The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-23
ACCUSED BY His PUPILS
Principal Du Rie is Known
to Have Made Two
Apologies.
HE MADE ONE BOYS NOSE BLEED.
In Both Cases the Boys Admit That
They We're Largely to Blame
Themselves.

The practical arrest of Principal Will
lam B. Du Rie, of Public School No. II, at
Bergen square, for assauiting Ernest
Norris, saucy and defiant pupil. con-
tinues to be the one topic of interest in
school circles in the city. Many of the
pupils insist that Mr.. Du Rie is easily ex-
cited to anger, and is apt to do rash things
in-the way of punishment. The instances
cited to THE JERSEY CITY NEWS of these
exhibitions of temper show considerable
provocation, however. on the part OF the
pupils whom he has put under the lash.
1t was incidentally stated in THE JER-
sEY CITY NEWS of yesterday that the
Principal had once assaulted a youth
named Copeland Brewer so violently as
to make the boys nose bleed.
AN APOLOGY FOR NOSE BLEED.
l called to see Copeland Brewer last
evening and found him to be manly
looking boy of sixteen-at present work
ing with his father, a carpenter. / asked
him If he ever saw Mr. Du Rie strike any
of the scholars with his bare fist or kick
them.
The boys parents were both present,
and the mother especially, was afraid
Copeland would say something deroga-
tory to Mr., Du Rie's system of managing
wayward pupils.
Copeland with his bare hand, but came
and apologized to Mr.. Brewer and my
self, and even to Copeland, who, no
doubt, deserved the licking he got.
and-''
Il suppose I did, interrupted Cope
land; still he gave me several pretty
hard slaps with the back of his hand and
made my nose bleed"
"What made him strike your" asked.
"Ob, was talking too loud in the
school room during recess. / tried hard
to kick him, but couldn't reach him."
Ibid you ever see him strike any other
boy with his bare hands or fog them UNI
mercifully with ruler or rattani"
mo, can't say that have. They're a
pretty tough lot of boys in School No. IL,
and some of them don't like Mr.. Du Rie.
I liked him well enough, but l never
thought he was right in striking me as he
did,
WHIPPING A TRUANT.
Marvin Stansberry is another manly
little student with an exceedingly bright
countenance. Marvin declares that Mr..
Du Rie is liked by all the boys. He
struck me across the back once with a
rattan that made Druise," said Marvin,
.'but l had played truant and 'sassed'
him.
MT. Du tile came ana apOlOBlzeu UO
me,' said the mother. 81 think Mr.. Du
Rie is gentleman and good principal" !"
II believe" said Marvin. that Norris
was sick when he asked to go home.
saw him vomiting in the yard
Another pupil told me that Norris was
self-willed pupil, and wanted to ''boss'
the school "Only few moments before
the fight between him and Mr. Du Rie he
had had set-to with the monitor of the
class while on the way to distant recita-
tion room"
THE FATHER WILL PROSECUTE.
L. E. III. Norris, father of young Norris,
returned to town today. Norris is a
travelling salesman for Joseph Dickinson
and was away at the time Principal Du
Rie thrashed his son.
Mr. Norris told me this morning that he
would prosecute Du Rie for assaulting
his boy unless the principal apologized to
him for the part he played in the little
scandal.
Mr.. Norris SCOTS at Du Rie's claim that
he beat Ernest in self defence. Mr.. Nor
ris has got the names of several boys who
will testify at Du Rie's examination on
Monday before Justice Wanser, of Du
Rie's proclivities as child whipper.
Young Norris still bears the marks of
his beating on his forehead and arms.