Arizona republican., 1913-08-12
WARRANT OUT
 FOR AL. HARPER
New Phase of Situation in Investigation of Industrial School at BensOn-BOard of Control Meets on Case Tomorrow

The latest developments in the In
 dustria school investigation comes from Cochise county. in which the
 school is located at this time, in the
 form of a story to the effect that a
 warrant has been sworn out against the superintendent. A. L. Harper on
 account of his treatment of Robert
 Gray. and that the same is now in the hands of Deputy sheriff Allie Howe of
 that county who is on his way to serve
 the same returning to COchise county
 from delivering several prisoners at the state penitentiary at Florence. It is understood that the warrant was mailed to Deputy Sheriff Howe from the Cochise county attorneys office at Tombstone. While the exact charge in the warrant is not known vet. enough of it is known to conjecture that the warrant is either for assault and battery or assault with intent to do
 bodily harm
 Following this story comes also one to the effect that the new superinten- dent has been unduly harsh with the boys in the matter of punishments. keeping up a system that was in effect under former administrations It is well known fact that whipping was carried on under the administration of Superintendent MahOney. and that the thong now in possession of the board of control was used for that purpose and was found on the premises when the present superintendent took the DO SitiOn. Another form of punishment used at the school which is a survival of the old regime is that of forcing the boys to carry logs on their shoulders for several hours, and to carry q brick between the first fingers of each hand up and down stairs for several hours These punishments are still in vogue at the school it is said.
 There will be q meeting of the board of control today at the state house should Governor Hunt return from Tucson in time and at that time the case of the superintendent will be talk en up. It is quite likely also that Su- perintendent Harper will be on hand and appear in his own defense. He contends that he has used no cruelty with the boys. but admits that he whipped them. In his defense his friends state that some form of pun ishment must be found that will let the boys q the reform school know that they cannot run wild. and that they must obey the orders of the au- thorities. It is contended also that the boys that go to the school are not nat urally 0bedient if they Were. they most certainly would not be sent to the school in the first place The reform school in its very nature is not a place for the reception of saints It is place where very bad boys are sent to he cured of their meanneSs If there was any hope for them around home they would not be sent to the school | It is because they are unmana gea bIe 1 cruel and oftentimes | natural lawbreakers that the state | takes this method of relieving society | of the continual burden of their care. 1 and in order that they may be kept | out of jail. which is no place even for | q mean boy.
 It is said also that Robert Gray. who | mas been returned from his home in | Douglas to the school has made two at | tempts to break out of the school since | then that he is a big overgrOwn fellow. | a man in stature if not in years. Some | of those who are inclined to criticise | methods in general are asking what he | is doing in the school in the first place. and why if he committed a crime was he not sent to the penitentiary All | these things will. however. likely come | out in the further investigation