Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-14
UNDERSEARCH-LIGHT
TIC Deal, Dumb and Blind Institution
Investigation.
rnrnp nay Ar STANTON.
,rcenty-rhree witnesses Examined.
Most of Them Favorable TO the
Defence = Teachers, Pupils, and
Others on the stand.

STAJNTON, VA feHu@'S 40 ~
c,ai To-day. the third day on which. IN
this city. the JOINT special committee OF
tbs senate and House has been inqHFihs
into the charges against the S'a'i'oh
Institute for the Deaf. Dumb ana bpnu'
much important testimony was o'ouen'
on.. Twenty-three witnesses were eN-
amincd before the committee finished ih
DAYS work. and adjourned until to-nor-
row morning.
Mr Randolph. who has been so promi-
nent n figure INFRINGING the charges, was
present all dag, active. and alert ana
put many questions to the witnesses.
Atoet OF the testimony to-day was offered
IN behalf Of the institution and its officers.
Among those testfying were number
OF ladies and others holding positions al
the institution. pupils, and persons mold
ing prominent public positions III
stanton.
sereeant-at-Arms Watkins still has
long list OF witnesses summoned Dy Gap
tain Doyle for the defence, and the com
mitree's stay here will no doubt be nnul
Saturday unless work is done IN the
swee-sma'" hours tomorrow niBht.
the committee have made fine impress
sion here. and the people see that the
legislative inquirers are turning on hght.
Al the mid.day recess the committee
drove out to the institution to view the
premises. examine the buildings and 10
see how the pupils are surrounded. Cap
tain Charles S. Roller, prominent Ike
publican of Augusta, and Captain Doyie S
predecessor as superintendent OF he III
stitution. will go on the stand tomorrow.
lie Is summoned by the present supern-
tendent.
save when the ladies were testifying
to-day (then the room was cleared as 10
the public large crowd has been pres
ent during the proceedings.
The friends Of Captain Doyle and his
administration are well pleased with this
days rule Mr.. Charles Ely, Of Wash
ington. Is still here as the official In
terpreter
MORNING SESSION.
Thomas l.. Carter. Of Waynesboro',
pupil at the institution from 1880 10 1891
said he had never seen Captain Doyle
drunk. but had smelled whiskey on MS
breath. The only immortality ne knew OF
was the Yates affair. and this was only
from hearsay. The pupils were kindly
treated by Captain Doyle and the
teachers He saw nothing of the boys
drinking on eiection-day He had fight
with Yates, who struck him on the jaw.
Mss Mary NJ. Ker, governess and
teacher at the school for thirty years,
under a continuous line OF adminlstra-
tious. swore that she saw Captain Doyle
daily, and never saw him in liquor She
looks. she said, after the manners and
morals OF the girls. Captain Doyle had
been attentive and dutiful TO the female
pupils. and she knew of no improperly
OF conduct between teachers and pupils,
and believed Mr.. Euritts conduct gentle
manly Had seen no evidence of his
using liquor She regarded AIR Bear
blameless in the Hogwood episode.
The music i.cher Of the blind, Mrs
William L. Bumgardner, had, she said,
known the superintendent for twenty-four
years. and did MOI believe he made Inn
proper use Of liquor. Nor had she seen
the teachers or boys under the influence
Of liquor Mrs. Bumgardner regarded
Captain Doyle as the right man for the
place, and thought him eminently fitted
therefor and that his eminent fitness
shines. There was NJ unkindness y
word or punishment 10 pupils She quoted
the matron. Mrs. Annie Camp. as saying
no enemy of Captain DOyle's could say
the principal was not considerate and
kind to the children. The witness said
that harmony existed at the school, eX-
cept in the case Of Miss Harmon, who
testified yesterday. The witness and Miss
Hartman were friends, and are related
10 each other. Mrs. Bumgardner said
Miss Harnan had told her she Miss
Harman) was an enemy OF Captain
Doyle's. Miss Trout had told witness
that in her class, when she had seen a
pupil do a wrong thing, the pupil would
deny Ii before her own eyes, and say
another did H. This was the witness
first impression of the mutes' untruthful-
ness. Mrs. Bumeardner sat daily at the
table with. Captain and Mrs. Doyle, and
spent her evenings in their society She
was friendly with and fond of them.
With every opportunity TO see Captain
Doyle's conduct, she had never seen or
known him 10 be in liquor She was in
no way related to Captain Doyle. and,
In fact, he proposed another candidate
when the witness was elected TO her
present position as teacher. but that
made no difference of feeling with her
MRS. BEARS TESTIMONY.
Mrs. II. " Bear, the deaf-mute wife
of Teacher II. V. Bear, lives now in
the institution; has a sewing-class, and Is
monitress. She said she saw a great
deal of the boys and girls. She knew
OF no immortality. nor drinking among
the pupils. She and Mr.. Bear saw Cap
tain Doyle often. lie had been theis
guest In vacation at ElktOn, and they
never, anywhere saw him under the In
fiuence OF liquor. She regarded the pres
ent management the best she had seen
She was a graduate OF the school.
Miss Grace Bass, Of Halifax, a blind
girl pupil. aged II. said she was happy
and contented. and would be distressed
Of her father and mother would not al.
low her TO return to the school. She
had no knowledge whatever OF immorali-
" at the school. The fare ana sleep
ing apartments were both good. She heard
Of one OF two pupils drinking last Christ
mas. Mr.. Herbert was a good teacher
and treated her well. The witness met
the Superintendent daily He was at.
tentive to hts duties; she knew nothing
81 his drinking. and was well treated
by him. She regarded Captain Doyle as
well-htted for his place.
Miss Florence Williams, a mute from
Richmond IS years old, and a pupil
said she had been at the Raleigh On
ca and ROmney CIV. Va.) schools, also
Captain Doyle was nice to the pupils
Bear and Mr.. Euritt IN fiatterlng terms
She bad seen no teacher or pupil under
whiskeys influence. and thought the
teachers kind and attentive.
AN ALBEMARLE WITNESS.
S. c. Jones. Of Albemarle is a deaf
mute: aged -. He said he was monitor
and was a pupil from 1873 TO 1889 II,
spoke handsomely OF Messrs Williams
and Euritt. He saw Euritt sign" tbs
hymn mentioned several years ago. but
In answer 20 Mr.. Randolch's cross.
question replied he could not say wheth
or Mr.. Euritt was drinking. He haC
sinelled liquor on h's breath a long time
age Deaf and blind were treated equal
~ well. Euritt was now a Christian gen
tleman. IN Witness opinion. He voted
for him, and Eurltt was elected last SUN
II mer by the Virginia Dcaf-Afute Asso