The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-18

t hard to show that she had not nisrepre
j sented, saying that she had taken 1t hom
e but had brought 1t back again. BENZ
: pressed pretty hard by Mr.. Budd she ad
e mitted that she intended to convey Il
! Penhollow that the note was at that tim,
g at home and she supposed that he gained
8 that impression, while the fact was tina
the note was in her pocket. She ex
: planned her reason for holding 1t was thai
t Mrs. Aaronson had asked her to after the
matter of the assault had been made
public. When Penhollow asked to have
the note given him he said business mar
had told him Mrs. Aaronson was making
! the accusation that the superintendent
had signed her name to it and he wanted
to show otherwise. Miss Bloomsbury
offered to show the note to the man. Mr..
Penhollow said show 1t to Mr.. Wells, a
member of the Board, but afterwards said
not to show it at all. Miss Bloomsbury
lives with Miss Clinton, one of the
teachers who was not reelected to a
position in the schools, for which act
many of the people of Bordentown hold
Mr. Penhollow responsible.
Mrs. Larue told of Hattie confding her
trouble to her, and of the arrangement
made to meet Mrs. Aaronson and Hattie
and have the affair related.
William Fl. Warrack, president of the
Board of Education, testified to receiving
the note from Miss Bloomsbury and turn
ing 1t over to Mayor Gabel.
Lily carly was called to tell of seeing
Hattie go past her house on the 18th of
October, wiping her eyes and having
every appearance of crying On cross
examination this witness could not tell
what day of the month this was
This ended the states case Mr.. Budd
opened for the defence. He said there
would be an absolute denial of every
thing charged by the state in the way of
assault or indecent actions The de-
PENDANT had never laid his hands on
Hattie Aaronson in any manner whatever.
From information that came to the super
intendent through teachers Mr.. Penhol
low had gained the idea that there were
improper relations existing between a girl
named Adele Goodwin and man by the
name of McKeag. Adele Goodwin, by
the way, had gone beyond the jurisdic-
ton of the court. When the latter was
brought before the superintendent it was
discovered that Hattie Aaronson was also
implicated and Mr.. Penhollow felt it his
right as well as his duty to warn the girl
as student under his care and whose
actions might reflect on the school and
upon his management He sent for her
and instead of having two conversations
with her as she stated, he had three. In
the first place she denied ever being with
the man in question, and the denial was
so complete that Mr.. Penhollow went to
his informant and had the first statement
confirmed. Again he confronted the girl
and this time she admitted meeting Nc
Keag on the street and talking with him.
Then Penhollow warned the girl of what
might happen, and told her she might be
expelled or suspended from school. This
caused the crying and not the actions she
attributed to the superintendent. The
door on the Office was in court and it
would be shown it never had a curtain on
it as described by Hattie and it would also
be proved that McKeag had taken quite
an interest In this matter and had
threatened to have Penhollow removed
from Bordentown.
James G. West was called as the first
witness for the defence. He produced
papers which were excuses for absence or
hardness which had been received In all
of the rooms and many of which were
signed by the teachers. This was to re-
flute the statement by Miss Bloomsbury
that Mr.. Penhollow did not send notes
out, and among those shown was one re-
ceived by that teacher
Miss George Foster, a teacher in the
school, said pupils were allowed to go
around the building during the noon
hour and were likely to be in any part of
the place. They had tue privilege of
going to the superintendent room to use
the telephone. The room was never
locked. She recognized the door as that
which was on the superintendent's room
and said it never had curtain on it and
there was nothing to obscure the view
into the room from the hallway, as every
part could easily be seen. She identified
the excuses which were shown by Mr..
Wacf Nd No OF a.
of Mr.. Penhollow.
At this point court took a recess until
Saturday morning.
On Saturday morning the case was re-
sumed with Miss Foster on the stand,
under cross examination by Prosecutor
Atkinson. She told of the children who
remained in the building during the noon
recess. Prior to this school year they
were allowed to roam around the building
but now they are not allowed to 90 to
the different floors except for a special
purpose. A teacher remains to look after
them. The children are allowed to use
the telephone. If they went around they
could easily see in the superintendent
room through the door. She identified
the excuses as written by Professor Pen
hollow.
Mrs. Aaronson was recalled to identify
Hattie's clothing.
Minnie V. Flynn testified as to the num-
Der of pupils who remained In the build
ing during the noon recess. Miss Flynn
said she was on duty on the 18th of Octo-
Der and was in the building from 10 20 to
lis. 1t was the rule to have one teacher
In attendance during the recess to keep an
eye on the pupils. She did not hear any
outcry or see any thing out of the way.
Benjamin F. Farr, another teacher who
looked after the children, was in the build
ing on the 18th. He did not hear any
thing or notice anything that seemed to be
out of the ordinary.
Samuel Matlack, May Barton, Ora L.
Higgins. all gave testimony as the above.
| Walter g. Penhollow, the defendant,
then took the stand. He gave his age as
SO, married, with two children, aged ten
and eight years. Has been at Borden
town since November 90. 1908. His at
tention was called to notes being passed
to scholars from persons in and out of the
school, The teachers had spoken of the
matter. The first to call attention to the