The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-22
rt1r rvMES-RtCHMOND VA SATURDAY JANUARY 22 fsys.


another state. One lived near my home. |
and another somewhere near Richmond. |
The one who lives near me was sent !
there AT tho request OF his father ana |
mother. He would not stay al home nut |
travelled an over the country. His par |
ents lived almost In sight Of the re-
formatory.
II don't know anything OF the treat
ment at the rcformatory. only what !
have seen. have seen thein chained }
have seen n oftener during the last year !
or two than before The youngest Of the |
bovs whom I have seen chained was n |
good sized boy. about sixteen years old. |
| have never seen a small boy chained.
Some time ago heard OF case before q |
magistrate that a boy had neen whipped.
n had been published that I had been ont
there and | had been refused admission.
/ went there 10 testify that this was not
so. | had heard that boy had mispe-
haved IN school
II have heard al one time that several
bovs had escaped and that one OF the
hoys had been shot have known coll
ored man bv the name Of Tom Hi. but
don't know whether he was q guard
have known Jim Konney. who worked
about the place there, but he IS dead now.
+ know Mr.. Sampson. and l thought the
institution was managed well. but l al
ways objected 10 the poor quality oil the
land.
On cross-examlnation Mr.. Daracott said
he did not know what the position OF
| Hi was
HAD TWO BOYS THERE.
Hr J. A. Scott was the next witness.
"Afv name is Junius Allen Scott ne
said. II live az I'll east Main street. BY
| son was sent to the reformatory last De-
flts q
| charged with stealing lead pine from an
EMMY house. Justice Crutchiield sent him
ONT arainst the wishes OF my wife. whg
was I'm court at the time We wanted to
| have him sent to Jail. l have been out
! there a good many times. especially since
| ne hurt himself while at work TN the
! shirt factory. lie was cut on the arm
| with a knife.
II don't think my boy has been treated
| exactly right since he has been out theie
| ne has become ruptured and sometime
] expired before they did anything lot hlh'
! but he is now being treated properly. Mr..
! Sampson notified me that MY boy was
/ ruptured. The boy has been whipped once,
| but / don't know how many more times.
! Hc works now IN the laundry. He did
work from 7 O'Clock IN the morning until
AIS i'm the afternoon. but ! don't know
how much recess they have for dinner
INV how has given me some trouble
| like an the rest. The ncighbors Complain
cd OF him as being meddlesome anu as
| agreeable People could not i've in hth-
| mond without DOING tnat. MY noy hiS
! becn arrested for throwing rocks AT
train. lie was tried by Justice Crutch-
| field. l keen confectionery store ana
have four caildren. / DO not believe that
men are nt TO reform boys. The mother
! influence Is the greatest Influence ON
| earth. The Bible teaches as that IL Is
| different with big boys. l know an ths
| officers al the institution. Mr. sampson
| IS a very nice man, but the guards are
! too harsh for the boys. They speak with
| too much authority, but some men want
! authority They get the boys down so
| fine that they are afraid 10 move. Inc
great trouble is with the Retormatory'
| II is like ball-it has no end. My boy
did not break into the house, II was OPEN
When questioned by Mr. Wilson, Wit
! ness said he remembered slavery times
and that the slaves were happy COM
pared with these boys.
Dr. Winston then read letter from
Rev l.. NJ. Omer, pastor or the mira
| Christian church, asking for the release
( OF the boy.
when cross-examined by Mr.. Mere
! dith witness aid:
4 have two sons. and both have been at
tho Rcfcrmatory. The oldest ono was out
there for obtaining goods under raise
| pretences and the younger one was COIL
victed Of stealing lead pipe from an
| empty house. While / was at the inst-
! tutio. 7 coul1 walk all over the grounds
with my boy. but ne did not tell me why
bo US committed. My oldest hoy was
out ,hero TO. three years and was dis-
charged a fe days before he was TWEEN
| ty-one years ola.
his AUNT CONSENTED.
| Mr.. George Robert Napier was next cah-
! ed. Of live in .danchester. he said. ANA
am an insurance agent. Ny brother BE-
now at the Reformatory. but 1 do not
! know why le was committed. ! was not
at home az the time. Mayor Maurice
! oomroittad him and ne was sent out there
with the consent Of my aunt ! have been
| 10 the institution. ON December 2dh last
when i went out there, he had thin
| rrdershirt on and a domestic cotton shirt.
| lie wore kentucky jeans pants and coat.
That IS the only thing I observed that
| led me 10 think the boys are not properly
] treated.
NV mother died with consumption. l
am told. ana my brother has been SICK
| "a great deal ! don't know whether my
brother has ever been whipped. He never
| told me- lie was charged with cruelty
| 10 a horse. I am told. My brother is like
| all observation-disclosures. would study mis-
| CHIEF. I think this was the first time he
had been arrested The neighbors COM
planned that ne was bad. lie did not 90
| TO school much. Tie attended Fifth-Street
| Methodist Sunday school. but not rcgu-
| larry.
AIR. SAMPSON on THE STAND.
| euuCrfntandeut Sampson was then
| pla,cd on the stand. William Thomas
J Sab psCn." no said, lis my name ana l
reside az Laurel ] was porn in New York
| and lived there until I was twenty-one
years old. ] was q school teacher after
| / was fifteen years cid. For two
years prior 90 that ! was in a dry goods
store. wen- 60 the public schools 20 Sew
| York after ] vas four years old. ~ SIX
teen sears OF age / went back 20 school
and was appointed teacher ir public
school No. and afterwards 20 school
No. %. Then ! was appointed teacher az
the New YORK House OF Refuge, "a reform
school. There ] taught for about two
years II is q State school under sell
appointed corporation. After ] was
twenty-one years old ] taught at the New
York Juvenile Asylum and from there /
went 10 the Dobbs' Ferry free school,
where / taught for about six years.
left there i'm lS-9 From there ! went to
Brunswick. y. j.. where / owned book
store FOR about seventeen years.
"Theu J went 10 Chicago. where |
started a homeopathic pharmacy. I iiv-
eI there for about six months Then ]