Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-01

sion that Mr.. Valentines name had been
dropped.
AT this point the committee rose to
meet again promptly at O'Clock in the
Senate chamber.
HOW IT Is MANAGED.
The night session was not opened until
$50 o'clock as Chairman Winston who
had been called out home in the after
noon. was delayed in returning by his
train being late. Mr.. Caskie again took
the stand and made personal statement
outlining the manner in which the board
manages the institution. He said that
before securing Mr.. Sampson as superin-
tendent an effort was made 10 secure
Mr.. Cross, then first assistant superin-
tendent at the Virginia Penitentiary. but
that gentleman declined the offer. Then
Mr. Sampson was secured. and Mr.. Caskie
said after an acquaintance with him
lasting for seven years he had no
reason to regret that he had been selected
for the position, and referred TO hume
rious instances in which parents of boys
under his charge had also commended
him.
Mr. Caskie then gave detailed ex-
PLANTATION of his connection with the
Napier. Smith, and Farmer cases, and
said that during the four years of his
presidency he had not received over
three or four complaints from every cause.
No complaint had ever been made in
regard to food, but one in regard to
clothing and but one In regard TO cruelty.
He said ne considered the few complaints
as high compliment to Mr.. Simpsons
management.
In regard TO the Wilkinson case, he said
he never knew of it until the present h-
vestigation was gone into. Had he known
of IT, or had Mr.. Wilkinson informed
him of it, he would have had thorough
Investigation. He remembered but little
about the Scott case, except that medl-
cal attention had once been requested.
He here stated that for the past five
years DR.. Lorimer James had been the
regular attending physician TO the insti-
tuition, and at present had his room and
office there.
LETTERS FROM MR.. BARR
Mr.. Caskie then read the two letters
from Lawyer Barr, of Abingdon, in re-
lation to the Cole case, which he men,
toned in his testimony in the morning.
They recited, in substance, what Mr.
Caskie had said that they contained. par
ticularly the fact that he had thoroughly
explained the law and the workings OF
the institution TO both Mrs. Cole and
Mrs Cosby before the former signed the
paper committing her son to the asso-
citation, copy of which was also read.
AS to the boy who was shot by Turner.
one of the guards, Mr.. Caskie said that
an investigation was had. but IL was not
decided that any action should be taken.
and after a letter had been written 10
the boys father. there had been no
thing more heard OF the matter. He
said it was against the rules for
any guard to carry firearms. and he was
very sorry that Turner had used a
weapon. There was only one case of ex-
cessive whipping that he remembered,
and that was of the Sterling boy. who
had an alteration with Turner. who
struck him. In this case. as nearly as he
could remember, Turner was reprimanded.
After this time the guards were not al
lowed to carry canes. ii was after the
killing Of Guard Tinsley by Foushee that
Turner shot Langhorne.
Mr. Caskie said that after repeated
talks with parents Of inmates. con-
tractors and boys discharged he had
only heard the complaints which he had
recited. The case of an inmate having on
shackles while sick from fever he had
never heard of until the investigation.
AS to the use Of shackles, he said the
plan of using them had been adopted I'm
order to keep incorrigibles from running
away in the absence of other restraint.
If IL had been a mistake, ii was one Of
Judgment and not one OF the heart. and
he, for one. would like TO have any bet
ter plan suggested.
FINANCES OF THE INSTITUTION.
Mr.. Caskie then repeated his statements
in relation to the financial condition OF
the institution, and read from the report
of the association the following detailed
statement OF its assets and liabilities to
January 1. 1898:
Real estate ..... 49,. 49,. ....$ 3,209 CT
Buildings 49, 49, 80. .. 226S7 81
Eouipments -. ....... ........ 2.f27 80
Farming implements and wagons. 1914 Is
Live stock =. ...... ............ 500 %
Inventory Of groceries and sup
plies of all sorts go. .......... 525 50
Due by State OF Virginia ....... 1,402 AZ
Due by contractor ...... ....... 145 90
Cash on hand ....... ...... ...... 26 66
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