The herald., 1896-12-02

! holding her down by her hands and Mrs
| Henderson by the feet, her clothing was
unfastened and raised and Mrs. Wilson
applied the strap to the naked flesh
Witness stated that before the whipping
| she was taken through Mrs. wilson 8
room and there saw the leather strap,
having its ends cut into thongs and at
| tached to a wooden handle, lying soak
| ing in the water. After the second
whipping the witness returned to the IL
brary where the other girls were, and
as she was entering she was accused
| of laughing by one of the male teachers.
who reported to Mrs. Wilson. Thereup-
on witness was again taken back to the
punishment room and third flogging
administered.
! Attorney Arthur strenuously objected
g., to witness being permitted to illustrate
the mode of flogging, but he was over
| ruled and again witness showed how
Mrs. Wilson upon administering each
| blow took a step back in order to recover
her breath and put more force into the
blow.
Did you tell them that you were Of
age on August Goth and that they ought
to release you?" inquired the district
attorney.
To this question strong objection was
raised. Attorney Arthur argued that
the state having introduced the fact Of
| the girls commitment, there was no
question but that she was subject TO
| punishment so long as she was an IN
mate of the institution.
The district attorney stated that he
| took the position that on August 20th
| the girl ought to have been discharged.
The court said the question was whether
the defendants were guilty of battery or
! not, and in that the legal question of
age did not figure.
'.It was about a week before the whip
ping that had been SICK said witness,
| resuming her testimony" The third
time / was whipped Mrs. Henderson
held my feet and Miss German sat on
me while Mrs. Wilson applied the strap.
/ guess I was whipped because told
Mrs. Mitchell about the straight-jackets
and things they had there. We were all
| expecting to be whipped the night before
because the girls said that some OF us
were to get whipping Mr.. Bailey was
| standing in the hall when we were being
| taken to be whipped. but I don't think
! he saw me being whipped On the
evening of that day Mrs. Sutherland was
in the library but didn't talk to her.
as we We're forbidden to talk. About
four days after my side panied me so
that I cried in the kitchen and l was
| told to go to the principal Mrs. Mitch
ell was there and l told her first and she
told Mrs. Threlkeld and she told Dr.
Smith"
| Under cross examination mass OF
| additional facts were elected by Attor-
ney Arthur. Witness stated that she
told Mrs. Mitchell how the girls hands
were tied behind them as punishment
and the straight jacket put on. The
jacket" said witness, had very long
| sleeves, and in the night time our arms
were tied in front, and during the day
behind the back. l had the jacket on
once and pulled it off by putting it over
the knob of the door. When / was dis
covered it was put on me again. Our
feet were always tied. like our hands.
The reason talked was because when I
had the jacket on l fell down and cut my
lip, and when / went to Mrs. Wilson she
said she wouldn't do anything for a girl
who was so disobedient. While in the
cell we were kept on bread and water.
l was put in on the Sunday previous to
the whipping. What told Mrs. Mitchell
was on the Friday before the whipping.
l told her about the straight Jackets,
cell, etc, and she said she'd see about It,"
Didn't she say she'd see it stopped?"
inquired counsel.
mo, she told another girl that, and
she told me. After the jacket was taken
away Mrs. Wilson made one of Canton
flannel, and said: The Jackets are not
all gone yet
Didn't she tell you that these three
women were to be discharged?"
mo. I heard the girls talking about
it on Friday"
1T was about that time, wasn't it, that
the girls broke loose?"
We didn't break loose"
Didn't you behave in different way
to usual?"
I'VE weren't bad"
How did you behave from Friday to
Sunday? When you went into the plunge
didn't YOU girls whoop?"
Yes, but the girls that whooped
weren't whipped"
Isn't it true that just before you were
whipped on Sunday you had a pair of
scissors In your dress. and went around
hollering?"
NO. Sir. Miss Germain told me to
and help wash the dishes, and 1 told her
that 1 was the morning cook; she told
me to go anyway, and I went I didn't
go among the girls save for about a
quarter of an hour"
You said you received about thirty
strokes of the lash?"
Yes sir. I don't know how MANY
counted seven, and then it hurt DO much
! couldn't count any more"
blows?" '"e
1T was either minute or a second;
Just time to soak the strap. When
asked If she would have to whip me
again I didn't answer Mrs. Wilson. 7
guess not sneeringly, for l was think
ing too much of the. whipping"
DIDN'T you laugh when you went
back to the library?"
No, sir, I didn't 1 had only got IN
my chair when Miss German called me
oack and accused me of laughing
When did the effects of the whining
begin to hurt and you had to 20 to
bed?" o. ="
1T was on Wednesday. 1t had hurt
before, but it got SO bad that DR.. Smith
said to the principal before me that the
only thing was for me to go to bed and be
treated right. I went to bed on Thurs.
day
"Did't you say to DR.. Smith that an
operation would have to be performed on
| you?'' VA
No, sir, never said anything of the
kind" ''''
Did you not go to Mrs. Wilson on the
Monday and tell her you were sorry for
what you had done?"
! Il apologized to her but 1 didn't saw
that L deserved the whipping. She said
she'd help me out all she could The
same evening apologized to Mrs. Hen
derson and told her was ashamed of
what had said in the library. I didn't
mean anything when 1 said it, and never
meant what meaning she put upon it,"