Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-28
TALES OF HORRORS
Related, Under Oath, Be-
fore Judge Harris.
STATEMENTS LIKE FICTION.
Orphans Home Made a Sub
ject of Great Interest.
Either mn Amusement or PerJurs iu
the Court or OF Horrors In the
orphans' nome--sifsing
10 the iA,ttom.
STATEMENTS LIKE FICTION.

II the stories related by the witnesses
for the respondent IN the Reua Me
Knight habeas corpus hearing yestcr.
day are true, there Is a,um for the
grand iury's grist min and for the
Judgment OF indictments against those
responsible for the horrible humanity
alleged to have been perpcirntod as a
practice IN the Orphans Home.
II all this testimony Ia IN accounts
lation OF perjured testimony. Mrs.
Burchlll and the entire managerial
connection OF the Home owe 1t To them
selves. 70 their friends. to human faith,
aud to the city OF Fort Worth, ns
community where Christianity is the
controlling influence. TO prove this testi-
mony perjured and to see that It Is
visited with proper punishment
The outrages and horrors or Dane
mora prison, as brought to light and
mercilcssly prosecuted by the New
York Advertiser recently. are not TO
be compared with the alleged present
outragcs. n facts are stated For tho
New York institution was IA prison
TO punish convicted criminal non; and
the Orphans Home Ia ths shelter, the
only home Of hclploAs, fricndless little
waits. many OF whom are burdened
with the heavy cross OF hereditary
slnfulneg and vice; branded by the
verdict Of the world without n trial.
Christ is not on record M having made
HlaIIRgNl,.Nt i..a
spectiNe parcntngc, when he said OF
the little children clustered about him,
IT were better that mill stone were
hungcd about his neck and he were
cast Into the bottom Of the sea than
that a person should offend one OF
these" Aud thus there IS supreme
authority Cor the necessity ar the
Orphans Homo clearing it's sldrtss
Under oath, before Judge Harris yes-
tcrday It was polntedly testified that
buggy whips, cow-hldes and heavy
laths had been used In chastiscmcnt at
the Homoi that chain had been used
for combining certain children. that
certain chld's face had been burned
with n hot bottle by matron: that
one child had been knocked uncon-
soious by an angry blow. nnd that the
screams and out-ories Of chastiscd chill
dren had been 80 great na 10 attract
the attention and wake the protest OF
neighbors aud that Mrs, Burchll knew
Of some Of the uutrages
The trial Is habcns corpus pro-
ceeding instituted In the cnse of Rosa
Mcknight. an inmate OF the Home
TO show cause why the Home should
retain custody OF the child whom the
mother seeks 10 have.
Mrs, Hattie Hail WIS the FIRST wit
ness Introduced. Her name was
Davidson before she married. She
testified she was In the custody Of Mrs
Burchill M the Orphans Home about
three years, She wNe sometimes
treated kindly ana sometimes unldndly.
She once ran away with -four othora
She started for Dallas rot nearly
there. were caught and brought back.
Their reason for running away WAS
that they were not trented right wore
whipped 10y Mrs. French when brought
buck. Mrs Burchlll whipped hor with
her carriage whip. good many lasheH;
q small chain was then put on their
ankles we were put In the store
room. the chain fastened 10 q piece
or timber. and kept there week.
We were chained for day Mrs,
French was present during the whip
ping Chnin was fastened with n lock
10 the ankles Mamie Winters was
also whipped and chained In an upper
room. Had what the rest Of the chill
drcn had 10 cat during the time they
were locked up. Witness WIS present
at the time little Pet Dooley was
burned. Witness was In room. Mrs.
French did the burning, Mrs Burriiiii
was not there Mt the time.
The burn made sore on the chiid's
face. no doctor was called 10 attend TO