Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-09
Child IS WHIPPED
|. WITH PIECE OF
RUBBER HOSE
And Now the Kansas Supreme
Court is Called Upon to
Decide if This Was Proper
Method Of Punishment.

lola, Kan. March e.--Is 1, brutal
and inhuman 90 whip q pupil with a
piece OF rubber hose. ana must such
an instrument Of punishment be abol-
lnhed ga the public schools Of Kansas
That Is o question that has wrought
a marked division 81 sentiment In
lola and one that, Ia OH probability,
is on lis way to the supreme court.
on appeal from the court OF JUS
tice James T.. Duncan. Judge Oscar
Fonst viii pass on the question az
The coming term of tho district court.
aud either side has indicated that.
IN the event OF losing IN the lower
court tho fight viii be carried 20 tho
supreme court for final adjudication
resorting 20 heated arguments, NJ
times almost 90 blows. In "A futile ef-
fort 20 settle the question.
Thirteen-year-old Everett Urlch
started all the trouble. ~ school a
few days ago Everett failed 10 OBJ
serve the rules of doUorum establish
ed to govern the pupils while fofin-
ing IA line a. march into the Wash.
ington school building, whore Fred
erick G. Walters Is principal The
hey began 10 scuffle with compan-
ion and Professor Walters called him
out Of the line 90 receive punishment
"Hou lick me and my father VIII
come down here and lick the dickens
out OF YOU" Everett yelled definntly.
The bluff failed to work aud Pro-
fessor Walters started a. administer
corporal punishment. Everett fought
back and that did not tend to calm
3 d.
could procure the rubber hose with
which whippinss are administered Ia
lola schools. he gave the boy SQUAD
beating Then the case got into
court.
Everett emerged looking as though
he had been fed through a sausage
mill. His eyes were swollen. and
there were wcIts ana confuslons on
his body, Leading the boy 90 the Of
flee OF the county attorney. the father
swore out complaint FOR the arrest
OF Professor Walters on a charge OF
assault and battery.
II am sure now that Everett should
have been whipped" Mr.. urich said.
but / am equally sure that the
wrong instrument has been used This
rubber hose Is barbarous and bru-
tai"
Tho trial was almost a riot. Women
Kissed the prosecutor and threatened
20 pull his hair. Some applauded and
nodded approval when a point was
scored BY the state. After hearing
the evidence, Justice Duncan found
Professor Walter guilty and assessed
fine. Then the public divided as
80. 80
THE most damaging evidence In
Produced came from Professor Wal
tors himself" Justice Duncan says In
a statement Issued 20 the public
the instrument used 10 punish tho
boy. This article was d piece OF half
inch gas hose about three feet long,
With ono end doubled back on itacli
for a handle and with some fifteen
or eighteen inches of lash with which
20 beat tho victim. a mule would
come cut from under a beating with
that Instrument flying signals Of dis
tress. Does a boy deserve more con-
sidoratiOn than a mplc2"
+. J. Oyler. representing Professor
Walters. offered the defense that tho
hose" with which the professor
whipped the boy was the one pre-
scrlbed for corporal punishment by
the superintendent, that tho marks
and bruises on the hOy's face were
not made by Professor Walters, and
that the punishment administered
WAS only Ia the degree commensurate
with the oficnsc. Members Of the
school board are making no comment
and taking no action.