Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-01
Officers of State Institute For
Blind at Vinton Censured
by Gar Rap DIS Paper
LACK OF SYSTEM is CHARGED
Utter Lack of Discipline, Discourtesy
to Visitors and Other Shortcomings
The Case of Young Push and His
Disappearance Mrs. suIIivan's
sto.y.

Special to Times Republican.
CEDAR Rapids Nov. IAN inNesti-
cation of the conduct of the state In
stitution for the blind is suggested by
4 the Gazette of this city as a result of
J the experience OF Mrs. Lawrence Sui
livan, whose son, Adelbert Pugh, an
inmate of the institution. ran away
/! from there two weeks ago, and who
was found Sunday in the employ Of
4 Gee Glass on railroad construction
work between Beverly and Otis.
4 Ii M S. Lawrence's story Is true, the
4 Gazette suggests that charges Of utter
lack OF discipline. little or no system.
scant courtesy afforded to visitors and
4 numerous other shortcomings would
i seem to be charges that may be pre-
! ferred against the management. with
1 plenty of room for vesttgation by the
board of control The Gazette says:
Adeibert Pug,h is a lad of 49, He Is
4 q big strong. manly looking fellow. al
| most perfect physically, and very large
/ for his age. His eyes are badly affect
ed, however. and While he is NOT blind,
| or nearly so. so far as that is concern
ed, they are too weak for him to use
4 them as other boys do. and he has been
a student at the state institution for
| the blind at Vinton. He was sent there
| last fall. shortly after the opening OF
| the fall term being received at the in
/ stitution on Sept. 25. Shortly after
| that Mrs. Sullivan left here and went
! to AitlSin, Mimi. where she visited for
/ some time. returning home last Friday
night. On arrival here she found a LETT
| ter directed to the Sullivan Construc-
4 ton Co., and postal card to Adelbert
Pugh, which had been forwarded from
| Vinton, both of them from officials at
Waterloo. and both to the effect that
grip had been found In the river at
Waterloo, presumably the property Of
Adelbert Pugh.
Thought Boy in School.
1t was the first intimation Mrs. Sui
Ivan had received that anything was
wrong. She supposed. indeed. that her
son was in the school, being cared for
as all subjects of the state should be
cared for, with the utmost care and
tenderness. Telephone messages to
Vinton that night failed to reveal any
light on the matter, and Saturday af-
ternoon, upon the advice OF Deputy |
Marshal Brown, Mrs. Sullivan went to
vinton Visiting the blind asylum. She
received little information, and return |
ing home, learned Sunday afternoon
that her son was working for Gee Glass
on railroad work between Otis and
Beverly. Accompanied by Officer Van
Week, she drove out to the camp and
returned home In the afternoon with
her son, who Is now at home.
Utter Absence Of Courtesy.
Mrs. Sullivan detailed her exper-
fences at Vinton to a reporter for The
Gazette last evening, and 1T seems re-
markable that such q condition of af-
fairs could possibly prevail at state
institution. She was unable to see
Supt McCune when che went to the
asylum, being received by a man
named Cook. This man Cook simply
told her that on Oct. II her boy walked
into the office and told them that he
was going to leave school and go out
and work. He said that he was q man
and they had no control over him. and
they allowed him to depart. He refused
to allow Mrs. Sullivan to talk with
students who We're the boys init
mates, when she stated she was will
ing to question them in his presence,
explaining to Cook that her object was
to secure some clue that might lead
her to locate her son. Cook t,ld Mrs.
Sullivan that young Pugh had gone to
Waterloo, returned to Vinton, ate his
meals at the asylum boarding house,
and then left again, and that was all
he knew about him. He then asked her
IL she would like to take the boys
trunk, imparting the information he
had been expelled. When Mr.s s5ulli-
van asked to be directed to the room,
Cook told her he did not know where it
was, but going out said he would find
someone who would show her. He re-
turned in q short time, and thro wing
the trunk on the front porch told her
roughly that the trunk was out side and
asked If he should telephone for
bus.
Didn't Have to Notify Her.
When Mrs. Sullivan wanted 10 know
why she had not been notified when !
her boy left school, Cook said he was
a man. and that they did not have to
notify parents when they left the instl- 1
tuition He admitted having noticed in {
the Waterloo papers that the boys grip
had been found in the river at tina.
place, and that he had noticed an item
in the Vinton papers about the disap-
pearance of the boy but still contend
ed that it was not their duty to do any ,
thing In fact, Cook was impudent and /,
showed an utter lack of courtesy. i'm ,
parting Just as little Information as he !,
possibly could and rendering no aid :
whatever that would enable Mrs. Sui
fivan to locate her son. !,
Mrs. Sullivan is INDIGNANT.
Mrs Sullivan is very indignant. and
Justly So over the action of the asy-
UNI authorities, not only in regard to !
allowing the boy to depart, but also be-
cause Of their treatment of herself
when she visited the institution
HIS SKULL FRACTURED. !
Of the sincIar p,-kns House I
is Badly Injured.
spertal to re e publican
Cedar Rapids. Nov. /. - George /
an employee at the packing
house, and living on the west side. on O
what is known as Bowlng's hill, was o
and perhaps fatally injured
,hout 10 o'clock this morning. Work
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