Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-31

any cruelty was pfac:ised. As 10 the
I report that O child " ~ kuochcd seilSe'
less / don't believe II ever happened,
but do not mean to say tllat the VI
/ nesses testified falsely, l never heaId
\ about Hattie Davidson and the
other girls being chained. l was
( not a member of the board then.
4 The proper name Of the institution is
/ the Fort Worth Benevolent Home aud
! II Is an incorporated institution. il ls
4 not fact that boys ana girls are not
! allowed 10 30 out and take poHitiona
4 when they are old en4ugl. The home
liz TO take caro- OF abana ne'l and help
! less children. IL theiI friends ana rela-
tiYes are suitable persons We are per-
| fectly willing TO let them 80. Pearl
I and Nellie Williams were taken lack
I To the home from Mrs. Rogers. ]
4 cannot say whether t1ay had a e. cd
I home at Mrs. Rogers or MT ! made
no promises to Mrs. Rogers and MIR
/ Lee Sellers that the children would be
allowed TO 30 back to Ms. Rogers AZ
ter Sunday. / stated 70 NJ Seiefs
that tho Interference OF himself ard
his sister was destructive Of iha dii ci-
piine OF the home, told Mr. Sellers "
he would make application to Tho ccun-
~ court for the legal guG'ai7neh!p
OF the children we would not Chect.
Mrs. Rogers. Mr.. Sellers and Judge
Gtedmpn came TO the bank 10 ste re,
1 did not tell them " they woall let
the children come back to the bcme
to stay Sunday they could have them.
Mr.. Sellers talked excitedly. lie raid
tine board had nuchored them out OF
the children. / stated to Mr.. Sellers
that / thought his and his sisters
presence was preiulicial to the home.
The members OF the board are gentle
men who are Incapable OF any duplc-
ity. ! did not know when I made the
suggestion about the legal proceedings
and the appointment of a guardian. !
did not know that 1t could not be linz
medlately done
Here the witness read from the ny
laws the rule relative to the dismissal
Of children from the home,
The witness further stated that the
policy Of the government OF the nome
was 50 broadly benevolent that he
never thought 1t would be questloned.
Re-direct-Thc Williams children
either ran away or were slipped away.
The maintenance Of good order and dis
cipline at the Home Is necessary for
Its existence The board of trustees
made the rule ny to the visits Of par
onts about thrGe months ago The
rule was made TO keep out that ele-
ment that we thought WINS destructive
pf good order We were Informed that
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the afeud by thn re,nopdcnf. 10 testi.
ma thnt he ina nrarficed nj the Or
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itgn venis ma trcated ncnrlv every
Inmate ~ thia rla,. for ,,nrlnns tblrgS
Witness bad soon bIulacs on tbe nor,
4pos Of IN. children. N ,yn'i nrohshie
ibnt nmont. 90 mnnv chtidren thsrc
gbould bo Wcr5tcl,o., IA h,,,isas WI
node stated no ,yoq ttnvullnV "a teetify
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nd ACE nnv wbln.msrIeg ON tbe chIi.
dren. Did moi r6t,tennbct sNetn5 "a ia
tle qiti ahid IA have bcan vtinnnd