Evening journal., 1910-01-27

Mr.. Lyman asked the witness II he
knew what the bull strap was.
Blackwell held up the strap he had
picked up and said it was sometimes call
ed tho bull strap by the boys who had
been whipped with it.
Asked why. he replied that because it
was a little thicker than the other strap
used.
The witness was asked whether Ennis
was badly beaten and nearly killed as the
latter had testified at a previous hearing.
The witness said Ennis was working in
the shop with him the balance OF the day
on which he was whipped.
Asked IL Ennis complained. the witness
replied that he had told him he was stin |
across the back where he had been whip /
ped.
The witness said during the time the
foundations OF the burned portion Of the
school were being razed. the boys we're
allowed water. which was carried by one
of the smaller boys, unable to do more
heavy work. He added that when tho boys
threw water at each other NIr. Stewart
ordered that the water be taken away.
In cross examination the witness said
he was whipped because he had failed to
report something he had seen other boys
do that was wrong He said In answer to
Mr. Handy that 800 good marks were given
boys who reported wrong doings OF other
boys.
Mr.. Handy asked the witness II he
expected to get good marks for testify
ing at the present hearing.
Blackwell said he did not.
method used in whipping the boys.
They stopped over. he said, until hands
touched shoes and took about five
lashes; then rubbed their backs, and
stopped over again to take five or more
iashes and repeated this until they
received the punishment coming to
them.
The witness said Guard Boyer struck
the boy named Ennis in the face with
his fist when the boy refused to get
down to be whipped.
Afterward Blackwell said that Boyer
pushed Ennis against n door and the
latter put up his hands to shield his
face and it was then that Boyer struck
him.
The witness also said that Boyer
thought some of the boys had his dia-
mond ring and he said he would beat
them until they gave it up. He did
not follow out this threat. however.
The witness said he saw Mr. Boyer
stand on his toes and holding the strap
with both hands, come down and strike
a boy
Boyer Testifies.
! The next witness was Charles +.
Boyer, who, according to the testi-
mony given during the investigation.
did most OF the whipping at the
school.
He testified that he lived at No 1112
King street and had been a guard and
was so still, at the school for four
! years. He said he was linemaster.
and as such. had charge of the boys
and yhen they were whipped, he in
f1icted the punishment either in the
presence of Mr.. Stewart or by his
order.
Mr.. Boyer. at the request Of Mr.
/ Lyman, produced a book in which he
kept a record of the boys he had
whipped. In speaking of the time
Ennis and other boys were whipped,
he said he whipped the boys with a
strap and picked up the one-half
strap, and said that was the size strap
used.
1n6 NlLHttE cdlu Alt NNlUDtu E4Alnle
with from 25 to 30 lashes. He denied
that he ever whipped a boy with $50
lashes, and said he whipped tho boys
on an average with about 30 lashes.
The witness denied ever using the
? bull-strap on the boys. He recalled
, seeing this strap, and said il was used
in taking the bull. at the school. from
] the field to the barn.
r Mr.. Lyman asked tho witness how
r many boys he had whipped and he re-
: piled that he could not say.
Were there a thousand?" interposed
Mr.. Handy.
mo. sir" emphatically replied the
witness.
The witness denied having struck
Ennis with his fist, as was testified.
= Asked about the diamond ring Incl
dent, Mr.. Boyer explained that he had
- felt bad on the night in question. and
pulling out his keys laid them on a
, desk in the dormitory and told the
boys to pick out their keys and take
off the chains on some Of them pre-
paratory to retiring for the night. He
imagined he pulled the ring, which
did not flt tight. from his finger. when
he took out his keys. When he went
to look for the ring it was gone. He
asked the boys about it, but none of
them saw II. Four weeks later, he
n said he found the ring hanging on
Q a hook in his closet under a pair OF
e trousers, which he had not worn for
= some time. He denied that he had
D told the boys he would beat them until
a they produced the ring.
e4m In cross-examination the witness said
he had not been regularly employed
at the school since he first began his
work there. He said he left in Au-
gust. 1909, and returned last Friday a
week.
q Asked by Mr.. Handy II his return
Q had anNAhlnr 70 do NTH The r,rnanri