Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-09-15
LEFT TO GOVERNOR.
Board OF Control Makes No Rec
concentration Regarding
Supt. Hart.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 1O.--T Especial. i
The report of the state board Of control
on it's investigation of the charges made
by Lynn s. Pease against Supt. Hart
of the Industrial School for Boys at
Waukesha was sent to Gov. Scofeld just
before noon today.
The report was written by Judge Ly-
on, ex-chief justice of the Supreme court,
now a member of the board. and was
afterward considered by the board and
signed by all the members this morning
before being sent to the governor.
1t presents an elaborate review of the
testimony given at the investigation, and
Ill conclusion makes no definite recon-
mendatiOn as to whether or not the SUI
perintendent should be dismissed, leaving
that to be decided by the governor after
he has reviewed the report.
1t finds. however, that the charges are
not sustained except in one particular,
and that is that it is probable the pun
ishment of the boys was in some cases
unnecessarily severe, the board thinking
that strap instead of a horseWhip
would have been sufficient, while appre-
eating the fact that punishment was
needed
The charges of drunkenness the board
finds absolutely untrue.
Gov. Scoheld will not take the report
up for consideration until this afternoon,
and desires to review it before being CIV
en- out for publication.
The petition which formed the basis for
the invetigation of Supt. Harris manage
ment OF the Waukesha Industrial school
was as follows:
/. With the introduction and use Of cruel
and inhuman punishment.
.. That he IS man of quick temper and
infiicts punishment upon the pupils in said
school while
3. That he uses intoxicating liquors to
excess.
4. That in his conversation with the pupils
and others he is pr0fane and vulgar in his
language.
The petitioners asked that the investi-
cation begin on June s, and that the COM
mission should report findings on the fol-
lowing questions:
!. Does the superintendent Of the indus
trial school use Intoxicating liquors?
,. If so, has he used intoxicating Liquors
since he became superintendent of said
school to such an extent that at any time i.
has noticeably affected either his manner,
speech or actiOnsT
3. If so, when and where was he so af-
fected?
f. Has the superintendent inflicted, or
ordered to be inflicted. corporal punishment
upon any OF the pupils committed to said
SCHOOL,
). If so. describe the punishments so in
cicted or ordered to be inflicted, by the SUI
nerintendent?
i>hments inflicted?
:. Have any of the subordinate officers or
employees been permitted to infict corporal
punishment!
g. Has the superintendent confined or
ordered to be confined, i'll a cell, pupils in
said school?
9. For what offenses have pupils been so
confined in the cell:
10. What was the age of the youngest
pupil confined. and for what length Of
time was such pupil confined?
Il. For what length of time were other
pupils confined?
y. State kind and quantity of food and
confined. and how often were food and wa
ter supplied.
49, What was the sanitary condition Of
the cells in which such pupils were con-
fined?
IA How often were pupils confined in the
eel $ visited by the superintendent?
10. How often were pupils so confined in
cells visited by other officers of the school?
IS. Have punishments been inflicted or
ordered to be inflicted by the superintendent
when ne was angry or intoxicated?
II. has, the superintendent used profane
or vulgar language in conversation with, or
in the presence of pupil of the school?
Is. Has the superintendent neglected to
give proper medical treatment to sick pup
lis?
10. Such other facts as may be found in
dicating improper or inefficient management
of said Institution as an industrial school
for boys, established for the purpose of re-
forming the pupils who have been commit
ted to it.
The petition was accompanied by four
affidavits, by J. w Rice Anton Huett-
ner, Herman Riemer and W. I. Ange-
vine, in which statements were made in
support of the charges enumerated above.