Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-17

10 aaNlrA been whipped severely for
runnihS away
Oscar StesSman told Of aoius
confined III a" sell for h>e
, days, during which he VAS
Of siNIE seven hogs Me told alsp Of a
etihs bucket being left in the cell
Jon" hrCscr, brother " pupil who ties,
lla.S Monday 10 a severe Whipping, sworc
the punishment and nndiNS that his arms
ana poly Mem marked Win ridges sud
black aud blue marks
GMo MltucSSeS, residents OF WAukeShn
were NMorh and asked about Harris habits
SeuStFu"s drinking, They sMore they
never saw hau drink, or drunk
Jehu casey, 4 former pupil told Of NaN.
'nS h"y" whipprd by a teacher ngua,d VAN
"e'po"l with = piece OF garden hose The
nnhtshh1vni WAS administered an hour after
casey arrived His nose was diStgur,l hy
The blows from ;hc garden hose, His OF
tehse was chewing tobacco.
th EtNSS-cAamtnauon W. T. AugVN inc
testified chat nr HuIald was IL the oticc
at the dime Of the Kicking Incident told ot
III MS ngSt testimony. The wife aud daugh.
ter al the superintendent We're also pres
emf. he said hut they hurried out OF the
loom Ike said that he boy that was kicked
as aM,e small, aud did not weigh more
than lis pounds
Anton Huctmrr, former pupil in the
institution, said his home was IN Mtwau.
kre lie is ~ years OF age Witness said
he had hrru punished Ivy being put IN a vrll
let trying I" escape while he VAS in school
rnder Supt REGAIN, The first time he tried
te escape after Mr. Hart came, he was re
captured: after being gone about five
hours, For this otGcuSc he WAS put In
dark cell nntil the next morning. whcu he
all day.
Hurttncr said ihat he had been without
anNthlnS {" eat for about thirty-SiN hours,
When he was put back In the cell that
an
aud bowl OF water, lie did not get any
thihg I" eat or drink until the next evening,
After he had again worn the barrel all day
llnettner said he had Spraned his arm the
uaA ne tried to escape, aud that the first
day he wore the barrel the arm swcllrd to
nearly twice its normal size III only thug
thahhS nt ~" barrel was thin cotton
shirt His shoulders became black aud
blue, and the skin VAS chafed OF In some
places. The Sccond day he was hurried out
of his vcll SO quickly in the morning that
he did not have time to put on his shoes
and was compelled To march around the
punishment lasted five days the last three
During an the i've days ihc witness swofS
that thr only food aud drink that was
given him WAS three slices OF bread and nv
many bowls of water.
Witness tried to srud word TO Supcrin.
end'nt nart ON the THIRD day of his pun
once while he was marching In the ward
with the barrel Hart spoke tn him, saying.
You viii try to run away, will YOU; Try
It again and you viii get II worse than
Huettnrr said he escaped again on August
u, 1926 aud MAS caught ami returned tn
the school Win he officers of that nsttu
ton thu following afternoon, He did not
carry the barrel that time, hut was kept
la the cell under the sane conditions. ami
with about the same allowance Of food and
water; hut no water to battle In His lm-
nriSDnn1pnt "A \ I'd.
sion, The Same h,tEy conditions preNanv,.
In September following lluetthrr ri !
to escape agatn, Ne carried rope 10 hr
third floor of the durmitnrS, and tricu go
let himself out Il u window. The rope
! broke when ne wl& about nine feet from
the ground. letting Him tall. lie spraIncd
come unconscious. When he recovered con
seriousness the night watch. Witt, was
bending over him. VITA took him hy the
collar and led him toward the office of the
Hart, aud WITH Snid "ll.rc Is u boy that
aus been trying To rscnpr Al that Hart
face several times, threw him 10 the ground
aud kicked him In the back and side several
times after he wns down, Witness was
! then taken INFO the office by llnrt who re
move his coat Then Hart. the witness
,atd, took n buggy whip and thrashcd him.
striking him as many MS forty or nifty
Tines.
When witness was taken to his crll lntCr
he had great difficulty In removing his
shirt, as II stuck To his body where the
! brood had flowed from the cuts made by the
whip
George, WITH, the former night watch
man. was the next witness. He related the
story Of the hst finding of lIucttntr under
the window of the dolnitoN Whrr" hc had
tnllrn In trying to escape; the walk toward
the snpcrintendcnts office. the meeting ~
Hart on the way and the benting aud kick,
ing that followed,
WITH also told of seeing Hart kick two
small boys, once, while they were lmprs
oned in II cell He said Hart nIso struck
i the same boys with his fists several times
on the same occasion, He said That Mr.
, Strong the assistant steward, put II long
chain about the waist of young man
named Rlemer drawing II Ms tightly hs pos
sibe. and locking II with II paddock, Then
the chain was fastened to the bars Of the
cell window, he sad, in such manner that
the prisoner was compelled to stand ~"
right; lie said the boy was kept ~ THIS
| witness said, the boy was bound with
! shackles about his ankles, which were fas.
tened to an iron bar IN The floor.
Witt said he had seen Iiar on several
occasions when he. Hart, had been drink
ing liquor. He caused n sensation by say
Ing that on one occasion he had seen lInrt
and some other gentlemen on the front
! porch of the main building pouring some
Thing into GLASSES from n bottle, and ihat
one II the gentlemen present wns either MI
, snyder, of the board OF control or else Mr.
{
porch and picked up the bottle aud smcllcd
Of It, and found that 1t had contained
whisky
Attorneys for the prosecution asked 10
have Wittl's testimony about the members
Of the board stricken from the record. IL
was allowed TO stand.
Stanley Krcger. n pupil in the school. said
that he was called In from the workshop.
and told that hr would not be punished for
telling the truth. He told that Mr.. Hart
had punched him In the face with his fists,
several times, on one occasion for neglect.
Ing his work In the kitchen. Witness also
said that Hart had kicked him twice AFTER
this punishment he said he WINS put In the
cell and kept over night The next day.
which wns Sunday, the witness said hr was
thrasbcd with sole leather strap being
/ held across a bench while the blows w"r"
being laid on. In his struggles. he had bee.
! hit In the face and about the head aud
hands. He said his body was black and
blue for month after the punishment
The only garment he had on at the time Of
the strappng was cotton shirt