The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-02
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o How often did he do this?
A. Several times.
o, Did you consent to Mr.. Yates COM
ing there?
a. No: he forced me.
@. DO you wish TO be UNDERSTOOD that
he accomplished his evl purpose WITHOUT
your consent at firsty
A. Yes. he did.
q. Do | understand your answer 10 be
that Mr.. Yates accomplished his evil
purpose at first against your VIII and
without your consent?
\. lie told me it was no harm' and
he made me yield. He swore before
God that IL was all his own fault that she
was a pure girl. no harm had been done,
and she was not to blame.
q Won have mentioned the names Of
other girls: do you know from your
own knowledge anything as to their
immortality with Mr.. Yates
A. Miss told me That she was
engaged to Mr.. Yates TO marry him.
but that her parents were unwilling.
Miss - when visiting at Accomac,
confessed to me several OF the same ac-
tions as I had with Mr.. Yates
q Since YOU left the institute, have
YOU been called upon to make state
ment to anybody before this morning
about this matter?
COLOSSAL GAUL THIS.
No. since 1 left school, Mr.. Yates
wrote 10 my father and insisted upon
his coming to stanton to appear before
the Board OF Visitors to prove his inno-
cence. but my father refused Miss --
advised me 10 write to the Board OF
Visitors and tell them that Mr.. Yates
was not fit for teacher, and wrote
10 the president. Mr.. Elder. but / never
heard anything more about 1t. l asked
Miss ogden to sleep with me
i'm my room, because l was
afraid 10 sleep alone. At one time
Mr.. Yates came in. and l screamed and
made him leave the room quickly.
@. Did you occupy room atone
A. For one year I did. but after these
occurrences with Mr.. Yates, ! gave up
the room. and slept with the other girls
in the big room.
Q. Why did you ask the girl to sleep
with you that night7
A. We had a sociable that night late
at night, and 1 wanted her as my COM
pany.
Q. Did Mr.. Yates frequently visit you
at nights
A. do not know how often; only three
or four times. The morning after the
night when Miss Ogden slept with me
be quarrelled with me. and wanted 20
know why / asked Miss ogden TO sleep
with me- ! told him that ! would ask
any girl | liked | told him l would
report him 10 the board II he did not
stop. He offered me money 10 keep me
quiet. He had before that time accom-
plished his evil purpose in the school
room and in his classroom.
Dr. Gallaudet here asked the committee
II possible not to 20 any further into
the details, which were very painful 10
the witness.
The committee took the matter into
consideration for some little time, but
the questioning was then resumed.
Questioned by Mr.. Stubs: The COM
mittee desire 10 know whether any other
man has ever taken any such liberties
with you while at the institute?
4. Mr. Yates was the first man, and
the only one.
Questioned by Mr.. Morrison: Did you
ever report these clandestne meetings
TO any one at the institute while you
were pupil?
a. ] did not.
O. why not?
4. Mr.. Yates told me that II report
ed it 10 the board i would be dismissed,
dishonored.
O. Did YOU ever make an engagement
with Mr.. Yates to meet him in the class
room?
A. No: I did not. I met him by ac-
cident some time in the afternoon when
/ was going in a painting class.
would pass through hall, where ne
would meet me.
MADE HER copy A LETTER.
q. When you were in the school-room
with Mr.. Yates did you not fear that
,frrb
A The door was closed but not locked.
Q. Where did he meet you most fire.
quently?
partment.
@. Were there any pupils present while
you were intimate with Mr.. Yates?
4. Yes. sometimes: but they did not no
tice anything wrong, because they could
not see.
Q. Were there ever iron bars put across
your window while you were there?
\. No, sir.
Witness then stated that Mr. Yates
wrote 10 her at Accomac. and included
a letter which he made her copy and
then send him. The original letter. which
was introduced in evidence. was as fol-
lows.
NV Dear Teacher.-Your letter of the
18th was received. and In regard TO GER
tain reports which have been circulated
by some malicious persons against you.
/ have only this TO say that they are al
false as the persons who are trying to
niure you are vindictive As much as /
regret having my name coupled with the
AFFAIR, ] shall allow II 10 give me no
trouble knowing. as I do. that / am IN
nocent and shall always regard you as
one OF my best teachers at the institute.
There has been an effort on the part OF
some OF the deaf-mutes TO get me to
league against you. but as | know Of
nothing that is true in the charges they
make l. Of course cannot think for an
instant OF favorlng them
Your friend and pupil.
ANNIE R.
Another letter was shown witness.
which she said she had written 10 Cap
tain Doyle. lie had petted her so much
when little girl. 80 she wrote In the
manner she did, calling him Dear Dad
dy."
Q. After you left the institute in 1891.
did you not tell your father that the
reports about you at the institute were
false7
A. I don't know anything about II.
He found some OF my letters from lady
friends
q. Did your father ever ask you
about these matters?
a. He did not. Mr.. Yates sert MIR.
Humhert 10 my father. and told him
the reports were fslse. Mr.. Humbert
said that Mr.. Yates would come him
self. but he was afraid he would be
scandaized.
@. Do you know whether your father,
J. X. riggs, ever wrote TO Captain
Doyle with your consent, stating that
the charges were not true2