Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-17
WHITTIER SCANDAL.
More About the Reform
School Schemes.
A Copy Of Expert Guinn's Re
port Filed.
Some Extracts from an Alleged Sup
pressed Report.
Judge Smith Refers Professor Guinn's Re-
port to the District Attorney-some
Extracts from Another Report.
The Jury's Personnel.

Notwithstanding that the minority re-
port of the grand jury was fired out OF
the court house by order OF Judge Smith,
for the reason that it was presented for
filing after the grand jury had been dis
charged, the report made by Expert
Quinn, showing rotten state OF affairs
in connection with the management OF
the Whittier reform school, has been
ordered filed by the same judge, al
though it was filed four days afrer the
grand jury was discharged. The report,
which was published in the HERALD
several days ago, is duplicate OF a
former report of the grand jury which
was stolen from the files.
Judge Smiths order is as follows:
In re report OF Expert Quinn of the
grand jury, in connection with the
Whittier reform school.
This report is ordered fled in place OF
the missing one, and as substitute
therefor; and the same is referred to
I the district attorney OF this county, for
such action and investigation as the ma
ture OF the case requires.
SOME EXTRACTS FROM A REPORT.
The san Francisco Examiner of Fri
day prints similar report to the one
prepared by Expert Quinn, on the
Whittier reform school, but which con-
tains come interesting deductions. The
following extracts are given:
Damron's personal toilet item gave
the trustees a new idea. The state
board had cut off the convenient Incl
dentals that had appeared in all their
bills up to this time, and had shaved
their hotel bills from IS per day to So 80.
In the next bill sent in by Lindley
appeared thisitem: "To personal toilet,
$40 So" In loves, "to personal toilet,
$8" The state board struck out these
items. 1t could recognize the necessity
OF personal toilet in Damron's case, but
not in Lindley's and loves. The trip
of the tour tourists cost the state $3026.
Of what possible advantage it was to the
state it is impossible to see. There is
no warrant for such an outlay in the
act creating the school. While forced
construction of the law might allow the
payment OF Trustee Sims expenses, it
would require fearful strain of both
law and conscience to allow the payments
of the others expenses. Yet they were
all paid.
An ANALYSIS of the items in the bills
shows some marvellous feats in travel
ing. Each charged up $50 30 for sleep
ers, which, at the rate of 50 30 per
night, would give them sleeping berths
for thrty-six nights out of the forty
two they were absent, or at the reduc-
tion allowed on through rates sleeper
for every day and night of the trip. At
the same time they were occupying
sleepers they were paying So day for
board and lodging at the hotels and so so
for incidentals. Each charged up $95
for carriage hire, which, if the four oc-
cnpied one carriage, would be SO day
for every day they were absent on the
trip. There was clear profit to each
one OF from $3.50 to $500. Superintend-
enJ Lindley was at the same time with
great regularity drawing his salary OF
$500 per month. =.
May 23d, Charles D. Henry sells
team oil bay hosses for S425 to the
trustees. He appears on the roll as
claimant after this for labor of self and
team at $4 per day, amounting in all to
1919. He then develops into an insur-
ance agent and insures one of the build
ings. The question arises, was the team
for which he received pay the team sold
!
He afterwards appears as a notary pup-
lie. Was the insurance agent, notary,
teamster and horse trader the same
Henry, or had he double? These
questions will bear investigation. :.
The laying of the cornerstone in Feb
ruary, 1890. was real bonanza to the
trustees, or rather to two Of them, Lind
ley and Sims-Lowe was absent. Her
vey Lindiey got in his bill for 1921 50
and Sims for S423.77. Lindley put in
for hotel bill for forty five days, at IS
per day, 1926, incurred while attending
to the construction plans. There was
already a superintendent Of construc.
ton at $500 per month and an architect
at about $5U0 In addition to these,
Sims was knocking around the building
anu holding trustees meetings, ETC., for
twenty-seven days at IS per day. The
building was certainly Well superin-
tended The state board shaved their
hotel bills down to 50 so per day, but
their incidentals and miscellaneous ex.
penses, 1925 and 1892 respectively, went
through. :.
1t cost the state s94 in postage stamps