Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-17
Charges Preferred Against Car
Isle. Superintendent at Ne
vada, Not Proved
THE BOARD ExoNERATEs HIM
Certain Citizens Accused Him Of I'm
moral Conduct, Claiming He occu
pied Room in Des Mones With
Woman Not His Wife-He Proved
An Abb.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Nevada, Aug. 1.-THE investigation
of the sensational charges against
Prof. l.. B. Carlisle, for several years
superintendent of the Nevada public
schools, was concluded late yesterday
afternoon after two days session Of
of the board. The finding Of the board,
after the examination of the several
witnesses of the opposition and three
for the defense was in favor of Mr..
Carlisle and entirely exonerated him of
all the charges that had been brought
against him. The matter will be APP
it's final hearing.
This case has attracted great deal
of attention here for some months and
has succeeded in gaining consider
able notoriety over the state
From the time Professor Car
Isle took charge Of the Nevada
schools there has been an element
working against him and endeavoring
to GUST him from the position, but the
board and the balance of the citizen
body have been loyal to him. Nothing
definite was ever sprung in the mat
ter until about the time of the clos
ing of the schools last spring when
Professor Carlisle was taken danger
ously i'll, suffering from a nervous COL
lapse, which affected him both physic-
ally and mentally. While he was in
this state petition was filed with the
board, protesting against their prev
ious act of electing him for the en-
suing year and making certain allie
cations against his character and his
fitness as person to have at the head
Of the city schools. These allegations
the board refused to listen to, but de-
manded that the remonstrance make
their charges more specific before they
would go into an investigation OF the
matter. After considerable haggleins
a remonstrance was handed in to the
board, signed by Nj c. Allen, j. a.
Fitchpatrick, j. M. Hawthorne. L.
White, O. L. Dunklebarger, w. G. Hidy,
A. r. wingert and other citizens, who
were opposed to the rehiring of Profess
more specific.
These charges were that on or about
the 10Th of May, 1903, Prof. Carlisle
was known to have been seen IN
room at the Lakota hotel IN Des
Moines. with woman not his Wl1e'
and charging certain improper rela-
tons between them. Charges OF 1ndls-
Greet conduct and improper relations
with one of the special teachers IN tne
Nevada schools were also empodleu
in their petition, as was the fact tnat
he was a man of violent temper, given
to flying into a rage at frequent IN
tervals and abusing the pupils.
The Des Moines Affair.
The Des Moines affair was to have
been proven by couple of men names
Humphrey and Prize. They testified to
the facts practically as set out in the
protest but their stories were extreme
ly conflicting as to detail To refute
this story the defense offered the gen
eraI denial Of Superintendent Carlisle
and an alibi proven by ex-County SUI
nerintendent Hansen and three Rolanu
parties Of excellent standing. an OF
whom were able to swear posltlVely
that Carlisle was in Roland upon the
date sworn to by the Des Moines par
ties and left there at an hour that
would prevent him from taking train
to reach Des Moines in time to be
there at the time set out. The stories
of the Des Moines parties was so con-
f1icting that this alibi entirely knock
ed this part of the charges out.
Janitors Testify.
offoro6 regard.
ing his improper or indiscreet reia-
tions with a teacher in the Nevada
schools was that of the janitors VINO
testified to having seen them frequently
in each others company, walking TO
and from the different buildings ana
having seen them leave the high school
building together after school hours.
During the two years that they mad
worked together, their business calling
each of them at the various school
buildings during the day there was no
testimony of any improper relations
between them save that of little girl
named Hidy, who had previously been
classified by Prof Carlisle for some
infraction of the school rules who said
that in passing the office of the spe-
cial teacher referred to one evening at
ter school, she saw Carlisle with his
arm around the woman. The evidence
was so light on this question that a
resolution generating him from this
charge was passed by a vote of four to
one, the dissenting vote being that of
j. A King, who opposed Carlisle from
the start on this matter. In the Des
Moines affair a resolution was passed
unanimously generating him from the
charges.
No evidence was introduced to sus-
tain the charges against his being a
man of violent temper and unable te
handle the schools and this was no:
referred to in the resolutions passed
at the close of the hearing.
The cause of the opposition was
represented by Judge Carr, of Des
Moines, and U. S. Alderman, of this
city. Superintendent Carlisle retained
Walter McHenry, of Des Moines, and
H. E. Hadley, of this city. Attorneys
Mabry of Abba, Wilson Of Jefferson
Jones of Des Moines, and Gardner OF
Charlton, were also present at the
hearing, being personal friends of Mr.
Carlisle, who volunteered their serv-
ices in the matter. The school board
consists of j. A. King, E. H. Addison
| DR. f. S. Smith, Judge G. w. Dyel
and Dennis Maloney.
The opposition are preparing to ap-
peal the matter and 1t will be heard
soon by Superintendent Welty after
| which it will doubtless go before the
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