The Washington times., 1919-02-14


chauffeur who drove one OF the ears we
learned that he was married 50 we made
/ the owner OF the car get rid OF him We
had hard time convincing the girl th&t
the man. was already married.
And the Next ChaufEeur. Tee.
THAT renter got a new chaufteu-.
| but in twenty-four hours that same
/ girl was making love to him Just a.
she did to the other one. We had 10
set rid OF the renter 20 get rid Of the
chauffeur. We Incurred the displess.
iure OF the renter. I believe and the
, girl got mad and left our home"
Has she turned up here In this
court against you?" asked Attorney
David.
mo, she's dead" Mrs. Greer said.
Denies whipping Boy Three HOura.
Witnesses for the District had testi-
; fed that Mrs. Greer whipped thirteen
year-old Albert Wilson three hours.
Mrs. Greer was asked to give her
version OF the whipping.
She said, after being told that Al
bert had stolen some money. she took
him 70 a room and said:
iii give you twenty minutes BY
the clock to tell me where you got
that money"
She said she doubted his. story that
one Of the boys had put IL in his
pocket
After she threatened to send him
back to the institution from which
he came, Mrs. Greer said, he week
| ened, after three quarters OF an
hour" and told her he had stolen the
money from one OF the boys after
the boy in question had fallen asleep.
Il never beat him three hours and
never talked to him three hours"
she declared
How many lieks did you give
him?' asked counsel.
Maybe three or four" she replied,
and added, and that's not the hrst
IKE l would any other child; like
would my own"
DIdR't SIT On Hin.
did you ever sit on himg'
Hardly; II had, you would never
have found him again." she said and
smiled
Mrs. Greer is a very large woman.
Mrs. Greer denied Mr.. Greer struck
her when she went into the laundry,
where he was whipping 3Ilchael
Smith last November.
He never did strike me- she said.
I'VE have never had a serions dis
agreement. The most treubIe we
ever had was about these children.
He was always begging me to give
she said she did not hear Michael
Smith sSear and call Mr. Greer a
foul 1ame. but that others of the
childNen told her OF Michael swear
ing.
Il washed his mouth out with soap
for it." she said.
Mrs. Greer recalled the visit OF
labor inspector to her home some
weeks ago when the children were
taken from her. She denied whisper
ing to the children to "say you are
sixteen"
Home Frequently Inspected.
District officials and inspectors
from the institutions from which she
has obtained orphan children have
been visiting her home for a great
many years, Mrs. Greer said, and nev
er yet has a complaint been lOdgsd
against her place.
There has been more or less loose
talk trying to connect M. GFeers
name with the Werner case. so-ealIed
and the Connally case, so-caiied
said Attorney David. "What ab51s
that. Should Mr.. Greer be connected
with them?"
Il was perfectly Mortified when
you read me that sworn statement 70
Mrs Greer said. ~
''Did you ever see anything In the
home to indicate any complaint toEId
honestly be made against hin. 2" At
torney David asked.
Never" replied Mrs. Greer
Did the presence Of these boys sRd
girls in your home bear any relation
to the real estate you have pslr-
chased" she was asked.
II don't see how it would" she re-
Several Of these purchases ante
dated the coming Of the orphans. she
explained.
she Managed Finances.
who managed the finances OF the
Greer family?" asked Attorney David.
II did" Mrs. Greer said.
He turned in his pay check to you
every week."
He did"
How many years."
"Thirty-three years" .-..-
During all the time she has had
boys and girls in the home, Mrs.
Greer said, she had never had an
epidemic as result Of any contagious
disease. Asked for an explanation
she said:
Il always gave them oil and liver
pills, although I'm not much on oil,
and called DR.. LOthrOp, our family
physician"
She said she considered she had a
suitable home for the children, but
declared she would not take the chill
dren back IL the court awarded them
to her. She said she had definitely
decided never to take orphans again.
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