The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-30

heard Kerr tell Johnnie Kemp that he
had heard OF boys that had their ears
pulled off in that way. The offense COM
mitted by Johnnie was that of laughing /
while Kerr was talking to the boys
Have heard Kerr say to the boys that if |
they did not keep better order he would |
fill up graveyard with them that he |
would pitch them out of the window; |
that he would have better order If he
had to have a funeral every day; heard
Superintendent Kerr order Mrs. Davis,
of Cottage No. Is, to deprive Richard
Kemp of anything to eat Tor three meals,
and after wards heard Mrs Davis say that
she had carried out the order; heard
Kerr ask Mrs. Davis il she had carried
out the order above referred to; she re-
piled that she had; Kerr then said he
thought it worked well, very well. Su-
perintendent Kerr, at matron's meet
ing, told US to punish the children any
way we liked, so we did not break the
bones or lay ourselves liable to the law.
Saw the gardener Of the home, William
Whittet sometime last fall, at least two
months before he was discharged, come
to my cottage drunk; heard my boys say
that while they were out at work with
Whittet, he would leave them and 60
off to town and get drunk; il was during
last August that heard Kerr talking to
Johnnie Kemp, and saw him lift him by
his ears; and further deponent saith not.
[Signedl MATTE j. WEEKS.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me,
and in my presence by the said Matte j.
Weeks, this 10th day of March. A. d.
1876. [Signed ii. INCLUSION,
Notary Public, Greene county, o.
The State of Ohio, Greene county, IS.
Mrs. Huldah Spencer being duly sworn
according to law, deposes and says:
Am matron of Cottage No. 10 OF the
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, of
the State of Ohio, at Xenia, Ohio; have
been connected with the Home for the
last three years and a half saw Superin-
tendent Kerr of the Home take hold of
Johnnie Kemp's two ears and lift him of
the floor twice because he had laughed
while Mr.. Kerr was talking in Matrons
meetings more than once / heard Mr..
Kerr tell the Matrons to punish the chill
dren any way they had a mind to, so
they did not break any bones or lay
themselves liable to the law; went to
him one time and reported i'll treatment
OF some of my boys by one Black, the
farmer at the Home, and Whittet the
gardener; and Mr.. Kerr replied that he
had told these men to take a piece of
barrel hoop or barrel stave and whip
these boys-that they were obliged to
mind. Whittet had beaten one boy in
the face willie Conover) until he was
black and blue and his face swollen
Another boy (John Evans) had his ears
pulled by said Black until they were
bloody; told Mr.. Kerr of this; Mr.. Kerr
said the boys were to behave; the men
had to do something to make the boys
mind. Said Black is here yet, and Whit
tet remained some time after all these
acts of violence Another boy of mine
(Albert Carter) had his ears pulled by
Black till they were bloody; saw said
Whittet drunk; he came into my cottage
and i ran away afraid of him The boys
told me often, Whittet is drunk and
was drunk while at work with him.
Whittet still remained some time after
that. Burns, the present engineer. has
been in my cottage, drunk when all the
children were in; all the boys said,
Burns is drunk" Have often sent for
Burns to fix the radiators, and gas pipes,
and boys often returned reporting Burns
drunk, and have had to wait a week for
him to come went to Kerr and told him
these repairs were needed; Kerr said
to go to Burns, and / told him l had
been to Burns, and Burns would pay no
attention to it, and Mr.. Kerr made no
reply, heard Mr.. Kerr say to the chill
dren that he had heard of some of them
who were in the habit of splitting on the
stone steps; that if the boys found them
out they might ride them on q rail or
any thing else, so they did not take their
lives; heard Mr.. Kerr say to the children
in the dining-room hall that some of the
trees ware barked or peeled; that if he
knew who did it he would peel the skin
off their legs down to their feet; but that
might be too cruel, so he thought he
would blister their legs, and pour scald-
ing water on their legs until the skin
peeled off. Kerr did not say he would
do this himself, but that it ought to be
done. And further deponent saith not.
GSigned. HULDAH SPENCER.
Sworn to and subscribed by the said
Huldah Spencer, in my presence
this 18th day of March, A. D. 1876.
III. INCLUSION, Notary Public,
Greene county, Ohio
7. As to the second charge, that oi
bargaining place in the institution for
the consideration of a Democratic vote
we submit the affidavit of James Max
well, of Xenia, Ohio, properly sworn to
and executed before an officer Of Greene
county, and hereunto attached and made
part of our protest.
OBTAINING DEMOCRATIC VOTES IMPROPERLY
The State of Ohio, Greene County, IS:
James Maxwell, OF lawful age, being
duly sworn according to law, deposes and
; and says:
reside in the city of Xenia, this coun
ty; on the morning of the election last
fall, one Dominick Graham, an employe
of the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home, at this place, came to my house
and proposed to me that If / would vote
the Democratic ticket could get posi-
ton at the Home, and told me to go out
to the Home with him and see Mr.. Kerr
80 that would be satisfied | could get
the job provided voted the Democratic
ticket. Affiant further states that he
did 60 out with said Graham to the
. house and saw Mr.. Kerr; that Graham
said to Kerr (this was in the dining-room
at the Home, in the presence of the chill
dren at breakfast), that this was the man
spoken of, and that he had come out tc
see him (Mr. Kerr SO as to be satisfied
that he could get the position, as per the
agreement Mr.. Kerr said all right. We
then went into the office of the Superin
tendent at the Home, and the clerk, Mr.
: Bruer, brought out two or three gallon
demGohn OF whisky, and | poured out
some in a glass and drank it. Mr.. Kerr
was present in the Office when / drank
it, smiled and laughed, but said nothing
Some one in the Office said, Now well
go to town and vote together" This wa:
early in the morning of the day of elec
ton. Affiant further states that after.
wards, abo 1T 9 or 10 o'clock in the morn
ing of the same day, rode with Mr.