The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30
FATE OF THOMAS
WITH COMMITTEE
broJmentS Made by Attorneys
Before Board Investigating
Industrial School.
SUMMING UP OF EVIDENCE
.,eAIcNMENT AND DEFENSE
FORCEFULLY PUT.

~.. fate of superintendent H H
,-+o,ss of the state industrial school
= -au. in the hands Of the investigating
,ammittee appointed by Governor spTy.
~ o-n0eiug attorneys summed up the
~. In and against Thomas yesterday
f-s~roon- the citizens committee ana the
o+o--svs we're invited TO inspect the
e-EooI and file complaints with the trus-
80 n their regular meeting al o CLOCK
saturday morning. July q.
T4rh side was given an houf lot liie
-.--17ifre mo and that was enough, as the
-+ssul heat was ON in the building, ana
~ baaf was sweltering- Replies %
--i-r1asr teIegrsms in regard 10 corporal
-risHrlrut were placed in evidence
valentine Gideon. opening Tor the CIT
f,.9z. committee, said IL spoke well Tor
~ fut1Tre of the state when men anC
-.-,z1 gave ND their time to the per
f,~0,snre of such public duties. lie as
sarfld that the testimony proved beyond
question that IT. n. Thomas is incompe-
tent for the position ne holoS Ss me
s,booI there is no recognized head, no
rrsU defined plan. no outline of studies,
-- -o-oDeratiOu. In such an institution
tte superintendent is everything. The
trustees may do their best; the state may
s10ropriata large sums Of money, and II
~ srDerinteudelt is incompetent, the
school is a failure. The board OF uus-
-ses has re-osnized that Thomas is in
l,mnetert by abOlishing corporal punish
-srf except under the guidance of the
trustees ln this they show absolute lack
of confidence.
Rows were placed i'm cells for using to-
fs.fa when the guard who placed them in
DE- cells was using tobacco at the time
THOMAS talked kindly 10 the boys, but
D. never got into their confidence or life.
King was kept in cell on bread and wa
fsr until sick. and then whipped before
az. hHal toll IA
r-syss that Thomas asked improper ques-
t1, of the girls i'm spite Of his denial.
Mir Gideon laid stress on the punish
uent administered to the seven boys Tor
rIs.r offeuse in the CANYON. This he de-
H5uufed as q "COWardly crime and
orgy" iudulged i'm while the band was
uIsviue He said 10 break a boys spirit
was 90 make of him crinSinS hypocrite
or q criminal
Johnson for Defense.
Attorney r. D. johnson spoke for a
solid hour in defense of superintendent
Thomas He said he was satisfied that
Thomas would be eXOneTated by the com
nitlae Ha was more concerned at the
attack made upon the good name of the
szte of Ogden and the public institU-
tons Against this he raised his voice
in protest
some lady. ne said. ran up from Salt
Lg6e CITY and whispered TO some other
ady that If she would get q crowd she
would make an expose of the damnable
conditions az the school. This gave a
number of former employees the chance to
vent their spleen against the institution,
and this was as far as the investigation
had gone. Members OF the citizens COM
mttee had never visited the school; they
rgver went TO the board with complaints
-Hey did go 10 the newspapers with their
sensations
Mr. Johnson ridiculed the CIV of graft
THAT had been raised. Ii simmered down,
aH said, to the fact that Thomas got from
the board permission TO work two or three
men and some boys on his house, and
paid them out of his own pocket
He spoke of the charge that there were
aaabuss iU the girls building This he
said was after the chief witness for the
prosecution had been mstron In the build
ins for three and a half years. This he