Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-20
THE INQUIRY BEGUN
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rs Lamb had wanted to get her nephew
u-e She had stood 10 him I'm the lc-
MON OF guardian. and her consent had
tt been obtained. lie understood that
t.. boys got an hours instruction i'm the
morning and the same I'm the evening. He
Drought be had seen boys subjected TO
Jung Imprisonment for trivial offences.
melty 90 q horse. for instance" He
did not Ike 10 see a boy imprisoned so
H- because the neighbOrs complained.
bad some lively boys himself From
knowledge of the character of the
board of the institution ne thought its
mhers compared favorably with tine
-.s Of the courts of the state but ne
.lht the Judges would hear evidence
N..u petitions were presented for the re-
s. 0f "a boy bound out as apprentice.
l.f the Prison Association did not hear
evidence.
Question boy Alr. Switzer. Can any court
the land get ont OF the reformatory
..- boy sent there for taking cigarettes?
Nole" replied Mr. Smith "and l doubt
3D. the Governor could pardon him out,
under the present law" He understood
chat thc badge system was recommended
q many authorities for real criminals.
also understood that the average term
the ref0rmatOry was a little less than
'w0 years.
Re-examincd 10y Dr. Winston. MI Smith
stated that a boy named Langhorne had
been shot by a guard there He knew of
r1 prison iu the country whore cOnvicts
were kept for an indefinite time Asked
nv ar. Page if DE knew of q boy having
been kept there until even nearly n years
Of age he replied that "a Alr. Scott had
applied 90 have his boy released TO go 10
q Baptist picnic two days before his term
bad expired. His experience was that the
bows at the institution were very, very
iad
Mr Wilson: Has a guard the right un-
U.r the laws Of the State to shoot down
boy only years of age?
SIR. Smith replied that a policeman had
been cxoneratcd recently for shooting
down "a boy. and the New York World of
yesterday was very indignant regarding
"That was in the North" said Mr.. Will
son. "and not down South"
SIR. BEVERIDGE's EXPERIENCES.
Mr William II. Beveridge. the next
witness. said he knew very little of the
institution of his personal knowledge. He
had visited IL. and noticed boy ON the
porch with a chain ON his leg He was in
formed that that was TO keep the lad
frm running away. Witness said he had
defended two boys in Henrico County
Court for breaking into a freight-car;
they were sent to the reformatory one
Dad served his term and was a good boy
r1w he believed. He thought the au-
shortly vested in the institution too great
for any such in the world; the power TO
send boy there was too great 10 be held
lr magistrates. He saw no way to get a
boy out Of there until ne was q years Of
aye. except by consent of the association.
Tho Governor. he thought could not par
DON him. he thought the board was COM
posed OF the best men in the state, and
l. believed they would always see that
good men were on the board. He did not
think "a boy could ever be reformed by
feeradauon He knew there was a nice
rrm. a broom and a satisfactory az
M. institution. He knew nothing Of the
d sposition Of the proceeds.
SENT HIS SON THERE.
1r. John Wilkinson. of the panyille
police force. said he had committed his
bow II wears old. 90 the refOrmatOry last
November. because he wanted him broken
NJ The cigarette habit, and wanted him
On e0 TO- school: he had never given trou-
Die except by fighting. lie did not know
DE could not get him out until h0 was q
ref0rmatory after being there shoi-
time. He knew nothing further Of the
institution than what ne had learned from
The bow himself He examined the boy,
and "a doctor examined him; they each
found scabs on him. easily recognized @
Tho work Of the lash. though IL was about
tao weeks since he had been whipped.
Nr Sampson said he had been whipped;
be- lat also been shackleo.
N... NJ.
chairman
Somewhere I'm the South" replied the
father. II felt disgraced by the treat
ment he had received. / felt determined
De should never again 80 back TO that in
attutcn."
Tho witness said he did not know where
DIS son was. as ne had not been az MS
house ln Danville. for fear that ne as
police officer would have 10 irreSt hiih'
on cross-cxamlnaiion. Mr.. WILKINSON
said ne had sent the boy 10 the institution
as last hope He had frequently peen
fnod for fighting. but he ala not think
would be whipped.
Mr. Meredith said the boy had escaped
In bis nght-clOthes by cutting ms way
through .wlre-screen. and asked the Wit-
ness III he was prepared 10 say tnat ne
had not scratched himself on the wire OF
thc screen.
NNnDha sal0 the iidih7 "a 49,
ram cr0sswlsc on the feshy parts OF 'he
hips where Mr. Sampson said ne had
been whipped: II wires had made the
marks they would have run IN the Oppo-
site direction lie said the boy wore
pair of thin jeans trousers when ne es,
capped. be had examined these, ana touna
no snaegod holes in them, such as wouiu
have been made had wires caused me
scars lie reiterated his earnest Dellei
that the marks were caused by IN" lash'
This was IN response 20 "A question from
Air Meredith II he thought the malhh
could have been made by an oIoiha'y
strap.
Letters 10 Mr. Wilkinson from supei'h-
tCndent Sampson and guard named 1u'-
ner were filed. The former said mat inc