Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-08-19
Employee at Home in Atchison
Charged With Using Red
Pepper to Punish.
GOVERNOR WILL INVESTIGATE
Superintendent Willis has Already
Suspended One Woman EmpIoye-
Charges Made by Former Officer.

mouths and elsewhere about their
persons; that they are made to sit
upon hot radiators until they are
burned, and that they are forced to
drink copious quantities of castor oil
and salts, have been made to Cover
nor Capper and the state board of
control An investigation will begin
shortly.
One of the women employees has
been suspended by Superintendent
Willis A supervisor of the boys also
is charged with cruelty to the chill
dren. 1t is said the charges have been
made by Miss Wilma Scruggs. who
was formerly family officer at the
nome She resigned her position to
go elsewhere. Miss Scruggs appeared
before Governor Capper and she also
addressed the Good Government Club
at Topeka.
L do not know that the young wo-
man accused is guilty of any OF the
practices alleged said Superinten-
dent Willis. and 1 hope 1 have not
done her an injustice in suspending
her- There has been some gossip at
the home that she was not as con-
s1derate of the children as she might
have been, but l have never secured
conclusive evidence against her.
When returned to the home as
superintendent this last time, 1 was
told the children were often punished
by giving them doses of castor oil and
salts Immediately issued a written
order that children must not he pun.
lshed without my permission, and if
this order has been disobeyed it will
be disclosed in the investigator. Some
OF the children are spanked occasional
ly and whenever that is done it is with
my permission, and 1 keep a record
of it,
Drowned Near Jarbalo.-WhiIe wad-
ing In Big Stranger river, near Jar
Dalo, in Leavenworth county, Albert
Murphy, S-year-old son of Samuel Muir
phy, Jarbalo rural mail carrier, was
seized with cramps and was drowned.
Henry Allen to Maine.-Henry ]. !
Allen, editor of the Wichita Beacon.
Will enter the campaign for the Re-
publicans, making speeches first prob
ably in Maine the latter part of this
The Harrington Sun SoId.-W. E.
BLACKBURN completed negotiations for
the purchase of the Harrington Sun
from NJ. F. Amrine and has assumed |
charge. Under the new management
the Sun will be Republican paper.
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Rock Falls Kill One-Two miners |
We're caught by falls of rock in the |
Kansas held recently. Frank Martin |
was Killed at Mineral. At a Fronte- |
mi
lurles which probably will prove fatal.
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Train Decapitates Man.-An uniden-
t11led man was killed near Valencia
the other day by Rock Island train
no 80 according to word received in
Topeka. He was decapitated
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Mrs. 3. L. Sheridan Dies-Mrs. Ber-
nard L. Sheridan is dead at Paola
She was the daughter of Walter Oar
lington. Mr. Sheridan and Miss Oar
ington were married last May.
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Bandits Plead Not Guilty.-Frank
Mulkey. Barney Bauew, Frank H
Evans and his wife, Beulah Evans.
who confessed in Kansas City of rob
ping the Linwood and Jarbalo banks
recently, entered pleas of not guilty
when arraigned before Judge William
?. Wettig in the city court at Leayen-
worth.
Kansas Soldier Shot. - Peter
rrear, storekeeper at the federal peni-
entiary. recently received the news
hat his son. Patrick Trear, a Leayen-
worth High school student, who is
low with Company c., Second Kansas
on the Mexican border had
narrowly escaped death while swim
ming in the Rio Grande. Young Trear
Tentured too near the Mexican side
nd was shot, being made uncon-
cious- He was saved by comrades
rom drowning
Kansas Land Is High-A quarter.
section of land belonging to G. w
woodwork, west of Salina. was sold
t auction recently at $144 an scre to
Ned Allison, neighbor Five hun
lred people attended the sale.
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Kansas Boy Is Stricken.-Earl Mar
IN, the 2-year-old son of laborer in
'lainville, has been stricken with in.
antlle paralysis The state board of
iealth has been notified. Physicians
ay that there is little chance for the
'oy's recovery.
a Farmer Drowned Near Paoia-