Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

nal Meetings of the Sexes in the
Tunnel, the soullery. Etc, Etc.
From time to time the GLOBE has called
attention to the mismanagement of St.
Elizabeth and cited many cases to prove its
charges. Recently on the testimony of Mr..
Barrows, an honest brcklayer. who quit
work rather than be a party to a fraud, we
called attentsh TO the manner in which the
contractors for the buildings now being
erected we're executing their contract This
morning, however, we present case of the
many foundations for which St. Elizabeth
has become notorious under the present
regime.
GLOBE readers will recall that on several
occasions we published excerpts touching
the rather free intercourse of some Of the
employees, male and female, in the tunnel,
shady hooks, sculleries, etc, of the institu-
tion. We concealed many things from the
public in those articles, simply because the
matter was unfit to print, but we predicted
that scandals would mature in the near
future which would compel Superintendent
Richardson to enforce the ordinary rules Of
a public institution in respect to morality
and the guarding of female virtue.
veloped before His Honor Justice Kimbal
the past week
Miss Essie Allen, a handsome brunette
under rs years Of age, appeared with two
months old baby in her arms and accused
Mr. William W. Reamer with being its
father. Both Miss Allen and Mr. Reamer
were employees Of ST. Elizabeth when the
alleged seduction of the former occurred.
She stated to the court that she wanted
Reamer punished for seduction as she was
| less than seventeen years Of age when be
/ accomplished her ruin, Mr.. Reamer did
not deny having had intercourse with Miss
| Allen. He admitted il in the most frank
and unbrushing manner. He stated that in
/ the scullery he and Miss Allen spent many
delightful hours and that, merely as an in
| cident in the ordinary daily life Of the in
stitution, he had, by mutual consent, been
| guilty of fornicatiOn, To the charge of
seduction, however, he streuuously OBJ
iected and regarded such an allegation in
the light of amused astonishment. Seduc-
tion pre-supposed that he alone was guilty
in ST. Elizabeth of this Offense. Such a
theory he held to be absurd, and he even
went so far as to deny the paternity of Miss
/ Aliens child. Mr. Reamer is in his TWEEN
tieth year and is sremarkably well developed
/ for his age-in acts of fornicationl Both
parties reside on Congress Heights, the one
I time favorite rendezvous of the Stearn
| sisters and their male companions.
1t developed in the testimony before
/ Judge Kimball that Mr.. Reamer had offered
/ Miss Allen ten dollars per month towards
! the support Of the child. But Mr.. Reamer
made this offer in the goodness of his heart
and not as any admission that he either
seduced Miss Allen or was the father Of the
lid" Mr.. Reamer declined to advance
any theory as to how the child came into
the world without his instrumeutalitY, nor
would he name any male suspect who
might have contributed to that event The
/ crime charged seduction, which took place
in March, 1000. Mr. Reamer properly re-
garded as a serious offeuse, while the simple
allegation of fornication in St. Elizabeth
he naturally admitted as an incident, as
| stated, Of his associations in that insttu-
tions and in the routine Of his daily duties
as a male employe.
/ Judge Kimball after hearing and weigh
| ing the testimony with that sagacity and
even administration of justice, for which he
has a local reputation in Foggy Bottom
Goat Alley and Chesapeake Junction, dis
missed the charge Of seduction and fined
| Mr.. Reamer one hundred dollars as a St.
/ Elizabeth fornicator.
This decision will throw CONSERVATION in
to the ranks of his former fellow employees
and, il is alleged, that they have taken the
necessary steps TO establish a sinking fund,
| the interest from which will be devoted 10
/ the payment of like fines whenever any one
of their number is brought before his hOnOrl
They seem to have an abiding faith in
I their ability like Mr. Reamer to disprove
any charge of seduction. 4t
Whether Mr. Reamer will now contribute
to the support of Miss Aliens baby is en-
tirely problematical iuasmuch as he has
been dismissed on the seduction and denies
the paternity charge.
It appears, however, that Miss Allen was
more anxious to have him punished with
imprisonment as her seducer than 70 accept
money from him as the father Of her child.
/ The District is sIoo ahead, Miss Allen gets
no other satisfaction and Mr.. Reamer--wen
that festive youth is enjoying the felicita-
tious Of that element of his sex whose mot
to is Stand together in affairs OF this
kind.
The GLOBE regrets exceedingly the fall
Of this unfortunate young girl who might
have been saved If the proper or customary
environments which should surround pub
lie institution Of this character prevailed.
Under the loose and go as you please
mismanagement Of Dr. Richardson this ard
the shoddy work now being done on the
new buildings are but the natural outcome
Of the kind Of discipline enforced and a
sample illustration of the "Ohio experts"
/ personal management, of st. Elizabeths