Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-25
WILL NOT Be Released
Girls Who Engaged in the Revolt
at Mitchellville Will Not
Gain Freedom.
Most Of Them Will Be Returned to
the School Prison For
Others,
Persons Who Gave the Girls Liquor
To Be tuaished Order
Restored.

VI CoHlfol dutHOflZeS the statement |
that the girls who engaged in the re-
volt at the reform school at Mitchell
vile on Sunday night, and who are in
Jail here, will not be released. To make |
them free would be to surrender; that
would mean the end of the institution
1T was currently rumored that the
board intended to send many of the
worst girls to their homes, thus freeing
them. 1t is mistake. 1t is the plan
juries in the counties from which the
worst girls We're sent to indict them for
the offenses for which they We're sent
to the reform school as inoorrigibles,
and when indictments are found, these
girls may be sent to their respective
counties for trial and punishment. But
none will be freed.
There are seventy-one girls in the
ljail. Some of them are beginning to see
the error of their ways. Deputy Sam
Compton, of the sheriff's office has
classified them into three classes and
has separated the classes. one class Of
| girls says that they We're led and bad
~ influenced by the vicious inmates
and can not be good while associated
with them. They want to be good.
Much is expected of these. The second!
| class is not in so good a humor and
many of the girls are sulen. The third
class is made up of the criminals. who
ought TO be in the penitentiary and
ought never to have been sent TO the
reform school for whom the legislature
should provide a proper institution 1T
| is this class which led the riot and kept
lit up after a majority of the girls had
decided it was time TO quit. They are
the ones who threatened to kill Super
intendent Miller, burn the buildings
and start another riot when they are
/ sent back.
Most of the girls are behaving de-
Gently in Jail. Some would never be-
have decently anywhere. They are
hopeless cases The police permitted q
throng of young boys and men to hang
around the court house yard all day,
blocking the sidewalk and watching the
I girls. The iron shutters could not be
closed and giwe the girls air. Some of
4 the dogs tried TO furnish the girls
4 girl cigarettes, at the depot the nigh;
4 they came in. These fellows stood abouf
the yard exchanging obscenities With
the girls and at night hoping to SCI
some indecencies. The police did no
interfere. The crowd hooted one little
policeman Ia the afternoon. The dsput3
3 sheriffs kept the tougfs away from tn
4 windows. but it was necessary to turn
IL, i,
4 brutes from congregating on the side
L walks which the police are supposed tc
keep clear.
Everything moved off quietly at tbs
+ institution at Nlitchellville yesterday
The girls there had returned to then
work and school and had started in u
clean up the debris. There was no hin
tof a continuance of the riot of Sunday
land Monday There are about l2o girl.
left at the school
1t is known that the girls procured
liquor. 1t is the intention of the boart
:. and the sheriff to locate the criminal.
who furnished it, The authorize.
:, think they have them identified and ar,
gathering evidence. There is still {
| worse class of scoundrels than these
but among whom these are probabl.
leaders. They are the lecherous brute.
who enticed the girls away from thu
buildings for the most infamous pur
. poses. 1t is said that there is evidence
, of cases in which the older girls assist
led these brutes in accomplishing as
saults on girls who resisted. Thes
/, frightful acts took place in the suburb
. of the town, whittier the girls were le'
: by the scoundrels after they had broker
out of the building and were having
> everything their own way. The boar
> of control is determined to locate tn
beasts who are guilty of these crime
and they viii be punished. If the law
insufficient there are those Who beliey
that way can be found to adequatei
4 punish the brutes. Some of the girl
, confined al the institution haze bee
q sent there because they have been le
, astray, but are not beyond reformation
4 others are naturally evil and beyon
+ reformation; others are married WON
q en- Owing TO the manner in which tn
management has to mix all the girl
= without reference to this matter, tn
q evil constantly contaminate the YEA
and the result is that the school is
hot-bed of vice, despite everything tina
the management can do. This riot
;, one or the SSUlplOIilS VI lile ittoi a. va
t ease. The officers report witnessin
: scenes which would disgrace F'renc
y novels devoted to description of simila
: ones. The legislature can clean the ces
e pool. No one else can.
: The two girls who We're taken bac
e to Mitchellville yesterday by order {
k the board were of the six captured
S Des Moines on Monday night. The
are Jennie Hammill, sister of job
Hammill. the murderer, and Mimi
Rogers. There are now seventy one
. the Jail. They are:
u May Cawood. Anna Shane, Dell
e Whitney, Nellie Been, Maude Burge
! Bessie Shirk, Sofia Mann, Fam
e johnson. sylvia Birran, Anna Bruhe
Ruby Norman, Jessie Lyon, Stella Hi
Nellie Mills. Maggie Helleger Floss
Shelsrnith. Olivia Dennis, Nellie She
. don, Mary Anderson, Eva Taylo
Emma Japhiney, Gussie Smith, Man
. Newport, Berthe Smith, Mary Pag
Laura Evans, Addie Shaunness
Blanch Runyan, Mary Nelson, Graz
Wakefield, Jennie Hillman. Eleanor
: Alien, Amanda Johnson, Nina Lob
is Lizzie Randolph, Stella Brown. Berth
Il Brown, Lille Magruder, Emma Ma
loney, Ella Murphy, Blanche Duff
Jennie stotton. Eta Jackson, Liz