Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-03-07
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proper authorities. And the governor
is a rich a
To the surprise OF almost everybody
the inquiry at the pen developed the
only genuine scandal-the case of Mrs.
Kate Rabine.
This woman was sentenced to enc
year from Clay county for throwing
I've in the face of a former husband.
This was in October, 1899. Some
months after it was discovered that
she was in a delicate condition. She
was transferred TO the insane hospital
by order of Governor Lee on May 80,
1900 and on September.6 1900, she wa
delivered Of a. child that lived only ons
day. Both the physician at the prison
and'the physician at the asylum testl-
fed that the woman was sane.
Possibly the officers of the prison are
excusable for the negligence which led
to the unfortunate condition OF the
woman but what Reuse can be found
for the governor of the state, particu-
larly for se~lf-styled "Honest Andy
Lee, for committing a sane woman
to an insane hospital for the purpose
of covering up a crime or TO hlde a
possible scandal.
NOt EAGl lLt ilq ASCS IL Ao'oSS
his voice aloud in the temple was gull
ty hof greater .duplicity.
The condition of the reform school
was not of the highest order upon the
occasion of the committees visit, the
surrounding premises being particu-
larry untidy. Mr.. Tompkins, who
reigns supreme at this institution, as
sisted by his wife and mother, both OF
whom are on the pay rpi.. manlfeste1
great anxiety to dig up something that
would throw discredit upon his prede-
cessor, Mr.. Ainsworth.
AS a matter OF fact nothing was
found on which to predicate an i'm
parchment of anybody for any crime
whatever, although ii soon became ap-
parent hat Mr.. Ainsworth kept books
like an Italian apple woman or a VEN
dor of peanuts.
Ii was shown that the celebrated
"torn-out' ledgers were not mute wit
nesses to some act of vandalism or o
an attempt to cover up crookedneSS.
The absent leaves bore some memoran-
da not at all pertinent to the institu-
ton. and when il was decided to put
the books to their proper use the leaves
were simply cut out-iust as any boy
or girl would have done in a make-be-
lieve store in which pretended doll
clothes and molasses candy were kept
for sale. OF these things Mr.. Aims
worth was clearly guilty, but not OF
personal dishonesty.
The hoard of charities, however, got
in it's demoralizing work upon this in
stitution in precisely the same manner
but in a less amount as at the pent-
tertiary. Mr.. Tompkins was allowed
extra compensation amounting to
S346. - to make good a loss he had sus-
tanned in the failed bank of Plankinton.
The cashier OF receiver of this bank
stated upon the occasion of a recent
visit to Pierre that the money lost by
Tompkins and for which he was COM
pensated by the board was not the
property of the state but Of Mr.. Tomp-
kins personally.
This claim, however, was refuted by
the sworn testimony Of Mr.. Tompkins
himself-and the incident shows that
Mr.. Tompkins is a very canny man
when his own purse is concerned, how
ever 1t may be when the state is the
third party in interest. This gentle
man swore that he kept state funds in
the bank. but not to a large amount,
and hat he kept his personal funds in
a bank at Mitchell.