Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-07
CASE INVOLVING sUPERiNTEND-
EMIT wELrv, OF UNION, AND
MISS TURNER SUBMITTED.
DECISION NOT PROBABLE
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
Mass Of Evidence Being Transcribed
For Consideration Of County Super
inesndsnt stoddard - Recommends
ton. Must Be Forwarded to State
aoard-clashss Frequent.

Eldora, May THE Union school
case has been submitted and the evil
dence is being transcribed In order
that Miss Blanche Stoddard, county
superintendent, can give it due con-
.sideration before rendering decision.
The final hearing was lively. and
clashes between attorneys were fire.
quent.
The case on trial before the county
superintendent is one in which Miss
Iva Turner instructor in music In the
Union public schools, seeks to nave
the superintendent of the Union
schools removed from his position and
his certificate revoked. AS ground 1or
this demand 1t is alleged that Mr..
Welty has been guilty of conduct un-
becoming an educator and gentle
man. On the other hand. 1t Is urseo
in defense of Mr.. Welty that the
animus Of the charges Is to be founo
in the fact that he had short time
ago recommended the dismissal Of the
plaintiff in this case from her position
in the schools on account OF incom-
petency The plaintiff claims to be
that led to her dismissal. The nature
of much of the evidence given in the
case will perhaps be understood when
1t is stated that Il notice was promi-
nently posted upon the court room
door to the effect that "No one under
q years of age" was permitted to be
in the room while the case was being
tried.
Hearing Long Drawn Out.
The hearing was begun nearly four
weeks ago, with the idea th%t 1t might
be tried without serious interruption
of the sessions of the Jnion school. In
all six days and one night we're taken
up with the hearing. The last session
at which evidence was introduced was
held Monday night Of this week and IL
was after midnight 'vhen an adjourn
ment was taken. More than one hun
dred people from Union and its yicin-
ity were present on some occasions
and most Of them were at some time
on the witness stand. TIL, final argu-
ments were made on Tuesday morning
and the county superintendent Will re-
view the enormous massSof evidence
and submit it with her recommended
ton to the state school board for de-
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Welty's standing az a school man.
Clashes FREQUENT.
The case was hard fought on both
sides, the plaintiff being represented
by Attorneys Lunday and Peisens and
the defendant byahis brother. an at
orney from Nevada. and Mr.. Williams
Of this city Clashes between the OPP
posing attorneys wsre frequent, two
of them coming to blows a; one time,
but no blood was shed. At another
time the defendant, evidently angered
by a side remark of an attorney for
the plaintiff, seized heavy glass that
was by the water pitcher, but was
overpowered by the sheriff and two or
three assistants ana induced to re-
sumo his seat
1t probably will be several weeks
before the shorthand notes will be ex-
tended and the evidence fully assimi-
lated by Miss Stoddard so that she
can turn the problem over to the state
board for their consideration, and
some time after that 1t may be ex-
pected that their decision will be an
nounced.