The Washington times., 1906-08-18

EtlNDl.
Prof CawIey lives here. with his
wife and two young children. Witnesses
heard testified that he has been secretly
paying attention 10 the prettiest member
of the last graduating class. Miss Fran
ces Taylor, sister OF the president OF
the board Of education. @. Fred Taylor.
Says it Is All False.
Prof. Cawley declares an awful mis-
take has been made. He says ne never
courted the girl and denounces the tes-
timony given at the meeting as false
and farcical
Prof. Cawley viii so into court 20
prove his innocence and that Of the girl.
He feels that the reputation or girl
Of unbIemished character has been un-
justly aspersed While planning court
proceedings. Prof. Cawley maintains
that II is not the position he cares for,
but that he proposes TO uphold the
honor of the girl.
Miss Frances Taylor is not yet out Of
her teens She was graduated when
eighteen. last June. She is slender,
wllowy. but not tall. Her eyes are
limpld and open. While her hair is re-
belli0us, il only adds 10 her beauty. Her
features are good and her complexion
IS excellent She declares that the tales
that have been told 10 the school board
are untrue in entirety
Thought They Were Friends.
'I have always looked upon those who
have uttered these untruths as my
friends" said the young girl yesterday.
Tears RlisteHed IN her eyes as she spoke.
Il cannot believe that they told these
terrible falsehoods maIlClously I pre-
fer TO think that they were honestly
mistaken I'm what they think they saw.
But the truth is that Prof. Cawley
has been my true and good friend. as
well as my teacher He took personal
interest in my studies ana aided me In
every way. He never did a thing that
could not have been done In the pres
euce OF his wife. This Is the truth
every word of it,"
While Miss Taylor utters no asper-
sions. she discusses the possibility OF
envy and jealousy being az the bottom
Of the charges
On the other hand. there are the state
ments made under oath by the wit
nesses heard Boy the school board, in
Guiding the assertions of Miss Edna
Scully. daughter Of n prominent farmer
lvicE just outside the town limits. who
gave startling testimony She was not
a member oI the graduating class with
Miss Wavlor but was selected from the
class below 10 make the presentations
upon the last day Of school The little
speech she was called upon 20 recite
was written by Prof. CaWIey. and she
rchearsed several times in his pres
euCe- one morning Edna went 10 the
schOolhOuse early TO go over the piece
she was 10 speak. As witness she
Went Early to School.
When I got TO the schoolhouso that
morning met boy just coming out. I
asked him. Is anybody here? He an
swered Nobody but Prof Cawley and
Frances That made me hesitate about
going in for I die not Ike 10 intrude
So instead of going in boldly 1 tiptoed
up to the door and looked through the
crack. I was dumfounded by what I
saw"
The young girl witness flushed deep
ly. She hesitated but finally said:
well. 1 saw Frances in there with
both her arms around Mr.. CaWley's
neck
Where We're the principals arms?"
demanded one of the directors.
"One Of them was around Frances"
replied the witness. He was holding
her very close 10 him with that arm. I
think with his other hand ne was pet
ting her forehead. She was crying
the director.
Il am sure 7 don't know" answered
Miss Scully. "She was crying around
good deal at the end OF the term
Sat on Cawley's Lap.
Edna Scullv told of another occasion
in the preceding February. when she re-
turned to the schooIhouse unexpectedly
after the close Of the afternoon session.
She bought some cakes at the grOc-
cry store at noon Al night she went
away and left the cakes I'm her desk,
forgetting them. She returned TO get
the cakes,
Il saw Mr.. Cawley." said the witness.
lie was sitting on chair there and
Frances was sitting ir his lap. When
she heard me she jumped up"
Arms Around Her Neck.
Another witness heard by the board is
Miss Ada Osborne. a daughter Of Dr.
Osborne, who lives in the famous Nor
ris mansion. once Wushingt1n's head
quarters
Miss Osborne averred that out of
school hours on one winter morning she
stepped into the school TO See one OF
her pupils in music, and that she ran
plump into the principal of the school.
with his pretty pupil, Miss Frances
Taylor. Prof. Cawley had his arms
around the girl.
StiH another witness was the school
janitOr, James Macahan friend OF
the principal. who on one occasion,
when he reached the top of the stairs
and passed the open door of the main
room, saw the principal, he said, with
his arms around the neck of a girl
pupil
THE girl was Frances Taylor" said
the laniJOr. and she was looking up
into Prof Cawley's eyes and smiling"
Macahan IS more than sixty years
old. and a church member. The JauitOF
added that he once saw the principal
embrace the girl at his desk after
school and that sometimes il would be
o'clock before the principal and his
pupil would Vacate the school room so
that the sweeping might De done.
During the hearing of this testimony
Prof, Cawley sat unmOved in the pres
ence OF the school board. Several tines
he was seen 20 bend over 10 his coun-
sci. moving his lips as If saying: That's
all a lie"
Members Of the school board who IA
vOred the retention Of the principal
were Mr.. Taylor. the brother of the
girl and George Wharton.