Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-22
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Great Interest and Feeling &c
Aroused in Thomas n 4 !. llnIlvestiga-
ton at Industrial School.
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.lNHuMAN TREAT i / 3 !. BOYS (,
'INHuMAN TR ATMENT OF. BOYS I I
testimony Of DR.. u. N. Conroy, Assist
mt supt. w. Il. Nncass, J II.
Scott and Louis Miller.

VI OGDEN, June 90. "A great deal of IN
#lerest and feeling was aroused yester-
Saay afteruoon in the Investigation that
Mls being conducted in relation to the
Acharees against Fl. Fl. Thomas, SUI
Mprintendcnt of the state industrial
school 1t this, place, when a witness told
IN the punishment that had been meted
ebut to an inmate f0ss an infractiOn of
Nbe rules, and or the subsequent death
5pf the boy.
d The case referred to was that OF Ole
Peterson and was told at the fore noon
sassion nv j. II Scott, formerly car
renter and instructor in manual train
ng at the institution during the years
fSI907 and 1908, and who was on the
stand for the greater part of the
day. Scott testified that In August.
1901, Ole Peterson was found chewing
tobacco and was thrown into the cell
and fed on bread and water for three
weeks. While confined in the cell the
boy contracted the typhoid fever and
died within a very short time.
Another case testified to by Scott
was that Of the case Of the Capien or.
Green boy. as he was called. which oc-
cured during the fall of 1907. At this
time the boy was so severely whipped
with the strap that a piece of flesh was
torn from his arm. The next day in
lie plunge room the witness stated
that he noticed several big, black, blue
and green welts across the boys back.
5In relation to the punishment given
three boys who attempted to escape,
Scott said that it was during the fall
Of 1901 Bates. T,ripp.Pe Perkins and Wells,
four of the boy inmates had planned
10 escape. Before the carrying out of
their Plan Wells told the superintend-
mt and all fourswere placed In the cell.
pnly the next day Wells was released
from the cell for telling the superin-
lendent and was rewarded With extra
merits The witness said the other
three boys We're kept in the cell on
the bread and water diet for 10 days
and .'fiosged.'' a
Scott then told Of tho case Of Thomas'
son returning home at midnight With
q horse and buggy and wanting the
night watcliman 5to6"dig' up q couple Of
: the boys to take care Of his horse
This was the case which was referred
TO at the mass meeting held by the
citizens and referred to in the
columns of the press some
time Ago The witness said that
he referred young Thomas to Asst
Supt hneaSS, WHO asked WIetL tHe
horse had been used for and said,
why don't you put away your own
horse, you lazy fellow" The {superln-s
tcndent returned from California and
4 his son who was II years OF age report
ed the matter TO his father. Scott was
called on the carpet and asked him If
he had spoken TO his son in that man
ner. Scott replied In the Affirmative
and Thomas said, that was not the
proper way to speak to the sonsof the
slperlntendent of an institution OF this
kind" The superintendent also said
that there We're arlumber OF dangerous
horses in the barn and that his son
might be injured and the witness said
that someone else'sS son might also be
injured. The witness stated that
Thomas blamed the assistant superin-
tendent for the refusal to have the boys
horse taken care of than any one else,
Sln4tle closing of his testimony Scott
testified that II. b. Evans, a member
of the board of trustees, furnished gro
:fef.es for the school which was con-
tfary to the state statutes.
w. F.. kneass, assistant superintel,-
dent OF the institution, was called as