The herald., 1898-01-30

and what the prosecution claims consti-
tutes a charge of battery.
On the other hand, the teachers, when
the time comes for them to present their
defense, will try to prove that young
Long was most unruly pupil and that
his punishment was merited. If it was
more severe than that usually inflicted,
it will be claimed that he brought it on
himself by resisting the teachers. The
defendants, by other teachers, will en-
deavor to prove that Long has been q
source Of trouble in school before, and
that other teachers have had to punish
him. Which side will succeed in con-
vincing the court will be known only
When both have presented their case
Assistant District Attorney Williams
and Deputy Joe Chambers appeared for
the prosecution, while the interests of
the teachers were looked after by Attor-
ney Frank P. Flint.
Seward Long was the first witness His
story of the punishment was about the
same as has heretofore been published.
He swore that he had been strapped to a
chair and "beaten brutally with a
strap" that twenty-five blows had been
administered, causing large bruises on
his legs. He denied having made any
resistance and did not think that he had
been guilty of misconduct of sufficient
gravity to justify the treatment he had
received. Both teachers had taken part
in the whipping.
The defense, in cross-examination, did
not make much of an effort to break
down his story, being satisfied to let it
go in as 1t had been told. 1t was deyel-
oped as result of Attorney F1int's
questions that young Long attended
school the next day after he was pun
ished, and that the bruises were not SUI
ficient to confine him to his bed.
The boys mother who was next called
to the stand, was of course unable to tell
just what had transpired in the school
room, except from what her son had told
her, and that, as hearsay evidence, was
not admitted. She did tell, in manner
indicating suppressed excitement, of her
sons having shown her the bruises in
fiicted with the strap. She took him to
DR.. c. H. Whitman, who dressed the con-
tusions. She had seen Prof. Phillips,
principal of the Sentous street school,
and had understood him to say that he
had often advised Miss Gardiner against
the use OI the SlTdp.
Prof. Phillips, who followed Mrs. Long,
on the stand, put a somewhat different
construction on what she had UNDER
stood him to say with reference to his
advice to teachers about using the strap.
He did not remember having told Miss
Gardiner personally not to use the strap,
but had only suggested to all the teach
ers at the beginning of the school year
that it would be better to use moral
suasion If possible instead of corporal
punishment.
DR.. c. Fl. Whitman explained the eX-
tent of the boys bruises. He could not
tell how severe the fiogging had been.
Archie Mclaughlin, one of Longs
schoolmates, gave about the same ver-
sion of the affair as had the complaining
witness. John Knight had seen the
bruises on the boys legs and described
them.
The prosecution wanted to introduce
Prof Foshay, but he was not present.
In spite of the agreement of the de-
fense to admit what the other side want
ed to prove by him, the prosecution
wanted him present, and, owing to his
absence, continuance was ordered un-
til next Saturday at 10 o'clock.