The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-30

She said not.
Miss Jennie Purde was called. She lived
in Grand Forks. Her parents were dead but
she had sister and two brothers. The chief
Of police of Grand Forks had asked her II
she did not wish to go where she could learn
to read and write aid dokembreidery and 9th
er work and where she could after a time
earn wages. He had told her he would pay
and six nd came out in n fbe
laundry until II p5 m..i and had sometimes
worked there to 2>osclock.; She was Catho-
lie. She had learned a part of her cateehism
1.-THE sister, had not time II was not going
to be her fool any longer At different times
she had seen the "bdg garls' strike the other
girls.
They did not teach her anything. One day
when company of men and women had
called she had been told by the sister to
afraid of the mother bproyincial. Letters
from her sister hade been opened by the sis
ter, and she had told witness that her peo-
pie must come themselves. This was con-
corning her getting out"
TO Mr.. Clapp: Her folks had asked her
not to go to the House, of the Good Shep-
herd. ia
Witness then tried to recall the dates when
she had received the letters from Grand
Forks.
number of other questions were put
to the witness, several which indicated that
the visitors" previously referred to We're
members of the grand jury.
The next witness called by Mr. Butts said
her name was Maize Roberts. She had been
an inmate of the House Of the Good Shep-
herd for year and five months Her aunt
secured her release last May. Maize Is now
an inmate of an institution on South wash
ington street. Her intimate friends call her
Dutch Mary"
Maize gave her testimony distinctly and
in an earnest, straightforward manner. She
said she was German Catholic, born In the
old country and that she came to this coun-
try when child in the care Of her grand,
father: Before coming to st. Paul ,T sae naa
irving in St. Paul she inquired OF police
man where she could find place to go.
The policeman told Relief Agent Hu Hut ms
to the House of the Good Shepherd. After
she had been, there three Or four days she
asked to be let out but the sisters refused
to release her, so. she testified. Then she
tried to mail a letter to her aunt. in Shell
don, To-, but was unable to get her letter
out of the house. Finally she gave letter er
discharged, and who promised to mail 1t:
But no answer was, received. She testified
that she gave letters to the sisters to be
mailed, but she never received any letters.
Finally Lena Becker, after her. discharge,
wrote a letter to Mazies aunt, who answered
it, and soon after came to st. Paul ana VS.
tied the House Of the Good Shepherd.
Continuing, the witness said that when her
aunt inquired after her, mentioning her true
name, the sisters replied that there was no
such girl there the tod fha WtReae
her aunt was therea Then the witness went
out into the back yard, and when her aunt
started to leave she called to her through
knot hole in the high board fence and MADE
known her presence. = After her aunt ana
she had conversed a, while the former went
back, saw the sisters again, and demanded
the release of Maize. sThereupon MAIZE was
discharged. ~&
Mr.. Butts then proceeded to interrogate
his witness regarding the treatment OF tne
inmates by the sisters The witness knew
no nj
testify to conversations had with her that
were not heard by any of the sisters OF
authorities of the institution In response 10
Mr.. Butts Maize began to describe acts OF
cruelty which she declared she had seen the
sisters perform. Mr.. Butts went into great
detail regarding the treatment of girls other
than the plaintiff, and asker several ques-
lions that the defense objected to. In sus,
tanning an objection to question deemed
irrelevant and inimaterial, the court re-
stNTr. Butts we are not trying the House of
the Good Shepherd generally, but only as &c 10
its conduct with reference to this plaln io1.
Maize testified that on several occasions
Sister Mary st. Bernard struck her. once
she pushed her over onto the floor, where
she bumped her nose, which bled profusely,
and bruised her forehead over the eye, ieav-
ing a scar. At the request of Mr.. Butts, Maize
stepped from the witness stand ana racing
the jury, pointed out the scar On other DC.
casions, the witness said, Sister 81. Berharu
had struck her in the face. The witness
further testified that Sister st. Bernard mace
her kneeI in the class room all of one day.
Witness had seen Sister st. Bernard strike
Edith Apple a. great many times. Once she
saw her strike Edith in the back with wash
board. Sister ST. Bernard had also struck
! the witness. In, the, eye. with a wei, towel
| Sometimes SO Maize testified, the inmates
| worked from D. m. to 10 p. M, and some
times as late as 2 and 3so'cock in the morn
ing. Occasionally she had to stay from
mass in order to work and frequently nad
to scrub the laundry after the other girls
had gone to bed. The witness described how
her nose bled after she was thrown to the
floor by Sister st. Bernard. 1t bled so much,
she said, that she could ring the bood out
of the apron she used.
Questioned concerning the food served at
the House of the Good Shepherd. Maize said
the meat was very bad. Asked how often
the girls were given eggs to eat she an
swered:
They rarely had any butter, and never saw
any sugar. or milk or cheese. Witness had
often heard the girls ask for more. Some
times they were refused. and tod there
was no more food Occasionally, there was
considerable food left over, Wnen the girls
On cross examination t1 Gen. Clapp, the
witness said only two sisters had struck her
Sister Mary st. Bernard and Sister Mary
while she was washing clothes and tod her
to work and talk less. Witness saw Sister
Mary st. Bernard slap girl called Ger
maine for talking.
At this point Gen. Clapp asked permission
to cali DR.. e. j. Abbott to, the stand in be-
half of the defense. Cen. Clapp explained
last night and that his testimony might
not be obtained unless taken at that time.
| Mr.. Butts consented and Dr. Abbott took the
stand.
DR.. Abbott testified that he began attending
| the House of the Good Shepherd as their
regular physician twenty years ago Since
then he had regularly attended the 1nst!tu,
| ton Dr. Abbott said that when he visited
| the institution any Of the inmates who
wished to consult him. if they were able to
| be up went to the drug room and consulted
| him in private, the same as any other patient.
| If the patient was sick in bed, of course she
had an attendant. The inmates had every
opportunity to consult the doctor in private.
AS to the frequency OF complaints co PA OF IN.
| they were poorly and insuffciently fed, Dr.
Abbott said he didn't remember that he ever
| heard a complaint of IL treatment OF Of being
| underfed.
Mr.. Butts objected to the testimony of DR..
| Abbott regarding the character of the food
served. He declared that DR.. Abbott was not
competent to give expert testimony as to
whether the inmates were living on whole
| some food He also eonteRded that the ain
| tiff had not claimed that any girl had been
made sick by the food, or had been starved
| to death. In making his objection Mr.. Butts
! arraigned the House of the Good Shepherd
| from cellar to garnet, and was fnally admon~
! ished by the court that II WASH necessary
Dr. Abbott. in response to Gen. Clapp's
question regarding the general appearance
and attitude of the inmates, said that they
| seemed to go about their work cheerfu-ly and
! did not act as though they were in mortal
! terror of the sisters.
Court then adjourned until 10 a.. m. Monday
After adjournment, Mr.. Butts said to re-
! porter of the Clio b e, that he expected to
| occupy four or five days more in presenting
! the plaintiffs case.
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