Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-03
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stain offered a resolution, ompanIed
bv COMMUNICATION from Hon. } L. NJ
Curry. setting forth the duty OF ihe
| COMMONWEALTH OF Virginia and other
Southern States to take some steps 10
uerpetnate the memory Of George Pea
BODY aud requesting that the Govern
or enter into correspondence with tns
executives of such States with tbs o.
ject il view.
4 biz sas introduced to amend the
code ia relation 10 the duties OF county
and city treasurers and in relation 10
suits against treasurers. -,
The Senate passed House Dill 10
amend the code in relation 10 the lien
OF employees, &c, Of transportation,
! minine and manufacturing companies
or franchises. and property OF ssio
companies, and how the same may De
perfected and enforced.
HOUSE.
In the House the bill prescribing
rules which shall govern the sppellste
courts of Virginia in considering apph-
cations Tor and the granting OF new
trials in criminal cases, was further dis
cussed.
Bills were introduced to impose 8
special license on dealers in cast-oH
clothing: To repeal sections 1884 and
1888, encouraging spies and fees OF
officers, aud making railroad companies
responsible for the acts OF employees.
The bill provides thet When employees
q railroads eject passengers from a
moving train the railroad company
shall be held responsible, and not be
permitted to plead that the said en- .
plovee was not acting under orders OF
| his superior officers: aud amending the
code in relation to the collection OF fees
OF commissioners OF the revenue. The
| bill provides that when deed OF trans-
fer is offered recordation the clerk snail
collect tie fee allowed the commissioner
| for transferring sid land.
The bill to amend an act approved
January %, 1886, entitled San act tn
prevent the extermination OF partridges
| Tor ouaiD in thu State OF Virginia, was
placed on the calendar.
THE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION
]. L. Randolph, who makes the
charges sgaipst the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind Institute, was again placed upon
the stand in Richmond on Saturday.
He was asked when he began working
on the case. He replied, through DR.
Gallsudet as interpreter, that ne began
about year ago. He said he did not
send the charges to the board because
ne considered them weak body.
The love stigation took sensational
turn when Miss Annie Riggs, of Acco-
mac county, % years old, took the
stand.
! She is q dark haired little woman,
with rather bright eye, and though IL
giving her testimony she was forced 10
criuinate herself, she seemed determin-
ed to tell the whole truth. Her evil
dence was damaging 10 the institution.
and was more direct than any that ha-
set been adduced. She discussed in
moralities that existed at the iustitu-
ton, and with evident embarrassment
told of an intimacy that existed be-
tween herself and Teacher Yates.
Miss Riggs said she lad been a pupil
at the institution from 1884 to 1891
Captain Doyle was principal through.
out the term. She had otter smelled
liquor on Captain Doyle's breath, but
had never seen him in an intoxicated
condition.
Miss Riggs said she had been in Eu-
| ritt's class two sessions and had smell
liquor on his breath. Witness had
never seen him drink, but had seer
him intoxicated two or three times, but
could not remember in what year this
was.
Miss Riggs further testified that while
in MIR. Bears class in 1887, she became
criminally intimate with Teacher Yates.
She also testified that she knew OF i'm
morality existing between Yates and
his pupils and gave the names OF sew
eral such pupils, the last name given
being her own. When asked to tell
what Yates did Miss Riggs said that it
was too bad, and with an effort with
held her tears. Yates made love to her,
but she was never engaged to marry
him. He had kissed her repeatedly.
He entered her bedroom after she had
retired, and told her that there was
no harm and no danger. The first
night he came into her bedroom she had
fellow pupil sleeping with her. Yates
raised the window quietly and jumped
in. She vas not asleep and screamed.
when he ran out faster than he came iD.
The girl with her tainted. The next
morning both were sick, and Yates told
witness not to say anything or she
would be discharged. He came TO her
room three or four times and offered
her money to keep quiet. She had
never had any one to treat her so be-
fore Yates did, or since. Yates's COM
ing to her room was not prearraDged.
He often met her in the halls on her
way to the painting and etching class
in the afternoon and persuaded her to
20 into vacant class rooms. He had
often met her in the music room and
dining apartments. Sometimes blind
girls would be in the room at the tine.
The iron bars were not in the window
of her bedroom at the time. Afterwards
they changed her bed to larger
room, and no one occupied the room
she vacated. Witness further testified
that the board of visitors of the In
stitution never asked her about these
matters, but Yates sent Prof. Humbert
to visit her for him in October, 1891.
Before full meeting OF the board OF
visitors Humbert had said that Yates