Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-25
WILL FINISH TO-DAY.
INVESTIGATING Committee Hops 10 Com
DIstc III. Taking Of Testimony
PEAK WELL OF THE INSTITUTION
N.,,..s.e. for tho Defence Insist
rhn, 7, IL properly Cond"cted Nh"
D.nx Charge. OF Drinking mn"
immortality.
immortality,

immortality.
,..,.,o,,ve investigation into the
&c nreferred by John H. Ha'''O'p''
80 Norfolk mute. against the 'n"noe
-. =, the Deaf. Dumb ana D''i,p
1,sututlon. NJ stanton j. n,'l. s.,,,.
c,a and the committee VIII p'oV'' ,,'.
MAKE us report TO the Gehe'@' 1'a'' ''''''
next Thursday .,,,.,,,ed ves-
~. investigation. and num-
=. ~ witnesses we're examiner ioi
80 An Of them spoke ven OF
- scbooi and It's management ana
'N ,,,,, the charges Of immortality
s,5 of drinking are without iouhu"''on'
-, for ne they know Several OF inc VII
- smoke dlsparaGingly OF John t.
c..,,, who. as the friend Of Randolph,
tos taken an active part in the inves,iga-
ton. e,
DIR. CRANE TESTlF1ES.
=, y,,e inst twenty minutes after Il
o,c,or, when Senator Stubs entered the
nom in which the committee was called
a. meet. and raped the body TO order
pr / T. Crane. Of this city. who had
,.en summoned as a witness, was pres
c,t and was placed on the stand 10
,stifv FOR The defence, especially as 10
1ir. Cushions reputation and character
iu this city CashOn objected 70 THIS hhe
- questioning. but his objection was
overruled and The evidence was admitted
Or Crane testihed that Cashion's rcpu
tntfon was not good for honesty uh.
morality in Richmond. Being questioned
bv Air. Cashion, Dr. Crane epecihed as 10
acts Of Cashion's. which were, ne con
e.aere1 both dishonest and immoral nc
then stated that his wife was stuovn,
at the stanton institute. and he oesl'e1
10 protest in her name and IN that Oh
hundreds OF other pupils and TO appeal
10 the public not TO withdraw their sEI'
patty from the Institution he con,
sdered the institution one OF the nobiest
in virginia. and sid he would be recTeant
IN eve,a feeling Of manhood did ne not
pro,egk against some OF the evidence al
duced before the committee. Beng ASKED
a 10 Mir. John Fraysier. a witness who
had been on the stand before the com
mittce, Or. Crane said II would De haru
for him 10 believe anything ne sald. NJ
said he didn't know Frayser, but eathereo
his information from the death-bed OF
Frayeier's first wife.
SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
This concluded DR.. Cranes testimony
and Mr. W. ID. Jones, speaking mute,
Of Petersburg. was called TO the stand
Tie was a pupil at the Staunton institute
from 1879 10 1873. He Us acquainted with
Miss HobgOod. and was a pupil for
short while with her. &c saw her few
DAYS ago. since her testimony was given
In before the committee, and she told
him that she didn't know what she was
here for and didn't understand a single
question asked her. She thought al the
gentlemen in the room were preachers
Witnesses wife was also a pupil at the
Institute .. He thought a great deal of
the instr ution. He was there last Octo'
ber and. i'm his opinion, the school has
improved. He spoke in the highest terms
OF the teachers Of the institution. He
never saw any teachers drunk. Two boys
were expelled for drunkenness. and he
(witness) 'came very near making the
third one"
AS TO DOYI4E'S DRINKING.
Mr.. William Z. Briggs. OF Richmond
was next called. He was student al
the Staunton school from 1889 10 1895 He
had never seen Captain Doyle, except
when he was perfectly sober and didn't
think he drank excessively. He thought
Captain Doyle a capable and efficient
principal. He knew nothing Of any inn
moral conduct at the institution. but had
heard OF the Yates-Riggs affair. He
never saw any OF the present teachers
drunk Some OF the boys drank quite
freely. but the teachers were kept I'm ig-
norancc OF il. The boys would leave the
school frequently after hours and go to
town. The teachers were not at all neg
lec.ful. but IL was impossible for them
20 catch all the boys who attempted to
g. out
CONDUCTED ON A HIGH PLANE.
Mr. Thomas J. Crowder. a member OF
tho Board OF Visitors Of the institution
and also Of the Executive Committee was
the next witness called He didn't believe
that Captain Doyle was q hard drinker
and never saw a great amount OF drink
Ing az board meetings. He thought Cap
tain Doyles management was excellent,
and reflected credit on the institution.
The discipline was splendid. Witness was
Chief Of Police OF stanton for three
years and never saw any great amount
of drinking among the students. lie
oiin't believe there was much drinking
among them. and was sure they would
have Co be- very sly TO get IT, He was not
an orthodox member OF the board but
frequently dropped In there at uneX-
'.ciei moments, and didn't go in the
par,or. either, and he considered that the
institution was conducted on very high
pane lie thought the talk OF drinking
et The institution was greatly exagge-
idiei' and that all OF the drinking since
ne war had been brought up and made
70 appear as though 1t had occurred in
one week.
Air. Cashion questioned Mr. Crowder as
10 his having given llquOr 10 pupils, and
he testified positively that he had never
fiten liquor 10 any or them. The COM
ulilee then rose unti O'Clock
Mr.. CROWDER RECALLED.
II was $50 o'clock when Senator Stubs
i,assemDled his committee, and MIR.
'ioWder was recalled TO the stand. He
TESTIFIED as TO Captain DOyles statement
70 The committee upon the occasion OF
me previous examination that he knew
OK no rule that prohibited his drinking,
but that. II the board MADE any prohibit
tory rule as 90 drinking. he would either
abide by IL or resign.
Under examination by Mr.. Harrison
MI Crowder stated that he had sold
nqlor DO stanton from 1861 TO 1869, and
had Kept bar At the Virginia Hotel. lie
remained In the business only until he
tlii4 get something else TO do. He
went out OF the liquor business in
wv and IN 1856 was made commissioner
vi tn' revenue. and since that time
.e hli not had any connection with the
f''i 1alIc, lie was at one time Grand
ia'.er of the Grand Lodge OF Odd-Fel-
lows BE never during his career as a
le".r o. liquor sold TO minor or
p4pA Of the institution. His appointment
Vn me board was absolutely without
solicitation
ar Cashon asked witness a question,
Sna Was very ernphaiically sat down upon
ny Air CrOwdcr. who told him that
ne HAD nothing 10 90 with the matter;
,n~t air. Randolph had brought the
CLalnns. and The Iondala a,lr1 ~ .,r...ri..t