The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04
were JUST SPANKED.
The Three Snake Hill Rum
Always Have Never Been
Cruelty Treated.
MONITOR MAYpOrHER'S STORY.
Other Boys "Put them Up to IT,
Very Gentle Discipline
Prevails.

The story published in THE JERSEY
CITY NEWS of yesterday, concerning the
three runaway Aims House boys who
complained Of severe beatings, sen Di-
rec tor-at- Large Bruggemann to the Aims
House on an investigation early this
morning. He found, to use his own
words, there was nothing in it,"
II examined all the boys myself, and
not one of them has marks of a rod"
said Mr.. Bruggeman. Only Il of them
is marked at all, and he has II blue spot on
his body caused by his falling, as he him.
self says. When l asked the boys why
they ran away, they said that some other
boys put them up to it,"
REPORTERS INVESTIGATION.
| visited The Almshouse this morning.
and in the absence of Warden Ryan
talked with DR.. Wiegand the physician
in charge. He said, 81 examined these
boys when they were brought in. They
were not marked. There is no system of
corporal punishment here. l think it is
not used much for / have never seen n
boy whipped since I have been here. The
monitor, Maypother has charge OF the
boys, and keeps them in order as be can.
/ am very sure that he Is never unneces-
sarily harsh"
Assistant Matron McAnerny said:-"I
am sure Maypother takes too much inter
est in the boys to i~ll-treat them, and the
general method pursued with unruly
boys is to report them to the Warden.
who makes Whatever orders are neces-
sary."
Monitor Maypotber, who appeared a
quiet, staid man of forty, took me up
among his hundred charges and let me
question them. James Maloney n
Charles kessler, two of the boys were
wearing girls dresses by order of the
Warden, as a punishment for running
away. They didn't seem to be injured
very much. for they frisked around the
bare dormitory gaily, and when asked
Maloney what he ran away for, he an
swered at one time. "Natin," and at
another, "Oh, some boys told me to-"
Alfred Kessler, the third of the escaped
boys, has disappeared again.
USED II STRAP.
Maypother, who appeared to have the
good opinion of all who associate with
him, said to me in explanation of the
affair, you see it is difficult to under
stand how hard it is to control these boys.
They get out on the gutter there" and he
pointed to the roof OF the high four story
building, land race around u all the
time In danger of falling of. | have
threatened them but it's nc good and so on
Decoration Day night l just took this
leather strap and whipped the three with
it. The next day the Freeholders were
here and some Of the bigger boys put
them up to complain. Wednesday they
ran away. They have the range of the
grounds here aud IL is not difficult for
them to run away. ! am sure the boys
have nothing to complain Of"
DR.. King, the physician of the county
institutions. gave Maypother a very gooo
name for kindness to the boys. The little
fellows when they are on the roof make
life a burden to Warden Grimes, of whose
ample figure they make testing remarks
The opinion of all the people at Snakt
Hill seems to be that the affair has beer
grossly exaggerated.