The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-03-02

on his bench without permission. .
Mrs. George Wilde, now residing
in Winona, but who was an instruct
or in the boys school from Septem-
Der, 1902 to June, 1903, gave more
damaging testimony against the in
stitution She admitted that she
/ never had seen the fogging machine
and when asked by Senator Sullivan
If She had ever seen any indication
on the part Of the boys that they had
been fogged, she created ripple OF
laughter by replying:
well, I've seen boys come into
the room little disinclined to sit
down.
Whipping Machine Common Know.
ledge.
! Mrs. Wilde said that boys of all
ages were f1ogged and that the whip
pings took place two to three times
a week She declared it was COM
mon knowledge that the whipping
| machine was in existance and that
this was an innovation to be credit
ed to Superintendent Whittier as it
was not there during the reign of his
predecessor, Superintendent Brown.
She told of having witnessed the
military drill punishments and
that she had seen boys shackled, but
had never seen boy hung up by the
thumbs. ~.
Miss Killeen, whose home is in
Minneapolis, but who was employed
as an instructor at Red Wing in 1862
to 1903 told of having seen the
whipping machine" but admitted
that she had never seen it in opera
ton.
Daniel j. Keefe, bright eyed
youth clad in suit of brown, was
the next witness called. He is a
former inmate of the Red Wing insti-
| tuition.
Scan you tell US anything about
corporal pnRashmesMat M At the SCHOOL,
queried Senator Sullivan
Eyes stree, can tell you lots about
it" replied Keefe. -..s
Dan then explained that he had
been committed to the school from
| Buffalo, Mimi, when he was sixteen
years old and that he was there for
three and one-half years. He frank
| ly admitted that he had twice broken
| his parole by not writing and had
each time. been returned to Red
| Wing. In telling of some of the
things which happened to him at Red
Wing, he said:
Kicked 1nsensible; Gets An Apology,
/ II was kicked into insensibility by
Assistant Superintendent George,
who was so frightened at my condi-
ton that he ran for water with
which he revived me. He later
apologized to me for his conduct.
GAS to that whipping devise, it
was no myth. We all knew that it
was in the paint shop. Most any ex-
cuse was sufficient for it's use if the
attendants didn't happen. to be feel
ing, just right. Why, one day I got
down on my knees and humbly beg
ged Assistant Superintendent Scott
to send me to the St. Cloud reforma-
tory rather than to the paint shop y
"You say said Senator Rockne
chat you left the school Oct. 8, 1908
Have you ever been back?"
s'No, and I never want to- was
the young mans come back.
He told of boys being punished by
being compelled to race in their bare
feet around the cement floor of the
basement, keeping this up for two ol
three hours at a time. He also said
that boys were shackled by the arms
and hung up.
What boy ever hung up like
that?'' broke in Superintendent
Whittier.
patrick Larkin was one,'' replied
Keefe.
Keefe's Story Shaken.
Under cross examination keefe
became considerably mixed and said
that he knew boys We're chung up by
their thumbs because he had seen il
by climbing up and looking over the
transom.
Where were the guards while