Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-05
THE HOME MANAGEMENT
AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE WAY THE
ORPHANS ARE TKEATED.
Statement Of Mrs. Quin n, H1rs. EyeIbreck
and Mrs. Wilson.

| Yesterday at l O'Clock mrs quinn
and Mrs. Holbrook called at the Office
of the Superintendent of Public In
lstructi0n to meet Mrs. and Mrs. Mills
to give the latter an opportunity Of eX
hibiting the compromising letters which
they claimed were in their possession
written by Mrs. Quinn. They found
the door Of the Office locked, and al
though they waited more than half an
| hour in the corridor of the capitol to get
an opportunity Of testifying in the case,
they were unable to gain admittance to
the Office or meet Mr.. or Mrs. Mills.
| They We're ready to make affidavit to
| what they had TO say. Not being able
to testify, however, they called at the
APPEAL office and asked 50 be allowed
| TO make their statement through the
columns Of the paper and to the truth
of what they assert they are ready to
make oath whenever called upon.
MRS. QUINN's STAMENT.
81 was employed at the Home as a
laundry woman, and l wish to tell how
the boy Wise, whose real name was
Wirtz, was treated. He was fogged
with a rawhide by both Mr.. and Mrs.
Mills. They locked him up in a room,
nailed down the windows and transom
and kept him a prisoner from Sunday
morning until Friday night. ! did not
see the whipping, but Mrs. Mills came
out of the room very much excited and
said, 'Yon bet gave it to him. The
boy was half-witted and was in the
habit of drumming with his fingers and
beating time while he hummed airs to
himself. He was beating time Oh his
desk when Mrs. Mills rushed down to
whip him. 1 believe that he was so
that he feared he was about
TO be badly beaten and struck out in
self defence. He hit Mrs. Mills in the
eye. Mr.. Mills has stated that | bribed
the boy with a bali dollar to hit his |
wife. He must know very we'll that l |
gave Beals the money to give to Writ |
several days after the whipping. l |
heard that he was going to be sent away |
and sent him fifty cents, that he might
get something to eat. Mrs. Blakely
and young Beals know when gave the
nd will I
The boy told me that he had been
led on bread and water and that the
water was so bad that it made him sick
% drink it.
THE WHIPPING OF CLARA KINNEY.
a girl twelve years Old, named Clara
Kinney, was whipped by Mrs. Mills for
eaving some dust on the door sill after
Ter sweeping. I examined her legs,
md they We're covered with welts and
,lood-biisters. The child said that in
to get away she fell to the
iOor, and Mrs. Mills kicked her. She
vas a sickly girl, with sore eves and
lsthma, and unable to stand bad treat
nent.
MORE BLOOD-BLISTERS.
Amelia Brown, for playing in water,
vas logged with. a rawhide until her
,ody showed black marks and blood
,listers. She was unable that day to
lppear in the school room.
Louise Moore had her mouth slapped
or whispering in school; her lips We're
swollen. One day a girl came to me
With her arm very sore from vaccina-
ion, and wanted me to put rag on it.
bound it up with a cloth, and after
Yards Mrs. Mills asked her where she
rot the cloth. When she told her,
Irs. Mills snatched the cloth off, taking
he scab with it. Next day l was
colded for interfering with the children.
Alice Beals was whipped with stave
hat had nail in it, and showed me
he hole the nail had made in her leg.
GENERAL TREATMENT.
[ have seen Mills take boys into the
and whip them; they would :
ono out lame; never knew Mills to
hip a girl; there were plenty Of others
eady to do that. In the winter the
hildren were obliged to get up at half
asst six to breakfast. The boys had no
lace to dry their boots, and in the :
forming they would be frozen stiff. J.