Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-22
REFORM SCHOOL TESTIMONY
Hiris Give Good and Bad Renort, :,
Treatment.

o"pt. Humphries and his wife 10 ~.
'estimony brought out so far This wal
a. the investigation into the conditions
Oh the Industrial school at st. Anthony
a number of girls were called to the
s'ana, amoung them being Ivy Horri,
gan, irene Agee, Ruby Rogers, Nellie
jackson, Stella Baxter, Lillian Farr;s
caroline Prowts, Cora TAYLOR Rachel
Lynch, Anna Reese, Gladys Chaplin and
Agatha Morehouse.
The Horrigan girl testified that sbs
was iaid over counter in the store
room and that Mr.. HUMPHREYS raised
her clothes and exposed her naked
person to the lash, and that she wos
black and blue for some time as the 70.
suit OF the whipping she received at
that time. Cora Taylor testified that
she was whipped in the same manner
ana at the same time and place, except
that her naked person was not exnosed
TO the whip only her dress and skirt be.
ing raised
uiadys Chaplin testifies that she ran
away together with Anna Reese and
and that upon their return to the inst;
tuition, she was laid over desk in Sunt
Humphries office and beaten. She was
told to raise her skirt and expose her
person, and upon refusal to do so. Supt
Humphries raised her dresses and whip.
pea her. She testified that Anne Reese
received similar treatment.
Anna Reese, when placed on the
stand, in measure contradicted the
testimony of Gladys Chaplin, testifvinp
that she was only whipped on the hands
and arms on that occasion. Miss
Reese will leave the institution shortly
on parole.
Ruby Rogers also testified that she
had been whipped by Supt Humph,
ries She stated that she had refused
to sign the petition circulated AMONG
the inmates at the beginning Of the in.
vestigation, in behalf of Mr.. Humph.
RES, but that recently, Mr. HUMPHREYS
had called on her and they had long
talk, in which they reached perfect
understanding and she had promised to
be his friend. .4 E
Hints of Scandals.
Ruby Rogers further testified that
there had been irregularities among
the inmates and between inmates and
attendants, and limited at the alleged
improprieties between one of the in
mates and the superintendent IS SON..
Gladys Chaplin and several other girls
testified that they were laid over a
bath tub and severely whipped by Mrs.
HUMPHREYS, that the >Chapin girl stat
ing that she had been whipped nine
times since she had been in the institu-
ton.
Harold Jewell an inmate, testified
he together with Earl Hackman, wrote
an article appearing in the Capital
News and signed by them, regarding
the institutions; that he sat down to
the typewriter and wrote it off in As
minutes, that he had no stenographic
or other notes, but incorporated some
suggestions from Earl Hickman, the
balance being his own composition.
Jewell seemed to be well informed as to
of the officers who have testified.
Patric Lynch, an inmate who has
just been paroled, testified that he was
present when Jewell wrote the article
in question, and said that Jewell did
have short hand notes from which he
wrote it.
Several of the girls testified that
they thought they deserved all the
whipings they got, and some of them
said they didn t get half enough, but
admitted they never asked for any
more on any occasion.
Ex-Trustee drilled.
Mrs. Dell Pyke of Dubois, former
trustee of the institution, happened
to be at the school Wednesday and was
placed on the stand. She was strongly
in favor of the institution
and its present management, virtually
stating that she did not believe the
testimony of any of the girls in there.
Asked as how she would proceed with
such an investigation, if cruelties were
alleged to exist, and the girls were not
to be believed, she said she didn t know
but finally was forced to admit that
the only way to get at the facts would
be to question the inmates and those to
whom they have shown their bodies af.
ter being whipped. She stated that
when she was trustee she had examin-
ed the institution thoroughly, but never
found any evidence of cruelty. She