Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-07-03
IN her? Well. on her limbs.

on her? Well, on her limbs.
There were? Yes sir, some of
those that seemed to come from
those Jumps, and that she
scratched, where she had scratched,
and the fnger-nail. You say that
this little girl seemed quite bright,
and learned quite readily, easily?
Yes Sir, when-Sometimes you had
to make her stand in a box, or
something of that kind3 Yes sir.
To learn her lessons? Yes sir.
And after you had her do that, she
would get her lessons. would she?
No Sir. I never could get her to
get her lessons. Never succeeded
in having her get her lessons?
No sir. In all of your efforts?
No sir. Did not seem to help her
much, to have her stand in a box?
No sir. Or whip her; or to have
her 60 without her meals; did it?
No sir. Let's see; you had been
teaching her how long, when this
trouble happened on the grid of
October? Well from the time she
quit school. And she had a va
cation when the other children had
vacation. And when was that?
| think school was out in June. l
am not positive l think that is
the time of the vacation. You had
been teaching her sometime before
the June vacation commenced, had
you? Yes sir. From sometime
about the first of April? No sir.
About what time did you begin
teaching herr 1t was sometime in
May. am not sure ofjust when.
And you taught her then for
several weeks, up until some time IN
June, when the vacation COM
menced? Yes sir. Then you COM
menced again in September some
time, did you; or didn't she have as
long vacation as that? Well she
had a vacation the same as the
other children did. Well what was
that? Well, l think they began
school in August. Then you
think you commenced teaching
her again in August, and taught
her up to the 3rd Of October?
Yes sir. You never had had any
experience in teaching before, had
you? No sir. Now | think you
said you would tell her that she
could not have anything to eat
until she learned her lesson? |
did. What is it? I did say that.
Well, did you keep that promise?
No sir, I did not. When the
time came for her to eat, you
would let her eat, just the same?
Yes sir, | did. I went back on
my word there. What is it? |
went back on my word there.
Every time you made her those
promises you did that, did you?
Yes Sir. You did not keep her
meals back at all, and have her
wait an hour or two before she got
them, did you? I had her wait a
little while to see if she would
make up her mind to get them.
And then when she would eat, you
thought she ate SO much that it
made her sick? Is that true? Well,
| thought that she over-ate. You
thought she over-ate. She vomited,
l believe, sometime at the table?
Yes sir. And from that time you
did not allow her to eat with you;
you or Father Jungblud? I or
Father Jungblud, no. She ate out
in the kitchen after that Yes sir.
At the same time you were eating
in the dining room, or a later time?
AT the same time, when everything
was going smoothly. What is it?
At the same time, when things
were running smoothly. And
when things were not running
smoothly? Well when l would
tell her that she would have to
wait little while for dinner, it was
later. You sometimes promised to
get her same clothes if she would
study and get her lessons,
did you? Well, if she would
make up her mind that she
would become a good girl and be
honest and upright. The only
thing you ever whipped her for
was with reference to her lessons,
as l understand it? Yes sir.
These other things, with reference
to that lead pencil and that hat
pin, you never whipped her for
that? No Sir. Nor for her filthy
habits as you say? No sir. Twas
afraid that my anger would give
way. What's that? | was afraid
that my anger would get the better
of me, and l refused to touch her.
You felt that there was some
danger, you got to whipping herr
Yes. That you would whip her
too severely? Yes. l simply
walked away and left her there.
You realized that you had some