The morning call., 1891-07-15
HAD STRINGS ON 1T.
The Food That Was Given the
Little Russian Boys.
They Had to Harpoon It on the Fly-Dirt
That the Statute of Limitations Did
Not Run Against

| Another weary chapter, thlckly inter-
| spersed with objections and exceptions, was
ground out in the Alexine case last night
In Police Court 2. During the week the
case has been on trial 1t was numerously
| stated in several languages that the four
teen little Russian boys had been badly
treated at times by E. p. Alexine. 1t was
| also proven by seven reputable eye-wit-
nesses that the boys were infested with
vermin and that they were very dirty.
| The dark, dungeon cell beneath the castle
maat, with slab OF perforated zinc nailed
! over the window, has been accurately de-
| scrlbed number OF times, and eorreetdescrip-
tons of the 0dors pervading it have been
! produced in court. Skillful cross-examna-
| tion has ELECTED the fac. that the al-brown
rndersnirts of the little Russian boys were
| strangers to soap and water, and that the
| shifting soil of this their adopted land found
! lodgment in their ears aud that E. p.
Alexine willfuily allowed it to llnger there.
SAME OLD DIRT.
| Most of these facts were discovered in
English and are now being corroborated in
| rugged Russian with the aid Of an inter-
prefer.
Father Joseph Levin, a Russian priest
| formerly connected with the school, was on
| the stand last night About year ago he
he found the boys to be fully as dirty as
| when he went away.
Attorney Ames filed an objection with the
court and asked 10 have this valuable testi-
mony stricken out, as it failed to come
within the statute OF limitations. The OBJ
| lection. however, failed to stick, as Prose-
cutor Schell proved conclusively that the
dirt in question was the same dirt and there
| fore advisable as evidence even though it
| was year old.
Mr. Amac tnar non ,ad Iii Iaarpad hrathar
| of collision with the witness in reference to
this dirt, whereupon Mr.. Schell arose
with both hands in his pockets and de-
nounced the remark as avery ungentlemanly
| proceeding and also false.
| If Father Levin had been allowed to
answer all the questions put TO him during
| his two hours on the stand some very inter-
| esting matter would have come to light.
| First one side would ask the witness Ques-
| ton and the other side would objeet and so
| on. Attorney AmeS asked the witness If he
did not return from Alaska on a ticket
secured on an order that he had forged.
| Mr.. Schell objected and the answer never
came.
he was then asked by the defense if e. P.
| AleXine did not buy him a ticket to japan,
| but instead of crossing the ocean to the land
| Of the Mikado he sold the ticket to a sealper
| for half price and pocketed the cash. This
| was objected to and the witness held his
| peace.
HAD 5IhiNGS III II.
| At this point Judge Morley interfered
| The questions of forgery and scaIped tickets,
! he said, were irrelevant and had nothing to
| do with the case. The prosecution then
| worked round TO the boys again, and some
| Interesting facts in regard to the methods
| of feeding at the school were developed.
| According to Father Levin the boys were
| given victuas with string TO them. He
| said that the boys would file into the dining
| room at the tap of bell and take their
| places at table. The food was then brought
| in under the personal supervision OF Mr..
| AleXine. and rushed around the table so
| fast that the boys had to harpoon what Iirtle
| they got on the fly.
| Alexine would remain. the witness said,
and pretend to eat with the boys, but this
| was simply bluff he was running on them,
as he and the witness would retire to
| private room after meals and have something
| substantial to eat without any ropes to it.
| An adjournment was then taken until this
| evening.