Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-24
THE WHIPPING CASE.
Miss French ExOnerated by the
Board.

1ue trustees Ol Uue OCHOOlS met
yesterday to investigate the whipping
of DIR. Fulstones little girl by Miss
| Mabel French.
| Mr.. Lincoln called the meeting to
order. Dr. Guinan stated that he
had written the article in the Tribune
making the charges.
Attorney General Torreyson ap-
peared for Miss French. DR.. Full
stone appeared with the child.
He said he was not pushing the
investigation. He had settled the
matter amiably with Miss French.
| He was asked t. make statement
and SAID his child came home and her
hands were so swollen that she
could not take her music lesson. He
was yexed and laid the matter before
Mr.. Chrisler and Lincoln. They
thought the whipping was too severe.
He was informed that she got twenty
strikes on one hand and sixteen on
the other.
He said further that he bore no
malice against the young lady.
Maude said she had accidentiy
dropped ball on the floor and in
reaching for it sent it further. When
the teacher whipped her she did not
cry and the whipping was continued
while the teacher asked: care you
case hardened, do you get whipped
all the whilel
He thought the teacher by looking
at the child could see that it was
fear that kept her from crying, not
stubborness. Had she been whipped
an hour she would not have cried.
Her hands were badly swollen, osle
about twice as much as the other.
The child then told her story to her
father and said the bail had fallen
off accidentally and that the teacher
did not ask her for an explanation
before she was whipped.
Attorney Torreyson cross examin- |
ed the child and she answered all |
questions clearly and intelligently, |
and it was brought out that the
teacher kept the ball. The teacher
counted the cuts out loud and struck |
sc times with ruler with tin edge.
The child was struck once with the
tin edge.
The father here interrupted and
requested that lawyer should not
be allowed to take child and wind
her up. Mr.. r r. Parkinson testi-
fed that he had seen the child's
hands and they were bruised and
swollen. DR.. Fulstone had called at
the Tribune office with DR.. Guinan
and requested the article published.
1t was the day after the punishment
and her hands were bruised.
Dr. Fulstone denied having any
thing to do with the publication of
the article.
DR.. Fulstone in answer to ques-
ton stated that she was sorry she had
not understood the disposition of the
child and parted he shaking hands with
her. He was therefore not
DESTROYS of pushing the matter.
They came to an amicable settles
ment and he was willing to drop the
matter and leave it in the hands of
he Trustees.
Mr.. Chrisler testified that Mr.
Fulstons called on him about the
,hild, the maddest man he ever saw.
BE cooled him down and kept HIM ]
way from the school house. He |
aw one hand swollen about twice i
S large as the other. Il
DR.. Guinan testified that he had
her hands and they were
wollen, pulled and bruised but not
,listered. He thought the whipping
:ruel and that so slight an offesne de-
erved no punishment, even if the
lropping Of the ball was not accident
i. Even if the child had thrown
he ball at the teacher, the whipping
vas cruel. DIR. Guinan's boy was a
whipped a few days ago and he CON
idered the whipping deserved.
Miss French made statement in S
Ter own behalf. She had taken