The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
ID ne ever make any reference TO your


stockings" continued Mr.. Pelletreau.
Yes; once during recess he told me that
when 1 sat the organ my skirts were often
caught in such a manner as 10 show ma
stockings"
Did you reprove him for it?''
No; thanked him"
Mr.. Grifing told Miss Decker 10 ten
| about tn enight that she admitted vnun.
Squires into her room after she had re-
| tired.
She said: "It was one night in Deem
Der. I had gone TO bed about $50 O'Clock.
About 10 1 heard someone tapping ut my
window. which was close TO the head OF
| the bed. l asked who it was. and Joe said
that IL was him. He was sobbing and
crying, and begged me to let him in I
got UP out OF bed. put on my wrapper and
unfastened the window. He came IN. SIN
crying and sobbing. and told me that his
father had accused him of doing things
that he had not done. and that Re had
called his father a lar.
d" You should not have done that told
him. and I never want TO hear OF you do
ing it again."
Miss Decker said that she walked up Mr..
and Mrs. Miller and told them Joe SQuires
was in the room. Miller let the boy out
Miss Decker said that on the occasion OF
one of young Squire's visits TO her house
they had gone outside together and he had
washed her face in the snow. That. she
said. was before they became engaged.
She also said that he had given ring to
her and wanted it back.
Il put it in my stocking" she said. and
dared him to take it back"
Did Edward y .Scuires ever try TO kiss
you?"
Yes. and I prevented him from doing
so by putting a dishpan over my head"
Timothy J. Grifing. counsel for Miss
Decker. in his address said that there was
a plot on the part Of Uncle Edward" the
gimlet-hole pepper and wculd-be ksser 10
injure the teachers reputation. lie bored
gim,et holes and glued his eye TO them
for hours al a time and then went away
and told everyone that he saw her sitting
on Joseph's lap. hugging and kissing him.
Such creature as Uncle Edward" he
continued was. OF course. unworthy Of
belief. IF you could call him a man." he
shouted. as Uncle Edward" quailed. Il
would say that that mans testimony was
worthless. He is a snake who crawIed on
his belly and not only watched a Young
woman uDdress but invited others TO come
in and be as contemplate as himself. OF
course. the commissioner will not pay any
attention 70 the statements of so dirty and
disreputab,e a scamp"
Poor Uncle Edward" who had been
pluming himself on mis- astuteness in Dor
ing the gimlet holes. was very much AS
tonished to hear himself talked Of I'm that
way. He was also very much put out by
the testimony Of his frantic efforts to kiss
Miss Decker on the occasion when she pro
tected herself from him by holding a dish
pan over her head People in the. court
room said he should nave bored a hole
through the pan with his famous rirnIet
and kissed the teacher through The apcr-
ture. In fact they made all sorts OF fun
of poor Uncle Edward
Miss Decker told the commissioner that
on al occasions her conduct with Jo-eob
was proper. They were engaged 20 be
married; they were lovers and they IL
haved as such with perfect propriety. Ere.
quently they kissed each other. She did
not seemed 10 be ashamed 0f that fact
but on the contrary, glad Of f.. when he
called on her in the evenings az her board
Ing house IL Was 10 give her chance 20
assist him in his iessons-nothing more
She denied having told improper stories 10
the young man.
The commissioner reserved his decision
after hearing al the testimony.
Miss Decker is quite the heroine u ne
town Apart from the possible unvls.d0rn
IN selecting as her sweetheart the caflow
Joseph Squices. there Is nothing shown I
against her. and the people feel that she
has battied braveIy for her reputation.
which was assailed nv the ''Peepiur Tom. 4
coterie that Clustered around Uncle ID
wards ginlet holes and peeDe9 for hours
and saw nothing. The Eoeeips were much /
disappointed that there we're no Startling 4
d disclosures. "URcie Edward" I- MOI "a
popular man a. Good Ground. especially a. f.
a possible a1-mus vas proven when ~ vas
shown that Miss Decker I'D her head i1
a pan rather than .et hlul kiss aer. srsz
Decker has Wcn over many Vho ~ FRI.
we're her e1em.eF George y gqli-ra.
brother II the c1mp.a .nsnt and u-c.s O.
Joseph. sides Hlf1 her Re consider f-at
the offender IN the case is Dan cupid and
70 enc eise. Re thinks 81; foolish that FL,
n lch should 20 sid 45-at tzo yg1rg pa.
p.s fs,iiag 81 love