Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1919 — INVESTIGATIONS OF WORK SCHOOL CONDITIONS START [ARTICLE]

INVESTIGATIONS OF WORK SCHOOL CONDITIONS START

Following the announcement the columns of the Republican of the conditions existing at the Julia A. Work home for orphans at Plymouth, Ind., as found and ported by Sheriff Woodworth and Charles M. Sands, county commissioners in the various counties of the state are starting investigations to acquaint themselves with the conditions of the school with the idea of withdrawing from the school the children sent from their counties. The sensational charges of the Jasper county officials, of a character almost indescribable for oheir horribleness, has arouse many counties to action and it is probable that within a short time there will be an investigation by the state, and if conditions at the home are not found to be all that they should be, the officials of the home will doubtless find themselves in an extremely embarrassing condition when called upon to explain. 'Lake county commissioners will meet in the near future to investigate the exposure as made by the local authorities and statements made by J. M. Ward, of Hammond, who recently removed his grandson from the institution with the remark that “guardians of children there ought to be warned of the treatment given the unfortunate boys.”