Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

Mr.. JaneY, the vice-president and the secre-
tary, had been out at the institution just
before came, and satisfied themselves of
the truth of my charges.
IAN investigation was ordered and Mr..
McCaslin was furious. You can see that
I am a delicate woman, suffering under
nervous affiction, and the manner and acts
of the superintendent alarmed me so that
attempted to sink into a seat. But he ap-
preached me with uplifted hand and fear
ing an assault staggered out of his office,
requesting my boy be restored to me.
reached the street car barns near the school
and tainted The men in the barns revived
me and told the IN my story. All wanted
was my boy One of the men volunteered
to go up and ask Mr.. McCaslin to let the
boy go, as his mother was unable to care
for herself He refused and sent down one
of his employees with a message, that If /
would come up to his Office and talk It over,
he would give me the boy. / consented TO
go back to the institution, but not to his
Office or his presence. However when
got back there with the help of the atten-
dant, Mr. McCaslin confronted me and was
so violent that tainted again and they car
ried me to a room. While working to re-
store me to consciousness, heard my boy
screaming, and starting up saw the brute
choking my boy who was trying to reach
and assist his mamma. They took the boy
away screaming for his poor. dying mamma
and Mr., McCaslin kneeling in front of me
to see If 1 was recovering, l did what prob
ably lady ought not to do. 1 reached out
and catching his nose with my hand pulled
and twisted it in my nervous excitement
until he writhed with the pain and howled.
FINALLY after some hours his advisers ad-
monished him that the best thing for him
to do was to let myself and boy depart.
We came away from this place of child tor
ture and horror and I reported to the
Humane Society the scene and additional
facts OF brutality. Mr.. Janney said they
would be investigated. 1 appeared at the
Office on the day appointed to give testi-
mony Mr.. McCasln was there, but the
witnesses, whose names had given, were
not present. Mr. McCaslin admitted his guilt
in my presence and begged to have the
thing hushed up, promising that in future
he would treat Gods little children more
humanely. To this would not at all con-
sent as l felt that both himself and wife be-
ing childless were not the proper persons to
have charge of such place.
az All NAhAANA AMN H hhAdHN DgNANAy ~
day and was informed that an investigation
was had in my absence, that all the wit
nesses were either sick or couldn't come,
and Mr. Martin, the secretary, who is, !
think, good man asked me what I thought
Of the matter
'Of course, condemned such manner
Of treating this outrage and plainly said 50.
told him when the boys we're being
whipped and when the poor little fellows
were hopping around with the pain cover.
ing their legs with their hands to save them
selves they were sworn at and told to take
their damned hands away or they would
break their damned hands, etc
'Mr. Jauney, who is the vice-president
of the board of this Industrial Home
! School, is the principal Of the Fifth Dis
trict (rhirty-third street, Georgetown) and
is the acting president Of the board in the
absence of the president, who is not in the
city"
! The facts in this case, substantiated by
many witnesses, and the admission of Mr..
McCaslin himself, calls, it seems to us, for
his immediate removal That such a noble
charity should be permitted to degenerate
/ into such place Of torture for poor, help
less children is a crime against both hu-
manity and such Christian civilization as is
on tap even in the District of Columbia.