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the committee on a Legislative in
quiry to Milford at the instance of
the civies department. of the Lin
coin Woman's club, and that they
had been invited by Senator Brad
street to assist in the investigation,
Mrs. Jay on the stand, testified
that the only knowledge she had of
immortality at the Institution was the
story told her by a girl whom she
had interviewed at Milford, who ac-
cused a young man, a soldier living
at the institution of being the father
of her unborn child.
Mrs. Jay testified that the girl had
been in a delicate condition for
about two months. She said that
she had heard from other sources
that within the past Is months there
had been three other instances
where girls had become in the same
condition at the home and had COM
PEELED the authors of their shame
to marry them. She knew of no
names nor absolute facts concerning
this; it was all gossip or rumor.
She testified that the girl now living
at Milford who was in a delicate
condition had become an employee
of the Soldiers home last August.
The young man whom she accuses
lived at Broken Bow and she had
caused a complaint to be issued
against him and planned to be mar
ried after he had been arrested.
Hensley Discharged Girl.
Commandant Hensley testified
that he had discharged the girl in
question some time before because
Of her immodest conduct in the
sleeping rooms of the institution and
that she had not met with her mis-
fortune at the home. He said she
had made frequent trips to Seward
while the young man was there and
that the misfortune must have oc-
Cured at that point.
He testified that the girls broth
er was engineer at the institution
and was in charge of the sleeping
quarters as sort of monitor at
night. w. ~
Eli Shultz, postmaster for the leg
islature, an old soldier, whose home
is at Steele City Neb., testified that
certain members of the legislature
had told him there was TO be a
vacancy in the executive office Of
the Milford Soldiers home and adj
vised him to apply for the post.
Shultz Knew.
Mr.. Shultz said that he and his
wife went to the institution to in
vestigate conditions and twas his
opinion that the adjutant was the
cause of all the trouble.
Il turned to my wife and told
her so. SAID. he, "after had seen
the adjutant. ! was a detective for
whole year in the union army
during the civil war and my obser-
vations are never wrong"
He testified that he found every
thing at the institution in hrst-class
shape and all of the, inmates per-
fectlv contented. Things were neat
and the men we'll fed and every
thing done for their comfort and
we'll being. The only complaint
could find against Hensley was
from few fellows who complained
that he did nothing but walk around
and draw his salary.
Mrs. R. NJ. Walsh of Lincoln,
former matron of the home, testi-
fed that she had found everything
satisfactory at the home with the
exception of the housing of the
help. >..
Veterans Like Hensley.
DR.. Emerson Austin, who had
been at the home as an inmate for
five years, and w. L. Oman, 81
years old, veteran at the home,
testified that Commandant Hensley
was the best executive that had
ever been at the place.
DR.. Austin with a knowing smile
told of the visits of noisy automo-
bile parties and certain scandals at
the institution, the latter coming to
him as rumor, under a former com
mandan, but he said" since Com
mandant Hensley has been in there
has ben absolute peace and quiet and