Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — SAY HAZING STORY IS NOT TRUE [ARTICLE]

SAY HAZING STORY IS NOT TRUE

The White county papers have at ‘ last taken up the story of the alleged hasing of Charles Stinson, a young pupil of West Point tp., that county, which was persistent rumor all last week, and the county superintendent made a personal investigation of the alleged affair and finds there is no truth in the matter. The story was common at Wolcott last week, and in a telephone communication by The Democrat with one of the town officers of Wolcott, the story was pronounced true, but they were trying to keep the matter quiet in that neighborhood. Referring to the denial now being made, the Montlcello Journal says: “A number of the patrons and the teacher of Goodhope school in West Point township, stoutly maintain that Charles Stinson was not hazed, and his attending physician states that his death came from natural causes and not from any injury. A clean cut statement to that effect last week would have stopped the story of his hazing and death from going to the city press. It is estimated that the story has been printed /in thousands of papers through the Associated Press.”