The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-19
REVEREND CowLEY.

The Christiau Spirit He Manifested to-
ward the Children I'm the "Shepnerd's
Fold "-ThpITesnmony OF Some of the
Inmates
We make the following extracts from
the testimony taken regarding the
shepherds Fold" in New York, which
has been under the supervision of Rev.
Edward Cowley.
Lizzie Hunter, IL years old, an in
mate of the Fold, wa examined:
"What werey your dutiesi in the Foldf"
at had to clean the cellar and do the
dirty work. / had to clean the children;
1 had to do all the ashes-sift them and
put them out"
"Did you ever see Mr.. Cowley chas-
| tise any of the other children?,
I" l saw him kick Emma Bowman and
slap her in the face. Lille Haws'
| teacher told on her, and Mr.. Cowley got
a s~ky-rocket that had been shot of, and
beat her. / saw him kick Charlie Fox.
He locked up Emma Bowman, Lille
Haws and Fanny McCurdy. Emma
Bowman told Mrs. Cowley that John
| Campbell came down into the girls
room at night, with nothing on but a
sheet. Mrs. Cowley said Nonsense
and gave her a push"
AMY SuI d Idb, sliul SlIt, WIN
a grave, sallow face, testified as follows:
" am Is years old. 1 went to live with
Mr.. Cowley ten years age, when he lived
on Fifty-eight street. 1 did the cooking,
washing and ironing and tended the
furnace; cooked for Mr.. and Mrs. Cow
ley, Mrs. Ferris, and all the children. 1
washed Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day, and ironed Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. l slept in the nursery with
the smaller children. We had ne light
in the room"
"What did you have for breakfast?'
"Bread and milk. They took one
quart of condensed milk a day. The
children had half and Mr.. and Mrs..
Cowley the rest. The milk was reduced
by eight parts of water to n OF milk.
For dinner we had peas and beans made
into soup. Two quarts were used for all
the children. We had black German
bread. We had no meat, exceptin G
Christmas week. 1t was given us by
charitable people. Mr.. Cowley never
bought any for us. We had no vegeta-
bles, eggs, or fruit of any kind. MI. and
Mr.. Cowiey had cakes, ham and eggs,
chops and hash for breakfast. They
had meat, potatoes and vegetables, tea
and coffee. They used one pint of milk
and gave the other pint to the children"
did MI. Cowley ever lock you upE'
eyes; I was locked up in the hall
room on the third floor for four days,
and had nothing to eat but bread and
water. I slept on the bare floor the first
night. The second night they threw
in a mattress. There was nothing else
in the ROOM. About one month ago,
Mr.. Cowley beat me one Sunday after
church."
Did Mrs. Cowley ever go to church,,
+" Yes. Ironic laughter. Mr.. Cow.
ley hit me on the shoulder with a poker.
It was because Charlie Fox told some
thing about me. Mr.. Cowley gave me
no chance to explain; he struck me
hard. He raised his arm above his
head. My shoulders were bruised and
swollen. I ran up stairs and he followed
me-. I shut myself in the dressing.
room. Five or six weeks he punched
me three times in the back, with his
FIST. He was angry because his linen
a not done up to suit him. Once he
beat me SO tbaJthe blood ran. He struck
me i've the head with a cane. The
blood ran down over my clothing SO that
Mr.. Cowley told his wife to take it off
I was then locked in the dressing room
! without any clothing. Mr.. Cowley
came up aud wanted to come in, ano
f.. Mrs. Cowley got me a dress. Then hi
locked me in the bathroom. | saw hin
punch Emma Bowman two or three
, times in the back"
"Did the other children ever ask yor
a for food7"
eyes; sometimes 1 gave them some
3 thing and sometimes 1 had nothing
Lille Haws went to the neighbors anc
, begged for food. Mrs. McAllister, wit
: lived across the way, said she would Civ
us what she could. One Of the boy
ran away, and when he came back, Mr.
f Cowley told me to punish him."
Chow did he tell you to punish him |?
"By giving him a cold bath. l tolt
him l would not do it, and he toll
Charley Fox to. Idon't know whethe
Charlie did or not.
The food above mentioned, half o
which Nj. and Mrs. Cowley ate, was TO
J some forty odd children. There is littl
q to be wondered at about the report tina
they were "emaciated" and nearl,
dead.