Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10

every other department of the Home, a
success So trusting and believing I am
Very Respectfully, A,C. Pratt.
P.S. ] have put this in writing that l
may be per fectly and fully understood.
A. G. p.
| hoped that the above somewhat Sc
verer out plain criticism of acts which
caused the trOuble with Miss Moore and
other employees would have the desired
effect and that Mr.. Beebe's conduct
would thereafter be more creditable to
himself and to his friends who were so
anxious to keep him in the place.
1t seems, however, hat the Moore in
vestigation only excited a feeling of
eveng and that ever since that time
employees indlscreet enough to critic
the management, have been under some
pretext discharged.
The evidence shows that when Day
refused to punish one of the orphans
Joe Moran Beebe took the strap from
Day, stripped the boy and after punish
ing him numerically put him in a tank
of cold water for nearly an hour and said
Il feel like killing that bOv; he was the
cause OF my trouble during the last
teachers Investigations OF course Boebe
denies the remark abou killing the boy.
but admits whipping him pretty hard'
and says that Il may have put him in the
bath tub" etc.
Robert Heritage, another orphan who
was SO unfortunate as to incur the dis
pleasure of Mr.. Beebe was at one time
put to work cutting ice at 3 O'Clock in the
morning without breakfast and kept
there until he tainted from exhaustion.
At another time this same boy was re-
quired to stand in a we'll with water up
; to his knees from - O'Clock at night I'M
til 6 o'clock the following evening, Is
} hours, with only a Observation-Disclosures
; lunch. This boy Heritage finally en-
listed in the army, and, although camped
l within a stones throw of the Home for
=. weeks Mr.. Beebe testified that he didn't
| know for sure that he was going as an
explanation why he did not receive the
l customary allowance of clothing when
= he left; Dut the testimony shows that the
boy bought clothes for himself before he
t left the Home, and that the landlord OF
\ the Arlington House furnished him sut-
7 ticeut clothing 10 make him comfortable
/ before he started to war.
Fred IIotelling (Wh0 was Il witness al
the Moore investigation, bat who has
t since left the Homo testified thai he WI
whipped hy Beehe when he was too sick
e with rheumatism to walk across the
floor. because some other boys had made
s a noise.
Becbe replies to his by omitting thu
word when" and says: 81 believe Ere,
d so that he Was not able to walk acros:
: the room. That is q bare black lie.
l never did it. never whipped a sich
e boy yet Under cr0ss-eXaminatiOn
S however, he admits "~whipping all til,
boys in the d~OrmitOry'' on that occasion
g and when asked DO you remember a
that time you whipped him?" lHotelling
5 Mr.. Beebe answered yes"
d When Miss Moore was teacher. HOTEL
S ing says that Beebe told the boys Nv
D. should not holler in the yard, but W
"a could holler all we wanted in the schOo
re He say that if the teacher should sti
v any to whip the boys, we should knocl
IN her flat on the floor"
L Day also testified that Beebe threatene
IN him with discharge if he interfered I
OF protect Miss Moore. | fail to find wher
w Go be continued.