The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23

enough. | was about sixteen or eighteen
years old when | first began TO drink az
the institution. took drinks with friends;
bat don't know now whether ! was leu
intc Il Ivy others. | 10 remember once
took u drink while very young win Mr..
Ryan. bat It was "A very cold day ana 1
was shaking at The time While Mr. Ryan
was drinking he was splcndid oulc'f,
and If there ever has been any excuse TOT
the drinking OF any man II had been IN
his life.
have not heard anything Of immoral
conduct and 7 think the whole charge IS
absurd. when Mr Humbert gave me
that drink on that cold night / had refer
red %. he gave 20 10 me at his room TO
get warm. / think ] asked for II. but
had previously taken social drinks with
him. This drinking was going on under
Captain Doyle's and Captain Rollers adj
miiiistration. ! don't know whether Cash
ion had ever been reported when / saw
him so drunk.
don't know Miss Bogwood, OF Peters
burg. l have never heard anything OF
the Hoswood-Bear or the Yatos-R Riggs
affair. have never known Of any bad,
immoral conduct between boys and girls.
/ have heard IL rumored sometimes that
vulgar tax WIS going on between them
but ] think it was at the time l was
away.
SERIOUS ADMISSIONS.
Questioned by Mr. Caside: To my
knowledge I never took a drink with AIR
Cashion. ] was never in his gang. 4
Bo9d many boys did not have associations
Witn me. because / would not let them.
Ny hrst regard Of tho blind was very
exalted, and ] thought would not have
been ut for their company But / was
utterly surprised. as 10 the contrast which
l found Therefore, was on my guard.
ana that is why ] dd not have the
friendship Of The boys. / was not easily
tripped zap, and the boys know it. That
IS why they kept away from me. had
the III Will Of u good many pupils during
the first year. but / did not desire their
good Will. ! have aothins 20 fear as 10
what / have done. The only thing for
Cashion TO do now is to prove mis-
charges.
] have broken some Of the regulations
Of the school, but not with Cashi0n. /
have not c0nformed TO the rules while
a monitor. j was exempted from some
OF tho rules-that is why ! held that
| position. l don't know what the general
regulations for the monitors are. ] have
/ sent TO the city and bought liquor during
/ school time. J have told some stories
that savorcd Of vulgarity while a pupil,
and perhaps also as a monitor At the
night in question. no one was as drunk
! as CashiOn. | don't remember having
advocated that the rules be suspended on
| Fridays Immediately after the exami-
nation and before the pupils went home
the next day.
think 1 got Mr.. Anderson a pupil,
| Mr.. Ryan and a few others 10 buy
whisky for me. / can't tell what my
whisky bill amounted 10 during ses-
| sion. ] suppose IL cost me more than
/ so session. i had SO a month sent
me by my uncle. Colonel Lewis, OF Roa-
noke, with whom 1 have lived for about
seven years. when l got the whisky /
I treated Mr.. Ryan. and possibly also Mr..
Humbert / kept whisky in my room
when was a monitor, and perhaps the
other pupils knew IT, but ! do not re-
member having treated any Of them.
Questioned by Mr.. Stubs: Did you
ever deal with any liquorman before you
were of age?
A. ] believe have. I was present on
ono occasion, / think. al Mr.. Guntmans
| when the question was asked a boy
whether he was of age. ! don't know
| If | ever bought whisky from bar
room before ] was twentX-one years old.
| on one occasion, l heard a pupil say I'm
| a bar-room that he was twenty-one years
old. while ! knew he was not. / never
! had any written permission from any
D..
| officer of the institution. Captain Doyle
| is a gentleman and scholar.
l don't remember whether ! ever kept
| an account with Cashion 1 have heard
| Of one occasion where boys were locked
up in the shop for having been drunk
! the previous night / have heafd u
stated that Captain Doyle was partial TO
| the deaf-mutes, but 1 can't see why ne
should have been, inasmuch as be had
| been a teacher in the blind department
| for o long time IL was natural for INN
| 10 have a kinder bearing for pupils who
always behaved themselves than for those
who are refractory. As Il rule, / thinA
| the mufes are more dOcile than the
blind. The blind were difficult 10 manage
while was there IL was necessary 10
have a monitor for them, because they
did not behave themselves. But don
! mean TO say that the boys were worse
AT my time than at any other time me
| duties Of the monitor were 10 see that
no immortality was carried on that no
| rules were broken. etc. j endeaNoIed 10
| discharge my duties while | was there as
a monitor. Captain Doyle is eminently
qualified to hold the position when ne
occupies.
OTHER WITNESSES TO TESTIFY.
This ended the testimony taken yes
terday. Dr.. }. T.. Crane, OF this city
who had been summoned by captain
DOYLE. could not be found but d was
agreed that he will De heard on Monday
afternoon at O'Clock. when the commit
| tee Will resume its session. lie VIII De
| followed by Captain Doyle, who VIII close
| The testimony for the defence. Begin
ming Monday afternoon, the committee
will sit in continuous session. only TAX
ing recess for meal-time, until the TAX
| ing of evidence in rebuttal has been com
pletcd. .,........
Oute q number of additional witnesses
have been suggested by AIR. Randolph
| and Mr.. Cashion has also asked That two
! witnesses be subpocnaed TO suhstmtlaie
his charges. Some important testimony
[ could also probably be secured from MIS-.
| Camp. who testified two years ago that
| some of the little boys i'm the institution
went 10 bed with their day clothes ana
I shoes on.
Colonel Skinner. of stanton, a former
member of the Board Of Visitors, Messrs.
Turner and Farrcr. OF the present board
could also be called to testify on the same
line as DR.. Winston did. Nothing has as
vet been heard about Mr.. obcndorter, a
former member of the board who is
charged with giving some Of the pupils
whisky 10 drink.
FIIG RAISING.