Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-12
The Minority Report
continued from Sunday.

his sense of justice and humanity.
Mr.. Day and several other witnesses
testified that Valentine Stanton.a boy OF
10 years of age and an Inmate otthe Home
was a favorite of the Supt., Matron. and
Assistant.
Beebe admits thai stanton had been a
1aVorite with me for the simple reason
that he is a boy | always could trust.,
but that he never did anything wrong
without being r~eprimanded.' CNhv moi
punished like 0thers?)
This boy seems to have had almost mn
limited privileges, and. as is usually the
case with pets caused much trouble.
MIR. Day testified that zone evening
about a year ago, | don't know the exact
date, | put the boys to bed. and | ALWAYS
came down TO see if there were any fires
around in the building and as I was
going back to bed, Miss Stock, Miss
Cation and Miss Ruth Heritage came
round this corner, Miss Cation and Miss
Heritage came and sat down on the steps
outside here and Valentine Stanton and
Miss Stock started for the seamstress,
room. l said it is time for you to go to
ped, the other boys have been in bed half
an hour or so. He said all right as soon
as take my pants to the seamStress'
room. We Will wait till you come back.
he SAID very we'll, and he went up. we
waited for about an hour or an hour and
a half and he did not come down.. This
was ABOUT O'Clock. The usual time for
the boys to go to bed was S:3M. I'VE
sat there for about an hour and n half
2nh no did mot
am gong to bed" Ruth Heritage and
MISS Cation went to bed, | also went up
ana went to bed. | laid in bed readinp p
novel TIL II o'clock. had not heard
valentine come up stairs. thought 7
would slip on my pants and see if he was
III bed. L went up and turned I'D the
llght IN the attic Bob Heritage wanted
TO know what | wanted; | told him I had
come up to see If Valentine Stanton was
III ped. He SAYS where has Valentine
stanton been? l said he went IN to Miss
STOCKS room to get his pants sewed. He
wanted to know what time it was told
him 1t was about - o'clock or q littIo
after. went down and went to bed.
valentine Stanton was not there"
Ruth Heritage was out of the State and
olo NOT testify at the investigation: but
MISS Cation ~corroborates Day in the es-
sentlal facts: She says she saw Stanton
go up on that evening, that it was quite
late, after all the children had gone TO
oed; but it did not concern her and she
nld not wait to see when he came down
she thinks she did not sit on the stairs
more than an hour.
robert Heritage in his affidavit made
Just before he left for the war (Which af
hoa'it was admitted in evidence) says:
one night last summer, l don't remem-
Der the date, that | was awakened by Mr..
Day coming in the attic. | asked him
what he wanted, he said he had come I'D |
to see If Valentine Stanton was in bed. '
asked him what time it was. he said after 1
IL O'Clock. L asked him where Valentine
stanton was, he said he went up to Miss ,
STOCK room. | heard Valentine Stanton l.
come up the stairs and 60 t bed about '
an hour AFTER a
Miss Stock testified this was the first l
L heard of it, I don't remember anvtbino
except his bringing his pants up. He =
s'ayeu I'VE minute then went down, and -
that was all heard until this came up, =
M ISIS Cation testified that the morning =,
aiter THIS night episode, she saw Stanton T
go up to the seamstress' room about )
O'CLOCK, before the other bOys were ont of
oed, and then she saw him come down -
from the room between half past six and ;
seven O'Clock. "
referring to this early morning visit
MISS Stock was asked by Mr.. Cutting. 7;
Q-"Did any of the boys ever go to the :,
sewing room early in the morning before -
6 o'clock?" p
A-"They did" =
Q-"What for?r
A-"Difterent things, if any would get
" hhsers' they come up to get rags, and
70 get their coats mended.' "Cassa-
eraida has been up and Valentine"
1 ma nothing in the testimony about
or Cassagrande getting their fin
gers cut and the answer seems evasive.
ohe says that the testimony about
Lopez seeing her head in Stantons Ian i A
false.
NMr. Cutting here leads the witness IF
INTO the lawn to testify against Dav on
the charge OF assault with intent to ki~ -
MISS Thomas ct ais, and as ACCESSORY +,
the boys III stealing apples.
On cross-eXamination Miss Stool, too
'liied tina Stanton, Murphy, ~Cassagrande
ana several more boys have been to the
sewing room. When asked what thew
did there she said: A
The sewing room is a public room o.
1t has never been forbidden ~anybodv-
It VIII be observed Tat she again evada. d
l direct answer. e.
Mrs. Beebe also testified that the sewino 9
room Is a public room; bit shaslvs that -
she ordered Miss Stock to keep the door '
% the sewing room locked to keep the n
girls from going through there. She does q
lot oxDIain tn mo uoti.f of