Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-11
L0sAhGELES WEEKLY HERALD
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PsssenEers GsiDg south.
MoJAvE, Dec. 1O.-W M Griffi th
CA Page, ] @ Sewton, G ] Barber
Mrs A HI Wingle, Miss A e Fisher
III A Vate, WB Hale and wife,
r Proudfoot and wife, Frazer ant
wife, F d Buttolph, Il Houghtol
and wife, ] Anderson, A Stafford
w Dakin, ] w Gardiner and wife
] Raux, J Spille, g Bellyache,
A Long, w B Benson.
Tne Tencbess' Frauds.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.-A
the Investigation of examination
questions last night by the com.
mittee of the Board of Education,
the principal witness was S. M
Augustine, superintendent oil
Schools of Marin county, who tes
tilted to many occasions on which
appearances led him to believe that
ladies from San Francisco came to
San Rafael to pass examinations
who had questions beforehand.
John Levett testified to instances
of applicants having obtained
questions, and attributed the great
or portion of the trouble to the fact
that questions We're made out in
the STATE Superintendents Office at
Sacramento and sent all over the
country.
The most direct and damaging
evidence yet given before the In
vestigation Committee was OBJ
tanned ut a secret meeting held
yesterday morning. Mary ]. Ken
nedy, a teacher of San Mateo
county, was subp9naed. She
stated that, about two weeks be.
fore the examination in Decem-
Der, 1877, Edward Ewald sold her
questions for 500 and brought
them to her home in this city at
midnight.
Mrs. Danielwitz and several other
ladies also got questions from
Ewald at that time and passed
: their examinations at San Rafael.
Miss Kennedy paid Ewald an I'D
ditional 800 for position in this
city. He failed to procure her the
place, giving, as a reason, that he
had no influence with the present
Board. She was obliged to seek
for a situation elsewhere, but
Ewald refused to return the 500,
which he still retains. Miss Ken
nedy gave the names of other
parties implicated in the swindle,
who will be called before the Com
mittee. The fact of Ewald having
sold questions, If proven, does not
constitute an offense against the
State law, but the Committee hope
!, to hold him for perjury, as he swore
positively that he had never dealt
in the papers.
The evidence given by Miss
Kennedy is corroborated in many
respects, Mrs. N. Ziegerhert par.
ticularly testified to paying Ewald
money for questions Mrs. Ken.
pedy In her statement, which is
very lengthy, says that Ewald told
her that the most of the teachers in
= the department got questions in
eSdvance. He also charged Super
n attendant Mann and others with
having procured their positions by
: underhanded means. Ewald said
he worked hard for Bolander and
gave witness to understand that,
If Bolander had succeeded, he
(Ewald) could have had things
his own way. Ewald gave witness
the questions about two weeks be-
fore the examination. They were
on manifold paper. Ewald gave
witness to understand that he pro.
cured the questions direct from the
office of the State Superintendent
at Sacramento, and that, no matter
what means might be taken to pre-
vent them getting out prematurely,
he could obtain them, as the par
ties who furnished them were un-
der such obligations to him that
they could refuse him nothing.
Churchi,rs Trial sss.
( SAN BUENAvENTURA, Dec. TO-
+. In the District Court the case Of
the People vs.. I. d. Lord for MUIR
der being the first on the calendar,
was called up by his Honor Judge
Fawcett, when w. w. Allen for
the defense said he was ready to
proceed with the case. l.. G..
Granger, acting District Attorney,
said that, on account of the pecu-
liar circumstances surrounding the
case, the prosecution thought best
to proceed first with the
trial of ]. s. Churchill another
of the defendants. Mr.. Allen
said the defense were ready to try
any of the four and hoped that all
would be disposed of at this term.
His Honor then set the case of
Churchill for Monday, the 10th in
slant, and ordered a venire to issue
for one hundred trial jurors.
Churchill is In poor health, being
afflicted with heart disease and In
flammatory rheumatism, hut Is
anxious to be tried at once.
the whise- -aehring Case.
tVIsALIA, Dec. 10.-The Grand
Jury adjourned yesterday. w. j.
White, bound over last September
to appear before the Grand Jury on
q charge. Of manslaughter for the
murder of DR.. Mehring, Is to be
held over to appear before the next
Grand Jury, In February.
The Kemsucky war.
b MOUNT STERLING, KY, Dec
1O.-James Petit, Deputy United
States Marshal, arrived last nt"hl
from q point twenty miles fr m
Jackson, the scene of the late dis