The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-21
THE HOUSE OF REFUGH.
An Inmate Has the Nightmare, Which
Prompts Him to Climb
Barred window.

Yesterday the Investigation in the House of
Refuge matter was resumed In the Mayors par
lor. The following evidence was taken:
Major B psworth, formerly superintendent Of
the institution, being sworn testified to the gen.
eral health of the house. which was bad from
June to October, owing TO its locality in the
During the first term OF his superintendence
agaih is nasnrs @ eve 1sfy
ahatrd. His system of correcting the inmates
was by talking to them, and treating them ss his
Owh children. small rattan was sometimes
used la whipping the children, but no abrasion
Of the skin WIS ever made The boys were
never kept In the dungeons more than four
what small.
Mr. Reagan once punished a boy so severely
that he had TO report him to the Administrator
Of Police, who reprimanded him. Mr.. Reagan
was, however. q very kind. hearted man. but
the boys never impose on him. Some OF the
boys In the institution are gs TX, hard cases and
! In certain cases. The white aud eolored boys
slept In the same dormitory A night watch
out tbs sue iutendent knowing Of It. He, had
no system of marks or medals to urge tue boys
| tn & cd behavior; this WIS left to tne teacher.
He encouraged them By his personal conduct
toward them.
Mr.. Reagan, sworn, said: The present ad-
mi istration Of the House of Refuge l. as mild
The boy, Jackson. who was In the cell tor
twenty-oDe days, was not in continuously.
During working hours he was taken out 10 saw
wood and do other jobs outside OF shop work.
At least three or fur days in the week he " 8
taken out Il few hours each day. ] think the
Dunshtm,sent inf eted on the 9oy = Il Smith was
ment was too severe.
Frank Weather, an inmate. sworn, says-T
am lhiEteen years old am one Of the boys who
the night. about IL O'Clock, and got on the barred
window. Mr.: Reilly, the, Waterman. knocked
me off and fell on the floor b tween the two
be6a MT them NJ
ary where he whipped me on the hands with
stick little bigger than the other one, and
head twice which caused the acars that are
there. / Was In bed four months. No doctor
came to see me during that time. There were
which was sore for sometime. It has been
about eleven months since Mr.. Reilly struck
Mr.. Wlegeson kick one Of the boys once In
the belly because he was asleep. at his work,
and that made him spit blood. He is not go0d
to The boys NY fa'ners name Wa 81 J e %
the Social Hall corner d. Poydras and Maya:
zine streets. My mohter lives at the corner OF
Harmony and Laqtel. had been In me HOUSE
Mr. Burke and Mr.. Aleek are good rem. They
are all good except Mr.. Reilly; My mother
comes to see me once month. get enough to
eat, but some of theaboys say they cont get
DIR. Beard. sworn-Examined the boy Wealth
or. Has had him under treatment for sore
eyes and scrofulous sores. The bIotches on
his head arise from scrofulous tenn permanent.
III the sores had been caused by blows they
would have healed up in much shorter time
than four m0ntS.
Cornelius Murphy. an inmate, sworn-I work
In the brush shop. Mr.. Wilkinson superin-
tends the shor. | have been working about
four months. He has not handled boys roughly
since with So has been In the institute u. The
1 eneral treatment of boys Is good. Bows are not
bunished too severely that I know Of. Have
lever been whipped; am well treated, have
not been picked out to make partial state.
ment.
Never saw Frank Weather beaten over the
II adj Never heard the boys say that they had
" am ped shirts put on them because they had
t .stifed before the Grand Jury. Haye been in
le House nf Refuge five, years. Know Mr..
l'eeney. Like bim very well.