The herald., 1896-12-03

actions. She heard her on Saturday ana
Sunday using vulgar language, bawdy
gestures, and seemed utterly defiant
She received reports of what was going
on from four Of the other teachers, and
punished Grace Maroney because she
seemed to be ring leader. Things could
not so on as they were, and 1t seemed
as if the girls would just as soon use
their scissors and knives upon the Off
GERS as not. Miss Germain told her they
had used their scissors upon her. (All
this testimnoy was ordered stricken QUIZ
Il saw from my room" resumed the
witness, Grace Maroney going from
room to room in an apparently excited
condition. The girls showed their lively
condition by clapping their hands shout
ing, and high kicking. At o'clock they
were all called in, and with the assist
ance of the other teachers the girls
pockets were searched. In the pockets
of two girls lunches were found slowed
away. After searching them they were
taken to the library, and l asked Grace
TO come with me.
Miss Germain accompanied me before
the board of trustees. They did not ad-
wise me on the situation. / thought
something ought to be done. I did not
know there was resolution against cor
poral punishment. ] knew of the inves-
tigation last spring, and knew that such
punishment had been inflicted before.
l reported Mrs. Sutherland to the board
of trustees, and on Saturday night told
superintendent Coffin of the condition Of
the department On Sunday afternoon
| sent for him. and on his arrival again
told him of the state of affairs. The
girls were then in the reading room and
we could hear the roar of their voices
He told me that If | could quell the dis
turbance he gave me authority to do So
| proceeded to do so, and punished Grace
n tvH ct.
L am not in favor of corporal punish
ment save as last resort, and could no.
have handled them much longer unless
some such step had been taken. I had
information that there was plan afoot
for some of the girls to run away"
A juryman desired information re-
gerding Grace Maroneys position when
being iiogged, and witness stated that
Mrs. Henderson held the girls hands
and when Grace began to kick Miss Ger
main held her feet. In wetting the strap
she did not think of the weight being in
creased her idea was simply to reduce
the sharp edges.
Upon cross examination the district
attorney, with the strap in his hand
went into the details of the spanking
that being the innocent, motherly term
applied to the punishment dealt out to
Grace Maroney. The witness denied that
there was any specific act of insubordi-
nation. and confessed that a number Of
the other girls We're hogged as we'll as
Grace Maroney. After whipping one
girl the strap was put under the hydrant
and the water permitted to drip on it
in order that it might be in readiness for
the next girl trotted out for punish
ment.
A LAUGH DIAGNOSED.
j. S. Adams. who lives on a ranch ad-
joining the Whittier school, and who
sometimes acts as a Supply" testified
to being at the girls school on November
8, and saw Grace Maroney as she went
into the library. She had just been
whipped and had her handkerchief to
her face and was, apparently, laughing
On that Sunday the general appear
ance OF things was not as usual, or as it
should be. The girls were noisy and
boisterous.
WAS Grace Maroney's laugh, so far
as you know, a hysterical laugh?"
well, sir, I'm not a doctor. 1t ap-
peared to me such a laugh as you or
would have If our thoughts pleased us. :"
'She laughed, then, at the fun she had
been having with the strap" facetious-
ly inquired the district attorney
The witness stated that there were
tears in Grace's eyes,b he thought that
she knew what some of the other girls
were about to get and the thought pleas
ed her and so she laughed. Having had
her own licking she was tickled by the
thought of what was in store for the
other girls.
A. o. Bailey, gardener at Whittier and
day watchman, testified to having seen
Grace Maroney on the Sunday when her
couduct was boisterous. The conduct
of the girls was worse than usual. He
saw Grace in the library where the girls
were being searched, and she was then
making remarks, but he couldn't hear
what she said Witness proceeded to
tell how he accompanied the three
teachers and Grace Maroney to the
building and remained outside in order
to be ready if the three teachers were not
sufficient to subdue the girl. He heard
the strokes of the falling strap the girls
cries, and he stated his impression that
the girl received six strokes the first
time and three strokes the second time.
Mrs. Ellen Foster, the lady sent to re-
lieye Mrs, Sutherland in the girls DOR
mitory, knew Grace Maroney on the
notable Sunday.
The girl told her on that date that she
intended to run away, and witness COM
municat ted the fact to Mrs. Wilson. 9th
er of the girls had stated the same thing
during the morning. On that day the
girls were unusually unruly and ex-
watch, did not notice that Grace Ma
roney was either sleepless of in pain.
Under cross examination, witness de-
MED having expressed any horror at the
bruised back of the girl to Mrs. Suther-
land, but conceded that she might have
asked that lady If she had seen Grace.
She herself had seen the girls back ''all
black and blue" with the whipping.
MISS GERMANS TESTIMONY.
Miss Clara Germain, the second of the
defendants, next took her seat upon the
witness stand and proceeded to describe
the scene at the whipping post. 1t was
a mere recapitulation of the facts as
stated by Mrs Wilson when the latter
was upon the stand. Witness proceeded
to tell of the vulgarities indulged in by
Grace for the entertainment of the other
girls during the days of Saturday and
Sunday. When witness demonstrated
with Grace for addressing her rudely
and brought her to task, the girl said:
That's another thing 1 have to tell Mrs.
Mitchell" Witness concluded her testi-
mony by telling of the very kind manner
in which she applied the strap to Grace's
back.
In oss-examination witness stated
that she weighed from 100 to 40 pounds
She had no need to exercise great
strength to hold the girls. Grace did
not cry at first, but did later. Mrs. Will
son did not tell Grace what she was
whipping her for, but Grace said that she
was sorry for the manner in which she
had behaved. Witness did not think the
whipping too severe.
How long have you been down
there?"
about seven weeks"
Don't you know that the girls regard