cruelty Whipped by
all tho devil that MAS In the girl was rampant,
! nn1 ahc detorminpl thst shO wpnId escape 1T sll
hazarda. ehe mas detected In hcr frat attempt,
and so1lous!y punished, but she essayod again,
fearful. In hor asorn statement she said that
she WAS tied to cltar, and boaton by Super,u.
teadant AVer1 With horBc-Thfp until
THE Droop FLOWED FROM Her breasts
| and from her hands, Then she waB taken to a
cold room, the time being rnidwIutor, and cou-
fined there for throo months. THO room uss
not larger than somo prison~cellR, and sho vhs
| not all0wed to icsve tt for sxoecfao. For four
| uAf1 RktCl hQ9 WR8 CCDu0UA Eu4 QA0 uOSDlQX 10
oat, and during tho drst thsoe weeks Of her In
oaroesation her diet uaa broad md water To
| prevent let from attempting to o8cape from tho
coll, Annie maB handcunc0, and tho 1nRnhc!es
wore 31sa 90 tightly upon he. that the cireula-
was insonse. Tho pain in her wriBts drove sleep
away from hor, and to Eel1oyo hor agony Blo
frequently hold her pAuacad bands outside OF q
window opening into the cell. 80 they might bo.
come numb WITH tho cold, and thus for short
tino iusenaiblo to tho cruel gasp OF tho haud-
| cuffs. WhLs aho Was hAndcuffod, SHE said,
SUIT. Avery atEuck. .hcr blow in tho faca that
brought the blood from her noso and mouth.
On tho day that Annie testified, large crowd
waa In attendance at the investigation, and whom
slo concluded her story BY opposing to tho COM
nlsteo III indelhlo scar On hor wrist, ns : rcmi-
ntscenca Of Tho mhnaclea,
TIE crowd wAB EXCITED TO FURY,
aud Tho slightest encouragement would have
precipitated their rago upon tito hoad Of tho
! Superintendent.
ID the boys' department tho discipline Of tho
scourge vas at all trnea paramount. Tho most
attention OF tho COMMITTEES were dota,led In the
testimony OF Ell Wyse, Adam 1ieddy, aud James
CaAaedy. Ell Wyae waa bosten until tho blood
flowed from him. aoa then cosilaed in lookup
ia coll about Gr9-for throe months. Ia mid
winter, aud hia feet wore 10 badly frozen tutt to
tbs present time he IL unable TO wosr leather
Adam neddy auoro that sapt Avery had givon
q
the blood flowed from hia sheuldera to bis hoois.
Jamcs Cssoedy. oao-armsd youth. suoro that
he had roce,yod 13a laahes ou the bass back for
: sziaiag, o1ense ho being quite young It tho
time and that lo would carry tue marks Of tho
Hhip 70 bis gfavs 49,. .......
Mr. Robef. Mcllos. at present teacher In tho
public schools, but formerly teacher in tho
Refuge, md who has . testimonial Of high char
SAW the Superintendent te boy to post and
| whip upon tho b8r1 back nntil
TuX BOY FILL EXHAUSTED.
He watched tho whipping until oyefcosne With
disgust, but before ho LOFT the sceuo the boy had
bsen given over 100 lashes.
On the last day Of the nrosocuhon, John An
derson, William bcott Willlam Metz, aud Har~
voy Ileed, appeared before the Committee, aud.
treated with thurman brutalty whito inmates Of
tho Refuge exhibited soara npon their porssns
made By tho whip OF the Superintendent Or sau,a
OF hiu subordlnatos.
TO moet this terrible arrgnmens tho defetsa
offered tho Testimony OF tho aursfintondont. &ia
Wife aud ; number OF tho subordinate on}co1
aud, hrlbfiy summed up, the strength Of their F,-
as!on les!od aolo'y to general donial i Hss
hnd beon "hipped, handcunod, and conintl.
but 1t wsa dcnled that tho punishment waa ~
sevore - tbs poor victim had described 1t,
Thora was 4 disposition on tho part Of tao
public to rtserve their verdict until both aidcs
wero heard. and wltau tho tedsImony for tho de-;
fsnee VIA al In hore was = universal demand
for Superintendent Avery and bis subordinate,
to atep down and out. Upon this question ths
press Of this city ware unannouB, and the Leg
ls!s.ivo Committee wers ousspokon ID hsh
0piuion thst
1 citEAa CASE HAD pEEs MADE OUT
| against Avery md his assistants.
White there waa = shsdow Of hopc Avofy 70
tained all his old potnposIty, but A. tho proof
multiplied le gradually lost his ASSURANCE AM
before tho Investigation closed he Nhs utter1
/ brokon down. ue Ii milling to 30, will 10 glad
y, II permitted, hs only remaining ambition he
fnR to escape further prosecution. However,
| ID likely that the ma.tsr will 10 formally pro
sented to the Grand Jury, in Is naxt term, and !
It bo taken to court It fs hlated that there utli
developments Of mora rAoy nature than Al
thAt srannplred during tho Legislative 1nvesti
CATION.
Tho result Of tho Investigation will b that th
COMMITTEES will recommend that tho desired ap
propristion b withheld until an assurlnco I
Gison that tho Institution will ba turned over t
tho Slate, and conducted heroattor BY : nohre
Ut ManageEs 10 bo appointed in such Way thu
/ ~ tha htnhANt rf1xrhnfAt-Syhn will Etffutif