Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-02
MISS RIGGS ADMITS.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACED

,.cn called upon 10 make statement 10
,nybody before this morning.
mo Since ! left school Mr.. ha'es
.rofe 10 my father, and insisted on ny
,oming 10 stanton and appeaiIns ~.
,ore the Board OF Visitors TO Prov ~ ans
innocence. but my father feiuSeN
ne &C." -. 60 INV
did you give any depoSi"'"7
,neY' ,.o 90 tho
.oard and saw that Mr.. Yates was no'
n, nerson 10 remain IN the iisu.a ~.
6,s write 10 Mr. Elder. presiaen' VI w
a hoard but received no ans"eI' -
a lskod Miss ogden to sleep WI" IN. ',o, IN
,ause ! wac afraid. MI 49, went
81 md she screamed ana MI
81 but" ., q, Che insti-
III n,,e alone during your stay , .Ao..
I'll II d,5 for one year. but aiter eheSe
M .l,,,,or,es I slept in the dormitory.
81 "yybv did you ask MISS Osusn " S'Np
FL .itb YOU one particular hisn. . ,.,o
"a ~ 49, Nd a sociable. and IL was ia'e
~ we mn .,~ed and l wanted her COM
"a 2any." III. ,our room fire.
"A Did Mr.. Yates N'si' '0"'
q ., An, know how many times. but
"a - three or four times AFTER MISS
"a ,,s.so, slept With me. The next morning
80 ouarreled with me. ana told me 10
=" @eling the girls to sleep with me.
"A SOP tt,, no and that I would report
Il ~ ne didn't stay out lie offered mo
I money 20 keep quiet
A ,rvSon Won had this talk. had he ac-
complished his evil purpose WIN you'
"He had"
nr Gallaudet asked that the examina-
ton be not prosecuted iurtner on Una.
line as IL was exceedingly embarrassing
"a the witness and himself.
DID NOT REPORT HIM.
..n,d Won ever report Mr. Yates's In
.,,nacv with you to any officer OF the
institution while you were a pupiT
mo"
"WhyT' ,.a
q / would be dismissed and dishonoreo.
"Did YOU meet Mr.. Yates In the ciaSS-
room by appointment
NO: by accident
AT what hoursY' A..
81 don't remember Sometimes III 'n0
afternoon, when was going 10 my pam.
lnr-class. He would meet me III '"e
"Did this intimacy continue through tne
.n,iro time from 1887 to your depart
1t did, and also with Miss - ana
Miss -" .o,. oo,,,
"When YOU were In the schooi-ioo"
with Mr.. Yates. weren't you haDie u oe
seen by the pupils -, 49,. M.
locked. -.
"where did Mr.. Yates meet you most
I'm the MUSHROOM, in the blind de-
partment." ,,o,r
window while you were at the insutu-
ton7'
No"
SHE ONLY COPIED THE LETTER.
Witness was then shown the following
letter she had written to Mr.. Yates;
October 49, 1891.
NV Dear Teacher,-Your letter OF the
Isfb was received, and In regard TO GER
tain reports which have been circulated
By some malicious persons against you,
1 have only this to say that they are as |
false as the persons who are trying 10 |
iniure you vindictive. as much as l |
regret having my name coupled with |
fair. I shall allow II to give me no !
trouble, knowing as j do that am |
innocent, and shall always regard you |
as ono OF my best teachers at the institu- |
ton.
There has been an effort on the part OF /
the deaf-mutes TO set me 10 league against
you, but as l know of nothing that is
true In charges they make. /, OF course,
cannot think for an instant Of favoring
them.
Your friend and pupil.
ANNIE R..
This letter, she said, was written by
her at the request OF Mr. Yates. and was
literal copy of one he had sent her TO
COPY and mail back TO him.
NEVER TOLD HER FATHER
WI. al |
Riggs was asked
Did you not tell your father after you
had left the Institution that the reports
about you and Mr.. Yates were false?'
mo"
Did he ever question you about them?"
NO. Mr. Yates sent Mr. Humbert 10
see my father. and he (Mr. HumberO told
my father they were false"
did your father ever write TO Captain
Doyle. with your consent, stating that
the reports were not true?
yes; but he never questioned me"
Witness was shown the letter written
by her father TO Captain Doyle and iden-
tihod the handwriting as his.
did you ever see Letter from Captain
Doyle TO your fatherY'
yes"
What was in it?"
II can't remember all. but he said
port was not true"
WAS that after you left school?'
1T was. believe the year after l left"
WAS that before YOU applied for the
position Of monltress?"
Il cannot recollect."
Have YOU. since you left the school.
had any family trouble with your fatherT'
NO"
Have you lived at your fathers ever
since YOU left gchOolg'
YES"
Didn't you live with Mr.. Short and his
wife after you left the SCHOOL,"
u learned millinery with Mrs. Short"
How far was Mrs. Shorts from your
father's?'
Two miles. l remained there during
the week. and returned home on satur-
DAYS"
Were you and Miss Ogden very
friendyg"
yes"
did Miss Ogden know when she slept
with you that II was Mr. Yates who en-
tered the roomg' :
she said it was him before l did"
did she express any surprise?"
she TAINTED ana was scared. and / ,
was the same as she was and We were ,
both sick the next morning."
HIS FIRST VISIT.
WAS this the first time he had at
tempted TO enter your ROOM
at was"
DO you know whether Miss Ogden
ever reported the occuTcnoe?"
80! don't think she did"
WAS yours the only single roomY"
1T was"