Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-24

Attorney Agee said that he insisted
that the chairman confine himself to
his position. 4: {
don't need any suggestions. " res
torted Joseph.
kneass declined to answer the quess
ton as to whether the punishment had
been excessive or not but stated that
the percentage Of aroled boys return
ed to the school was q great deal less
during the past four years. Kneass
was then excused and William Wilson
was called.
EMPLOYEES TESTIFY
Wilsons said that he had been en-,
,ployed to do general carpenter work at
the institution at 81 per day, also to
assist in manual training depart.
ment Of the school The witness said
he remembered the case of the removal
of Rosetta Coyle. afflicted with appen-
ldicitis, to the Ogden general hospital
4 II, q wagon with aniattress IN the
bottom. He spoke of the employees OF
the school and said that Myers and
Griffin We're the zones employed at
the school now who We're there when
he was. Speaking of Carlson. former
blacksmith at the school. Wilson said
that when he worked there Carlson
was discharged because he heard Carl
son had talked about the boys being
severely whipped.
n Farley Griffin titled that he worked
one day during the summer of 1907, for
Thomas and was paid by. him.. He said
at the time Meyers and Scott Of the
school with boys under their direction.
worked on Thomas house raising the
building and placing foundation be-
meath It. 95 a III
Thomas Meyers, another employee of
the school was called and testified that
during the summer of 1907. he was re-
leased by the board five days to work
foi. Thomas with BEES and a team. He
says that he was paid $40 or $l2 by
Thomas. He said That he usually had
one day off a month and suggested to
Thomas that he go and do the work
of raising the Thomas house and rlac-
ing a foundation under 1T.
a8O On motion Of the attorneys for the
citizens' committee twas ordered that
the paNrolls of the school for the sum
mer of 1907, be produced and the time
of the employees Scott, Griffin and
Meyers be offered IN evidence Z. x
9 The testimony at yesterdays SEES
sion was a coI'roboration of the tes-
itimony eas given by other witnesses
during the week of the punishment
given to inmates of the school. ne
most important testimony was that
given by w. r. Kneass, assistant sup
erintendent OF the Institution, who told
or tie tScnOOl aDdllusEp iFaS - u Eoa "
minutes, while seven boys We're given
% 3lashes each with the strap. He also
said that tho boys backs had Areds
and blue" marks and the boys We're IN
a fainting condition when removed from
the .nogging" room. The witness al
so testified 4 as to the nlacing of an
Oregon boot upon inmates Ferris and
Fenstermaker, who are alleged to have
attempted to escape. G. II. Chandler
a former emploSe Of the school, tes--a
titled as to the punishment given
Clarence. Trip, a boy who had been
.paroled and was returned to the school
He said for attempting to escape Tr1pp
was given go lashes with the strap az
the Correction Of the superintendent, +
and was again given so laslles more;
AT the logging the boy begged and
faint when the superintendent, Thorn
as. said he guessed he had enough
for this time.
WORK ON OGDEN CANYON LINE.
g OGDEN, June 24-The Ogden Rapid
Transit company yesterday afternoon
received two cars of ties for the can
yon road and without transferring
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