The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-21
Another Parent Who Thought
His Child Had Been
Greatly Wronged.
The Charges Preferred Against
Miss Jessie Ainsworth, of
the Franklin School.
The Case Under Amusement and
to be Reported at the Next
Regular Meeting.

On Friday evening, after the BAZoo had
gone to press, special meeting OF the Sc
dalia school board was held i'm one of the
rooms of the franklin school building, to-
investigate the charges preferred by John
W. Hardin against Miss Jessie Ainsworth,
one of the teachers in the school An ex-
ecutive session was held, and of course re-
porters were excluded. Mr.. Sloan, of the
Times, was, however, permitted To- remain,
not in his official capacity, but is q friend
of Miss Ainsworth.
The charges preferred by Mr.. Hardin were
rs follows:
THE CHAREE>.
1st-Tieing handkerchief over the
mouth of Lulu Hardin. To- prevent her
whispering.
2d-Tieing her hands behind her back
tn prevent her taking the handkerchief
from her mouth.
3d-Dragging her, tied, by force, dis
lance of 300 feet To- the house of Mr.. Siahl.
where Miss Ainsworth was in the habit of
taking her dinner.
After the three counts were read, Miss
Ainsworth arose and made substantially the
same statement published in Thursday
evenings BAZoo. Prof. Lamm also cOrrOb-
grated his former statement, and was TO-
lowed by Mr.. Hardin with the following /:
LAST Wednesday, the 18th inst, went
home To- dinner, and had just sat down to
the table when nv two little boys came in
and said the teacher was beating Lulu.
remarked, Let them whip her. The boys
began to cry, and said they had tied her
hands behind her and Il handkerchief over
her mouth, and had taken her over to Mr.
Stahls for
MR.. LAMM To WHIP HER
| sprang up from the table and started to
the school house very fast. On the way i
met two school bows. One of them asked
NE ii was Mr. Hardin. | replied, Yes
The boy said, They are beating your little
girl to death. and have tied her hands
went ON Ia the school house and saw
crowd of men and school children AT the
south corner. One OF the men told HE
they had taken the girl in Mrs. Stahls. |
crossed over and went to the door and rap
ped three times. Hearing my child cry
ing inside. pushed the door open and saw
her sitting In chair with her
head down and Mr.. Lamm swapping
or slapping her on the head try
ing To make her look up. / crossed the
room to him and said,
'YoU SCoUNDREL.
how dare YOU tie my child and bring her
here 10 persecute and punish her" At
the same time struck ut him, aiming To
hit him in the mouth. He threw back his
head and lodged nv lick, which struck
him somewher on the left breast. Mr..
Stahl and his wife then came in the room
and told me tn get ont. Mr.. Lamm turned
to them and asked, did YOU see him strike
me?' said, i don't care If they did;
will strike you again. and started at him
Mr.. Stahl Jumped between us, and babe
me take nv child AMI leave the house;
told him / would. | took hold OF nv girl,
but she was so frightened she could not
stand. / led her TO the door and put her
out. She staggered and would have fallen
at the gate, but caught her and led her
out, and
UNITED HER HANDS,
which were bound behind her back with a
piece of new muslin. / told Mr.. Lamm
would give him so To come outside; that
he was coward To treat child so, and
anyone who upheld him was a coward.
took NV little girl home and then started
down town. Mr.. Lamm was going down
on the other side of the street. When near
the railroad met my boys and told them
not to go to school that afternoon. Mr..
Lamm came up and said: MIR. Hardin,
please let your boys go on To school.
am sorry this difficulty has occurred, as
do not approve of this mode of punish
ment, and have heretofore demonstrated
against it, / told Mr.. Lamm l would
not allow them To GO. He replied that If
| would he would have Miss Ainsworth
make acknowledgment To me that
SHE HAD ACTED WRONGLY
and promised it should not occur again !;
that had done him great wrong, but he
would overlook ii If / would let the matter
be settled in that way, and say nothing
more about it, replied that / had not
! wronged him, as he had no right to treat
NV child as he had. He said he had not
punished her and knew nothing OF the &C.
currence until it was over. L told him /
had been informed otherwise and his innO-
cence remained to be proven. He then said
he had started down to see his brother and
have me arrested for striking him. told
him to come with me before a Justice and
/ would plead guilty and pay my fine and
have him arrested for
WHIPPING MY Child.
We went as far as the corner of Ohio and
Main streets, when we came to an arrange
ment on the terms he proposed, and started
back. On the way he met his brother
Henry Lanm. 1 said to Henry, How dc
you dor Henry replied: Il don't want tc
say how do you do to yeu.' told him did
not care il he did or not, and said to Pro
lessor Lamm: Il will expect q message
from Miss Ainsworth by o'clock ther
went home. In the evening I received thu
following letter from Miss Ainsworth."
Mr.. Hardin II believe you must know
I had only The best intentions for punish
ing Lulu for talking, particularly after sh.
had promised me not to talk, and 1 die
not take her to Mr.. StahPs for punish