The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-26
DOYLE'S SWEEP NG DENIaL.
Ilstimony Of The Principal OIL toe la d.
Lumb ana b!lLd les llute.
u0ESA'T btLlEY AhY VI lHB tHARClS
Against Yates or Bcar-A General Denial
of All ef the Charges Preferred Against
His Management OF the Institution.
Testimony OF other Witnesses.


Assembly appointed to investigate lho
Affairs os the Institution Tor the deai,
dumb. and blind. az staunton, rlet again
yesterday morning. ia room No. 5, on the
upper foor OF the capito: buiiaing. All
the members were present. Captain Doyle
was also Oh hand with his counsel, Ag.
Braxton.
Captain Doyle asked 20 be allowed 10
bo examined ny MS counsel, Mr.. a. G.
Braxton, OF staunton. This was agreed
TO. Captain Doyle then tcSunod as fol-
lows.
Ny name is Thomas y Doyle; am nfty-
tour years OH, ana am principal OF tne
institution. am now IN my fourteenth
year IS superintendent. On septenDer
], ISL, / became teGcnCr IN tae DAnG ae-
partmcnt. 1 was principal from lsSv TO
49,. and again since 1884. | was born IN
Illinois, uut came 10 Virginia wien
nve years Old. MY parents were ooih
Nirginians. Mrs. Murdcn, Mrs. Paynter
ana Mrs. ChiGS IN their testimonies al
luded 10 an improper letter written by
one kaufman to Miss Riggs. / saw the
letter, but did nol ma anything vulgar
In Il. | only thought it was the le,ter
OK n ioye-sick boy. / punished the BOY
Tor writing the letter. i oon't thinA 1t
was an improper OF suggestive set.er.
II IL had been. 1 would nave expeaed
the boy. IL Is pretty nard Tor deaf-
mutes 10 understand writing: ,heir lam
guage consists chiefly VI signs. ana In
rare cases they master the English SUI
hcicntly. The deaf-mutes are very sus-
picious; they watch every gesture.
have never taken any improper liberties
with any OF the girls. The rule AT the
institution is that 10 girl shall ever
walk by herself.
know Elizabeth Talley very weil--a
former pupil whose name has been men
toned in the evidence. She was never
healthy and az one time she had a
Cataleptic spell. and was sent home. l
have never seen her s,nce. Ny rule In
visiting classes Is to do so as often AZ
| necessary. Ny aim Is 10 keep up wish
the general run OF the school. don't
know how often 1 visit classes, but hard
ly a day passes that l don't visit some
class. spend good deal OF time IN
the first years class to get the faSe7
and names OF the new pupils straight.
Some classes need more visiting than
others. l keep myself thoroughly posted
as to the progress made IN the various
classes Mr. Euritt drank 50 much dur
dropped. n my suggestion. but he quit
| drinking soon after, and In jun" 1875. ne
/ was reelected. at nay recommendations
a GENERAL DENIAL.
! As TO the baby that had been found,
/ II is a myth. The only foundation was
tu 1871. when 4 cOlored baby was found,
and for which Captain Moon made "a
| box. IL was buried within the gtounus'
| Mr.. Yates was not a teacher. ana Miss
! Blankenship nor Mrs. randolph were not
/ topether al the school while l was
/ there Tho statement, therefore. tha'
/ Mr. Yates took liberties with MISS biahN-
/ enship while ! was thcre, IS effoh'V~''
| In regard TO Dr. Nlnslons sttteiaent
/ that there were children AT 'he s~"oo'
/ who conid SEQ well, 1 can say that We
bo,e ,bree classes OF blind, the third
! class OF whom do not see enough 10 De
admitted TO the public schools. Some
times IL happens that one OF two pupiis
! are admitted who do see too wen. very
/ often the eyesght or pupils Is srea'S
! imnroved some OF them can READ Iof
! a little while-not steadily. IL Is hol
! tho habit OF children TO so TO bed win
! their clothes and shoes on. somenhiea
/ children are skylarking, ana Douhee :"
bed when they discover an omcef com
ing upstairs. Mrs. camp never FePor'ep
such a fact TO me. All ! hho" ""'a'
the boy Hail being found drunk ." -.
| atreet. on November e1ectioh' - 'nN,
( / heard of IL. and he was punlsneui "''
| - on tho black list until January.
| a-he boy then stopped drinklns' ~"
| behaved well ever since.
/ Nfr Roar would entertain MS ciHsh'a
o. The end of each hour by telhns theh.
some little incidents OF his Iarnl ne a''o
otncr matters To attract their interest
and attention. / always consl1tred hii''
d compeuent teacher IN nis eia.s'
80 M recollection OF taking Miss Ran
doinb IN my sisters room anu e''"'e
h.r eggnog. Thc room mehN'he" "n'
usoa as q, bedroom. it has peeh an IN M
memorial custom I'm the lhs'i'ou'on ~
the matron TO make eggnog al Christina J, ,
and give n glass 30 each olnc'' @..,' 49,,
.aanher ,rfere we're two glasses lei1
over on that occasion, thlhk' az" "'.',
80 ,,tven her some eggnog, but don
a~ 'aSoS don't believe that Mr.
,rrckcr saw me drunk, leaning asaiis.
-t ~, corntnenccment-day am a.
&c o,erworked on those days ana i'"s
| -, toolcd worn-Ouf. never ""'
,l, ar the institute in my lifc. ! never
~, ,'''a hen under the influence OF hqno'
=. ,bn sohool sufficiently 10 have the eh"-
-, ,otica II. IL was very serious
.,.t,er 10 dismiss Il boy from 'h' So'''o.
80. he would have 10 other place 20
- We. therefore. tried 70 reio'H'
- bo,s don't believe | nave .. {"
a. ber-room afteen times during tne
80 Ten wears. and I'm sure dio ho'
80 there on a Saturday evening "htn
~. hovs were downtown. nave no
.ecolIec,ion that 7 ever hit boy WIN
,,arrcI-gtave. as Mr.. Ritter tesu'eo'
THE YATEs-RIcGs AFFAIR.
AZ 10 the bars placed across the ronm
occupied BY Miss Riggs, ! can say; 1ne
rule has always been 10 Keep the WI e'1 ~, y,
Tory of the girls locked. the w'h1o~ ~
| question Iad Tor long TINE oefh COY
| cred by q biz warerooc. L"ls was .ans''
away at one tlde thereby leaving ,ns
,riudovy unprotected, and said tn@'
lavs should be placed across the Vim,
do,, but 1 fOrgot 40 have II done, ana
so,n after this the saik about the Klsgs
! Nato. matter came ~. J had cars pa'
! ...roes hut at that time latcS ana siiss
| ,sf,-g- rad both ieft school. The ~in1ow
on@nra on the porch. and Il had always
| Isen covered by a wardrobe Untl the
snnmer OF 1880. The Yates affair Is
s9td n have occurred II October, fs0, but
| atA rot hear OF 1. until ADrii. l~i
,rho pirls were then after Miss Riggs, and
sfarted this gossip. She LETT on accoani
- q letter from her mother. who W.
,hen suffering with rhcun'iism Ia lotn
rms. aid not nciicv, The tale 2fou'
Yates. and had the bars put up viiy ~
| vacation.
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