The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-26

Of the invitation. and on behalf of the
women's clubs of tho state declared
that the investigation was begun as
the result of mass meeting held at
tho Weber academy several weeks ago.
This meeting, she said, was called at
ter Miss Lucy Van Cott of Salt Lake
had voluntarily offered to make an ex.
pose of conditions at the Industrial
school, which she had visited a short
time before. At this meeting, the
speaker declared, Miss Van Cott had
"Hunked and "failed to tell what
she said she had found out. " Chair
man Joseph at this point said that an
effort had been made to get Miss Van
Cott to attend the hearing, but that
she had refused to come. Mrs. billiard
said she was opposed to corporal pun.
ishmcnt and that The use Of the cell
at the school should be abolished.
Competent instructors, men and wom-
en- of character should be obtained to
assist in the reformation of the inmates
Of the school, and the lash and other
means of punishment should be laid
aside, according to Mrs. Hilliard IS
views Mrs. HiIliard explained that
she meant by the word "fiunked' that
Miss Van Cott had failed to fulfill a
promise which she had made.
DR.. &. A, Dickson, the physician at
the Industrial school since June / tes-
tilted that the sanitation is good, but of
fered some suggestions as to the change
of the menu.
Thomas on Stand.
II, II. Thomas, superintendent OF the
school, was the last witness called in
his own defense He said he had been
superintendent since September. 1905.
All his experience with the work had
been acquired since that time. In Feb
ruary and May, 1908, with Chairman
7. b, Evans Of the board of trustees.
east and west, to get ideas how to run
them. The witness exhibited tcle-
grams from eight rcformatorics Of the
country, showing that l. each some
form of corporal punishment was in
vogue, Corporal punishment, the wit
ness declared, was administered at the
local school only for serious offenses,
such as nsing tobacco, stealing and un-
mentIonable crimes. The superintcnd
ent admitted that he directed the pun.
ishment Of the seven boys who were
whipped for an unamenable crime COM
mitted in the canyon last summer, He
SAID that he thought they deserved the
punishment meted out, and thinks so
yet
He said he had never heard, until the
investigation started, of the injuries
said to have been inflicted at the time
upon the Bacon boy. Regarding the
charges of graft preferred against him.
for erecting his residence with assist.
ancc from the employees of the school,
Thomas said he obtained permission
from the board of trustees to use Scott,
Meyers and Griffin on the job, that they
were paid out of his own pocket for the
work done, and the amount deducted
from their payroll. The boys from the
school, he said, who assisted in the
work. did so gladly, as it was in the
nature of a "diversion - for them.
The witness denied that he had ever
asked vile questions of girl inmates.
as testified to by Mrs d. T. Tracy, the
former matron. The attorneys for the
citizens committee did not cross-ex-
anime Mr.. Thomas An adjournment
was taken until Tuesday afternoon, at
/ O'Clock, when the committee will
listen 10 the arguments of the attor
neys. The testimony of the accused
probably closes the evidence, unless two
witnesses, now being sought by the citi.
zens committee, can be procured by
Tuesday