Evening journal., 1896-02-25
TROUBLE in THE BOARD
DR.. Crumbaugh and Professor
Berlin at Daggers Drawn.
CHARGES AGAINST TIE TEACHER
which Committee Decides Are Tn
founded. But which the Member From
tho Firth NAV Press TO an Issue-A
Private Detective aud His Bill. .

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Private Detective aud His Bill.
There is trouble at the High SCHOOL
and DR.. John w. Crumbaugh. tho
member Of the Board OF Education from
the Fifth ward, seems TO be the angel
who has caused the disturbance in the
waters Of the pool For some time past
It has been sn open secret that tha
follower OF Escu aplus aud Professor
A. II. Berlin have not been
trottlng together smoothly and
not very long ago an open breach
occurred. DR. CrumbauRh made a number
| OF statements 10 some Of the members Of
the board which, while not definite, IN
sinusted that Professor Berlin was not
the proper person, az least In the
doctors opinion, 70 be Rt the head OF
the High School. He was informed that
II he would formulate charges the
matter would be acted unon.
This he did snd those charges were
placed In the hands Of an investigating
committee OF three who found them
without foundation aud 40 reported.
The charges we're general and covered by
the brosd title of incompetency, Jack OF
management, diclpline aud system Dr..
Crumbaugh then annoudcsd his inten
tion Of bringing them before the board
and having Lo7i O. Bird to prosecute
them.
A Sensational Inoidsnt Arises.
While this was going on an Incident
arose at the High School which caused
considerable excitement During one Of
the lectures given In the High School
series, II Is alleged that girl, years Of
age. whose name appears to be known
only to DR.. Crumbaugh. but who. with
her little brother, years Of age, lad
come TO the school 10 mvot her
father, was enticed into one Of the class
rooms by student OF the High School,
aged 16 years and fsloniouely assaulted.
DR.. Crumbaugh TO whose attention the
case was brought. visited the school the
next day. and while the boys we're
gathered Ia the assembly hall. told them
Of the alleged assault. ana informed
them that unless the guilty boy
left school within week he
would be prosecuted. The only effect OF
this was to make the attendance even
more full than before. Then DIR. Crum
baugh began an investigation on his own
account.
A Young Man Suspected.
young lad Of exemplary character
was frst picked out as the guilty one aud
/ the accusstior made. The little girl
identified him. and but for the fact that
be could and did prove his whereabouts
every Eve minutes during the time
1 Ia which the assault was alleged
to have occurred, from 5 80 to O.
II might have proved unpleasant for him
| Or Crumbaugh was given this proof at
secret Investigation held In bis cflse.
and afterwards stated TO an EVENING
1 JOURNAL reporter that the nlbi was
perfectly satisfactory TO him.
Dr.. Crumbsugh then sent TO Plttsburg
and secured g detective named George
Hall, ana set him 10 work, not only on
this case bat also TO gather evidence
which could be used against Professor
Berlin, and for several weeks this sleuth
has been prominent figure on the
streets. During all this time. however,
not a word was said TO Chief Dolau, uhe
attorney general or the state detectives
Rev. Dr. WalliHg, of the Delewaie
Avenue Baptist Church. who had bsen
sunoyed by the. persistence Of Gthls
private detective. complained to Chlet
DolEn. who had an interview with Dr.
Crnmbsugh. The latter said that
detectiVe WAS at work on the case, and
added;
who Is the fFjured Farb?
"The injured party is conducting the
Investigation He does not desire 70
prose cute, but at the proper time will
place All the facts before you he did
not see ft to inform the chief as to the
names OF the girls who was supposed TO
be Injured nor OF the supposed guilty
party. "rhe injured party" was inves-
ifating
Complaint WAS made by Professor Btr-
lin TO members o. the board that he was
shad0wed wherever he went, and was
both annoyed and hsrrassed. One OF the
members of tho board, who had talked
with Professor Berlin. was also shsdowed
and many or sthe boys Of the High
School were summoned to nightly con
ferencs with the detective at the Hotel
JennIngs, and the charge IL, made, were
In several instances given whiskey. The
detective had the run OF the High
school and on one day was seen pro vling
sround the boiler rooms By q member o
the hoard who ohauced to visit the
school
The Boys Of the High School who
could not but know Of these occurrences,
have been as consequences badly
demoralizsd and the discipline OF the
school dIsarranged, while Professor
Berlin Is very much worried
through the annoyance. The committee ap.
pointed to investigate the charges against
Professor Berlin, questioned the teachers
under bin and are satisfied that there Is
no foundation for them.
The Public Asked 60 Pay.
Last evening the report Of the detec-
tive WAS submitted 10 the Board OF Edu-
cation by DR.. Crumbaugh-snd promptly
referred to the Committee on
Teachers with instructions to re
port This was done with
the avowed inteEtlon Of pre-
venting the matter from getting
before the public The report
It Is understood, points 10 the young
man at first suspected but who
presented an slibi which evan Dr.
Crumbsugh pronounced satisfactory.
Accompanying the report was bill OF
expenses for this private detective,
accounting to 1924 90. and which
Dr. Orumbaugh mo6sstly asks
the public to pay this
bill was promptly smothersd. but
Is understood to be maze up Of items
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