The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-22
MORE SENSATIONS
IN THOMAS CASE
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that time was 81 day Other officers
OF the school, with details of BOYS, had
worked on the residence prior to the
tune he went to work, he declared
scott referred TO other "illicit' pro.
c.eedlngs at the school. When pressed
Tor an explanation by Thomas's at
torney, he declared that member of
the board of trustees, r. B. Evans, had
been supplying tho school with pro-
visions, which, the witness said, was
contrary to the statutes of the state
He knew that this had been done. be-
cause the newspaper had printed the
facts and there had been no refutatlon
of tho charges
Attorney Johnson asked the witness
II the amount he had "knocked down.
from the state by performing services
al the Thomas residence did not hurt
ms conscience. The witness said that
his conscience had always been clear
and that he was not suffering from the
pangs of conscience, but had made up
ihs mind long before that at the proper
time he would reveal some of the
things at the school which had come
under his observation.
Attorney Johnson asked If the wit.
ness had not imagined that he had a
mission, and had not upon one oc-
casion in an open street corner prayer in
Salt Lake, asked that he "mieht have
golden sword,' The witness posi-
lively denied this, declaring that he
had never made n street corner PRAYER
in his life. The statement that he
believed every man had a mission, in
cludlng the attorney, followed.
Brutality Alleged
The witness said he had seen a boy
named CapIen. or Green, as he was
sometimes called, after he had been
Whipped so severely, that a piece of
IN the fall of 1907. He recalled the
incident when four boys, Wells. Bates,
Trip and Perkins, had planned TO es"
cape. Wells "peached - and the others
were caught before they had time to
make their getaway. For informing on
his companion, Wells, the witness said,
was given marks of merit and released
from the cell after one nights i'm
prisonment. The others were put in the
cell on the usual diet for several weeks,
and, the witness said, his impression
was that they were flogged.
Scott next told Of rupture which
occurred at the school when the super
intendent IS son came in about ] / clock
at night and asked the night watchman
TO awaken two of the boys to put up
his horse. The matter was referred to
the witness, who told the superintend
emf s boy to put up his own horse.
Later, upon the arrival of Thomas from
California. Scott says he was called on
the carpet for Hspeaking to the son
Of the superintendent of an institution
of this kind in such a manner by
Thomas. Scott said Thomas told him
that there were dangerous horses In the
lot, and they might havo injured his
son, to which the witness replied that
'tthey might have injured somebody
else IS SON -
Captain w. z. Kneass. assistant SUI
perintendent of the school. was put on
the witness stand and corroborated the
statement Of the preceding witness re-
garding Thomas S boy wanting to arouse
the inmates of the school TO stable his
horse. Captain Kneass said the rig had
not been used on business of the insti-
tuition. and when the matter was
brought to his attention by Scott and
tho night watchmaD he ordered the boy
"called him on the carpet after his
return and told the witness THAT he
had forgotten himself
Temporarily Suspended.
Knoass was temporarily suspended
by President IT. b. Evans of the board
until meeting was held and the mat
ter amicabIv adjusted, and kneass went
back to work The witness described
the corporal punishment as it is admin.
istered at the school by tho Fstrap'
and the 'paddle,' No one was ever
whipped without orders from the su-
From twenty to twenty
five blows are sometimes struck with
the strap. and sometimes not so many. |
Captain Kncass was excused from testl- |
fying temporarily at tins luncture TO
arrange for battalion drill by boys
of the school, which was held short |
time afterwards The boys went |
the different formations under
the command Of Captain kneass with
creditablc precision.
When Captain Kneass was recalled
to the stand, he testified that he knew
of two instances when employees OF
the school had done work outside of
the institution during the time of their
Griffin. the plastercr, had worked on
Thomas $ residence. He said he made
out the check TO Scott for $]2, for
twenty lone DAYS Of work at the
school under Thomas's directions, and
that the superintendent certlhed to lts
correctness. He related the incident
when the band was ordered TO play,
while seven boys were being whipped
for misconduct on a camping trip.
He denied that he ordered the band
to play to drown the screams Of the
BOYS. but aftcrward said that he was
glad he had done so. as his wife was
sick. and the cries of the boys would |
have annoyed her.
The chastiscmcnt of the seven boys
took forty-tive minutes and the witness
said that he, Superintendent Thomas,
Griffin. Myers. and Ackaret. took part !