Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-29

'Dld you ever see any undue famili-
arity between the teachers and sirls?'
Yes; In the school-room."
What was it?''
II noticed once a teacher have his
arm around a girl while he was show
ing her something on slate.
who was the teacher?
"Mr. Yates"
"Who was the girl2"
Miss Ethel Blankenship, now my
wife"
How old was she then?''
Seventeen years Old
did that occur under Captain Doyle's
administration"
at did"
did you report IT,
NO"
"Did you ever see male teachers make
vulgar signs TO the boys"
II have seen some Of the teachers tell
ing vulgar stories 70 some Of the boys"
when was that?'
I'm 1855"
Did you ever see Mr. Yates hug a
girl more than onceT'
Several times; that same lady"
WAS that In the classroom
"Yes"
when did Miss Blankenship leave the
school?'
Two years before / did,
'Who are the teachers who made vulgar
signs to the boys?"
mfr. Yates and Mr. Bear"
"What was the impression you obtained
by this familiarity"
That immOTa.ty was going on
How old Is your wife now7'
'"rwenty-six years"
ibid you ever see male teacher sitting
between two female pupils with his arms
around them2'
~ don't remember"
WAS Mr.. Yates a teacher at the in
stitution when your wife graduatod?"
He was"
WAS he there in 1882"
HE was"
Are YOU certain. then. that he was
a teacher in that institution in June,
I 1852"
YES"
DID your wife graduate in Mr.. Yates's
/ room?"
II think Mr. Euritt was her las,
teacher"
Then she couldn't have been In Mr..
Nates's room in 1885, when you say he
embraced hcr2'
Il think Mr.. Yates was my wifo's
teacher I'm 1891, and he must have en-
braced her IN that year"
Il
night enter a female pupils ROOM
Never"
Did YOU ever see a female pupil go
out at nlght with male teacher"
mo"
ibid you ever see any conduct at any
time at any place which led you to be-
lieve any improper conduct existed be-
tween male teacher and a female pu-
pnP"
81 did witness apparent intimacy be-
tween one girl and teacher"
"Of what did that intimacy consist?
Going of together anl sitting to-
gether."
WAS this with a larger or smaller
grip
Larger"
NOW LIVES IN NORFOLK.
Witness was next asked If he knew
a certain lady whose name appears in his
series of charges, and replied in the
affirmative.
do you know Of your own knowledge
that she was wronsed by Mr. Yatesg'
he was asked.
'She told me so herself" was the reply.
where is she now?"
Living in Norfolk, where she is mar
ried."
rs her husband livingY'
HE is"
when did she tell you?"
while in school,"
Have you ever told anybody else OF
it?p
IT have not"
did you know one Mr. Funston az
the institution"
He is now dead"
Did Miss graduate at the insti-
tution?"
NO"
what year did she leave?'
Il think in 1855"
Does the lady you refer 10 know that
you have made this charge in connec-
ton with her manner"
mo; she does not"
Then you have used her name here
without the knowledge OF either her or
her husband?"
yes"
"was any one else present when she
told you OF this?'
"She told me in Norfolk during vaca-
ton. No one else was present"
rs she any relation of yours?'
mo"
Why did she, then. confide I'm you?"
I'VE were schoolmates. and she told
me in n perfectly ladylike way"
Are you certain Yates was a teacher
during the session of 1SSl-'S5?"
yes"
Didn't you say awhile ago that your
wife's last year was 1sSi-'s5. and she
graduated from Mr. Euritts clasp"
Were Misc and your wife in the
same class that year?"
II think not"
Several other questions were asked the
witness. and at 1850 o'clock his testi-
mony was concluded and the committee
rose The Investigation will he raeur,aJ