Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-26

staying moro than an hour or SO on
each visit witness denied ever haVins
treated any female teacher discourse
ously.
ARE KEPT APART.
As 10 the segregation OF the ssxee. Cap
tain Doyle stated that the only time the
boys and girls were together was In the
class-rooms, and at sociables on various
holidays, aud at all these times teachers
and officers mingled freely with them.
Ii had occurred on two or three occa-
slons that boys had written letters
10 girls, and when they were caught
they were severely punished. As to MS
habit OF drinking. witness said he hai
never I'm his life been drunk, nor had
his faculties been sufficiently Impaired
on the grounds or In the Institution TO
interfere with his duties. He took a
toddy occasionally. but frequently went
six months without touching a drop OF
liquor. lie was not addicted TO sprees.
and never went on sprees. He was
afraid OF liquor. and never drank 1t ex-
cessively. He was a very busy man.
necessarily so. as the duties OF his ofhce
were very heavy. He never 30 far as
he knew. dlsobeyed any of the rulings
Of the board. lie never took things for
granted. but always went around ana
saw that everything was properly cared
for. In spite OF all that has been pub
lished about the institution during the
investigation. but one child has been
withdrawn.
DID NOT REPORT 1T.
Being asked by Senator Stubs II he
reported the Yates-Riggs affair To the
board. Captain Doyle replied in the ne
gatiye, and said that the first time
ne heard Yates's name I'm connection
with Ii was through Major Elder.
member OF the board. who spoke Of II
at a board meeting. His reason for not
making a report Of the matter 10 the
board was that lac did not deem. after
examining into the rumor. that the mat
ter was OF sufficient Importance TO be
disnihed by report 10 the board Wit
ness testified that his present term ex-
pired July list next.
Mr.. Humbert, he said. was sent to
Accomac by him TO see Miss Riggs. be-
cause he heard that Miss Riggs was
writings letters recanting her former
statement that she was innocent OF
any immoral conduct with Mr.. Yates
He didn't think there was sufficient time
for Mr.. Yates TO write letter 20 Miss
Riggs between the time OF his learning
OF Mr.. Humbert's proposed witt and
on the rolls OF the school 15i pupils. Io2
Of which are mutes. Not one 81 them IL
pay pupil. The annual appropriation
for the past two years was 1880. Tie
thought the appropriation was sufti-
cient To keep the institution up.
but that $1,000 would be an ecor Omic
appropriation. The pupils were kept
at the institution for forty weeks
in each year. lie didn't think the
appropriation was sufficient TO give the
pupils the same advantages given I'm
similar Institutions IN other States. Wit
ness thought II possible 10 have a ten
year course for pupils. instead OF an
eight-year course Cas now, with an in
crease OF .25oo per year in the appropria-
ton.
THEIR MOTHER WAS DYING.
T. had been stated that three boys who
testified against Captain Doyle. had, since
their testimony was given In. been sent
away from the school. Captain Doyle
stated that the three boys Cwho were
brothers, We're sent away on q telegram
from their father calling them TO the
death-bed Of their mother, who. In fact.
died the same day that these boys left
the Institution. Being asked by Mr.
Harrison If II wouldn't be well TO have
minority representation on the board
Of the institution. witness stated that
he didn't think II would. He admitted
having recommended to the Governor
Mr.. Lindsay for appointment on the
board. Tie was asked n ne didn't oppose
Dr.. Winston's appointment. and sub
mitted that the question was unfair. He
stated, however. that he would very
much rather he should not have been
appointed Witness thought 1t absolute
~ essential for the welfare OF IAN edu-
catiOnal or public institution Of any kind
for the faculty and Board OF Visitors
TO be on friendly and harmonious terms.
There were now AT the institution
teachers WHO were not friendly to the
principal. Two OF the teachers. witness
said. We're unfriendly To him. and had
been so for years. There had also been
more or less friction among the mem
beers OF the board since ISIS. when the
number OF the board was increased from
seven 10 nine. he thought Il 10 the
discredit OF the State TO have teach
ers and members OF the board say they
could not recommend the school 20 the
people as had been asserted during this
investigation.
SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
This concluded the testimony so far as
Captain Doyle was concerned and he was
fAtA-fA AAkii AFNAlAg tuEtttE ufilll lD-
day. Mr.. William G. Ritter was next
called To the stand. Being asked II he be-
lieved Miss Riggss testimony he replied
that she did not understand some OF the
questions asked her He submitted seya-
raj letters, written 10 him by Miss Rigs
in 1891. In which she details the alleged
entrance OF her room by Yates. but denies
that he ruined her Mr. Ritter testified
that he knew Miss Riggs was laborinc
under a apprehension Of the commit
tees questions when she made answers
which were construed % mean that she
had been ruined by Yates He sat by
and saw her signs as she gave in her
testimony. and was positive that she
didn't appreciate what she was testifyins
10. He stated that he had seen one o.
the deaf pupils, James Campbell, return
from stanton dead drunk and yomit IN
the study-room. He was brought 10 the
school in a hack. This was some time
between the years 1855 and 1859 NJ
teacher or officer saw him. He further
told OF a little scrap that occurred be
tween two OF the deaf-mute boys one day
last fall. In which one Of the participant
got a pretty sharp blow on the head
which caused the blood 20 flow. lie told
Captain Doyle O. the fight and advised
the summoning Of A doctor. Captain
Doyle went out on the chapel porch In
time 10 see the injured boy removed, Uu.
said he had seen worse things In The
war. lie sent, however FOR a doctor
and the wounds were dressed
The witness was excused from further
testlfying. and the committee rose until
10 O'Clock this morning.
Callers at the state Library.
The Auditor OF Public Accounts. whose