The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
SCHOOLPRINCIPALSMIYH
All Gutenberg is Talking
About His Alleged
Abuse Of Pupils.
TEE STORY OF LITTLE CHARLEY EVANS.
He Says the School Principal
Abused Him So Badly that
His Mother Had 10
Interfere.

THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS of last
Sunday published exclusively the story
of the accusation made by Dolly Topf, .
against Principal Smith. that he mad inn
prisoned her in a dark cell for seven
hours.
Yesterday The JERSEY CITY NEWS re-
ceived letter from well known citizen
in Gutenberg asking that reporter be
sent to Gutenberg. 1t was stated that
another alleged outrage by the principal
had come to light
This time the victim of Mr. Smiths
wrath was twelve year old Charly Evans.
He accused the principal of having
punched him in the face and on the head
with his fists and hitting him on the
Knuckles with a loaded weapon.
The alleged assault took place on last
Wednesday morning, and when Charley
acquainted his mother of what had taken
place and showed her where he had been
bruised she would not let him go back to
school, but went there herself.
THE MOTHER MADE A ROW.
Last Wednesday at noon time" Mrs.
Evans said 10 me yesterday Charley
came home crying. | asked him what
was the matter. He took off his hat and
showed me two Jumps on his head and
said that they had been inflicted by Mr..
Smith. The child told me that ever since
the imprisonment of Dolly Topf had been
published that the principal was cranky
and dubbed and abused the children on
the slightest provocation.
Il told my child not to go back to
school in the afternoon and that would
see Mr.. Smith. | went to the school and
asked Mr.. Smith why he had treated by
child SO. He said, oh, did not strike
him hard, this is all used,' producing a
lead pencil with a loaded brass knob on
the end. You can hit me on the head
with that if you like Mrs. Evans he
said. | then told him that he had no
right to hit my child as the child was
delicate and was never whipped before in
his life. He told me he was running the
school and not l.
"One word brought on another and
finally he gave me the direct lie. told
him that he was no gentleman and left
the school L intended to complain about
the matter to the Board of Education.
but was told that such complaint would
be of no avail. | think, therefore, that l
will carry the case to the courts and see
if this man Smith cannot be punished
My husband is deacon in the same
church as Mr. Smith and wants me to let
the matter drop and send the child back
to school, but will not do it.
A TELL TALE WALL MARK
Charley Evans says that Mr.. Smith is
| constantly referring to the article in the
newspapers about Dolly Topf's imprison-
ment, and it has made him crankier than
ever. He says that Mr.. Smith places the
boys in row against the wall and beats
them.
1.-THE plaster is worn off the wall from
the place that the scholars knees strikes
he said.
Charley also says that when Smith is
very mad he throws chalk and lead pencils
at the scholars, and that he has them SO
frightened that they are afraid to
whisper.
Frank Slower and Willie Rose, two
other pupils, are said to have been shame
fully treated by Principal Smith recently
and are not attending school.
August Shultz, well known citizen,
was obliged to take his boy away from
school. He says that under Mr. Smiths 8
teachings and whippings the child was
fast becoming an idiot.
1t is said that the Board OF Education
are cognizant of all these cases but are
| inactive.