The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-06
A VIGOROUS REPLY.
supt. Brown Of the State Training
School Heard From.
uNMAsKs LIES OF AccUsERs
Former Inmates Permitted to Feed
Fat Their Grudges In the
Tribune.

sell Inc WlSuOm OF IOlAy O1 q reply ~ 1no
most damnable tnsinuations and charges
that appeared in the Tribune of the 4th
inst. and are credited to one Fred J. Glib
son of Spokane, Wash, boon companion
of the ]. D. O'Brien, who was the author
of the scurrilous article which appeared
in the same paper few days since.
l would not for a moment notice such
/ trash but for the fact that this comes to
the ears Of many parents and friends OF
boys and girls now In the school, and
many who do not know the motive be-
hind these things believe them to be true
because they are published.
There is little satisfaction In anything
that may be said or done as those VINO
utter such damnable lies are entirely 1r-
responsible. They have no reputation to
lose, and are constantly on the road, and
do not intend to remain in one place long
enough to be caught and brought to JUS
tice, but like the assasins they are, they
stab in the dark and then in distant
state chuckle over their devlish work.
The boy Gibson was committed In 1891,
and was furloughed In 1896, was returned
| to the school for forgery committed in
Minneapolis in 1899, was again furloughed,
and work found for him on a farm near
Red Wing, where he remained for about
one year, or until he was 81 years old.
| I can, think, explain to the satisfaction
of all right-minded men and women, but
| table affair the names of our boys and
| girls, who are, many Of them, living lives
above reprOach.
am sorry that P. e. Green's name
| should have been mentioned in the mat
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Green left at their
own option to take up their home in
! distant state, and their departure was re-
GREETED by all who knew them, and most
of all by the boys of Cottage Three, Of
| which Mr.. Green was the family manager
The only man by the name OF johnson
that we have had in the school within my
| knowledge, was a gentleman Of that
name who was my stenographer and type
! writer for a. short time, and he had moth
! ing to do with the boys In any way.
could not myself recall the fact of the
| broken wrist, but upon inquiry, I find
| that it was from a fall upon the icy play
ground. The fracture was attended to by
| our school physician, who stands we'll in
his profession, and the statement that he
| has not used his arm since is false, as he
| has used and can use his arm as we'll as
any one
| There was death in Cottage One about
| the time he mentions, from typhoid fever.
The insinuator does not say who struck
the blow, but it is presumed that he in
| tended to charge it MIR. North, who was
then at the point Of death and had been
sick for long time with typhoid fever.
|
Brown Gas the records show went to bed
| on the evening of Feb. 3, 1896, in the same
room with a family of about fifty boys.
! apparently as we'll as usual. In the morn
, ing, when the family was called, he was
| found to be dead. A coroner's jury was
summoned as quickly as possible and a
| thorough inquiry was made into the mat
! ter. After the examination Of large
| number of witnesses it was the decision
Of the jury that the death was caused by
| heart failure The next day the regular
meeting of our board Of managers was
| held, when all the facts in the case were
! reported to them.
In regard to the drowning in trent Of the
school. The case was that of boy be-
tween Is and 16 years of age, sent from
| Waseca, April s. 1898. About four months
| after, being employed on the team force,
| he was sent into the garden to cultivate.
! The teamster following him few mo-
ments later, found that the boy had made
| his escape. About half-an-hour later, a
| citizen living about three-quarters of a
| mile from the school reported that he had
| seen the boy go into the river and in the
| attempt to- swim across he was drowned.
| No officer of the school was within three
| quarters of mile Of the boy when he was
| drowned and up to that time the boy had
| given no trouble and was we'll liked by
all who knew him.
Inc remains were recovered ABOUT three
days after and taken in charge by rela-
! tives.
To ms, late that E. G. Dauerty was in
any WY responsible for the death of
Annie Mooney is crime worthy only of
it's author. Mr.. Dauerty is as innocent
in this matter as any man in Minnesota,
as can be proven by score of witnesses
| who were on the ground at the time. The
sad event occurred on the 25th day of
August, 1900, while the girls were in camp
at Point Au Sable, about twelve miles
from the school. A company Of girls were
out by themselves bathing. Annie was the
only one who could swim and so ventured
out beyond her DEPTH was taken with
cramp and sank before Mr.. Dauerty could
| reach the place. Not being swimmer,
he could not recover the body by diving,
and 1t was not recovered until life was
extinct.
| All the statements accredited to Gibson
are as false as his insinuations In regard
! to the death of the boys and girls men
toned and are dictated by malice and be-
| cause he saw in the light of recent events
| fitting opportunity to give utterance to
| them. j. W. Brown,
Superintendent.
| Red Wing, Mimi, Jan. 4, 1902.