The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-23
He TOOK ToDDY Like A GENTLEMAN
What a Witness Said About cap-,
tain Doyle !
IN the Investigation of the management
OF the Deaf, Dumb md Blind Iustf-
sute at staunton. Which Was Resumed
by tho Legislative Committee Jester
day-ar.rosh's Testimony "a to Drink.
ing at the Institute.

RICHMOND. Va, Feb. 2e.-The inves-
tigation into the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Institution was resumed to-day. Miss
Grimaldi, of Richmond, q blind student,
was first the witness and testified that
while pupil she knew nothing Of i'm
moral practices, and had never smslt
whiskey on superintendent Doyle. She
spoke in the highest terms OF the insti-
tuition.
Charles Tosh, OF Petersburg, proved
bad witness for the defense. He de-
nounced in severe terms the statement
that j. T. Cashion had bribed him with
whiskey. He spoke highly OF Doyle,
saying that while he took his teddy like
q gentleman, he did not get drunk.
On CROSS examination the witness
said he drank whiskey whenever he
could get 10 while at the institution.
Had taken drinks with Teacher Hum
bert; was unable to say Mr.. Humbert
had drank with other boys. Teacher
Euritt had once given him whiskey and
he WAS unable to soy whether or not 1t
was for medicinal purposes.
DE WAS not anxious TO answer the
question about drinking and asked IL
he was compelled to reply. When told
that he was, witness gave committee
much information about drinking at
the institution.
The sum and substance of 1t was that
ali the boys who wanted liquor got il,
and Teacher Humbert and teacher now
dead knew of IL. Tosh had never heard
OF acts OF immortality at the institution,
and thought the whole thing was absurd.
Mr. Tosh spoke most highly of Misa
Carr' the Roverness, saying she watched
over the girls as mother would do.
In Favor Of hIaIe Doctors.
After all the pleadings and arguments
Tor female doctors to attend the female
patients In the State institutions and
ssylums, the senate committee on edu-
cational institutions and asylums has
put Itself on record as opposed to such q
move, and in favor of male DOCTORS to
the exclusion OF female doctors. Messrs.
Claytos, Keezell and Morris are the ouly
mem bers OF the committee who edyo-
Gated and voted for the employment of
female physioiana.
How Roanoke Lost.
At the Democratic committee meeting
Thursday night every movements in the
early stages Of the proceedings indio ased
success for Roanoke. A resolution to
make the basis of representation one to
every one hundred was fought bitterly
by Staunton. the friends of that secluded
burg knowing that 80 large represen-
tation could not be accommodated there
even II all the barns and vacant chops
were thrown open. The resolution was
carried and Roanoke stock went boom.
Ing up the ladder. Staunton stock went
down like mercury in o blizzard. Bum
gardner "a most suggestive name in
Virginia) arose and informed the dele.
gaEion that comfortable sleeping quar-
ters should count for nothing, that q
man was supposed to have such at
home, but that Staunton could offsr an
assortment and quantity of stuff to
drink equal to any city In the State
and Staunton sock shot up the ladder.
Abe Staples followed in behalf of Roa-
noke. He informed the committee that
the Magic City was ahead OF sny city in
the State in magnificent hotel acoom-
modation-that Roanoke had the finest
theatre in the State to offer as place
OF meeting, but that he could not give
q garsntee that the liquor would hold
out. A vote was then taken and Staun-
ton got sll the votes.