Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-19
.ERRS IN KINDNESS
If He ERRS AT ALL
THE BOARD DECIDES
Formal Report Of Investiga-
tion Of Deaf and Blind
School at Gooding Made
by Committee.

The formal report on the investiga-
ton of the executive committee Of the
state board of education into the
charges of alleged cruelty and inhu-
man treatment of inmates of the deaf
and blind school at Gooding has been
filed with Governor Alexander by f.
A. Bryan, state commissioner of edu-
cation. The report corroborates the
former announcement made by the
Capital News. that Superintendent
Taylor and Mrs. Taylor are exonerated
The committee finds that IL Superin-
tendent Taylor errs at all he errs in
Kindness. The report Is as follows:
Hon. M. Alexander, Governor of
State OF idaho. Dear Sir: Prelimin-
airy to a more complete report permit
me to report briefly that ]. A. Lippin-
colt of Idaho City and !. who consti-
tute two members of the executive
committee of the Gooding school, spent
the entire day of Friday and Friday ev-
ening in a careful examination of the
institution and In the examination oil
many witnesses. We also have given
careful examination to the charges of
Mrs. Jess Harris and the letters sub
mitted by her, also to other letters
submitted by patrons of the institution
CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED.
The result of this examination Is
that we find that the charges of Mrs
Harris are not sustained by tho evil
dence In the case, but that on the con-
trary the children are we'll fed, are
treated with kindness and considera-
ton and the particular charges made
h.r
charge that the little girl was forced
to take water and flour turned out to
be case in which she was giv9n milk
of magnesia on the DOCTORS pEescrip-
ton for slight stomach trouble. Milk
of magnesia looks very much like
flour and water.
All the testimony shows that Mrs
Taylor had no responsibility for the
bathing or dressing or clothes of the
children, but that the supervisor did
The supervisor. Miss Voltz, testified
that there were no exchanges OF cloth
ing such as charged and that the other
children were not allowed to wear the
blue dress or the red dress or the
flowerod ribbon or the slippers of Al
die Harris.
NO CRUELTY FOUND.
The young woman who prepared
Addie for her trip homeward and who
at the time was acting supervisor gave
her a complete bath and found her
body In perfect condition and her
hands not abused In any way. She
was In good normal health at the time
The young woman who took the child
as far az fekoa, Washington. gave like
testimony.
The child weighed II pounds when
received in the fall. Increased In the
winter to SO pounds and weighed 80
pounds at the time she was sent home.
Relative to the charge that the child
was not permitted to go to the picture
shows except once. this appears to be
correct. Children Of that tender age
were put to bed at about 7:80 In the
evening, course which we approved.
We likewise sustained the superin-
tendent. in the matter of the candy
which the children were allowed to
buy, there being danger that their d.
gestion might be injured were they al
lowed to have this too freely. They
were allowed to have candy frequently
In small quantities.
Our personal examination showed the
institution in a sanitary condition. and
the testimony of IL or Is persons show
that the food Ia abundant In guam
tity, good In quality, and cooked well,
and of good variety, and the appetites
of the children were good. There was
universal testimony to the exceeding
kindness Of Mr.. Taylor. II he errs in
any direction, 1t Is in this direction.
There was no testimony establishing