Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-19
AWFUL BRUTALITY
At STATE SCHOOL.
Witnesses at Reformatory lnyes.
LEGATION Tell Of Shocking Cruelty
Inflicted Upon Boys and Girls.
WHIPPED UNTIL DISABLED L !. I:
MiiIlFlcsh and Skin Cut 10 s!Ircads----
Inhmnan Treatment Of Rosetta
CoyIe-Dlsclplinc for Girls.

COSlc-Dlsciplinc for Girls.
OGDEN. June 1a.7-The giving of tes-a
tin,ony at the state industrial school
yesterday at the hearing in the sinvesti-s
& cation into the record of II. II. Thomas,
superintendent charged with incompe-3
tency, was continued at o'clock. The.
evidence introduced reveals the harsh,
discipline enforced at the school
Throughout the days session Wit
I nesses. under oa Til, told of the terrible
wlippings administered to boys at the.
Institution with leather straps. the
Whlppings being so severe in some in-t
stances tilatSthe skin and fest, on their
I hacks were in$shreds Witnesses also
: told of Supt. Thomas asking girls
questions 81 most indecent4nnd re-
voting character. causing them as Well
as the lnatron and others TO bow their
heads in shame. Several instances were
related OF girls being disciplined by
4 having their long hair cut off short
and they were placed in cells on a
bread and wa ter diet # s
A narrative that aroused a great
amount of feeling among he members
of the committee was told BY Mrs. d., T.
stEracy, former nlatron OF the school,
the treatment Of Il ItOsett tn Goyle, who
had been kept at the school for q length
of time and had an attack of 81 ppef ldi q
8citis. When she was ord cred to the
hospital an old Iickety spring wagon
y with mattress in the bot tom was TIA ken
to the cottage and the girl loaded in.
Mrs. Tracy said that she protested to,
Z w i. Kncass, assistant superinten-
tlant, and he said that it was good
enough and that Thomas said it vas II
right. Willie en- route to the hospital,
every time the wagon would go over, a
bump the girl would groan with pain
At the hospital the girl was operated
upon. bu being in such a weakened
condition and the case having gone SO
long, she was unable to withstand the
shock and died the next day. s Mrs
{ Tracy testified as to the Questions
4 Thomas asked the girls in her presence
which were not repeated at the hearing
but had been written on d piece of,
paper and passed around among the
committee. e. i8
John Bergan and Evan Carlson. for
mer employees at the school, told OF the
severe whippings that had been admin
5 istered TO the boys by them at the DIS
tcction8 OF Supt. Thomas as well as by.
nins Two boys. Bird Hughes and Peery
Bacon. Were punished so severely that
they could not work for some time aft
arward on account of their weakened
condition caused by the loss of blood
Hughes back was a mass of, flesh and
blood, and in one place piece of
flesh about five inches long had been
.ut out with the strap and placed back
in place after the. whipping. The boy
was unable to work for "a week. The
Bacon boy was 50 severely beaten on
the back that Carlson said he had to-
help him remove his shirt. Other cases
enumerated by the witnesses told of
the brutal, manner Sin4which many boys
were terribly beaten. Carlson vas
asked If he complained to anyBof the
officials about the condition of the
youngsters. Carlson said he called up
& T. q. Evans, who was then chairman
Of the board of trustees of the school,
+ and told him to come down. TO. the
school and bring q. doctor. To this he
replied, I'VE will take the matter up
at the next sitting of the board. CARL
son says he was given a notice to be
present and attended the meeting, but
the matter was not referred to in any
way. In reply to questions from Atty.
+ Johnson. Mr.. Carlson said he did not
mention the matter at the board meet
Ing because he had laid the matter be-
fore President Evans and he was afraid
of losing his job. A short time before
the boys were punished Mr.. Carlson
said he had his salary. raised by Supt,
Thomas. Two weeks after the meeting
of the board. referred to, he was dis
charged ana told sit was best for the
institution IL
a lengthy session was held last eye-
ming and the witnesses of the day We're
ross-eSam!ned by the attorneys for
Thomas. Several tits have occurred
between members of the citizens COM
ing committee at each session. II is
very probable that the hearing Will last
for at least a week more. At the close
of last nights hearing an adjournment
Mas ia ken5iI,ltiI Mon3ay