Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-02-17
THE RIGLER APPEAL CASE.
1t Was Tried Before q Packed jury
Facts Elected During the Trial,

IL was 1rleu before q PAcke0 jury
Facts ELECTED During the Trial.
Portland Daily News.
After more than IL hours delibera-
ton upon the case, the jury decided
that Professor Rigler was not guilty
of any wrong for having inhumanly
whipped the boy Weber, whom he
beat black and blue, and until his
back resembled beef's liver. The
names Of the jurymen who returned
this verdict, are: G. J. Littlepage,
NJ. Brown, l.. Brown, G. H. Hill, S.
a. Walter, G. Schuman, A. j. Stat
ford, G. Ball, Joseph Seller, G. H.
Lamberson, NJ. Shade, Joseph Berg
man. 1t is understood that some of
them at first voted for conviction.
But these at last fell down and agreed
to hold Rigler not guilty. 1t was late
Saturday night when the case was
given to them. They were kept in
the jury room all nj ght, aud it was
tedious and trying. Toward noon
they rendered their verdict. 1t was
saying in olden times that hungry
jury would hang an innocent man.
1t has become so now that a sleepy
and fatigued jury will acquit the
guilty. 1t was in proof that Rigler
did whip the boy numerically and
excessively. RigIer himself swore
that he struck the boy II strokes
with the rod. The Doctor who was
called in, Immediately afterwards, to
examine the boys body, made oath
that he found Is distinct welts upon
the boys back and six upon his arm.
: Mr.. Rigler admitted upon oath that
he compelled the boy to take off his
jacket, and struck the boy, kneeling
-. at his feet, and begging for mercy,
Y who caught him by the knee. 1t
seems that Mr.. Rigler has a diseased
$ or weak knee. That was the knee
1 the boy, in his agony of pain, clutched
a 1t hurt Mr.. Rigler. and he whaed the
boy harder for that. But, according
e to his own sworn testimony, he hi,
the boy only II strokes. The boys
: back, however, showed Is welts
q How II strokes can make Is distinc
$ welts is the problem the jury evi
3 IDENTITY didn't care to solve, without
! making account of the remarkable
q difference between Mr.. Rigler's ties.
r timony and the fact. Teacher wit
nesses testified that they considered
Mr.. Rigler "kind and humane teach
> er." 1t is we'll to understand what
skind and humane teacher" is from thu
r. teachers standpoint. 1t was elicitet
d that the terrible crime for which thu
. boy was thus brutally whipped wa
,, that he laughed and whispered il
school. What an enormity! VIVA,
!. boy in Rigler's school to laugh an'
:. whisper! But Rigler stopped any
> thing of that kind. He made thu
" hoy cry and howl with pain. No DO.
IS shall laugh in Rigler's school. NJ
y boy shall whisper. Or, if he does, h
T. will make him cry and how. 1t i
the Riglerian discipline, now indorse'
by the action OF the School Board AM
the II jurors. 1t is All atrocious Grim
to laugh or whisper in the Park Pri
J. mary School.
:, 1t took the jury more than II hour
to find this out, but they got there a
q last. Hereafter, if any teacher sha
t, excessively whip any child of any o
n the II jurors, he shall go UNPUBLISHED
% Should anybody commit assault an'
. battery upon any of these jurors
u their own verdict in Rigler's case viii
r justify the offense. In Wilmington
e Delaware, there is whipping pos,
at Lately seven negroes and six white
of received each from 5 to 10 lashe:
=. Parents in Portland, who wish thei
Is children whipped, have only to sen
n them to Rigler's school, and he wi
g. not stop at or 10 lashes. He ha
IN the handy knack of inhicting Is wei,
. with dozen strokes. He is evidentl
:, genius in the savage art, and he
- fond of doing it. The School Boar
"a will exonerate him, and packe
as jury will acquit him. Let the boy
n tremble; Rigler's nerves are bracee
., He is lord of the rod and can max
-. them squirm at his pleasure-as
u seems to be to him. He is "kind an
ur humane" The School Board dc
il clares it, the jury affirms it. Bull
IS. for bully Rigler. He can now viii
), with impunity.
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