Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-23
HE SPEAKS FRANKLY
III. Yosh, the Blind Monitor, Admits
Having Drank at School.
NE SEVERELY ARRAIcSs cAsHioN'
The Lie Passes between 'he"
an. Chairman Calls The" D'
Tcachcrs bought whiske' '"'


III. legislative investigation '''o
o,orves preferred against 'he - o.
-, o, the Deaf Dumb ana pm" -
''''' 49,. :, stanton was resumed yes"
,or5av morning. and VIII De p"'''01
- close as soon as possible
IT, comrnlttA assembled IN inc Ssna'e
-, i~e 1T At 10 lock with a view to pro.
c~e5,nr at on with the examination o.
'-,.-,..,, bpt no witnesses were pres
-, "a n long wait was necessltateu.
,,'~.uv tho scrgeant-at-Arms reported
.',''' - ,,ttpesscs-Mlss Mary Henri
go crlmaldl. Of this city, ana MI
c,.,,.s william Tosh. Of Petersburg
"a o., noon the investigation was pro-
ceedcd with.
80, cr.maldl. blind young lady. who
"a. n pupn at the institution from 1881
- tsss was FIRST put upon the stand, but
,.r testimony was not very protracted'
and was altogether In favor OF the de-
f,rce She thought Captain Doyle
..very nice" man and was positive that
his mouaeemont was correct. She never
s,oelted whlskcy on his breath, and didn't
hcifeve lie drank TO excess. she
knew nothing Of any immoral conduct
on the part Of any Of the teachers or
pupils and never heard OF any Of the
charges preferred until she learned OF
them through the papers. She was
cross-oucsuonod 10 some extent, but oiu
not wayer In the slightest.
SOME LIVELY TESTIMONY.
when sho concluded AR. Tosh, OF
Petersburg. another blind eX-pupi' was
called % the stand. and though he was
evidently friendly TO the management
and the institution he was iolced 10
give in some very damaging testimony
Ho had quite q lively tilt Win MI D.
r. Cashlon. the blind matiress-maher,
ana several times TIE he was passed
between tire two. until finally CHAIRMAN
Stubbs had 10 insist upon theT MAIN
tanning order.
Nr. Toeh testified 10 having been
pupil at the school from 1854 TO 1883, and
a monitor there during 1889. He asked to
be permitted 90 make statement I'M
ouesfioued. end rising and standing in
a rather dramatic attitude. said:
Il am here at my request, made through
Mr. while McIlwlluc. our representa-
tive. and the occaison OF my being here
A. the statement made by John T. Cash
ION IN tfAtI FAIIt 10 llF uNAAilh NY stay III
stanton. and during the time / held the
position as monitor OF the school. l
wish 10 say. the Dispatch termed him
the blind mattress-maker. II had better
have termed him the blind lie-maker,
and / wish 10 say this.
BROAD LANGUAGE
Ills statement In regard TO me Is an
Infamous falsehoOd. l did take a toddy
...I. 1 I1uf nj N
or child In stanton ever saw me drink.
J have seen Cashion 50 drunk that he
hardly knew what end he was standing
bn. / helped once TO put him TO bed
when he was drunk.
Il wish TO state right here before this
committee and before the people Of Nir-
guia that Cashlon's charge is abso-
lutely false; that would not believe him
ON OATH and that 1 pronounce lin
a perjured william"
50 far as Captain Doyle Is concerned.
witness said he was a heightened gentle
man. lie never saw him under the in
nuence OF liquor and didn't believe ha
crank 10 excess. Under cross-eXamina-
ton witness stated that the boys fire.
quently went ont and bought wine. but
90 far as he knew they were not punished,
and witness dii not think Cap
tain Doyle knew Of It.
Nlf. tANtlbtEtt Nlihts5%all. drank con-
aderably. lie was asked If Mr.. Hum
bert was in the habit Of drinking with
the pupils. and at first declined TO an
swer the question, though when pressed.
Doe gave a negative reply Witness testl-
fed that he, as monitor. had at one time
shielded one OF the pupils who had been
drinking. and Mr.. Humbert had assisted
him in so doing. Mr.. Euritt, witness
saii. had eion him liquor on one occa-
SION. and no didn't remember whether
IL was given for medical purposes or
Tot. Tire majority OF the older pupils
werc addicted to drink. Drinking, he
said, was not an everyday occurrence
40 The institution, but IL occurred very
frequently. lie thought II Captain Doyle
hai known OF the drinking he would
have severely punished the culprits.
DRANK ONLY THE BEST.
Mr. Tosh said he bought his whlskey
from Sir. Burns In stanton. and wanted
50 distinctly understood that he drank
nothing but the finest old Clemmer lie
never took too much and always knew
when BE had enough. He began drinking
at The school when he was a boy IL
years old. lie thought the talk OF i'm
morality existing between teachers and
pupils was absolutely ar-urd.
ST. Cashlon here Nv .oned the Wit
T.s en- i You never b drink with
NO"
"lou We're very select in your asso-
caies weren't you?"
Il was"
Wasn't II a fact that the boys didn't
GEEK your company"
ives. they knew | wouldn't hermit