The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-29
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The E!mira Scandal.
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The Elmira Scandal.
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.lpASY, N. Y, Aug. 29.-The
of the sta.e board of charities
the capitol building is being
dpd with communications from
,sus in all parts of the country
,s.popse to al announcement of
committee appointed to investi.
the charges Of cruelty at the
e reformstory at Elmira, that
item complaints would be re-
red up to the end Of this month.
Inc charges are baned on fact, aud
mass of evidence already re
we'd would seem 10 indicate that
bis the case, the discipline main
bed by Superintendent Brockway
he Elmlra institution has been of
lMacter that can be described
" by comparison with the prac.
Is Of the middle sges.
Copies Of many of the lette, s
omitted az evidence have been
vMded by the writer's to the
|M. Many of them are from ex,
ployees, keepers and other at
hes who volunteer TO become
lnessts at the coming investiga.
0. Some are from former in.
|e', and many are from the moth.
Of young mon who are now serv.
lime in the reformatory. The
aH of the latter class OF letters
rably request that their names
oppressed, as they are fearful
thockway might wreak VEN
na on their sons.
Une mother writes that her son
sent to Elmira a year ago, and
she has been unable to get any
wers to her letters to him. Re.
Rtly she was visited by a young
ont on parole who informed
that her son was being gradu-
Killed, having been kicked in
abdomen and dubbed 80 that
cannot stand up straight. An
pate, who was recently released,
3 that he was sentenced in
rcb, 1890, and during his stay
~ added" twice for talking to
ther of the inmates. H. was
placed In solitary confinement
his hands and feet chained to
hoor, and for three days and
ee nights remained in this posi-
with nothing to eat but slice
bread and pint of water.
Ea being dubbed several times
y ne was then set to carrying a
ana owing to the poor con.
lcuon OF a scaffold he was
own to the ground from a
s' OF three stories and rup.
w. "A contractor who did some
a ~ the reformatory buildings
W. years ago corroborales the
ia OF the inmates, and adds that
.1 seen the prisoners brought
w. ,Dfock~sy IN fqnads Of ten
w., Me've and punished in such
VA fashion that he. was made
Nv. sl'k by the cries of the poor
. s lie says that he has seen
VA aa'k 4, cells with nothing to rest
Sa' the floor, and that covered
Naler over an inch keep. He
~ .ns' 1t is a FRI quent sight to
\ gu inmate walking across the
Ai, ana leaving a trail of blood
.n .a nim' One of the most fla
II 1' eases is that of John Carl
~. sas Kept in a bath tub Of hot
ho ul'il MS tkin peeled off and
Wv. OOu was at fever heat, when
/ - slrang up and padded until
yo s.ood iiow,d from score
Hon. ,Nuas' To say that the revel.
|mss nave caused a sensation
htb al from expressing the whole
|ns n nau ieeiing runs so high in
bula r'f's OF the state that it
hdsnt rs - unsafe for the superin.
bitten W Dc seen. AS soon as the
Nd h. testimony has been exam.
psbi;o. ne investigating committee
kicb ~ session will be held at
klr r ,ue Witness will be examined