While researchers are generally aware of Morganza in Washington Co, it should also be remembered that Morganza was first the House of Refuge and was located in Pittsburgh from its inception in 1850 until 1876.
In an effort to assist genealogy buffs and to not forget the sad stories of those children, we are looking for the names of anyone associated with the early days. Some of our finds will be transcriptions and others will be lists of names found in old newspapers.
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Articles:
The Jeffersonian, June 01, 1854, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa., page 1
The following has been forwarded us from Philadelphia, with a request that we insert it. We cheerfully comply with the desire of the senders:
Bill for the House of Refuge
A further Supplement to an Act, entitled "An Act to incorporated the Articles of Association, for the purpose of establishing and conducting an Institution for the confinement and reformation of youthful delinquents, under the title of 'The House of Refuge,' " passed the 23d day of March, 1826.
Whereas, the new buildings now in course of erection by "The House of Refuge," are approaching completion, and are adapted for the proper accommodation and classification of double the number of inmates which the buildings at present occupied are capable of recieving -
And Whereas, It is deemed desirable, by the Board of Managers, that the Counties (other than that of Philadelphia) composing the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, should have extended to them greater facilities for the commitment of Juvenile Delinquents to the Institution, in order that the said counties may participate more fully in its benefits -
And Whereas, the Board of Managers of the said House of Refuge have memorialized the Legislature, praying that the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, payable in four equal annual instalments of Five Thousand Dollars, may be appropriated from the Treasury of the Commonwealth, for the purpose of completing the said buildings -
Therefore,
SECTION FIRST, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that in lieu of the manner prescribed by the fourth section of the Act entitled "An Act to endow the house of Refuge, and or other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 2d day March, 1827, the Managers of "The House of Refuge," shall receive under their care and guardianship, infants under the age of twenty-one years, committed to their custody, by two Judges, the President Judge being one, of the Court of Common Pleas of any County in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (which said District shall embrace all the Counties of the Commonwealth from which infants cannot be sent to the "House of Refuge of Western Pennsylvania") except the County of Philadelphia, in which said infant resides or may be found, on complaint and due proof made to them by the parent, guardian, or next friend of such infant, that such infant is unmanageable and beyond the control of the complainant, and that the future welfare of said infant requires that such infant should be placed under the care and guardianship of said Managers of the House of Refuge; or when said complaint and due proof shall be made by the prosecuting officer of the County, that said infant is unmanageable, or a vagrant, and has no parent or guardian capable and willing to restrain, manage, and take proper care of such infant.
SECT. SECOND. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Judges shall carefully examine the complaint made to them in the presence of the complainant and infant complained of, and for the purpose of bringing the parties and witnesses before them, shall be fully authorized to use such process of the Court as may be necessary; and where the said Judge shall adjudge an infant to be a proper subject for the care and guardianship of said Managers of the House of Refuge, they shall in addition to their adjudication, transmit to the said Managers the testimony take before them, on which their adjudication was founded, and the testimony shall be taken under oath or affirmation of the witnesses, and in the presence of the party complained of.
SEC. THIRD. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the power and authority of the said Managers of the House of Refuge shall be as full and ample in all respects over the infants committed to their care and guardianship, under this Act, as are given and granted to the said Managers over infants committed to their care and guardianship from the County of Philadelphia, by the said Act, entitled "An Act to incorporated the subscribers to the articles of association for the purpose of establishing an Institution for the confinement and reformation of juvenile delinquents, under the title of 'The House of Refuge.' "
SEC. FOURTH. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Fourth Section of the Act entitled "An Act to endow the House of Refuge, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 2d of March, 1827, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. FIFTH. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards the erection and completion of buildings for the accommodation of white juvenile delinquents; which said sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars shall be paid in the following manner, to wit: Five Thousand Dollars thereof on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five; Five Thousand Dollars thereof on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six; Five Thousand Dollars thereof on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven; and the remaining Five Thousand Dollars thereof on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight; and for which said sums the Governor of this Commonwealth shall, as they respectively fall due, draw his order on the State Treasurer in favor of the Treasurer of the House of Refuge.
Sunbury American, Feb 23, 1856
House of Refuge
The House of Refuge for Western Pennsylvania which was opened of the 13th of December, 1854, now contains 135 inmates. The cost of each per day according to the annual report in 23 1/2 cents. Some of the boys are now employed in the workshops, and as they are able to be more extensively and profitably employed the expenses of the institution will be lessened. The directors state that the institution exerts a salutary effect upon the minds and deportment of viciously disposed youths without, as well as upon those within its precincts.
Transactions of the Third National Prison Reform Congress
held at St. Louis, Missouri
May 13-16, 1874
The Third Annual Report of the Nation American Prison Association of the United States.
[page 450]
Pennsylvania Reform School
This is the western house of refuge under a new name, given to it by the legislature a year or two ago. It is soon going to changes its place and character, as well as its title, for it is to be removed from Allegheny City, where it is cooped up within very restricted premises enclosed by massive stone walls, to a large and splendid farm on Chartiers Creek, near Canonsburgh, in Washington county, where its inmates will be broad acres to cultivate; and the plan upon which it is thenceforth to be managed will be that known as the family in contradistinction to the congregate system.
The report of the superintendent, Rev. R. N. Avery, is comprehensive as well as able and interesting. I would like to cite largely from it, but can make room for only two extracts, one relating to discipline, the other to the change of locality. On the first of these topics Mr. A. says:
"In the male department, without degenerating into military rigor, strict discipline is maintained. We demand implicit obedience, and we always obtain it. Corporal punishment, although not entirely abandoned, is seldom inflicted, and only in cases of serious transgression. Seclusion from others, deprivation of play and privilege, and loss of standing in the institution, are the usual penalties. That strict discipline does not interfere with the happiness of the children, is evident from the cheerfulness which characterizes our whole family. We try to impress upon all that order is to be loved for its own sake, rather than be maintained by fear; and the cheerful obedience and gentle tone which everywhere prevail, show that a nobler and more efficient power that that of the uplifted hand and the threatened rod rules the minds and influences the hearts of those under our charge."
On the second he remarks:
"The removal of the institution to the Morganza farm, in Washington county, is looked for with great interest. Without a doubt it will be an auspicious event in the history of the reform school. The change will secure advantages which are sought for in vain in crowded congregate institutions, however well conducted they may be. The further the education of reasonable human beings is removed from the artificial, and the nearer it approached nature, the more it will reach its object and benefit society. Community is an aggregate of families, not of barrack-like establishments; and children trained in such establishments, when returned to society, will always more or less experience the evil effects of having been isolated from the community of which they are members."
A brief visit to this institution last winter confirmed and deepened the impression of its excellence, made by a longer visit several years ago. Mr. Avery was trained to this work under the late Rev. Mr. Wells, the first superintendent of the Boston house of reformation; and, as a disciplinarian, he is a worthy pupil of that excellent and eminent man.
The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy
Pennsylvania Prison Society
January 1888
[page 52]
An interesting trip was made to the Morganza Reform School, which appears to be a model reformatory institution. There is a farm of several hundred acres; the grounds are kept in excellent order. It is conducted on the Family system. The boys and girls are divided into eight families; each family is under the watch and care of a first and second officer and a matron. The female department is entirely separated from the male department, and its inmates never mingle with the males or speak to them; nor do they ever see them, except in the chapel services, or some of the entertainments provided for the benefit of the inmates of the institution. The inmates are brought as nearly into the condition of children in a family as possible. Everything indicative of a prison or prison life is avoided. The inmates are required to attend school six and one-half hours every secular day, except during the hot weeks of summer; on the Sabbath, each division has its Sabbath-school, and at least one preaching service is held in the chapel, at which a minister of some religious denomination officiates.
Some of the boys work in the kitchen, learning to be cooks, while others are in the bakery and on detailed duty, and the work on the farm, in the vegetable garden, and among the small fruits, is done by the boys. The boys also make their own shoes and clothing. In the female department, the girls do the washing for the entire institution, cook for themselves, mend for themselves, make their own clothing, and also shirts for the boys. The Managers say that the Pennsylvania Reform School has no equal in the United States.
After a bountiful repast, prepared by Superintendent Quay, the members of the Association returned to Pittsburgh, gratified with their visit.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, June 24, 1889, page 2
ESCAPED FROM MORGANZA
Seventeen Old and Shrewd Convicts Leave the Playgrounds - Ten of Them Captured - The other Seven at Large.
There was quite a large outing of young convicts from the playgrounds of the State Reform School at Morganza, about 7:10 o'clock Saturday evening. By concerted action, and upon prearranged plans, 17 of the older boys managed to leave the high prison wall first under, then behind them, and got away from the institution. Superintendent Quay and the vigilant officers who assist him were soon so hot upon the train of the larger one of two groups into which the fugitives separated that they captured ten of them early in the evening. The other seven are still at large, and the following is a full description of each and all of them. They are expected, some or all of them, to be caught either in or near Pittsburg; but the search for them will be vigorously pushed in other directions.
Here is the list:
Peter Kiser - Home at Marionville, Forest county. Age 16. Medium size, dark complexion, black eyes, straight nose, dark hair, scar on back of head, thick lips, is of German parentage.
Elvin C. West - Home at Erie, Sixth and Myrtle streets. Age. 19. Medium size, fair complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes. No special marks.
Frank Smith - Home at Erie. Age 17. Medium size, light brown hair, grey eyes, long face, small scar on back of right hand, face covered by fuzz. Irish appearance.
George S. Granger - Home at 32 Forbes street, Pittsburg. Age 17, Medium size, brown hair and eyes, straight nose, freckled face, full under lip, high forehead, small head, bright appearance.
John Raymon - Sent to the institution from Somerset. Has lived at Tyrone. Age 19. Medium size, very dark hair, dark eyes and complexion. Scar from cut on back of left hand; swelling from scrofula on both sides of neck.
John Fowler - Age 18. Home at Fayette City, Fayette county. Medium size, dark hair and eyes, has a dull stupid appearance; has a V shaped scar on back of head.
William H. Brown - Has lived at Derry station, Westmoreland county and at Pittsburg. Parents are now living at New Orleans. Age 18. Medium size, dark brown hair, dark eyes, light complexion, straight nose, large ears, light complexion, straight nose, large ears, slight scar over left eye, round black spots on right cheek.
The boys were all dressed in blue denim jeans shirt and pants. A reward of $10 will be paid for any information leading directly to the arrest of any one of the fugitives, or that amount and all expenses for arrest and return to the institution at Morganza.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch, Nov. 21, 1889, page 2
THE KIDNAPER CAUGHT
Owen Geoghan, Who Stole His Boy from Morganza, In Custody
Owen Geoghan, the man who kidnapped his boy away from Morganza a few days ago, was arrested by Chief Daily, of Petrolia, and Detective Fryer, of Morganza, on an information lodged before Magistrate McKenna, of this city.
The defendant was arrested on his farm near Millerstown, Pa. The boy, however, was not found with him. A telegram to that effect was sent to this city, and last night Detective McTighe succeeded in finding the boy at 43 Federal street, Allegheny, where he had been placed in hiding. The father will be brought here for trial.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, June 17, 1890, page 2
A GAY BOY BURGLAR
Who Rejoices in the Fact That He Is a Criminal of Repute.
A HANDSOME BUT HARDENED LAD.
Candy-Butchering Was Not A Quick Enough Way to a Fortune
GOES TO JAIL LIKE A LITTLE MAN
Sheriff W. B. Clarke, of McKean, brought to this city yesterday a very unique criminal and lodged him in the Central station for the night. The prisoner's name is Samuel Powell, he is 15 years old, and is proud of the fact that he has already committed two burglaries. The boy has black hair, bright black eyes and a dazzling white skin. He is remarkable big for his age, and would easily pass for 18 or 20 years old.
The boy's home is in Bradford. His father is dead, but his mother and sisters are living, and are highly respected and well connected. The boy, however, has been associating with some of Bradford's tough characters, and the Sheriff says they are very tough indeed. The boy obtained employment with the Union News Company about 15 months ago, but the trade of candy butcher did not open up a sufficiently short avenue to fortune to suit young Powell, so he determined to carve a fortune for himself with a burglar's jimmy.
HIS FIRST JOB
"The first crib I cracked," said Powell last night, as he unctuously rolled the thieves' slang under his tongue, "was about a year ago. A pal and I broke into a meat market in Bradford." Powell and his confederate, according to the officers, broke open a chest and stole $125 in money and about $100 worth of valuable articles. Both boys were arrested and convicted, but owing to their good connections and their youth, sentence was suspended upon promise of future good behavior.
Young Powell seemed to take this lesson to heart, and for several months behaved himself in an exemplary manner. Finally his thoughts turned again to the idea of attaining money with ease and rapidity, and he sought for an opening for his peculiar talent of housebreaking. Having been unfortunate with a meat market, he decided to open a shoe store - in the night. Having obtained a confederate, and he had no trouble in doing that, as he is a bright boy with a persuasive tongue, he entered upon his second campaign against the peace of the Commonwealth. Powell and his companion easily effected an entrance into the Rochester shoe store, at Bradford, and carried off $175, which had been deposited in an old fashioned safe. Both boys were arrested and taken to Smethport for trial. They were convicted, but the influence of Powell's friends secured his transportation to Morganza, instead of a penitentiary sentence. The other boy was released on suspended sentence.
MET BY HIS SISTERS.
Powell was taken from the jail at Smethport yesterday for removal to Morganza. The train passed through Bradford and the boy's sisters were there to bid him farewell. They boarded the train and rode several miles with him. The boy then seemed to realize the enormity of his actions, and promised earnestly to reform. His sisters pleaded with him in an affecting manner and shed tears as they kissed him goodbye. The young ladies had scarcely left the train when the boy returned to his usual bright and cheerful manner and again began to glory in the fact that he was a convicted criminal. When he reached the Central station last evening he was a chipper as possible, and was delighted when Inspector McAleese honored him by paying a visit to his cell. Powell will be taken to Morganza this morning.
Sheriff Clarke also brought with him Benjamin Nobles, who is sentenced to the penitentiary for two years for larceny. The Judge had Nobles marked down for two years and ten months, but Nobles made a nice little speech and the Judge threw off the odd months.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Oct. 14, 1890, page 4
MORGANZA DEFENDED - WHAT IS NEEDED
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In Sunday's issue your editorial reference to the McNally case does an unintentional injustice to the Pennsylvania Reform School located at Morganza. That there are some persons so constituted that there is no reformation possible is patent to every intelligent person, and at the late convention of the National Prison Association, held at Cincinnati two weeks ago, some of the best men in charge of prisons, of large experience, who at the same time are devoting their lives to the amelioration of the condition of prisoners and their ultimate reformation, openly expressed the idea that such persons should be imprisoned like confirmed inebriates or insane people - that is, for indeterminate periods. I have not the records of the Morganza institution before me, but from what McNally said I should judge that he was never an inmate of that institution, but of the old House of Reform. The government and methods of the latter were as distinct and separate from that of the present institution as the practice of modern medicine is from that of 50 and more years ago.
The Morganza school system is second to none in this country, and the records show that 92 per cent of the boys turn out to be good and useful men, filling posts of honor as good business men, ministers of the Gospel, mechanics, physicians, artisans, etc. For obvious reasons these are never heard of, but when one of the eight out of the hundred turns out bad the papers are full of his escapades and the public sneeringly says "he is a Morganza graduate." What I have said has reference only to the boys. The record for the girls, I am sorry to say, is bad. The establishment of a separate State institution for them somewhere in the center of this Commonwealth, managed by women entirely, is a necessity, as our President in his reports for the past ten years has so clearly shown to the Legislature.
John N. Neeb, Allegheny, Pa., October 13
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Nov. 10, 1890, page 2
TWO GAY RUNAWAYS
Headed Off by Pittsburg Officers While On Their Way to the Free and Boundless West
TO WIPE OUT THE NOBLE RED MAN.
Chasing Truant Boys Who Have Failed to Learn That There is No Place Like Home.
LITTLE TRAVELERS WITH RECORDS
A Young Girl Who Soon Overcame Her Fear of Imprisonment.
The troubles of the Pittsburg Police Department are not wholly caused by the indiscreet actions of hardened criminals. The rising generation adds its share toward keeping the officers busy.
The geographical position of the Gas City is unique. It lies on the high road from the circumscribed and effete East to the wide and boundless West, where the barbaric red man is rapidly ripening for the small boy harvester with a $2 revolver and a barlow knife:
Young America, after imbibing the principles of freedom from the Fifth Reader in the Third ward school of Hoboken, N.J., refused to allow parental restraint to curb his bold spirits, and determines to add luster to the Stars and Striped by hewing his way to glory. Buccanneering having become unprofitable, owing to the tariff, telegraph and revenue cutters, the aspirant for fame turns his eyes toward the setting sun, and in the reflection of the last rays of that glowing orb as it sinks beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, sees himself mounted on a fiery mustang, chasing buffaloes and Indians, and rescuing enough fair maidens to start a successful seminary.
They Were Tired of Soap
The latest to arrive of these young seekers after fortune and fame, were Howard Woodruff and Isaac Johnston. Detectives Robinson and Fitzgerald ran against them yesterday, and after a brief, but satisfactory, cross-examination, placed them in the Central station. Howard is 14 years old, and is the son of a wealthy soap manufacturer of Trenton, N.J. Isaac is 16 years old, and was employed in driving a wagon for Woodruff.
The boys were well provided for an extended sojourn on the prairies. They possessed an old-fashioned revolver which carried a bullet about the size of a pea, and which would doubtless prove fatal in the hands of an experienced marksman, who was also a first-class anatomist. In addition to this each carried a knife and a box of matches. Simon, as the treasurer, clung to a $1 bill, while Howard assumed the position of sutler, and to prevent any danger of starvation, when buffalo were coy and game generally scarce, carried a $3 lunch ticket on a Pittsburg restaurant. The ticket was not intact, several meals of pie having been punched out of it.
SPOTTED BEAR IS SAFE.
The friends of the boys have been communicated with, and Spotted Bear and his renegade allies will continue to scalp the white dogs without let or hindrance.
Scarcely a day passes that the Pittsburg police are not notified to head off a boy who yearns for life on the plain. Last week one young fellow was pulled out of a sleeping-car at the Union Station. He had unostentatiously borrowed $100 from his father in Jersey City, and was on his way to see the world. He will have to wait awhile before he rivals the Captain Cook act.
Detective Bendel has considerable experience in capturing boys. Most of them are truants from the Morganza Reform School. These boys do not complain of their treatment; in fact, Officer Davy Hanna thinks the runaways are treated better than they care for. They want to go back to their semi-nomad life - selling papers, blacking shoes, pitching pennies, sleeping in dry-goods boxes, and generally enjoying themselves without restraint, in their own peculiar way.
Detective Bendel has had some funny experiences in catching these runaways. The other day he went out to Bloomfield to capture a refugee. The father of the boy had engaged some private detectives to find the boy, and they were at the house deploring their lack or success when Bendel arrived.
TOO SMART FOR HIS FATHER.
The latter walked through the house and into the yard and there found the lad fast asleep in an outhouse. The private detective and the father were crestfallen, especially when the boy confessed that he had been loafing around the premises for two weeks, sleeping in the daytime and doing business with his father's larder at night.
Another boy ran away from Morganza, and climbing into a farmer's wagon, as he thought, unperceived, rode several miles. Finally the farmer met three men, and asked them if they wanted to make $10. This is the regular reward for returning a Morganza refugee. This struck the boy as being ominous, and without waiting to hear the reply, jumped from the wagon and sped like a startled deer across the country. He reached home by avoiding the highways, but was soon returned to the Reform School by Detective Bendel.
Officer Hanna, who has been a member of the force for many years, has had considerable experience with youthful travelers. He was acquainted with one boy who traveled to Boston and back on a nickel and a copy of THE DISPATCH. He could not have heeded the warnings contained in the newspaper, as he afterwards landed in the penitentiary for robbery.
A BOY WITH A RECORD
At one time Hanna took four members of one family back to Morganza, from which they had escaped together. One of these boys, George Glenn, afterward achieved a reputation for himself by terrorizing the hill district of over a year. During that time Hanna gave up a large portion of his time to pursuing him, but Glenn was desperate and fleet of foot and for a long time escaped. He was finally captured and sent to the workhouse for two years.
Glenn got away from that institution, but his freedom was dearly bought. He was run down in Virgin alley by the assistant superintendent of the Workhouse. Glenn refused to yield and was shot in the leg by the official. The limb had to be amputated and Glenn is now in the penitentiary on one leg.
A VERY CHEERFUL GIRL
While girls are generally better behaved than the boys, some of them are very bad, and they soon get over their horror of a cell. Little Annie Dagnall was arrested two weeks ago for robbing a Butler county blacksmith, to whom she sold a bottle of whiskey on Sunday. When she was arrested she wept bitterly and could not find comfort.
Yesterday Annie was arrested again. She met three little girls on Second avenue, and because they would not tell her where they were going, she picked up a cobblestone and cut a frightful gash on the head of one. Annie was promptly arrested and taken to the Central station, but she was not the shrinking Annie of two weeks ago. She bounded blithely up the steps and into the cell room, greeting the Sergeant in charge with a cheerful "Well, here I am again. Ain't you glad to see me?" And Annie is but 14 years old.
The Piitsburg Dispatch, Nov. 15, 1890, Second Part, page 9
THE REFORM SCHOOL
Morganza Directors Will Ask for $135,000 for Bad Boys and Girls
The Pennsylvania Reform School, at Morganza, will ask the Legislature for $135,000 for the two years. This sum embraces $5,000 for the erection of an ice machine; all the money for salaries; and $10,000 for the building of an industrial school for the manual training of the boys. In this school will be taught brickmaking and bricklaying, carpentry, glazing and all other branches of the building trades. The school will be patterned after the great industrial school at Rochester, N.Y., which a committee of the Morganza directors have visited lately. The State appropriation asked for does not include maintenance of inmates as that is charged up to the counties interested.
The appropriation now asked for is in excess of that awarded the school two years ago, for the reason that now there are about 100 more inmates that there were then. In the school now are 515 boys and girls, and the capacity of the building is really only 300. Within the last year an assembly room for the girls has been erected over the brush factory, and a hospital department is now being built.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Feb. 2, 1891, page 4
Harmony of Pittsburg Clergymen.
I wish, though, that the Pittsburg priest and the Pittsburg parson who wrote the book together, and published it the other day, had set their names and their ecclesiastical titles upon the initial page. As it is, the little book appears with no other sponsor than Messrs. Stevenson & Foster, the printers. A Presbyterian minister and a Roman father have written conjointly, a book of theology, a catechism of the Christian religion. Remarkable!
Remarkable from the fact of its curious authorship. Remarkable, in the light of its origin, for what it says, and doesn't say. The little book was written for use at Morganza and was adopted by the board of control of that institution as containing truths to which no Christian could object. It is set forth for possible adoption in "mixed schools." Exactly what that verbal adjective denotes is not clear. What is supposed to be "mixed" in these schools? Probably the religious or theological opinions of the parents of the scholars. Especially should it be suited, one would infer from its authorship, for schools in which the Roman Catholic and Protestants meet together.
I have looked over this little pamphlet with great interest. If this priest and this parson represent any considerable number of their brethren, here is a common meeting place. Here is a significant prophecy of what may be in the future. The chief reason why religion is not taught to the future citizens of this republic is because the Roman Catholics and the Protestants cannot agree. But here they do agree. Here is Christianity without Calvinism and without Romanism. It is true; it is amply; it covers the ground; it is enough.
Why teach this admirable catechism only at Morganza? Why not teach it still more out of Morganza, that there may be fewer in Morganza to need teaching?
The Pittsburg Dispatch, April 16, 1891, page 1
TOO MUCH WHIPPING
And Too Little Substantial Food at the Morganza Reform School
RESULTS OF AN INQUIRY.
The Punishment in Many Cases declared to Have Been Brutal
NEARLY A HUNDRED LASHES GIVEN
A Radical Difference Found Between Theory and Practice.
STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS
Harrisburg, April 15. - The report of Ellwood O. Wagenhurt, an agent detailed by the joint commission to investigate the charities and corrections of the State, to inspect the Morganza, shows a bad condition of affairs in that institution.
Mr. Wagenhurt says that in buildings, equipment and location the Morganza leaves little to be desired. The schoolrooms are as well equipped as the best in the State. The bedrooms are well aired, lighted and heated, but some are excessively crowded. The beds are clean and the clothing changed weekly.
The bathing arrangements are rude and uncomfortable, the 50 or 60 boys in one division bathing in a tank containing about two feet of water, the water being unchanged. The clothing appears sufficient, but the inspector objects to the boys being compelled to work out of doors in summer without shoes. The dining rooms are bare and unattractive.
Objections to the Bill of Fare
The breakfasts and supper consist of tea, bread and molasses, butter being served instead of molasses three times a week. Meat is served at dinner four times a week, soup on the other three. Vegetables from the garden are served in season. Boys complained of the quality of the food and the unclean way in which it is prepared. The Industrial Department is admirable, brushmaking, tailoring and shoemaking being the principal occupations.
The Inspector complains that boys of 10 or 11 years, engaged in brush making, were compelled to finish their tasks with hands and fingers absolutely raw. The work done in the farm gave excellent opportunity to learn every branch of farming.
Mr. Wagenhurt emphatically protests against the extreme disciplinary methods used. Whippings are inflicted which can only be characterized as brutal. The first information was received from convicts in the Western Penitentiary, who had first been at Morganza. Convict Sweeny, No. 8817 had been in Morganza from 1885 to 1887. He asserted that cruel whippings for slight offenses were inflicted with Long Straps Soaked in Oil and supplied with rubber ends. Sweeny said the penitentiary was "heaven compared with Morganza." A female prisoner who had been sent to the penitentiary for attempting to burn Morganza, said she had done it from sheer desperation. She had been badly fed and treated, and would do the same thing over again were she taken back.
Investigation at Morganza bore ample testimony to the cruelty. A frail boy of 10 years showed black and blue welts on his sides and abdomen. In several places the skin had been completely taken off in narrow cuts two inches long, It had been done with a leather strap, the blood following the blows. His offense had been talking in the dormitory. Williams, aged 16, shows great ridges cut on his back and sides, from which blood has been drawn. He had frequently been whipped until he could hardly stand up.
Steele, said to be half silly, had been whipped until the blood came: "all cut to pieces," the boys said, and then sent to his home at Rochester, Beaver county. Samuel C. Beatty, of Fayette county, had been given 85 stripes for noise in the dormitory, the skin being cut through until he bled. The scars remained. He had not been able to work for four weeks. This whipping was inflicted by one Ford.
Nearly a Hundred Strokes Given
Smathers had received 96 strokes, the blood soaking through his shirt. Although several weeks had passed the marks were plainly visible. One boy was found in a cell where he had been placed for running away. He was crying bitterly, and told Superintendent Quay that he was "as weak as a dog." He claimed that he was hungry, having been in the cell from Monday until Wednesday, receiving for food one slice of bread a day. Before being put in the cell he had been whipped, and exhibited the welts on his body. Mr. Quay said that prior to his running away he had been one of the most trusty boys in the school.
Superintendent Quay stated that in case of continued infractions of the rules the boys were locked up several days on bread and water , remaining in the cells night and day. On extreme cases corporal punishment is resorted to, Mr. Quay saying: "When we thrash them, we thrash them so that they won't want another right away."
Theoretically no boy may be whipped without specific orders from the superintendent, but the boys claim that the whipping is done first and the report made out afterward and the action ratified. The lash used is four feet long, an inch wide at the end, winding round the hand and tapering to a point. It is made of raw hide. When boys are let out to persons on parole, while it is provided for that the boy fulfill his part of the obligation, there is no one to see that the employer does his. The objections to the food supplies is based upon long hours of physical and mental labor and an improper amount of nourishing food.
Where Fault is Found
The reports conclude by saying that in equipments and regulations for cultivating industry, facilities for learning, etc., there is little to be desired, but in the fostering and cultivation of those minor elements which go to build up real upright character, the institutions seem to be at fault. Love, kindness, tenderness, are words not in the Morganza vocabulary. All is rigidity and force. The basis of reform is force. It is too much like a cast iron mold, into which every boy is forced and made to fit. Superintendent Quay seems to know little of the boys individuality. All that is left to the subordinate officers, who, in many instances, are not the men one would like to see the head of a family. The only respect the boys have for the officers is inspired by fear, not affection. The institution has all the outward paraphernalia of reform, but in the agent's opinion, not the true spirit.
With regard to the girls' department, the report states that no trades are taught the girls whereby they could earn a living after leaving the institution. Nearly all are put to work in the brushshop. They appear to hate their work, and there was not a straight back among those employed there, all being round shouldered from the work. Two girls, Naomi Chappelle and Cora Geiger, showed the inspector black and blue stripes from have been beaten with a rattan. The dinner, on the day of the visit, consisted of watery soup, boiled potatoes, raw leeks, bread and butter. The inspector does not regard the food as at all sufficient for growing girls who have to work as do those detained at Morganza.
The girls' department is in poor condition, and the laundry, in which 27 girls work, is pronounced unsafe. The matron and superintendent of the laundry are gentle and kind; the girls are genuinely attached to them. The matron receives $52 per month and the superintendent only $20. Henry Hall.
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DENIED THE CHARGE OF CRUELTY.
Joseph Albree, a Member of the Board, Says Morganza is Well Managed.
Mr. Joseph Albree, a member of the Board of Management, was seen at his residence at a late hour last night, and informed of the tenor of the report. He said he knew nothing of the matters mentioned excepting what he saw in the newspapers. He said he had been unwell for some time and had not been able to pay much attentions to the business of the institution; he had [unreadable] for several weeks.
"They [unreadable]," Mr. Albree returned. "As far as I know the institution has been properly managed. I don't believe there has been an maltreatment of the inmates as you say is charged in the special agent's report." Mr. Albree begged to be excused from any further conversation, as he had retired and did not feel well enough to take any risks by remaining in the hall.
An attempt to talk with Mr. Wilson McCandless, another of the board, proved abortive. The household had retired, and a prolonged jerking of the tintinnabulatory apparatus in the wall was unsuccessful in arousing any of the inmates.
The residence of Thomas Wightman, another member of the board, was visited with the same result.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, April 17, 1891, page 2
FOR THE MORGANZA
Superintendent Quay Denies That Inmates are Badly Treated
MANAGERS ALL AGREE WITH HIM.
They Unite in Saying There is a Happy Family at the School.
HOW AND WHY PUNISHMENTS ARE MADE
"I think that a spanking, with the paddle such as is used here, would be the proper thing to be administered to Mr. Wagenhurt, the agent of the State Commission who visited this place and made such a lurid report to the Commission as to the bad things done here."
So said J. A. Quay, the Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza, yesterday. Mr. Quay was not disposed to talk. He considered that the members of the Board of Managers were the proper persons to tell about the workings of the school. So far as he himself was concerned, he did not think it proper to give out information that was equally as well known to the superior officers. Mr. Quay, after a little persuasion, consented to tell about Mr. Wagenhurt's visit to the institution, and finally about the charges that had been made.
"Mr. Wagenhurt came here," said Mr. Quay, "and spent nearly a day. He was given every opportunity to see, and to learn. There was no difficulty thrown in his way. He had the run of all the buildings. Later on, quite a time after the Commission had begun its work, Messrs. Dearden and Walk, members of the Commission, came her and had a look through the place. Then the next visit that we got was from Messrs. Lemon, Lyttle and Lisch, members of the Appropriations Committee. That has been the extent of our official visitors, with the exception of members of the Board of Managers.
Thorough Investigation Courted
"I would like to state her that just so soon as I heard that these charges would be preferred against the Reform School, I notified Messrs. Charles W. Houston, ex-Sheriff Gray and W. B. Lupton, who were on the visiting Committee. They came down here and made a thorough examination of the inmates. They know how many of them have marks upon their persons, even to the vaccination marks. In each case they were given my certificate as to the condition of the inmate and as to why he was whipped.
"Do we whip the boys? Of course we do. There would be no discipline here did we not have corporal punishment. Sometimes they have to be whipped hard. We don't whip them now with a strap, but with a paddle, the reason of the change being that a boy might throw up his arm and get a blow that would hurt him more than the one intended for his back. The rules of the school provide that every inmate who willfully violates a known rule shall be punished, either by the officer in charge when the offense is committed, or by the Superintendent or under his direction.
"Here comes the point, " said Superintendent Quay, "where Mr. Wagenhurt makes his claim that boys have been cruelly whipped. He says the punishment has first been inflicted and then a report made to the Superintendent. That is wholly untrue except in some instances which are provided for in this rule: 'Corporal punishment shall not be inflicted by any officer without first consulting the Superintendent and obtaining his permission, unless in cases where delay might be dangerous to the person or completely subversive of discipline.'
Discipline Must Be Maintained
"Again, what sort of a corrective institution would this be where the officer in charge, after the ordinary reproof in cases of marked insubordination had been administered, if an attempt was not made to maintain discipline at all hazards? In such cases punishment must be prompt and of such a character as to convince the offenders beyond a doubt that they must obey the rules of the school. We have not the element here of which angels are made. When the first offense is committed, if not aggravated, we ask a personal pledge; in the second case we put so many demerits to the inmate's credit. Then, if he persists in his conduct, we put him in the cellar on bread and water. The fourth and last punishment is that know as 'strapping' but really 'paddling.' A boy is only whipped when it is found that no other punishment will do him any good.
"Punishment," exclaimed Mr. Quay, "why, there have been only three boys whipped since the first of the present year. They sadly needed it. This talk about the boys being half starved! How absurd that is!" Then Mr. Quay called a handsome little fellow, the office messenger and asked whether he got enough to eat. The dimples in his chubby cheeks answered before the boy could form the reply. The Superintendent then went over the bill of fare for the benefit of the reporter, the season of the year making the difference in the quantity of vegetables served.
A Week's Bill of Fare
Sundays the bill of fare ordinarily is for breakfast, bread, molasses and coffee; dinner, soup. [Here the Superintendent stopped and give the composition of the soup. In the Sunday soup there were 125 pounds of fresh meat, five bushels of potatoes, one bushel of onions, five gallons of tomatoes and 24 pounds of macaroni. This Mr. Quay thought was good soup.] Then of course there were soup, meat and bread. For supper on Sunday there were bread and tea, ginger bread and cinnamon cake.
Monday - Breakfast: Bread and Butter, coffee and molasses. Dinner: Bean soup, breakfast bacon and bread. Supper: Bread, tea molasses and oat meal.
Tuesday - Breakfast: Potato stew, bread, molasses and coffee. Dinner: Vegetable soup, bread and meat. Supper: Bread, tea, molasses and stewed prunes.
Wednesday - Breakfast: Bread, coffee, molasses and sausage. Dinner: Corned beef and corned beef soup. Supper: Bread, tea and molasses.
Thursday - Breakfast: Bread, butter, molasses and coffee. Dinner: Bean soup, beef and bread. Supper: Bread, molasses, tea or milk.
Friday - Breakfast: Bread, molasses, cheese and coffee. Dinner: Pork, cabbage and bread. Supper: Bread, molasses, prunes, and tea or milk.
Saturday - Breakfast: Oat meal, bread, molasses, milk or coffee. Dinner: beef soup, bread and meat. Supper: Bread, molasses, milk or coffee.
All Are A Happy Family
"In the last two years," said Mr. Quay. "I have never had a complaint about the food served here. If it is bad the inmates should show it." Mr. Quay pointed to a dozen or so boys working in the vegetable garden, and asked if they looked as though they had been underfed. "Look at them closely," said he, "and you will find that they are stout, well built boys. They are not stooped-shouldered, nor are the girls in the brush factory. Always remember that the most tender point, the point upon which people committed to institutions of this character first object, is that of food.
The second is that of treatment
"You may send a person to a school of this kind, and if he be so disposed he may see many things that would not appear right to him. It requires men of judgment and discrimination, and while I have nothing against the Reyburn Commission, for all their work was a most important one, still I don't think that the agent they send here is a man in whom you could place implicit confidence. There are people for whom we form likes and dislikes upon first sight. His stories are not borne out by the facts, and my hope is that the Legislature will appoint a committee to come here and investigate the school."
Speaking of the parole system, Mr. Quay said that is was the desire of the managers to send the younger inmates of the school back to their homes. When this cannot be done, then they are sent to people who will take them upon the promise of doing the best they can for them and reporting the conduct of the paroled person to the Superintendent. "Unfortunately," said Mr. Quay, "we are compelled to send most of the children who have been here back to their homes, where they meet the same baleful influences from which they were supposed to have been taken." His preference was for outside homes, and a man who could give all his time to looking after them. But he thought a man who could fill that bill worth more money than could be paid by the State.
Mr. Quay took up the report from the female department, which was handed to him yesterday morning, when the question was asked about the girls not being taught useful trades. "Look at this," said he, "and tell me whether they are not doing useful work; helping the housekeeper, 7; cooking, 9; laundry, 48; brush works, 40; sewing, 21. It is nonsense about the girls in any department being overworked."
What the Managers Say
The Board of Managers of the Morganza Reform School are of the opinion that Inspector Wagenhurt is a lineal descendant of some of the biblical characters whose names appear in the same category with that public spirited citizen Ananias. They simply laugh at the report as ridiculous, and court an open investigation of the Morganza Reform School. The directors had known such a report was to be made, and on Monday night made an examination of the inmates alleged to have been brutally treated, as well as about 40 others. No marks of recent brutality could be found, although some were scarred by blows inflicted long before they entered the institution. The board has thorough confidence in Superintendent Quay, and say they do not promise to take any notice of the matter, but are willing to have a legislative investigation. They cannot understand why Mr. Reyburn and his colleagues did not make a person investigation instead of sending Wagenhurt. When Thomas Wightman was seen yesterday at his office, he said:
"If there is any cruelty practiced at Morganza I do not know of it, and I think I would know it if there was. Of course, the treatment of some of the guards may be rough at times, but that cannot be avoided. We try to get the best men we can for the money the State allows us. A good guard is soon found out, and he is wanted in other places. If he is offered more money than we can afford to pay, we have to let him go.
Takes Some Time to Find Out.
"Whenever a man is put in, the boys try to down him, and, or course it takes us some time to find out a man. Last winter we discharged one of our oldest teachers because he was in the habit of whipping the boys unnecessarily. There has been no abuse. We heard this was coming, and on Monday we examined the boys and found them all right, although there were scars on them, but they were not caused by wounds received at the institution. As for the food, they are well fed. The man said they got tea in the morning. That is not so. We always serve coffee in the morning. The boys are better fed than they ever were before. As for whipping without a permit, it has to be done sometimes. Last year several of the boys attacked a guard with a pick and would have killed him if he had not protected himself. Do you think there was any time then to go for a permit? The boys are all right and you cannot find a healthier lot of people in the whole country."
Children Well Cared For.
Dr. Allison made practically the same statement. He said the children were well cared for; that their perfect health was the best commentary on the good treatment they received. Said he, "We have a good set of keepers. Of course we cannot have a set of rules for each particular inmate. The boys who go to such an institution have to be whipped, but those whippings are not frequent. A broad paddle made of leather is used and not a strap. I would just as soon eat with the boys as with the superintendent. The food is of the very best.
"Speaking of Mr. Quay talking in monosyllables, he is not a talkative man. He is very lenient, he never threatens the boys and he never forgets that he was once a boy himself. It is also said the boys go without shoes during the summer. Why, I can remember when I fought because I had to wear mine. As for the girl who told a story of cruelty she is the one who set fire to the building and was sent to the penitentiary for her offense."
Charles Houston, who is also a member of the board, said he was present at the examination Monday night and found everything was in good shape. There were no marks of violence on the boys.
W. B. Lupton, another member of the board, does not believe there is any foundation for the report, but think the boys have been telling Wagenhurt stories for the funn of stuffing him. He said they had a room where they confined the boys when they become unmanageable, but they are released as soon as they promise to obey the rules.
The Charges Were Forestalled.
THE DISPATCH correspondent at Harrisburg saw a number of Allegheny county Representatives at Harrisburg yesterday in regard to the charges made by Agent Wagenhurt. Senator Neeb, among others, said that the charges were so evidently overdrawn that he could not think anyone could seriously regard them. In refutation of the charges, Isador Coblenz, Secretary of the Board of Managers, has made public a report of the Superintendent to the Instructive and Discipline Committee of the Board of Managers, filed April 13, accompanied by a report made by that committee to the full board, signed by Charles W. Houston, J.H. Gray, W. B. Lupton and Charles McKennan.
This report states that Superintendent Quay stripped all the boys in school, and found 42 marks of punishment. The committee found at least three-fourths of the cases were so slightly marked that under ordinary circumstances they would not be noticed. Of the 42 before the committee, 26 were marked on the arms, 6 on the body and 7 on the legs. Ten boys said they had received their marks within six months, and the balance had been punished previous to that time, some as far back as five years. "Your committee are of the opinion that there has been no cruelty in the punishment inflicted upon the boys."
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Apr. 18, 1891, page 2
BLAMES THE OFFICERS
A Young Man with A Morganza Experience Says Superintendent Quay is All Right
Harry Collins, a young man who some time ago passed a season at Morganza called at THE DISPATCH office yesterday and desired to express his opinion of the reformatory school and the people in charge of it. He was impelled to do this, he said, by what he saw printed regarding Superintendent Quay. "The fact is," he said, "that Mr. Quay is not aware of what goes on in the school. It is the officers who treat the boys cruelly, and I know that if Mr. Quay knew of it he would stop it. To give you an instance, a number of us were kept without shoes or socks when there was snow on the ground, and, watching our opportunity, two of us ran up to Mr. Quay and told him how it was. He immediately ordered every boy who wanted them to be given shoes.
"Mr. Quay was always kind to the boys and used to keep an eye on them after they left and help get them work; I know he got me my job. The officers are responsible for the bad treatment of the boys. I remember an officer hitting a boy so hard that his leg had afterward to be amputated. But there is no double the grub is bad; not fit for a dog to eat."
The Pittsburg Dispatch, April 25, 1891, page 2
TAKEN BY SURPRISE
A Senatorial Committee Investigates Morganza's Finances & Sanitary Condition
THE CRUELTY CHARGES IGNORED
Boys Found to be Healthy, & Tell the Senators They are Satisfied With the Treatment
THE FARM NOT A PAYING INVESTMENT
A Heavy Debt Weighing Down the West Penn Hospital Which May Be Wiped Out
The financial and sanitary condition of Morganza was investigated yesterday by a Senatorial committee that is making a tour of the State in a Pullman car. The finances of the institution are not quite satisfactory, but for the management all the members of committee, both Democrats and Republicans, had nothing but kind words to say last evening. The recent charges of cruelty were not aired, as the committee had no authority to probe the subject.
In the party were Senators Mylin, Chairman; Mehard, Showalter, Williamson, Flinn, Neeb, Green, Meek, Hall, McDonald, Monahan, Smith, of Lancaster and Upperman.
A Division of Labor.
Senator Mylin flattered himself that Superintendent Quay didn't know they were coming, but when they arrived in Pittsburg, for fear the Superintendent would not be at the institution to receive them, he sent the manager a telegram. When they got there two committees were appointed, one to investigate the finances, the other to look into the sanitary conditions. Senator Mylin said: "This committee has no authority to investigate charges against the management. I suppose a special committee will be appointed for that purpose. I have been on several such committees in my time, and we never discovered anything."
"Generally whitewashed the institutions," suggested a bystander.
"No, that is unjust," replied the Senator. "In such cases you must take into consideration the character of the witnesses, and as a rule you can't depend on the testimony of prisoners. People sometimes lie so long that they come to believe their own untruths."
Found the Books Looking Right.
Senator Williamson, who was on the committee to look over the books, said: "The bookkeeping was all right, as far as we could discover in an examination for two hours, which is not long enough. Morganza wants $110,000 of this sum, $30,000 is for an addition which the House Committee has ignored. The farm is behind about $3,000. They accounted for it by stating crops have failed for two years. I understand potatoes were short last season, but my recollection is that strawberries were plentiful. The trouble is that there are too many salaried men in State institutions, and it wouldn't surprise me if all State farms failed to pay for themselves. At Morganza they pay the boys from 7 to 10 years old 10 cents per day, or a cent an hour, and the 16-year-olds are paid 4 cents. Of course little could be expected from this class of labor."
Senators Showalter and Mehard are physicians, and they were appointed to examine the sanitary system, and to inquire into the health of the inmates.
The Health of the Boys Good.
Dr. Showalter said the sewerage is perfect, and the health of the boys is good. He only found one sick, and he had sore eyes from an hereditary disease. He remarked that some of the kids were tough specimens of humanity, but they were looking well, and their appearance showed they receive plenty to eat. They are very fond of bean soup. He said he couldn't see that any of them had been abused or ill-treated, and he didn't believe the cruelty charges were true. The boys are taught to work, and he was much please with the place, as it was his first visit here. In conversation away from the keepers the boys told him they were satisfied with their treatment, and no complaints to make.
"Ah, pshaw," said Senator Flinn, "I didn't go out to Morganza to-day, but I don't believe a word of the charges. The names of the men on the board are a sufficient guarantee to me that the institution is conducted properly. They would not tolerate cruelty for a minute. Some of those boys need to be spanked occasionally to keep them in line."
"Yes," remarked Senator Morrison, "a little shoe leather is a good thing for boys when fairly administered. They are well fed, even if they don't get champagne and other delicacies at every meal."
The Pittsburg Dispatch, May 6, 1891, page 2
SENT TO MORGANZA
Kate Steplein and Annie McGuire, the Two Girl Pickpockets, Must Serve Their Time
A MOTHER THREATENS SUICIDE
How the Girls Managed to Get Away with The Large Sums of Money They Have Secured.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE CASE RECORDED
Two Youthful Students Get Into A Quarrel and One Stabs the Other.
Kate Steplein and Annie McGuire, two of the little girl pickpockets arrested Monday evening, were sent to the Reform School at Morganza yesterday afternoon. Rosa Solm will be sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd, at Columbus, O., while Mary Shott has her liberty. Further investigation of the case developed the fact that the last two were not accomplices in the scheme to relieve ladies of the pocketbooks, although their intimacy with the others caused suspicion to full upon them at first. The story of the way the girls did their work was the general subject of comment in police circles yesterday. The case is one of the most remarkable on record. That a pair of girls 13 and 14 years of age should have successfully carried on systematic stealing for two years and eluded the watchful guardians of the law is considered something entirely beyond precedent.
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Kate Steplein
A Scene at Central Station
There was a scene in Central station yesterday morning when the parents of the girls appeared to see what was to be done with them. Mrs. Steplein was the only one who objected strongly to the police dealing harshly with the young marauders. On learning that her daughter must go to Morganza she exclaimed, frantically:
"I'll throw myself into the Monongahela river if you send her there."
"The water is wet this time of years, so you had better not," remarked Detective Bendel. Mrs. Steplein did not repeat her threat, but appeared very disconsolate over the affair. The parents of Annie McGuire made no objections to her being sent to Morganza after learning that she was really guilty.
The two girls made no effort to deny their guilt. In fact they seem to enjoy talking about their adventures. In reply to question as to why they did not wear better clothes, the McGuire girl replied:
"Oh, we were too smart to spend any of our money on dresses. The folks at home would want to know where we got the money to buy them."
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Annie McGuire
Not At All Fancy Dressers.
Both girls were dressed rather shabbily, probably for the reason given by Annie McGuire. They were sharp enough to see that any unusual display would cause suspicion. So instead of spending money for clothes they had a grand time of it, buying enough candy and ice cream to satisfy a score of little maidens. They went to all the plays and museums, took the best seats and were lavish in their expenditures. Such a time two little girls never had, with all the good things youthful hearts could desire and an easy method of securing a continuance of the supply.
They were frequently out at night until 11 and 12 o'clock and apparently enjoyed unlimited liberty. The on epoint on which both girls are silent is who taught them the tricks of their trade.
Detective Bendel is confident such little tots could not have learned these things without a tutor. The teacher may be found. The presence of a modern Fagin, however, is doubted, as the girls seem to have utilized all the money they got in satisfying their own desires.
"It is certainly the most remarkable cas of its kind we ever had in Pittsburg, " said Inspector McAleese yesterday. "I could scarcely believe that little girls like those could be so skilful in carrying on a pickpocketing trade, but there is no question about their guilt. They went about their work with all the shrewdness of old criminals."
Mary Shott, the only one of the four girls who comes out safe, has regular employment as a glass packer in a Southside establishment. She did not assist in the thefts, though she associated with the other girls to some extent. She is out on her good behavior. Rosa Solm's parents concluded the best thing to do with their daughter would be to send her to the Home of the Good Shepherd at Columbus, where she will be sent at once. On this consideration the police released the girl.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, June 13, 1891, page 2
Can't Keep Out of Morganza
Thomas McGaugh, aged 13, was committed to jail yesterday by Alderman Caldwell, on a charge of malicious mischief preferred by his guardian. Thomas has but recently been released from Morganza, and the chances are that he will be returned to that institution.
CAUGHT IN A BOATHOUSE
A Supposed Runaway From Morganza Captured on the Southside.
Lieutenant Johnston, of the Southside police, while searching last evening for a boy who had escaped from Morganza, found a 14-year-old boy in Palmer's boathouse at the foot of South Eighth street who said his name was Thomas G. McInally, the son of an East End policeman. He said he had been at Morganza, but has been discharged, and was wandering around the streets and had gone to the boat to sleep.
While he did not answer the description of the boy who had escaped the Lieutenant sent him to the Twenty-eighth ward station, where he will be held until his case can be investigated.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, July 13, 1891, page 2
OBJECTS TO BEING BOSSED
A Young Girl Asks to Be Sent Back to Morganza
Susie Edwards, aged 16 years, came to Central station, at 11 o'clock last night, and asked to be kept over night and sent to Morganza. She said she had been sent to Morganza a year and eight months ago at her mother's request, but was let off about a month ago for good conduct. When she got back to her home on McDonald street , Allegheny, she says her father had left home and his place in the family was being filled by a man named Christy, who endeavored to command the daughter. She resented this.
"He ain't my father, " said she, "and he can't boss me around. I won't take no bossin' from nobody. I'd rather live at Morganza than any place I know of."
The girl was put to bed and the mother will be investigated by the police.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Sept. 20, 1891, page 1
PATTISON IN PITTSBURG
He Makes an Inspection of the Morganza Reform School
The Governor is Dined at the Duquesne Club and Meets Local Democratic Leaders - Spirited Out of Town Before His Presence Became Known.
Governor Pattison drifted into Pittsburg and floated out again yesterday in a manner almost as mysterious as the movements of Fitzsimmons. He was accompanied by Colonel Bradley, of Philadelphia. As soon as he arrived in the city he left for Morganza and inspected the Reform school. When this was finished he returned to the city. At the Union station he was met by Inspector General McKibben and before the public had a chance to get a look at His Excellency he was placed in a carriage and driven to the Duquesne Club. There he was entertained by Mr. McKibben. At the dinner the other guests were Colonel Bradley, Adjutant General McClelland, James B. Scott, J. Pressley Fleming, ex-Postmaster Larkin, West Guffy, J.M. Guffy and A. F. Keating.
It was a quiet Democratic rally of the leaders in Allegheny county, and from behind clouds of high-tariff cigar smoke they discussed plans for the present campaign and made Presidential guesses.
After the dinner Adjutant General McClelland accompanied the Governor to the 4:30 train for the East. The Governor was interviewed and said he was merely out to inspect the reform school. He was much pleased with the condition of the house and the inmates. He also stated that he expected to return in about six weeks and inspect the Western Penitentiary and the West Penn Hospital. Regarding Pennsylvania politics he did not care to say anything, but said he did not believe that Campbell would have much trouble about being re-elected in Ohio.
His visit was entirely unexpected, and a number of the directors of the Morganza Reform School did not even last night know that the Governor had been in the city.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Sept. 26, 1891, page 2
ANNIE FISH IS OUT
The Girl Who so Frequently Puzzled the Police Escapes from the Reform School a Second Time - Has a Record in Pittsburg.
Annie Fish is out again. The girl who for weeks baffled the efforts of the police to unravel the mystery surrounding her actions, escaped from the Morganza Reform School late Thursday night. Her record in Pittsburg was a notable one. She first made her appearance about 18 months ago, riding on a freight train from Franklin and attired in boy's clothing. Several nights she slept in Lawrenceville stables and was finally picked up, half starved, by a woman and given proper attire. Alderman McNierney's wife secured her a position with a Butler street family. The girl told a story of brutal treatment and was believed. A few days later she feigned a trance, was removed to the West Penn Hospital, where physicians worked two day to bring her about. She told half a dozen different stories, all equally plausible.
Then she disappeared, but turned up later in Sharpsburg and Agent Dean, of the Anti-Cruelty Society, had her sent to Morganza. She escaped, leaving no trace of her whereabouts. On January 12 last, the officers about Central police station were surprised to see her enter the office. Another pitiful story was produced. This time it was that she had married a young Southsider, who cruelly beat her and then disappeared, leaving her without a cent. But her reputation was too well known for any credence to be placed in her story. She was held overnight and the next day was sent back to Morganza, where she has been up to her last escape.
The appearance of Annie Fish has always produced plenty of sympathy for her. She is 18 years of age, slight of figure and graceful, with dark brown hair and beautiful blue eyes. Her home is supposed to be at Oil City, though it has never been definitely determined. The police say she is slightly demented, but there is no evidence of mental derangement in her talk, look or actions.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Oct. 15, 1891, page 5
A VISIT TO MORGANZA
Paid by the Members of the National Prison Association
At 2 o'clock about 150 members of the congress left on a special train from the Union station over the Panhandle for the State Reform School at Morganza. The party was in charge of George A. Kelly, Chairman of the Entertainment committee, who acted as pilot at both ends of the line.
Superintendent J. A. Quay met the special at the depot at Morganza with ample carriage accommodations for the entire party. Neatly printed programmes were distributed among the visitors, bearing the date at the Superintendent's office, as follows:
This institution welcomes the National Prison Association, and invites inspection of its main building, family buildings, girls department, barns, park, workshops, greenhouses, hospitals, etc., in the order named. Lunch will be served at 4:30 p.m., in the main building. Train leaves at 5:30 p.m. for Pittsburg.
This programme was carried out in the main, though interrupted for a short time on account of a shower which prevented outdoor travel.
PLEASED BY EVERYTHING
Much interest was taken by the members of the association in the perfect sanitary arrangements of the institution, the dormitories, natatorium, bakery, kitchen and dining room arrangements, heating and lighting fixtures, etc. The absolute cleanliness of every spot about the institution, outside and in, including the bright faces and clothing of the children, was especially referred to by the visitors. The splendid conservatories were the center of attraction for the ladies, nearly all of whom carried away souvenirs of the visit in the form of roses and carnations. The men found much to interest them in the stable arrangements, and President Hayes was an especial admirer of the exhibit of fancy poultry belonging to the farm.
An elaborate luncheon was served in the dining rooms of the main building after the reception. During the visit at the school music was discoursed by a cornet band composed of boys of the institution. The return train was a little late in leaving Morganza, and didn't arrive in the city untili 7 p.m. The members of the congress were universal in their praise of the institution, all agreeing that it is one of the finest and best managed reformatories for boys and girls in the world, and Superintendent and Mrs. Quay were the subjects of many choice compliments.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Nov. 19, 1891, page 12
Secretary Biddle Thinks the Rod is an Excellent Thing.
Cadwallader Biddle, Secretary of the State Board of Charities, has been in the city for several days inspecting local institutions. Yesterday he visited the West Penn Hospital and the Home for Incurables. On Tuesday he went through Morganza. Mr. Biddle said he was on his three-month tour of the State. He expressed himself as well pleased with the places he visited here. Mr. Biddle is a believer in corporal punishment, and he thinks a judicious use of the rod would help the young offenders in Morganza.
Solitary confinement, he says, make the boys sulky. In England, he added, young thieves are flogged for their first offense, and if they persist in stealing they are then sent to the reformatories. He didn't wish to be ungallant, but he though a whipping would improve the moral condition of the girls also.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, April 2, 1892, page 2
MADE A PRETTY MAN
Jennie Scott Doffs Her Dress and Dons Masculine Attire, But is
BETRAYED BY HER WALK.
The Girl Was on Her Way to Visit Old Playmates in Jersey.
WANTED TO SEE HER LOVER AGAIN>
Ran Against an Old Acquaintance in Jail, Warden McAleese.
A MASQUERADER MAY GO TO MORGANZA
Jennie Scott, a pretty little blonde of 18, is in the county jail for wearing men's clothes several times too large for her, and the good people of the West End are all worked up over the finding of a bundle of women's clothing near the mouth of Fox's coal pit, a short distance from the end of the city line. The connection between the two circumstances will be readily understood when it is stated that the female attire had been worn by Miss Scott, as she called herself, until she dropped it to don the masculine trimmings. As far as can be learned, the girl's object was to join her lover in New Jersey, from where she originally came.
Constable Arthur Fee, of the West End, observed what appeared to be a boy skulking along in the shadows on West Carson street on Saturday midnight. The figure was clothed in a new pair of blue overalls and a jumper jacket of the same material. The evident effort of the figure to keep in the shadows on the dark, unused side of the street convinced the officer that an investigation would be proper. He followed and hailed the mysterious figure, but receiving no reply stepped up and laid a hand on its shoulder.
She Made a Boyish Rebuff
His repeated demands for information was answered by a badly simulated masculine voice requesting him to attend to his own business, but the voice was to palpably feminine that the officer decided he had caught a masquerader. He led the figure to the nearest street light and a scrutiny of the features corroborated his first impression. The clothing was masculine, but the face was a young woman's beyond a doubt and a pretty, saucy one at that. The blue jacket which the young lade wore was so much too large for her that it revealed a plump, white neck that was itself enough to reveal her sex, while the crown of a little soft hat she wore was bulged out with a wealth of blonde hair coiled tightly on top of her head, that gave her a ludicrous appearance.
The girl refused to talk and Constable Fee walked her up to Alderman Madden's house for further investigation. Alderman Madden talked to the girl in a kindly way and she seemed to be affected by it, for she told him a story that would interest any man.
Wanted to See Her Lover Again
She said her name was Jennie Scott; that her home was at Abscon, Doaty's Mills Postoffice, N.J., near Atlantic Cit, and that she had come to Pittsburg from that place two months ago. Since coming here she had been employed as a domestic at the house of John Caldwell, on Bates street, but had grown homesick to get back to her relatives and her lover, and, having no money, decided to don male attire, and endeavor to beat her way back on freight trains. In explaining how she had got out she told an ingenious story of how she had waited until the Caldwell family left for the theater, when she followed, came down town, bought her blue suit of overalls for a dollar, and 50-cent hat at a Market street store, then returned to Oakland, burned her own clothing in the kitchen stove and donned her adopted costume.
"I took a Duquesne car for the city and noticed the men looking at me and smiling, but thought it was because I looked so much like a farmer's boy and felt safe. I walked down to the Point bridge and was just going along the street when this man stopped me," she concluded breaking into tears, "and I thing it's real mean you won't let me alone."
Became a Guest of Warden McAleese
Alderman Madden was deeply interested in the story, but felt the necessity for further investigation and, though he disliked to do it, decided to send the young girl to jail until he could make some inquiries. Constable Fee procured a buggy and conveyed her to jail, where she was placed in one of Warden McAleese's most substantial apartments.
Early yesterday morning the Warden in passing through the jail noticed his new guest and her strange attire. Her face struck him familiarly. Calling her out into the corridor in the light he looked at her closely for a moment and then gave her a start by pleasantly inquiring: "How are you this morning, Roses?"
The girl colored, but otherwise retained her composure and in the most innocent way imaginable answered the question by asking what the Warden meant by calling her Rose. Her coolness rather deceived him but he thought he could not be mistaken and said: "Why, you are Rose Peterson, are you not? Surely you're the girl I sent to the Reform School three years ago?"
At first she denied but finally admitted the Warden was right, and then she began to tell a long story about how she happened to be in her present plight. The Warden's memory proved to be the best, however, and before long he stopped her and told her some facts he had learned about her when she had previously been thrown into his company.
Deserted by Her Stepfather
The substance of it all was that the only truthful points in the girl's story were those relating to her home and her lover. Although she claims to be 21, the girl is only 18. Her parents are dead, her father having been a hotel keeper at Salem, Ohio, 13 years ago and died there. Her mother returned to New Jersey, was married again to a man named Adams and seven years subsequently died in a New York hospital. Adams deserted Rose and her only sister, a few years her senior, in New York. Her sister was taken by a New York family and Rose was taken by her grandmother, Mrs. Annie Kreitzman, who was tolerably well-to-do living at Abscon, N.J.
Her grandmother took an interest in the little girl and sent her to Ocean City to a private school, but six months there sufficed and the girl ran away, coming to this city about four years ago. Having no other accomplishment the girl was forced to become a domestic. She first worked at Abel's restaurant on Union street, then with Mrs. Ryan at 208 Penn avenue, and later with Henry Smith, a farmer back of Coraopolis. The girl got in with bad companions after coming here, and one night about three years ago was arrested by Detective Fitzgerald on Market street in company with Annie Connelly, who was wanted by the police on several charges of larceny. The Connelly woman was sent to the workhouse.
Gave the Girl Another Chance
Inspector McAleese felt that the girl was not bad, but in order to break her way from her newly formed evil associations sent her to Morganza. She escaped from that institution soon after, but was recaptured and returned.
From her own story she was only released two months ago. She insisted that she has been living in Oakland ever since, but the finding of her clothing yesterday morning on the Washington pike indicates that she must have been living out in that direction. Henry Vierheller found the clothes on his way home early yesterday morning. He reported the matter to the police and a sensation ensued, the police knowing nothing of the arrest of the girl, and it was supposed there had been foul play. The girl insists that she burned her clothes, but the price tag she removed from her overall suit were found in the pocket of the dress she had discarded, settling that point conclusively. It appears that a form Abscon playmate of the girl's named Webster met her in this city before she went to Morganza, and her desire to return to him is the only reason that can be fund for her strange masquerade. Alderman Madden is looking up the case preparatory to a hearing to-morrow morning, and unless friends come to the front in the meantime she will probably go back to Morganza.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, April 4, 1892, page 2
WOULD-BE GLOBE TROTTERS
A Pair of Cleveland Lads Whose Ambitions Were Crushed.
Warden McAleese has under his care two boys from Newburg, Cleveland, whose parents are no doubt distracted over their disappearance. The boys were picked up in this city several days ago while wandering aimlessly about, and Magistrate Gripp sent them to jail for ten days as vagrants on the representation that they were orphans from Chicago and had no money, home or friends.
When they were taken to jail they continued telling this story, but when they realized that they might be sent to Morganza under the circumstances they made a clean breast of their identity. Their proper names are James McAllister, aged 15 years, and Thomas Richards, age 13. The latter's parents have a hotel at 96 Stafford street. McAllister's people live on Osage street. He stole $21 from his mother a week ago, and taking the younger boy along started out to see the world, stopping at several small towns en route to this city. They were each bedecked in gaudy neckties and scarf pins, which had used up considerable of their cash and seemed rather out of place with the balance of their attire. Their living expenses had reduced the balance so that they had but 16 cents between them when arrested. Both the lads are now heartily homesick, and promise never to run away again if they can get back to Cleveland.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, May 6, 1892, page 2
LIVELY CHASE FOR A THIEF
James Camp, a Graduate of Morganza, Arrested for Picking Pockets
Detective Fitzgerald had one of the liveliest foot races last night that he has had in years. The front office force has for some days been looking for James, alias "Reddy," Camp, who is a Morganza graduate out on parole and who was wanted for pocket picking. Shortly before 7 o'clock last evening Detective Fitzgerald say Camp on Fourth avenue and started after him. Camp was on alert and sought safety in flight. The pursued and the pursuer dashed through a number of streets.
Camp is quite a sprinter, but he found more than a match in Detective Fitzgerald, who succeeded in running him down on Sixth avenue. Camp attempted to show fight, but the officer choked the courage out of him and landed him in the Central station.
In speaking of the case last night Inspector McKelvy said that Camp had caused the department more trouble than a gang of professional thieves. The Inspector claims that Camp is at the head of a gang of young fellows who are pickpockets and who are taught by him, and they have succeeded in gathering in a number of pocket books lately. It is likely that Camp will be sent back to Morganza to serve out his time.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, May 31, 1892, page 2
SPOILED A GOOD THING
Sheriff Elliott, of Elk County, Now Takes His Prisoners to Riverside Without Stopping for Dinner - Boys for Morganza See a Theatrical Performance.
Sheriff S. B. Elliott, of Elk county, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon with nine prisoners for the penitentiary and two boys for Morganza. The Sheriff is a kind-hearted man, but a few months ago he had an experience here that spoils a good dinner for all the Elk convicts while he is in office. He was wont to take his prisoners to the St. James, and give them a square meal before going to Riverside. A drink of whiskey and cigars were added. The last time he was here one of his men picked the lock of a handcuff with a pen and broke away, giving the officer a lively chase, but he was recaptured on Penn avenue. The fellow was a desperate character, and while going into the dining room slipped a pen from the counter. With this frail instrument he opened the lock under the table, under the eyes of the Sheriff and his deputies.
Yesterday when the Sheriff stuck the town his men were securely handcuffed together, and he hustled them off to the penitentiary without any ceremony. The boys are Jacob Schreider and Frank Laird. They are not more than 14 years old and will be sent to Morganza this morning. They were taken to Riverside, and the Sheriff pointed out what would become of them unless they mended their ways. Last evening the Sheriff attended a theater, and he took the boys with him to see the play. It is not often that even youthful culprits are treated so kindly by officers of the law.
Sheriff Elliott had five deputies with him on this trip. They registered at the St. James last evening. The boys are pretty tough customers, and have been in jail for two months. When Mr. Elliott found he couldn't reach Morganza until morning he concluded it wouldn't hurt them to see a play. The deputies went with him, but the kids didn't need much watching. They soon became interested in the drama and were very much delighted. The Sheriff delivered the youngsters a good lecture at the penitentiary, and after they had seen how prisoners are treated they concluded it was best to be good boys in the future. Mr. Elliott thinks it is a good plan to show youthful offenders what they must endure unless they behave themselves. He reasons that it would keep many of them out or mischief.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch, July 21, 1892, page 6
OUT OF MORGANZA
Secretary Dorente Endeavoring to Secure the Release of an Unfortunate Boy -
Hard Time Experienced by Motherless Children - The Case Being Investigated.
Secretary Dorente, of the Anti-Cruelty Society, has made application to the Board of Managers of the Reform School to secure the release of Russell Zollinger, who was, it is alleged, surreptitiously committed to that institution by his father. The lad is about 16 years of age, and is subject to falling fits, superintended by an injury to the head received some years ago. Zollinger is a son-in-law of Andrew Moon, and since the death of his wife, Mr. Moon and other relatives had had charge of Zollinger's children. The boy Russell for a time lived with Mr. Zollinger's siter, who wanted his father to provide for him. Zollinger recently married again, and his wife and step-son failed to agree. The boy ray away from home and would be gone weeks, making his way over the country after the manner of a tramp.
Mr. Zollinger, it is claimed, failed to support any of his children, particularly the boy named, and complaint was made to the anti-cruelty societies. Zollinger was sued before Alderman Kerr and fined, the Alderman saying that the testimony developed showed most shocking neglect on the part of the father. All the children were placed in the care of the anti-cruelty societies, and the boy Russell placed in the care of his father, who was told that he must provide for him. In the course of a couple of weeks Zollinger complained that the boy was uncontrollable, and was told the matter would be looked into. Action was not taken soon enough to suit Mr. Zollinger and he and a neighbor went before Alderman Leslie, and upon their oaths the boy was sent to Morganza. In the meantime Mrs. John Shaner, an aunt of the boy, made arrangements to have him admitted to the hospital, for the purpose of having an operation performed on his head, to cure his tendency to fits, and when a messenger was sent after boy he could not be found. Mr. Zollinger refused to tell where the boy was, saying he had him cared for, and paying for him. It was discovered that the boy was in Morganza and application was made to the Board of Managers.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, July 30, 1892, page 6
LOOKING AFTER LITTLE ONES
Securing the Release of a Boy from Morganza
Secretary Dorente, of the Anti-Cruelty Society, yesterday secured the release of Russell Zollinger, who was committed to Morganza on the oath of his father. The father had been prosecuted and fined by Alderman Kerr for abusing his family and the children given to the care of the Anti-Cruelty Society, so that the commitment to Morganza was illegal. Secretary Dorente promised to assume the responsibility of the boy's future and the lad was given in his charge.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Aug. 28, 1892, page 2
FIRST WARD JACK SHEPPARDS
Though Only 12 Years of Age, Four of Them Boldly Rob a Pantry.
Four boys, all under 13 years of age, were picked up at the lower end of Second avenue yesterday morning in a drunken stupor. When taken to Central station they were in such condition that Police Surgeon Moyer worked for hours to save their lives. The police allege they are members of the "scatter gang" party of boys, who are alleged to have an organization which has committed numerous desperate crimes. They boyd had yesterday morning secured keys to a back gate leading to a Second avenue establishment, and, going in, had consumed the liquor and eatables contained in the refrigerator. The liquor stupefied them and they fell over on the street each with a beer bottle in his arms.
To the police the lads are known as "Sheeney," "Garter," "Measles" and "Buster". "Measles" is given a frightful record, as one of the slickest pickpockets in the United States and other terrible things. The boys will be sent to Morganza where, it is said, six more of the "Scatter gang" have preceded them.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Aug. 30, 1892, page 2
Sent to Morganza
Two of the "Scatter gang," boys, Nathan Kline and James Schelinski, who have been stealing liquor and edibles from the downtown houses, were sent to Morganza by Inspector McKelvey yesterday. The other two boys of the gang were allowed to go home on a sort of parole, with an understanding that if they were caught in the city again they would be sent to the same institution without a hearing.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Oct. 2, 1892, page 3
WILL GO TO MORGANZA
Guss Cowelsky Comes to Pittsburg and Gets Into Trouble
Guss Cowelsky is in the Twenty-eighth ward station, and will be sent to Morganza to-day. The boy's parents formerly lived on the Southside, but recently moved to Detroit, Mich. Young Cowelsky ran away from home and came to Pittsburg. A few days ago he was arrested and sent to jail.
Magistrate Succop wrote to his parents, asking what he should do with the boy. The father replied that he could do nothing with his son, and if he was arrested again to send him to Morganza. Yesterday Guss got out of jail and was arrested last night on the Southside.
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A MOTHER CUTS HER CHILD
Mrs. Harket Strikes Her Little Daughter With A Knife - The Flesh is Opened Clear to the Bone - Anti-Cruelty Society Arrests Her.
Mrs. Lewis E. Harket, of 18 First alley, Allegheny, was arrested Friday night by Secretary Dorente of the Anti-Cruelty Society, for abusing her 15-year-old daughter, Mary. She will be given a hearing Monday before Alderman Burns.
Agent Fisher investigated the case and learned from the mother that the girl was saucy and inclined to run about the streets with girls and young men of questionable character. The mother admits to having struck the girl with a knife on two or three occasions, cutting her arm badly in several places. The girl was taken to the Home of the Good Shepherd and will be kept there until the case can be thoroughly investigated.
After the arrest of the mother the father of the girl went to the office of the Anti-Cruelty Society and demanded that the girl be delivered to him. He claims that the girl is incorrigible and that he will send her to Morganza as soon as possible.
Mary's story is that both her father and mother have violent tempers, and when they get angry about anything they are sure to vent their passion on her. "On Thursday evening," she said, "one of my little brothers broke a cup, and mamma in a rage blamed it on me. I told her I had nothing to do with breaking the cup, and telling me that I was a lazy, good for nothing liar, she struck me with a bread knife on the arm, and here is the wound it made." She showed an ugly gash, cut to the bone, on her left wrist. "Mamma would not let me have supper that night, and when papa came home he ordered her to waken him up early the next morning so that he could see that I got no breakfast. When he did get up he ordered my to leave home and never come back any more. I am very unhappy at home, and I don't care where I go so I don't get beat for things I don't do."
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Oct. 6, 1892, page 2
YOUTHFUL ROBBER IN TROUBLE
Stein Johnson Arrested for Tapping a Till in a Southside Store
Stein Johnson, of 2874 Carey alley, was arrested yesterday as a suspicious character. He is only 9 years old and is thought to be one of three boys who tapped a till in Mrs. Miller's store on South Fourteenth street Tuesday evening. Mrs. Miller was out of the store at the time, but three boys, all about 10 years old, were seen to come out and run up the street. Yesterday afternoon when some boys went into the store, Mrs. Milled tried to catch some of them. When they went up the street she followed them and caught young Johnson. While bringing him down street, Office Diebold came up and lodged him in the Twenty-eighth ward police station. He will be given a hearing before Judge Succop this morning.
For some time a number of petty robberies have been committed by small boys, but the police have not been able to catch them heretofore. An effort will be made to send young Johnson to Morganza if he is guilty.
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NOT BELIEVED BY POLICE
Mamie Harrington Said She was Assaulted on Penn Avenue
A young girl about 17 years old and giving the name of Mamie Harrington, was brought to the Inspector's office last evening by a colored man. She told a rambling story to Inspector McKelvey of how a man had met her on Penn avenue, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and had assaulted her. She was found in a stable by two men, who turned her over to the colored man to take her to the station.
After a short examination it was found that the girl had been in the habit of sleeping in stables on Old avenue nightly. She said she lived with her aunt, Nettie Smith, in the Eleventh ward, but could not exactly say where. Her father, she claimed, is an engineer on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern road. She said later that she had been married in Cleveland some short time ago. The Inspector sent her to the Central station, from where she will be sent to Morganza for three years.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Oct. 22, 1892, page 1
COLUMBUS AT MORGANZA
The Boys and Girls in the Pennsylvania Reform School Honor America's Discoverer - A Flag is Raised and the Children Make Speeches and Parade.
The 450 boys at the Morganze Reform School celebrated America's four hundredth anniversary yesterday. Probably no school in the country had a more appropriate programme or scholars more carefully trained than the boys at the Morganza Institute. For the last month Superintendent J. A. Quay and his wife have labored incessantly to make this celebration an event which the boys and girls would understand and never forget.
At 2:30 yesterday afternoon the six companies were formed on the parade ground in rear of the buildings, and, headed by the Boys' Military Band, marched to a position in front of the main building. After the reading of the President's proclamation "To the colors" was sounded, and instantly a large national flag was raised above the main structure. Then three rousing cheers greet America's sacred emblem as it moved proudly up the staff. With the right hand extended toward the flag the boys pledged themselves to honor it, and the Republic for which it stands. As their hands dropped to their sides the band stuck up "America," and all joined in singing it.
After Rev. David McDonald, of Cannonsburg, offered up a prayer, in which he thanked the Supreme Ruler of this mighty universe for this grand and glorious country, they all retired to the chapel, which was tastefully decorated with flags of America, Spain and Italy.
A very interesting programme was arranged for the chapel, which included the meaning of the four centuries and patriotic songs. The exercises of the day concluded with a dress parade.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Dec. 6, 1892, page 2
SHE LIVED IN A CAVE
An Allegheny Girl Sent to Morganza for Incorrigibility
Elsie Young, the young girl arrested in Allegheny on complaint of her mother for incorrigibility, was given a hearing before Alderman Brinker yesterday. She was sent to the Reform School.
Mrs. Young stated that she was unable to control her daughter, who will be 15 years old next July, and for a youngster is quite well versed in the ways of the world. She had been confined for over a year in the Home of the Good Shepherd, on Troy Hill, but managed to escape by jumping from the third-story window. She lived for nearly four months in an abandoned coal mine. Mrs. Young said that she had not heard of her daughter for some time, but she was finally located in a house on Penn avenue. She refused to go home, and Mrs. Young entered the complaint against her. She will go to Morganza today.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Dec. 22, 1892, page 2
A. W. Greenwood, of 42 Cliff street, called at headquarters yesterday morning and reported that his wife's sister, an orphan and a minor, had left home last Sunday and was preparing to run away with the opera company in defiance of her sister's wishes. He said the girl was only 16, inclined to be wayward and decidedly stage struck. He name was Nora Hill. Mr. Greenwood had no idea where she had been since Sunday, but believed she had not been in dangerous company. He asked that she be arrested and prevented from leaving the city if possible. It was on the description furnished by him that she was found by the officer.
Last night she had practically recovered from the shock of her arrest and surroundings, and although her eyes were swollen and red with weeping, she was still a pretty girl. Her manner was rather saucy and she declared she would not return to her sister's home. Denying that she intended to leave the city with the opera company, she admitted a strong desire to go on the stage, claimed to have considerable undeveloped vocal talent, and declared that her leaving home was all on account of a young man. It was a young man she loved. She wouldn't mention his name, but said he was awful nice and there was no reason why she should not receive his attentions, because she was 18 and not 16 years old, as her brother-in-law had alleged.
Regarding her whereabouts since leaving home Sunday she said she had been stopping with a respectable young lady friend on Bedford avenue, but persistently refused to divulge the young lady's name or residence, saying she would not subject her to any annoyance. Rather than do this she would go to Morganza or anywhere her sister wished to send her.
"So you will insist on going on the stage?" asked Superintendent O'Mara as he was leaving her.
"Certainly," was her reply, "if I can join a good company. I intend to be a little particular about that. If I can't joint a first-class opera company I will try to find something else to do. In fact I have been trying to get work in a store all this week."
Mr. O'Mara says he will turn the young lady over to her relatives to-day. He admits she is rather a unique character to deal with and hopes it will not be necessary to place her in the reform school.
The Third Annual Report of the Commissioner of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1908
[page 653]
MORGANZA, WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Pennsylvania Reform School
This application was made by the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Reform School, located at Morganza, Cecil Township, Washington County, and is for approval of plans for water filters, improvements to the water works system and for a new impounding reservoir.
It appears that the Pennsylvania Reform School is a State Institution for the care and education of incorrigible children up to the age of twenty-one years. The school was established in 1852 on the site of the present penitentiary in Pittsburg. In 1872, it was moved in its entirety to the present site at Morganza. The institution to-day comprises a main building, four cottages for boys, three shop buildings in which trades are taught to the boys, a hospital and farm building. There are in process of erection two cottages, one for boys and one for girls, and a large gymnasium and a power house. They are all situated on a 512 acres tract of land located in Cecil Township, Washington County, north and west of Chartiers Creek, which flows in a general south-easterly direction by the property. This creek makes a large bend in its course so that it forms the western boundary of the southerly portion of the property and through this part the Chartiers Valley Division of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad extends. Morganza Station is on the land occupied by the state buildings.
The Administration Building and four cottages are directly back from the station on a bluff which is one hundred feet or so above the creek valley and the other buildings are situated back from this bluff on rising ground which is laid out in regular plots and drives for the prospective cottage development of the institution.
The population of the institution, including officers, numbers about five hundred and fifty. It is estimated that the average daily water consumption approximates one hundred twenty-five thousand gallons.
At the present time the institution's water supply is derived from three sources: first, raw water from Morganza Run for general inferior uses; second, from springs for drinking purposes; and third, from Chartiers Creek and a drilled well at the creek pump house, for inferior use.
[page 785]
On February eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, the Commissioner of Health sent the following communication to the President of the Borough Council of Canonsburg, Washington county:
"Dear Sir,
"In compliance with the unanimous agreement reached by the Governor, Attorney General and the Commissioner of Health, I beg herein notify you that your borough failed to comply with Section six of Act one hundred and eighty-two, approved April twenty-second, 1905, and that, therefore, its sewer system is not exempt from the provisions of this Act against the discharge of sewage into the waters from the State.
"It is further agreed that the Commissioner of Health request the borough of Canonsburg, and I do hereby and herein request you to prepare plans, either independently or in conjunction with the borough of South Canonsburg for the treatment of the sewage before it is discharged into the creek and submit these plans to the Commissioner of Health for approval on or before July first, 1908. If this be done, then the Commissioner of Health may fix the time in which such treatment works shall be constructed, which date shall not be in advance of the date upon which the sewage from the State Reform School at Morganza is ceased to be discharged into Chartiers Creek.
"Yours very truly,"
[page 1069]
Down stream below the Canonsburg sewer outlet, sewage is discharged into the creek and also industrial waste from the plant of the Standard Tin Plate company, and about one-half mile below this point the sewage from the State Reform School at Morganza is discharged into the stream, so it is reported.
[page 1243]
TYPHOID FEVER OUTBREAK
Pennsylvania Reform School, Morganza, Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
During the summer an outbreak of typhoid fever occurred among the inmates of the Pennsylvania Reform School, located at Morganza, Cecil Township, Washington County, and the State Department of Health was asked to make an investigation. This work was conducted under the direction of the Chief Engineer of the Engineering Division. The following is a report of the investigations, the cause of the epidemic and the measures adopted to prevent a recurrence of this disease.
The Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 13, 1950, page 11
BASIC CHANGES NEEDED TO IMPROVE MORGANZA, CITIZENS' GROUT SAYS
Complete Reorganization, New Program of Rehabilitation Called Solutions
by Robert Taylor
A citizens' group today informed State Welfare Secretary William C. Brown that nothing less than a complete reorganization of the State Reform School at Morganza will improve it.
Directors of the Pennsylvania Citizens' Assn. for Health and Welfare gave Mr. Brown detailed recommendations for building up a program of rehabilitation for the hundreds of boys and girls committed to the Reformatory each year.
They said that only basic changes can improve the 100-year-old school, which in recent years has been the subject of repeated investigations and complaints, both public and private.
State Probing School
The school now is under investigation by the State Welfare Department, which is attempting to force changes.
Morganza's Board of Trustees last Tuesday finally acted on the many complaints by firing Superintendent J. Elmer Johnston, effective Feb. 15.
The Citizens' Assn., in a letter signed by Charles Denby and endorsed by 12 prominent Western Pennsylvanians, indicated this isn't enough.
Steps Recommended
They recommended these steps:
1 - "Board members must be selected for one reason only: their informed interest in young people and their knowledge of methods of reconstructing behavior in delinquent youth."
(The Association members said such people will have to be persuaded to take the jobs as a duty to the State, and that it's unlikely a competent new superintendent can be found unless the Board is organized.)
2 - A qualified superintendent must be found, from out of the State, if necessary. Under the best conditions, the group said, such a man would need several years to build an adequate staff and program.
3 - The staff should be chosen for qualifications only.
4 - The advice of an independent, informed group should be sought, in development of a sound program of vocational training and guidance.
One of the complaints against Morganza is that both the superintendent and many of the employees were hires through patronage politics and that, as a result, discipline was lacking among the staff and the boy inmates.
Group's View on Politics
The citizens' group had this to say about politics:
"If the superintendent is to be changed every few years for reasons not related to his administrative ability, there is no hope for the future. If the staff members are to continue to be appointed under the patronage system, no workers of any quality will seek employment here."
The group said they share Secretary Brown's concern over the inefficiency, waste and high costs of Morganza - now amounting to $3.83 per inmate per day.
"However," they added, "we are even more deeply concerned about the waste of young lives, a waste for which we will all pay even more heavily as boys and girls go out into society, with nothing in their experience at the so-called 'training school' that would lead them to want to become responsible citizens.
Get Last Chance There
"These are the children with whom the family, the school, the church, the community and the Juvenile Court have failed. The years they spend at Morganza offer literally their last chance.
"Experience in training schools in other state (for example, New York and Michigan), has proved that substantial number of them could be reclaimed for useful lives."
The citizens' group warned that piece-meal changes, such as attempts to strengthen discipline or eliminate waste in some places wouldn't solve the problem
Offer No Guarantee
"They offer no guarantee that in another administration the same evil conditions will not again arise," the group said.
Endorsing the letter were such members of the Association as Warden Stanley P. Ashe, of Western Penitentiary, a famed penologist who headed a committee that investigated Morganza several years ago; Dr. John H. Adams, retired educator now on the Allegheny County Juvenile Court staff, and Malcolm Hay, newly-appointed Chancellor the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Others in the group include William A. Ashe, Mrs. John P. Bankson, Mrs. Mary C. Burnett, Mrs. Heath S. Clark, John Harding, Mrs. Karl J. Kaufmann, Mrs. John W. Lawrence, Robert B. McKinley and Mrs. George L. West.
The Mount Washington News, 1930-10-03 page 1
Fear that he was going to be sent back to Morganza, from which he was recently paroled, is believed to have been the reason which caused Albertis Thompson, 18, Negro, of 400 block Simms St, to kill himself. The boy's parents told Mt. Washington police he had learned Monday he was to be taken back to the reformatory and had brooded over the news. He shot himself through the heart with a small caliber revolver.
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Names Found in Newspapers:
ABBEY | Willie | x | Habit of Running Away | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-11-18 |
ACHESON | C.L. B. | Board of Trustees | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
ADAMS | John H. Dr. | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
ADAMS | John H. Dr. | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
ADDISON | Fannie | x | Packed Her Duds & Escaped | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-11 |
ADDISON | Fannie | x | Runaway Captured | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-13 |
AIKEN | John Brig Gen | Acting Superintendent | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-02-14 | |
AIKEN | John | Declined Top Position | 17 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1951-03-12 | |
AIKEN | John Gen. | 2nd In Command | 19 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
ALBREE | Joseph | Board Member Knew Nothing of Beatings | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 | |
ALBREE | Joseph | Member Board of Managers | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-09 | |
ALEXANDER | W.H. Dr. | In Charge of Patients | 6 | Gaz Times | 1908-08-21 | |
ALEXANDER | J. W. Dr. | Physician in Charge | 4 | Pitts Disp | 1892-04-22 | |
ALEXANDER | J.B. Dr. | School Physician | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-10 | |
ALLEN | Mary | X | Wouldn't Take Dare - Set Fire | 1 | Phila Record | 1900-09-20 |
ALLEN | Mary | X | Youngest Convict | 1 | Wash Observer | 1902-06-20 |
ALLISON | James Dr | Member of Board of Managers | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-10 | |
ALLISON | James | Member Board of Managers | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-09 | |
AMES | George H | x | Enjoyable Outing for Escapee | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1889-07-15 |
ANDERSON | Frances | x | Sent to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-08-09 |
ANDERSON | William | x | Sent for Larceny | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1889-04-14 |
ANDERSON | Bertha | x | Girl has Been Wronged | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-18 |
ANDERSON | Bertha | x | Girl Has Been Wronged | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-18 |
ARNOLD | W.H | Fire at Morganza | 16 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
ASHE | William A | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
ASHE | Stanley P. | Warden | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
ASHE | William A | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
ASKINE | Harry | x | Bid Bars Goodby & Escaped | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-19 |
ASTRIDGE | Arthur | X | Pleaded Guilty | 6 | Pitts Press | 1946-04-02 |
BALL | Leonard | Owned Stolen Car | 17 | Post Gaz | 1954-05-06 | |
BALL | James | X | Held for Robbery | 17 | Post Gaz | 1954-05-06 |
BANKSON | John P. Mrs. | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
BANKSON | John P. Mrs | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
BARBER | Charles L | Recommended Remedial Steps | 21 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-08 | |
BARBER | Charles R | Demanded Resignation | 21 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1949-12-29 | |
BARR | John S | Member Board of Managers | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-09 | |
BARRY | Leo | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
BARTELS | Alma | Social Services Course | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
BEACON | Mrs | Matron | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-10 | |
BEATTY | Samuel C | x | 85 Lashes | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 |
BEATTY | James | x | Escaped after 2 years | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-22 |
BEAVER | Gov. | $91,857.40 Appropriated for Morganza | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-07 | |
BEBOUT | Bernard | X | Morganza Fugitive in Cleveland Hospital | 1 | Wash Reporter | 1937-02-05 |
BECHAK | Michael J. | X | Escaped Inmate Arraigned | 12 | Daily Times | 1946-02-05 |
BECK | Peter | x | Escaped | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-07 |
BELL | Frank | Constable | 11 | Pitts Press | 1903-08-10 | |
BELL | William T | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
BENDEL | Detective | Experienced in Catching Runaways | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-10 | |
BENNETT | Pearl | Threatened Prisoner | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-20 | |
BERRYMAN | James E | Investigated Drunken Girls | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-10-03 | |
BETTS | W. J | Special Officer | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 | |
BIDDLE | Cadwallader | Corporal Punishment Preferrable to Solitary | 4 | Pitts Disp | 1891-11-20 | |
BIDDLE | Cadwallader | Believer in Corporal Punishment | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1891-11-19 | |
BIGGER | James H. Maj | Drill Regiment | 3 | Pitts Gaz | 1904-09-17 | |
BIGGER | James H. Maj | Supterintendent Named w/Photo | 6 | Pitts Press | 1906-11-25 | |
BIGGER | Lt | 18th Reg. Teaching Boys Tactics | 23 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-13 | |
BIGGER | Lucy Mrs. | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
BIGGS | Eddie | x | Create a Row | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-17 |
BIGHAM | T. J. | Laying of Corner Stone | 2 | Pitts Comm | 1873-07-19 | |
BIRCH | Sallie | x | Attempted Arson | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-02-14 |
BLACKLEDGE | Cora | Probation Officer | 11 | Daily Times | 1920-11-04 | |
BLANQUE | Judy | X | "Exotic Dancer" to Spy | 3 | Pitts Press | 1956-01-24 |
BLUETT | Thomas | Visited Reform School | 2 | Reading Eagle | 1927-04-02 | |
BLUETT | Thomas | Committee Inspects Morganza | 14 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
BLUETT | Thomas | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
BOGDEN | Stepheny | X | Inmate Suicide | 11 | Wash Reporter | 1918-02-26 |
BOLAND | Mr. | Came to the Rescue | 10 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
BOLLINGER | E.C | Admitted Beatings | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-16 | |
BORTWICK | James | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
BOYER | John | Member Board of Managers | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-09 | |
BRADY | Fred | Does Not Condone Corporal Punishment | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-20 | |
BREADON | Richard | X | Bloodied Head | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-18 |
BRENNAN | James | X | Escapees Returned | 11 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-25 |
BRENNAN | Thomas | x | Runaway Boy | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-03-27 |
BRENNEN | John | x | 11-yr-old Robbed Mother | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1892-08-25 |
BROWN | Marshall | Juvenile Court Judge | 11 | Pitts Press | 1903-08-10 | |
BROWN | Julius | X | At Large | 23 | Post Gaz | 1945-11-29 |
BROWN | William C | Vindicated | 21 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1949-12-29 | |
BROWN | William C | State Secretary of Welfare | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-07 | |
BROWN | William C | State Welfare Secretary | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
BROWN | William C | Biting Attack | 9 | Post Gaz | 1950-01-21 | |
BROWN | William C | Rejected Appeal | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-02-14 | |
BROWN | William C | Complete Reorganization at Morganza | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
BROWN | William H | x | Escaped with Gang | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-24 |
BROWN | Alva C | x | Escaped | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-05 |
BROWN | Cagey | x | Back After Only 2-3 Weeks | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1889-07-16 |
BROWN | Lee | x | Escapted | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-26 |
BROWN | J.O. | Was Testified Against | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-10 | |
BROWN | Henry | x | Sentenced to Morganza | 14 | Pitts Disp | 1890-10-19 |
BROWNSON | James I | Board Member | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
BROWNSON | James Judge | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
BROZENA | J.G | State Police Search for Barbaric Punishments | 6 | Post Gaz | 1936-02-25 | |
BRUCKER | Frederick | X | Burglaries & Thefts Since Escape | 23 | Post Gaz | 1945-11-29 |
BUCHANAN | John M | Appointed to Board of Managers by Gov | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-10 | |
BUDKE | John F | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
BUNCH | V.F | Inspecting Tunnels | 6 | Post Gaz | 1936-02-25 | |
BURLEIN | Lester F | Resignation of Board Member | 4 | Pitts Press | 1955-01-26 | |
BURNETT | Mary C. Mrs. | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
BURNETT | Mary C. | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
BURNS | Reily | x | Midnight Assault | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-20 |
BUSH | John | x | 12-yr-old Incorrigible | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-08-08 |
BUTLER | John | x | Died from Whippings | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-01-01 |
CAIN | George | Came to the Rescue | 10 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
CALDWELL | James | x | Wrecking Trains | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-08-17 |
CALL | James | x | Father Had No Control | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-13 |
CALMINS | Walter | x | Incorrigible Boy Sent to Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1891-06-15 |
CAMP | James | x | More Trouble than a Gang of Thieves | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-05-06 |
CAMPBELL | Sadie | Royally Entertained at Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-06 | |
CANEVIN | Begis Rev. | Morganza Chaplain | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1889-03-23 | |
CANSITE | Emanuel | x | Escaped from Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-09-27 |
CAPANA | Carl | Paddle-Wielding Guard | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-18 | |
CARROLL | Eddie | x | 7-yr-old to Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1891-03-31 |
CARSON | Roy I | Critical of "Soft Policy" | 13 | Pitts Press | 1954-08-11 | |
CARSON | Roy I. Judge | Changes in Discipline | 21 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
CAULIFIELD | Mary G | Social Services Course | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
CAVANAUGH | John J | Constable | 11 | Pitts Press | 1903-08-10 | |
CECYRUS | Charles | Companion of Thief | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-09-12 | |
CERNOSKY | George | x | 14-yr-old With Bad Habits | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-21 |
CHAPPELLE | Naomi | x | Showed Bruises | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 |
CISKO | Charles | X | Youths Escape Morganza | 3 | Pitts Pres | 1927-08-20 |
CLARK | Frank | X | Arrested in Fayette City | 2 | Pitts Press | 1919-02-22 |
CLARK | Heath S. Mrs. | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
CLARK | Heath S. Mrs | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
CLARK | Robert | x | Shooting Windows out of Schoolhouses | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-12-11 |
CLEMENS | Steven | X | Morganza to Ministry w/photo | 35 | Pitts Press | 1908-06-21 |
COARD | Robert D. Mrs | Pres. Congress of Women's Clubs | 14 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
COBLENZ | Isidor | Appropriation for Industrial Workshop | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1891-04-15 | |
COLELLI | Peter | Ordered to Pay Son's Keep | 2 | Pitts Press | 1911-11-19 | |
COLLENS | Isadore | Appointed to Board of Managers by Gov | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-10 | |
COLLINS | Harry | x | Blames the Officers | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-04-18 |
COLLINS | Agnes | x | Released from Morganza | 10 | Pitts Disp | 1889-03-30 |
COLVILLE | Arthur | x | Shooting Windows out of Schoolhouses | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-12-11 |
CONNER | Patrick | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
COOK | Claude | X | Runaway | 5 | Youngstown Vindicator | 1901-11-14 |
COOK | Claude | X | Runaways Arrested | 5 | Youngstown Vindicator | 1901-11-14 |
COTTERREL | W. D | Board Member | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
COTTRELL | W. D | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
COURSIN | B.L. | Advised to Send to Morganza | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-01-19 | |
COURTNEY | Annie | Harboring Fugitive | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-10 | |
COWELSKY | Guss | x | Arrested Again | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-02 |
CRAIG | J. A. Prof | Principal of Morganza Reform School | 3 | Mahoning Disp | 1909-12-24 | |
CRAIGHEAD | James | Farm purchased for Morganza | 3 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
CRAMER | D.W | Watch Stolen | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 | |
CRANEY | Lizzie | x | Arrested for Incorrigibility | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-18 |
CRESS | Eva McCall Mrs | Companion of Escapee | 12 | Daily Times | 1946-02-05 | |
CUFF | James | x | "Jimmy Tough" | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-01-20 |
CUNNINGHAM | Thomas | x | Escaped from Morganza | 8 | Pitts Disp | 1892-08-24 |
CURILLA | George | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
DAGNALL | Annie | x | Wants to Go Back to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-10 |
DAVIS | John | X | Burglars Entered Pleas of Guilty | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 |
DAVIS | Roy | X | Sent to Morganza | 11 | Pitts Press | 1903-08-10 |
DAY | Harry | X | Guilty of Larceny | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 |
De PASQUALE | George | X | Unruly Prisoner | 21 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1949-12-29 |
DEACON | J. B | Secretary of Associated Charties | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
DEGELMAN | Charles F | x | Escaped | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-20 |
DELAIR | John | x | Committed to Morganza, Escaped | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-11-26 |
DENBY | Charles | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
DENBY | Charles | Recommended Steps for Improvement | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
DENNIS | Fred | x | Newsboy Returned to Morganza | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1892-11-19 |
DeNOON | J.C. Mrs | In Charge of Arrangements | 14 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
DEVINE | Robert | x | Create a Row | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-17 |
DEVINE | John | x | Held for Striking Woman | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-04-25 |
DIAMOND | Albert | x | Sent to Morganza at Parents' Request | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1891-06-24 |
DIAMOND | John | x | Sent to Morganza at Parent's Request | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1891-06-24 |
DILL | Freddie | x | Brothers to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-19 |
DILL | George | x | Brothers to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-19 |
DIPASQUALE | George | X | Beating Case Probed | 4 | Pitts Press | 1948-10-06 |
DiPASQUALE | George | X | True Case | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-20 |
DIXON | Gaynelle M. Mrs. | Board of Trustees | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
DOERN | Arnold | x | 11-yr-old Ran Away, Sent to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-03-06 |
DOLAN | Patrick | x | Attacked Mother in Shameful Manner | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-08-25 |
DONABEDIAN | Henry Rev. | Testified at Hearings | 23 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
DONALDSON | Walter | Came to the Rescue | 10 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
DONNELLY | John | x | Escaped | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-05 |
DONOVAN | Samuel | x | Caught in Freight Car & Escaped Again | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-05-29 |
DOOLEY | C. R | Principal of Industrial Education | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
DORAN | Ella | x | Would Rather Go To Morganza | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-27 |
DORAN | Paddy | x | Escaped | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-07 |
DORENTE | Secretary | Anti-Cruelty Society Made Applicatin | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1892-07-21 | |
DORN | Annie | x | Dead Drunk | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-10-03 |
DOYLE | Jimmy | x | 9-yr-old to Morganza | 8 | Pitts Disp | 1892-04-18 |
DOYLE | Jimmy | x | 9-yr-old Terror | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-04-17 |
DOYLE | Jimmy | x | No Further Attemps on Grandmother's Life | 8 | Pitts Disp | 1892-04-19 |
DREATER | Samuel | Resignation of Board Member | 4 | Pitts Press | 1955-01-26 | |
DUFF | James H. Gov | Rejected Appeal | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-02-14 | |
DUFFY | Martin | X | Escaped from Morganza | 2 | Pitts Press | 1905-09-11 |
DUNLAP | Jack M | Former Probation Officer Resigned | 1 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-06 | |
DUNLAP | Jack M. | Asst Super Resigned | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-07 | |
DUNLAP | Jack M | Reasons for Quitting w/Photo | 29 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-08 | |
DUNLAP | Jack M | Deceived at Morganza | 12 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-15 | |
DUNLAP | Jack M | Resigned in Disgust | 2 | Post Gaz | 1950-01-16 | |
DUNLAP | Jack M | Made Charges | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-02-14 | |
DWYER | John | X | Arrested | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 |
DWYER | John | X | Sentenced to Morganza | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 |
DWYER | Julia | x | Packed Her Duds & Escaped | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-11 |
DYE | Oakey | X | To Be Arrested | 19 | Beaver Times | 1906-10-02 |
DYE | Jeannette | Urged to Investigate Morganza | 27 | Pitts Press | 1948-10-07 | |
DYER | Julia | x | Runaway Captured | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-13 |
EATON | Jeannette M | Social Services Course | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
EBERLE | John | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
EDE | Franklin H.S | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
EDWARD | Susie | x | Requested Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1891-07-19 |
EDWARDS | Susie | x | "He Ain't My Father" | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-07-13 |
EDWARDS | Susie | x | Robbing Children's Savings Banks | 8 | Pitts Disp | 1892-01-26 |
EGAN | Pat | X | Accomplices | 6 | Pitts Press | 1946-04-02 |
ELLIOTT | S.B. Sheriff | Treated Prisoners to Theater | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-05-31 | |
ENSELL | Sam | Too Much Company | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-10-07 | |
ESHBACK | R. Russell | Resignation of Board Member | 4 | Pitts Press | 1955-01-26 | |
ESLER | Eddie | x | Sent for Larceny | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1889-04-14 |
EVANS | David L | Board of Trustees | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
EVANS | T. D | Proposal for Addition at Morganza | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1889-09-11 | |
FARR | Harry | x | Sentenced for Entering a Building | 10 | Pitts Disp | 1891-06-27 |
FERGUSON | James | x | Lived with Grandmother | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-26 |
FINN | John | x | Escaped | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-07 |
FISH | Annie | x | Escaped - AGAIN | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-26 |
FISH | Anna | x | Unconscious after Escapades | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-11-19 |
FISHER | Harold | Murderer | 4 | Sunday Vindicator | 1898-08-14 | |
FITZGERALD | Detective | Arrested Runaways | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-10 | |
FLACH | Charles | x | Pleaded Guilty to Assaulting Father | 8 | Pitts Disp | 1889-10-22 |
FLACH | Andrew | Assaulted by Son | 8 | Pitts Disp | 1889-10-22 | |
FLICK | William | x | Bid Bars Goodby & Escaped | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-19 |
FLINN | Earl | X | Arrested | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 |
FLINN | Earl | X | Sentenced to Morganza | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 |
FLOOD | Mike | x | Bad Little Flood | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1889-12-21 |
FOREMAN | Rosie | x | From Bethesda to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-08-19 |
FOSTER | Auggie | X | Held for Assault | 17 | Post Gaz | 1954-05-06 |
FOW | John H | Investigating Committee | 6 | Pitts Press | 1893-02-25 | |
FOWLER | Martin | Guest Speaker | 8 | Daily Times | 1940-08-28 | |
FOWLER | John | x | Escaped with Gang | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-24 |
FOWLER | Mart I | Gordon's Successor | 18 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
FOX | James | Robbing Newsboys | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-01-20 | |
FOYLE | Maud | x | McKeesport Girl to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-23 |
FRANKS | Robert A | Guest at Morganza | 1 | Pitts Press | 1904-05-19 | |
FRAZIER | R. S. | Commitment Means Ruination | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-01-19 | |
FREW | Margaret A | Social Services Course | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
GABLE | Edward | x | Arrested on Shanty Boat | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-05-30 |
GAITO | Frank | X | At Large | 23 | Post Gaz | 1945-11-29 |
GALBREATH | John H. Rev | Asks for Morganza School Cleanup | 2 | News Disp | 1948-11-10 | |
GALES | Fred | x | Sentenced to 6 Years at Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-09-14 |
GANNON | Harry | X | Still At Large | 11 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-25 |
GARBARD | J. | Royally Entertained at Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-06 | |
GASPRICH | George | X | Accomplices | 6 | Pitts Press | 1946-04-02 |
GEIGER | Cora | x | Showed Bruises | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 |
GEOGHAN | Son | x | Kidnapped by Father from Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-11-21 |
GEORGE | Jack | Appointed to Board | 22 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
GIATO | Joe | X | Missing From Morganza | 7 | Wash Reporter | 1936-12-24 |
GIBSON | Carl E | Board Member | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
GILES | Jack | x | Escaped | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-05 |
GLASGOW | Charles | x | 9-yr-old Committed to Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1891-06-06 |
GLENN | George | x | Escapee | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-10 |
GOLIAT | Eugene | X | Escaped w/Address | 3 | Post Gaz | 1942-04-13 |
GORDON | G.W | X | Skipped from Morganza | 19 | Beaver Times | 1906-10-02 |
GORDON | Kenneth | X | Youths Sentenced for Stealing Cars | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
GORDON | Kenneth H. | Appointed After Investigations | 31 | Pitts Press | 1940-03-19 | |
GORDON | Kenneth H | New Superintendent | 18 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
GOW | John L | Executors Sale of Morganza | 8 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
GRANGER | George S | x | Escaped with Gang | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-24 |
GRANT | Frank | Son Denied Rights | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-09-07 | |
GRAY | Mary Jane | x | Released from Morganza | 10 | Pitts Disp | 1889-03-30 |
GRAZIER | Clara N | Made Charges | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 | |
GREATHOUSE | Gilbert | X | Youths Escape | 2 | Pitts Press | 1940-03-27 |
GREEN | Maggie | x | Dead Drunk | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-10-03 |
GREENWALT | Wilson | Sentenced for larceny | 3 | Elk Co Advocate | 1877-06-07 | |
GREER | Wesley | Farm purchased for Morganza | 3 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
GREGORY | George | X | Youths Escape | 2 | Pitts Press | 1940-03-27 |
GRIFFITHS | Lizzie | x | Ran Away from Bethesda | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-08-09 |
GRIFFITHS | Lizzie | x | Incorrigible | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-12-12 |
GROVER | Jacob | x | Pleaded Guilty | 5 | Scranton Trib | 1900-03-16 |
GRUBBS | Howard | Home Robbed | 23 | Post Gaz | 1945-11-29 | |
GUNNINGS | Stella | x | Packed Her Duds & Escaped | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-11 |
GWYNNE | Lizzie | x | Guilty of Perjury | 10 | Pitts Disp | 1892-09-06 |
HAGAN | John | x | To Morganza at Father's Request | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-12-23 |
HAMERSCHLAG | A. A. | Director to Open New Cottages | 2 | Pitts Press | 1909-06-17 | |
HAMILTON | Stewart Sgt | Locked Up Youngster | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-04-17 | |
HANFRANFT | John F. Gov | Laid Cornerstone | 7 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
HANNA | Officer | Captured 4 Brothers | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-10 | |
HAPPER | A.C | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
HAPPER | A. G | Appointed to Board of Managers by Gov | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-10 | |
HARBAUGH | Springer | Entertained at Morganza | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1889-11-10 | |
HARDING | John | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
HARKET | Mary | x | Cut with Knife by Mother | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-02 |
HARNEY | Albert V | x | Charged with Incorrigibility | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1890-10-29 |
HARRINGTON | Mamie | x | Assaulted | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-06 |
HARTMAN | William | Sentenced for larceny | 3 | Elk Co Advocate | 1877-06-07 | |
HAY | Malcolm | Episcopal Church Chancellor | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
HAY | Malcolm | Plan is Welcomed | 13 | Pitts Press | 1954-08-11 | |
HAY | Malcolm | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
HEFFERNAN | James J. Dr. | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
HEFFRAN | James T | X | Post Mortem Examination | 11 | Wash Reporter | 1918-02-26 |
HETHER | Joseph | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
HICKS | Robert | x | Enticed Lads from Home | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1890-01-04 |
HILL | Nora | To join opera company | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-12-22 | |
HILLEN | Robert | x | Escapee Captured | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-08-28 |
HILTY | Edna | X | Runaway Girl Sought | 12 | Youngstown Vindicator | 1913-08-01 |
HINDMAN | Jennie | Probation Officer | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 | |
HINER | Carrol | Beat Inmates with Strap | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
HINER | Carrol | Guard Used Straps for Beatings | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-16 | |
HOFFMAN | George | x | To Morganza at age 9 | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1892-11-13 |
HOLLAND | Elmer J | Inquiry into Irregular Treatment | 12 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1955-03-01 | |
HOLLAND | Elmer Sen | Report of Females in Isolation | 22 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
HOLLINGER | Joseph A | Social Services Course | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
HOLMES | William | Blacksmith Appointed at Instructor | 1 | Daily Times | 1907-08-15 | |
HOPKINS | Ada | Head of Social Service | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
HOUSEKEEPER | Fred | Fire at Morganza | 16 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
HOUSTON | Charles W | Wants to Change Name | 4 | Pitts Press | 1908-05-19 | |
HOUSTON | Charles W | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
HOUSTON | Charles W | Appointed to Board of Managers by Gov | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-10 | |
HOUSTON | Charles Wilson | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
HOWE | John F | Robbed | 19 | Beaver Times | 1906-10-02 | |
HUBER | W. Edwin | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
HUFF | Joseph | x | Recently Released | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1892-08-12 |
HUGHES | Howard W | Award Diplomas | 8 | Wash Reporter | 1940-06-19 | |
HUMBERT | William | Ill-Treated Boy | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-05 | |
HUME | H.R. Rev | Pronounce Invocation | 8 | Wash Reporter | 1940-06-19 | |
HUTCHINSON | Maud | x | Quite a Record | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-11-29 |
HYDES | John | x | Implicated in Robbery | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-05 |
IAMS | John T | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
IESEL | Ludwig | x | Successful Burglar | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1892-06-28 |
JACKSON | Arthur | X | Burglars Entered Pleas of Guilty | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 |
JACKSON | Charles | X | Escapee Captured | 1 | Daily Trib | 1905-04-14 |
JACKSON | Flossy | X | Declared Incorrigible | 2 | Pitts Press | 1911-11-19 |
JACKSON | Stella | x | Sent to Poor Farm | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1892-07-30 |
JAMES | Howard | x | Father Sent Bill for Maintenance | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1892-07-14 |
JANIKOWSKI | Joseph | Charged with Cruelty | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-08-13 | |
JISKI | Joseph | x | Sent to Morganza on Father's Oath | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-07-24 |
JOHANATHANSEN | Arthur J | X | Guilty of Embezzlement | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 |
JOHNS | David | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
JOHNSON | J. Elmer | Superintendent Blamed | 1 | Pitts Press | 1949-12-28 | |
JOHNSON | Elmer | Resignation | 17 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1951-03-12 | |
JOHNSON | Stein | x | Robber in Trouble | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-06 |
JOHNSON | Ernest O. | x | Whipped & Sent to Morganza | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1892-04-15 |
JOHNSTON | William | X | Asked to be Returned to Morganza | 9 | Pitts Press | 1908-10-05 |
JOHNSTON | J. Elmer | Indictment Itemized | 6 | Pitts Press | 1949-12-27 | |
JOHNSTON | J. Elmer | Superintendent's Policies | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-07 | |
JOHNSTON | J. Elmer | Superintendent Fired | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
JOHNSTON | J. Elmer | Under Fire | 9 | Post Gaz | 1950-01-21 | |
JOHNSTON | J. Elmer | Resigned in Wake of Scandal | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-02-14 | |
JOHNSTON | Isaac | x | Runaway | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-10 |
JOHNSTON | Lieut. | Found Escapee | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-13 | |
JOHNSTON | J. Elmer | Superintendent Fired | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
JOHNSTON | Joseph | x | Committed to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-02-22 |
JOHNSTON | Louis | x | Sentenced to Morganza | 14 | Pitts Disp | 1890-10-19 |
JOHNSTON | Walter | x | Ran Off Repeatedly | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-12 |
JOHNSTON | J. Elmer | Superintendent | 19 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
JONES | Calvin K | X | Burglars Entered Pleas of Guilty | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 |
JONES | Richard Harry | X | Convicted of Forging Checks | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 |
JONES | Richard | Dormitory Supervisor | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-18 | |
KASCAK | John | X | At Large | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
KAUFMAN | Clarence G | x | Escapee Caught | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-05-29 |
KAUFMANN | Karl J. Mrs. | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
KAUFMANN | Karl J. Mrs. | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
KAY | Clara | Royally Entertained at Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-06 | |
KEATING | A. F | Appointed to Board of Managers by Gov | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-10 | |
KEATING | A.F | Member of Board of Managers | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-10 | |
KEATING | A.F | Thorough Inspection | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-08-07 | |
KELSEY | Carl Dr. | Head of Sociological Dept | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
KENDRICKS | James | Assaulted | 1 | Daily Trib | 1905-04-14 | |
KERR | Philip | X | Abscondment | 63 | Daily Times | 1917-09-06 |
KESSLER | Joseph | Police Aid in Questioning | 23 | Post Gaz | 1945-11-29 | |
KIEFER | Emma | Royally Entertained at Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-06 | |
KIMBALL | J.M | To Find Perpetrators | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-08-17 | |
KINNEY | W. S | Member Board of Managers | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-09 | |
KIPACKA | George | X | Escaped w/Address | 3 | Post Gaz | 1942-04-13 |
KISER | Peter | x | Escaped with Gang | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-24 |
KLINE | Nathan | x | "Scatter gang" | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-08-30 |
KNEPFSHIELD | Darrel | Guard Used Straps for Beatings | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-16 | |
KOHEN | Joseph | Allegheny Co. Detective | 1 | Daily Trib | 1905-04-14 | |
LAIRD | Frank | x | Treated to Theater | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-05-31 |
LAMB | James | New Administrator | 1 | Wash Observer | 1957-07-13 | |
LAMB | James | New Superintendent w/Photo | 3 | Wash Reporter | 1957-09-21 | |
LAMB | James | Director | 26 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
LAMISON | Harry | X | Still At Large | 11 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-25 |
LANE | William J. | Inquiry into Irregular Treatment | 12 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1955-03-01 | |
LANE | William Sen | Report of Females in Isolation | 22 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
LAWRENCE | John W. Mrs. | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
LAWRENCE | John W | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
LAYTON | L.C | X | Former Inmate Killed Saturday Night | 1 | Wash Observer | 1896-04-15 |
LEDMAN | x | Shooting Windows out of Schoolhouses | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-12-11 | |
LEECH | Irene | X | Narrow Escape from Death | 2 | Observer-Reporter | 1967-06-24 |
LEECH | George | Known as "Wrinkles" | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-10 | |
LEFSTROM | Emma | x | Mother Seeking Daughter's Release | 8 | Pitts Disp | 1889-02-13 |
LEISHAUCK | John | x | Brought in by Parents | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-10-27 |
LEWIS | Ida | x | Still at large | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-13 |
LEWIS | James | Son Returned | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-01-29 | |
LEWIS | James, Jr | x | Prodigal's Return | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-01-29 |
LOFTUS | William | X | Still at Large | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 |
LOFTUS | Mark | Escapee's Father | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 | |
LOFTUS | William | X | Mutiny at Reform School | 1 | Phila Record | 1905-07-21 |
LOWRY | Louisa | | Arrival at Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-02-26 |
LUCAS | Samuel | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
LUKASZEWSKI | Walter | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
LUPTON | W. B | Appointed to Board of Managers by Gov | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-10 | |
MACKEY | John | Injured in Fire | 16 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MACKEY | Herbert | Injured in Fire | 16 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MAINS | Harry | X | Skipped from Morganza | 19 | Beaver Times | 1906-10-02 |
MALIA | Joseph | X | Arrested | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 |
MALIA | Joseph | X | Sentenced to Morganza | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 |
MALONE | William | Sentenced for larceny | Elk Co Advocate | 1877-06-07 | ||
MALONEY | Mamie | X | Sent to Morganza | 4 | Pitts Press | 1902-09-10 |
MALONEY | Mary | x | Girl with a Temper | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1892-12-30 |
MANE | Julius | x | Sent for Bad Behavior | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-11-30 |
MANNING | Jacob | Athletic Director Improper Conduct | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
MANNING | Jacob | Fired for Improper Conduct | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-18 | |
MARNER | Rersay | x | Beyond Control | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1891-11-07 |
MARONEY | James F | State Police Search for Barbaric Punishments | 6 | Post Gaz | 1936-02-25 | |
MARSHALL | Meredity R. | Defense Attoryney | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-01-19 | |
MARSHALL | Harry | X | Guilty of Burglary | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 |
MARTIN | Edward | Ex-Governor's Political Favor | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-07 | |
MARTIN | Edward Sen. | Former Governor | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-02-14 | |
MARTIN | Edward Maj. Gen | National Guard | 19 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MARTZ | Hettie | Sent to Morganza on Father's Arrest | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-01-24 | |
MAYER | Edward E | Board Member | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
MAZZA | John | Remove Girls From Morganza | 47 | Pitts Press | 1951-06-07 | |
McAFEE | Henry | Baker Run Down by Train | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-09 | |
McBRIDE | C.J | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
McBRIDE | John B | Appointed to Board of Managers by Gov | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-10 | |
McCABE | John D. | Squire Sends Girl to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-18 | |
McCANDLESS | Wilson | Refused to Talk | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 | |
McCARTHY | Edward L. Dr. | Inmate Died in Montefiore Hospital | 23 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
McCLELLAN | James | Member Board of Managers | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-09 | |
McCLELLAND | James | Board Member | 14 | Pitts Press | 1933-02-26 | |
McCOLLOGH | Prof | Royally Entertained at Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-06 | |
McCURDY | Edward | x | Struck Office & Got Away | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-20 |
McDIARMID | W.H.K | X | Magistrate Ordered Boy Held | 17 | Post Gaz | 1954-05-06 |
McDONALD | Edward | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
McDONALD | Edward | Committee Inspects Morganza | 14 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
McDONALD | David Rev. | Celebratory Prayer | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-22 | |
McDONALD | Edward | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MCDOWELL | Garfield | Board of Trustees | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
McDOWELL | Garfield A | Board of Trustees | 7 | Pitts Press | 1949-12-30 | |
McDOWELL | Garfield A | Announced Resignation Accepted | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-02-14 | |
McDOWELL | Garfield A | Named New Superintendent | 17 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1951-03-12 | |
McGAUGH | Thomas | x | Released from Morganza to Jail | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-13 |
McGOWAN | J. William | Reform Program | 10 | Pitts Press | 1954-09-11 | |
McGUIRE | Annie | x | Girl Pickpockets | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-05-06 |
McGUIRE | Ed | x | Stealing Beer | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-08-04 |
McILVAINE | J. Add | Continued at Manager | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
McINALLY | Thomas G | x | Hiding in Boat House | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-13 |
McINARY | Charles | x | Small Boy Acting Suspiciously | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1889-09-16 |
McKAY | J. W. Rev. Dr. | Received youths | 35 | Pitts Press | 1908-06-21 | |
McKAY | J. W. Rev. | Speaking at Morganza | 1 | Wash Observer | 1910-02-01 | |
McKAY | J.W. Rev | Revival At Morganza | 1 | Wash Observer | 1910-02-01 | |
McKENNAN | Thomas | Appointed to Board of Managers by Gov | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-09-10 | |
McKIM | William R. Rev | Testified at Hearings | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
McKINLEY | Robert B | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
McKINLEY | Robert B | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
McKINNEY | William S | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
McMILLEN | Robert L. | County Detective | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 | |
McNALLY | Owen | x | Pleads Kleptomania | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1890-10-12 |
McNAMARA | Mary | x | Committed to Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-10-24 |
McNULTY | John | x | Pilfering Newspapers | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-20 |
McQUISTON | James F. Dr | Board of Trustees | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
MERHOUT | Andrew | X | Missing From Morganza | 7 | Wash Reporter | 1936-12-24 |
MILES | George W. | Adverse Publicity | 10 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-24 | |
MILES | George W | Some Escapes Expected | 11 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-25 | |
MILES | George W | Mystery Surrounds Resignation | 1 | Wash Observer | 1957-07-13 | |
MILES | George | Joined Staff | 20 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MILLER | James | X | Attacked Guard with Pitchfork | 8 | Phila Record | 1910-08-03 |
MILLER | Christian | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
MILLER | George W | School Solicitor | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-10 | |
MILLER | Richard | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MILLIGAN | James | x | 7-yr-old to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-29 |
MILLIKIN | H. E | Training School Trustee | 9 | Post Gaz | 1950-01-21 | |
MILLS | George | Superintendent Declined Comment | 4 | Gettysburg Times | 1957-03-25 | |
MINTZ | Henry | x | Juvenile Jesse James | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1889-04-06 |
MITCHELL | Annie Mrs. | Royally Entertained at Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-07-06 | |
MONTSER | R.C | Board Member | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
MOODY | Samuel | Resigned from Board | 12 | Gaz Times | 1911-02-03 | |
MOORE | Wilbert | X | Escapes from Morganza Officers | 13 | Pitts Press | 1907-07-15 |
MOORE | D. Glenn | Committee Inspects Morganza | 14 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
MORGAN | John Dr. | Owned Land | 7 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MORGAN | George | Inherited Land | 7 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MORRIS | Elizabeth | X | Charged with Incorrigibility | 2 | Pitts Press | 1911-11-19 |
MORROS | S. John | Board of Trustees | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
MORROW | S. John | Trustee Resigned | 7 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-12 | |
MORROW | S. John | Judges Quits as Morganza Trustee | 7 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-12 | |
MORROW | S. John | Trustee Resigned | 22 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MOSCAW | Joseph | X | Burglars Entered Pleas of Guilty | 2 | Pitts Press | 1903-03-12 |
MUESEN | John | | Threatened with Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-26 |
MUESEN | William | Chasing Runaway Son | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-26 | |
MULLA | Francis | X | Nabbed | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
MULLEN | Frank | x | Recently Released | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1892-08-12 |
MULLIGAN | Jimmy | x | Cannot be Controlled | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-28 |
MURDOCH | Alexander | Executors Sale of Morganza | 8 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MURDOCH | Eliza | Executors Sale of Morganza | 8 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MURDOCH | John R | Executors Sale of Morganza | 8 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
MURRAY | James Gailey | Board Member Dies | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-29 | |
MYERS | Milo | X | Skipped from Morganza | 19 | Beaver Times | 1906-10-02 |
MYERS | Harry | X | Escaped | 3 | Post Gaz | 1942-04-13 |
NAZDON | Jo | X | Fled Morganza | 1 | Post Gaz | 1934-01-06 |
NAZDON | Michael Mrs. | Mother Dying | 1 | Post Gaz | 1934-01-06 | |
NEEB | John N | Reisgned as Morganza Manager | 2 | Bayonne Herald | 1890-11-15 | |
NEEB | John N | Praises Morganza | 4 | Pitts Disp | 1890-10-14 | |
NEEB | John N | Member of Board of Managers | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-10 | |
NEEB | John N. | Member Board of Managers | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-09 | |
NEEB | John N | Member of Reformatory Board Bio | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-04 | |
NEEB | John N | Resigned Position | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-13 | |
NEELE | Officer | Attacked by Inmates | 10 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
NEST | Harry | x | Shunned His Home | 8 | Pitts Disp | 1889-11-16 |
NEVIN | W. T. | Entertained at Morganza | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1889-11-10 | |
NICHOL | Fred | x | Escaped | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-09-11 |
NILAND | Martin | X | Paroled Lad Returned to Morganza | 8 | Pitts Press | 1914-06-05 |
NOEL | Lottie | x | Father Wants Her sent to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-06-01 |
NUDD | Howard W | Sec. of Public Education | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
NULL | Lawrence B | x | Unfounded Charges | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-30 |
NUNBERGER | Annie | X | Trying to Obtain Release | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-01-19 |
NUNBERGER | Catherine | Husband Insane | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-01-19 | |
O'BRIEN | Jennie | x | Escaped | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1890-01-27 |
O'DELL | James | X | Fatally Injured | 3 | Pitts Press | 1956-01-24 |
O'DONNELL | Edward "Slobs" | x | Create a Row | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-17 |
O'LEARY | James | x | Charge of Larceny | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-07 |
O'MARA | Roger | Detective | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-01-19 | |
O'MARA | Roger | Arrested Street Walker | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-09-30 | |
O'TOOLE | John | X | Inmate Escapee | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 |
O'TOOLE | Bartley | Escapee's Father | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 | |
O'TOOLE | John | X | Mutiny at Reform School | 1 | Phila Record | 1905-07-21 |
O'TOOLE | Molly | x | Taken from Disorderly House | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-11-17 |
OFCHNICH | Richard | X | Escaped w/Address | 3 | Post Gaz | 1942-04-13 |
OGDEN | Charles H | Continued at Manager | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
OLIVER | John C | Continued at Manager | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
ORBUS | Joseph | X | At Large | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
PANDER | Albert | X | Escapee Captured | 1 | Daily Trib | 1905-04-14 |
PARRISH | William M | Called for Resignation | 9 | Post Gaz | 1950-01-21 | |
PECHAN | Albert R | Invited Investigation | 12 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1955-03-01 | |
PENN | W. F | Superintendent | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 | |
PENN | W. F. | Cannot Lease Morganza Lands | 12 | Pitts Press | 1906-04-12 | |
PENN | W. F | Conditions Bad | 5 | Wash Observer | 1907-01-21 | |
PENN | W. F | Strenuous Efforts | 4 | Pitts Press | 1907-02-27 | |
PENN | W. F | Superintendent Welcomed Visitors | 14 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
PENN | W. F | Continuance of Position In Question | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
PENN | W. F | To Attend Prison Conference | 3 | Wash Reporter | 1930-08-25 | |
PENN | Sara Mrs. | Memoriaized At Morganza | 14 | Pitts Press | 1933-02-26 | |
PENN | W. Frank | Wife Memorialized | 14 | Pitts Press | 1933-02-26 | |
PENN | William Franklin | Superintendent Resigns w/Photo | 6 | Pitts Press | 1936-05-22 | |
PENN | W. Frank | Replace Quay as Superintendent | 11 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
PENTECOST | A. J | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
PENTROOST | Alexander | Appointed Manager at Morganza | 1 | Free Press | 1890-11-12 | |
PETERS | Helen | Staff Spoke to Kiwanis | 1 | Wash Reporter | 1959-07-31 | |
PHILLIPS | Ormsby | Director of Morganza | 30 | Ormsby of Pittsburgh | 1892 | |
PIDGEON | Charles H. Rev. Dr. | Conducted Services at Institution | 35 | Pitts Press | 1908-06-21 | |
PINCHOT | X | Youth Asking for Admission | 2 | Berkeley Daily Gaz | 1932-08-02 | |
PINKERTON | Carl | X | Gang Member | 49 | Wash Reporter | 1936-05-01 |
PLUTKO | Joseph | X | Youths Escape Morganza | 3 | Pitts Pres | 1927-08-20 |
POLLOCK | D.S | Board of Trustees | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
POLLOCK | Durell | Chairman of Board of Trustees | 22 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
PORTER | Isaac | Visited School | 1 | Daily Eve Reporter | 1878-05-16 | |
POST | John L. | Board Member | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
POTTS | T. M | X | Held Girl for Court | 6 | Gaz Times | 1908-08-21 |
POWELL | Henry | X | Sees New York, Gets Morganza Trip | 11 | Daily Times | 1920-11-04 |
POWELL | Samuel | x | Rejoices in Criminal Life | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-17 |
POWELL | Samuel | x | Bid Bars Goodby & Escaped | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-19 |
PRASSE | Arthur T | Welfare Expert Attached to Morganza | 9 | Post Gaz | 1940-01-24 | |
PRASSE | Arthur T. Mrs | Killed on Pa. Turnpike | 27 | Youngstown Vindicator | 1959-03-03 | |
PRICE | John | x | Requested Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-05 |
QUAIL | Frederick | x | Morganza on Fire | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-30 |
QUAY | Superintendent | 1 | Phila Record | 1900-09-20 | ||
QUAY | Richard R | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
QUAY | J. A | Superintendent at Morganza | 21 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1949-12-29 | |
QUAY | Superintendent | Boys Locked up on Bread & Water | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 | |
QUAY | J. A. | Labored for Celebration | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1892-10-22 | |
QUAY | Jerome | Invited Performance to Morganza | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1890-12-14 | |
QUAY | Jerome | 18th Regiment to Visit | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1892-07-10 | |
QUAY | Jerome S | Member of Board of Managers | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-10 | |
QUAY | J. A | Paid $6,553.88 for Maintenance for Quarter | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-23 | |
QUAY | J.A | Invited Performance at Morganza | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1889-12-29 | |
QUAY | Theta | Marriage | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1890-02-16 | |
QUAY | Jerome | Daughter's Marriage Announcement | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1890-02-16 | |
QUAY | Jerome | Daughter's Marriage Announcement | 4 | Pitts Disp | 1890-02-19 | |
QUAY | Jerome | Entertained Wedding Guests | 12 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-02 | |
QUAY | Jerome | Suffering from Erysipelas | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-18 | |
QUINLAN | Patrick | X | Still At Large | 11 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-25 |
RAPP | Minnie | x | Sent back to Morganza | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1892-12-03 |
RAYMON | John | x | Escaped with Gang | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-24 |
REAGAN | William | X | Escapees Returned | 11 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-25 |
REARDON | Daniel | x | Vagrant Sent to Morganza | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-01 |
REED | Emma | x | Love for Dances & Forbidden Associates | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-10 |
REED | Edward M | Charged Sister | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-10 | |
REED | Charles | Charged Sister | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-10 | |
REILLY | George | X | Leap from Car Window | 7 | Phila Record | 1904-08-24 |
RHODES | John A | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
RICHARDSON | Edwin J | To Wed Inmate | 2 | Pitts Press | 1902-04-22 | |
RICHMOND | McKinley | X | GuiltY of Murder | 1 | Phila Record | 1907-08-29 |
RICHMOND | McKinley | x | 10-yr-old Murderer | 2 | Salt Lake Herald | 1907-08-29 |
RIDDLE | Emma | x | 12-yr-old Girl to Morganza | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-05-27 |
RIEDER | Howard F | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
RIGHTER | Edna C. | Elected President | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
RITCHIE | Craig | Moved Reform School to Canonsburg | 7 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
ROBB | John Jr | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
ROBINSON | Harry C | Justice of the Peace | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 | |
ROBINSON | Robert G | Police Chief | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 | |
ROBINSON | Thomas | Police Aid in Questioning | 23 | Post Gaz | 1945-11-29 | |
ROBINSON | Detective | Arrested Runaways | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-10 | |
ROBINSON | Robert | Escorted Inmate | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-01 | |
RODGERS | Elliott | Commitment Means Ruination | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-01-19 | |
ROSENBERG | Ruben | x | Drunken Stupor | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-01-24 |
RUMMEL | Frank | Held on Bail | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1889-04-14 | |
RUNION | A. L. Dr. | Typhoid at Morganza | 6 | Gaz Times | 1908-08-21 | |
RYAN | J. E | Arrested at Depot | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-01-24 | |
SALMON | John B | Son at Morganza | 10 | Pitts Disp | 1891-10-08 | |
SCARSCIATO | Perry | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
SCHELINSKI | James | x | "Scatter gang" | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-08-30 |
SCHELLHARDT | Frank | x | Assaulted 6-yr-old Girl | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-11-21 |
SCHMIDT | Edward | X | Wants to Join Navy | 43 | Daily Times | 1912-04-17 |
SCHOENFELD | Julia | Head Worker Irene Kaufmann Settlement | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
SCHONFIELD | Miriam | Social Worker Dies | 15 | Pitts Press | 1934-01-26 | |
SCHRAMM | Gustav L. | Address By Juvenile Court Judge | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
SCHRAMM | Gustav L. | Juvenile Court Judge | 3 | Pitts Press | 1951-11-01 | |
SCHREIDER | Jacob | x | Treated to Theater | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-05-31 |
SCHULTZ | Walter | X | Inmate Escapee | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 |
SCHULTZ | Walter | X | Mutiny at Reform School | 1 | Phila Record | 1905-07-21 |
SCOTT | Jennie | x | Masquerades as Boy with Strange Story | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-04-02 |
SECTOR | Mary D | Supervising Principal | 8 | Wash Reporter | 1940-06-19 | |
SEMINARY | Edward | X | Eluded Police | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
SEYLE | Harry E | Against Investigation | 12 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1955-03-01 | |
SHAFFER | Vic | Football Coach | 4 | Wash Observer | 1909-11-19 | |
SHALLENBERGER | George A. Col | First Superintendent | 9 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
SHAPIRO | Harry | Announced Building Project w/Photo | 3 | Wash Reporter | 1957-09-21 | |
SHAPIRO | Harry | | State Welfare Secretary | 22 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 |
SHARP | E. Preston | Declined to Give Name | 3 | Post Gaz | 1942-04-13 | |
SHARP | E. Preston Dr. | Superintendent of Wartime Morganza | 18 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
SHARPE | E. Preston | Superintendent Fired | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-02-14 | |
SHAUL | Truby | Officer Responded | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-10 | |
SHAW | Gilbert | Appointed Director of Education | 4 | Post Gaz | 1955-08-02 | |
SHEENAN | Edward | x | Answer to Serious Charges | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-08-15 |
SHIVERS | J. J. | Constable of Bridgeville | 17 | Pitts Press | 1905-07-19 | |
SHOVLIN | John | Could Earn More in Private Practice | 4 | Pitts Press | 1955-01-26 | |
SHUPKA | Joseph | X | Escapee Captured | 2 | Detroit Free Press | 1908-04-05 |
SIAUS | Frank | X | Fell from Bandit Car w/Photo | 19 | Pitts Press | 1942-10-13 |
SIBERT | Harry | X | Led Gang | 49 | Wash Reporter | 1936-05-01 |
SILVESTER | James | X | Release Refused | 6 | Pitts Press | 1910-07-30 |
SILVUS | Dan Capt | Had a Merry Chase | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-26 | |
SIMPSON | Anna | Parole Officer | 12 | Youngstown Vindicator | 1913-08-01 | |
SKELDING | F.H | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
SLAGLE | Frank | X | Inmate Death | 6 | Gaz Times | 1908-08-21 |
SLAGLE | Frank | X | Typhoid at Morganza | 6 | Gaz Times | 1908-08-21 |
SMALL | William | X | Runaway | 5 | Youngstown Vindicator | 1901-11-14 |
SMALL | William | X | Runaways Arrested | 5 | Youngstown Vindicator | 1901-11-14 |
SMATHERS | x | 96 Lashes | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 | |
SMITH | Samuel | X | Ordered Released to Attend Funeral | 1 | Beaver Falls Trib | 1912-11-13 |
SMITH | Jimmy | X | Classic Tragedy | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-16 |
SMITH | Frank | x | Escaped with Gang | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-24 |
SMITH | Frank | x | Escapee Captured | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-11-11 |
SMITH | Millie | x | Illegally Detained | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-16 |
SMITH | Bessie | Sister Detained | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-03-16 | |
SMITH | Robert | x | Charged by His Father | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-14 |
SNOW | Robert | x | Intended for Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-07-29 |
SNYDER | Merle | X | Abscondment | 63 | Daily Times | 1917-09-06 |
SOBECK | Wallace | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
SOFFEL | George H | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
SOMMERFIELD | Bertha | x | Sent to Morganza | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1890-10-05 |
SOMMERFIELD | Charles | Daughter to Morganza | 7 | Pitts Disp | 1890-10-05 | |
SPAHR | Raymond | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
SPEER | Emma W. Mrs | Washington County Probation Officer | 6 | Wash Observer | 1909-06-16 | |
SPOCK | Benjamin Dr | On Advisory Committee | 22 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
SQUIBBS | Maggie | x | Sent to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-07-28 |
STACKPOLE | E. J. Col | Troops Move to Morganza | 1 | Eve. Public Ledger | 1922-07-25 | |
STAUFFER | F. E | Appointed to Board | 22 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
STEEDLE | Joseph G. Dr | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
STEELE | x | Whipped until Bloody | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 | |
STEINFIRST | Donald C | Denied Corporal Punishment | 13 | Pitts Press | 1954-08-11 | |
STEPLEIN | Kate | x | Girl Pickpockets | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-05-06 |
STERLING | Chester L | Superintendent Named | 17 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1951-03-12 | |
STERLING | Chester L | Fresh Start | 1 | Post Gaz | 1951-03-12 | |
STERLING | Chester L. | New Superintendent | 26 | Pitts Press | 1951-03-13 | |
STERLING | Chester L | Sent SOS to Judge | 3 | Pitts Press | 1951-11-01 | |
STERLING | Chester | Superintendent | 20 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
STERN | Leon | Discussed Conditions | 27 | Pitts Press | 1948-10-07 | |
STERN | Leon | Drafted Resolution | 21 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-08 | |
STITCHES | Walter | X | Money Stolen | 21 | Pitts Press | 1925-06-19 |
STONEHOUSE | Norman | X | Captured | 2 | Gaz & Bulletin | 1940-02-19 |
STOWE | E. H. | Juvenile Court Judge | 1 | Pitts Press | 1902-11-24 | |
STRAUB | Theodore A | Board Member | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
STRAUB | Theodore | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
STUCKI | Guy | Fire at Morganza | 16 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
STUCKI | Carl | Fire at Morganza | 16 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
STUCKI | Arnold Jr | Injured in Fire | 16 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
STUCKROTH | John B | Superintendent Murdered | 4 | Sunday Vindicator | 1898-08-14 | |
SUHREY | Frank | x | Mother Drowned in Johnstown Flood | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-11-28 |
SULLIVAN | May | x | Sent to Morganza after Trial | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-09-14 |
SULLIVAN | May | x | Imprisoned to Impeach Testimony | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-09 |
SULLIVAN | May | x | Principal in Famous Affair | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1890-05-30 |
SULLIVAN | May | x | Got Roommate | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-09-30 |
SULLIVAN | Lucy | x | Neglected | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-02-07 |
SULLIVAN | Kate | x | Cruelty & Neglect | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-02-07 |
SULLIVAN | Mary | x | New Evidence | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-07 |
SUNGAN | Peter | x | Threw Brick at Mother | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-06-13 |
SURNAME | FIRST | INMATE | Note | PAGE | PUB | DOP |
SWARTZ | Mary | x | Formed Bad Habits & Associations | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-10-08 |
SWARTZ | Mary | x | Arrested for Street Walking | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-09-30 |
SWEENY | Convict | x | Penitentiary Heaven Compared to Morganza | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 |
SWIFT | Rev. Dr | Revival At Morganza | 1 | Wash Observer | 1910-02-01 | |
SZALIA | Ilka | X | Committed to Morganza | 17 | Pitts Press | 1911-03-17 |
TAYLOR | Harry | x | Pleases for Entrance to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-05-01 |
TAYLOR | Harry | x | Young Romancer | 10 | Pitts Disp | 1890-05-29 |
TENER | John K. | Governor Accepting Letter | 12 | Gaz Times | 1911-02-03 | |
TENER | John K | Contemplates Changes | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
THOMPSON | Ruby | X | Waifs Sent for Shelter to Morganza | 8 | Pitts Press | 1900-02-16 |
THOMPSON | Georgie | X | Waifs Sent for Shelter to Morganza | 8 | Pitts Press | 1900-02-16 |
THOMPSON | Lizzie | X | Taken in Charge | 8 | Pitts Press | 1900-02-16 |
THOMPSON | James | X | Prosecuted for Cruelty & Neglect | 8 | Pitts Press | 1900-02-16 |
TOOHEY | Anna | X | Inmate's Engagement | 2 | Pitts Press | 1902-04-22 |
TYSON | Helen Glenn | Radical Handling | 7 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-12 | |
TYSON | Helen Glenn | Reform 40 Years Behind | 7 | Post Gaz | 1954-08-12 | |
WAGENHURT | Ellwood O | Too Much Whipping | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 | |
WAGENHURT | Ellwood O | Aired Cruel Treatment of Inmates | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-04-22 | |
WALKER | Hay, Jr. | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
WALLACE | William D | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
WALTZ | Virginia Mrs. | Board Member | 13 | Wash Reporter | 1935-06-28 | |
WALTZ | Virginia Mrs | Board of Trustees | 24 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
WANBAUGH | W. Gordon | Accused of Beating | 4 | Pitts Press | 1948-10-06 | |
WANBAUGH | W. Gordon | Dismissal Recommended | 1 | Post Gaz | 1948-10-15 | |
WANBAUGH | W. Gordon | Incompetent, Aged Hired | 1 | Pitts Press | 1949-12-28 | |
WANBAUGH | W. Gordon | Direct Violation of State Law | 21 | Greensburg Daily Trib | 1949-12-29 | |
WANBAUGH | W. Gordon | Charges of Brutality | 1 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-06 | |
WANBAUGH | W. Gordon | Former Asst Super | 3 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-07 | |
WARD | Bert | X | School or Morganza | 13 | Beaver Times | 1901-11-18 |
WASHINGTON | George | x | Charged as Pickpocket | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-16 |
WATERS | Mary | X | Discharged | 4 | Pitts Press | 1902-09-10 |
WATKINS | Jacob | Kidnapped in Reform School Break | 13 | Milwaukee Journal | 1940-02-17 | |
WEBB | Ira | x | Beyond Matron's Control | 9 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-08 |
WEIR | Stella | x | Forcible Removal from Catholic Home | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-10-07 |
WEIR | Lizzie | Mother Will Prosecute | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-10-07 | |
WELLS | Minnie L | x | Escaped | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1890-01-27 |
WEST | George L. Mrs | Citizens' Group Seeks Change | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
WEST | George L. Mrs. | Investigative Committee | 11 | Pitts Press | 1950-01-13 | |
WEST | Elvin | x | Escaped with Gang | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-06-24 |
WEST | Bessie | x | Stole Mother's Valuable Ring | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-09-12 |
WETTACH | James | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
WEYAND | Edwin S | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
WHITE | Hugh | Assaulted | 1 | Daily Trib | 1905-04-14 | |
WHITE | Eugene F | House Committee Inspects Morganza | 28 | Wash Reporter | 1927-04-02 | |
WHITE | J. Harvey | Rejected as Manager at Morganza | 1 | Lancaster Daily Intelligencer | 1887-01-25 | |
WIGHTMAN | Thomas | Social Services Course | 7 | Pitts Press | 1916-07-07 | |
WIGHTMAN | Thomas | Board Member Knew Nothing of Beatings | 1 | Pitts Disp | 1890-04-16 | |
WIGHTMAN | Thomas | Poor Farm not Necessary | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-06 | |
WIGHTMAN | Thomas | Member of Board of Managers | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-10 | |
WIGHTMAN | Thomas | Member Board of Managers | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-05-09 | |
WILL | Frederick | x | Sent for Larceny | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1889-04-14 |
WILLIAMS | Dorothy | Explains Function of School | 1 | Wash Reporter | 1959-06-24 | |
WILLIAMS | Dorothy | Staff Spoke to Kiwanis | 1 | Wash Reporter | 1959-07-31 | |
WILSON | J. Sharp | Manager Term Expires | 1 | Gaz Times | 1911-06-24 | |
WILSON | Emma | x | Regarded as Incorrigible | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-10-31 |
WILSON | Oliver | x | Wants Sent to Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-12-25 |
WILSON | Alonzo | x | Improper Behavior While on Parole | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-10-17 |
WILSON | Breath | x | Not Entirely Reformed | 3 | Pitts Disp | 1890-02-23 |
WILSON | Jack | Fire at Morganza | 16 | Jefferson College Times | 2008-03 | |
WINTER | Edward | X | Missing From Morganza | 7 | Wash Reporter | 1936-12-24 |
WOOD | C. B. Dr. | Typhoid at Morganza | 6 | Gaz Times | 1908-08-21 | |
WOODRUFF | Howard | x | Runaway | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1890-11-10 |
WOODS | Violet | Enticed the Girl from Home | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1891-11-17 | |
WORK | J. W. Rev. Dr. | Received youths | 35 | Pitts Press | 1908-06-21 | |
WORK | Rev. Mr. | Revival At Morganza | 1 | Wash Observer | 1910-02-01 | |
WORMSER | Katie | x | Inmate for Morganza | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1889-10-25 |
YANKOWSKI | Antonia | x | Sleeping about the Mills | 5 | Pitts Disp | 1889-07-09 |
YELLOCK | Edgar | X | Bridgewater Youth Sentenced to Morganza | 1 | Beaver Falls Trib | 1912-11-13 |
YOUNG | Elsie | x | Lived in Cave | 2 | Pitts Disp | 1892-12-06 |
YOUNG | James | x | Parole Did No Good | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1889-12-04 |
YOUNG | Samuel | x | Mad Leap from Train | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-06-16 |
ZAJAKOWSKI | Elmer | X | Escaped w/Address | 3 | Post Gaz | 1942-04-13 |
ZILLIPO | Etta | x | Attempted Arson | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1890-02-14 |
ZIRKEL | John | Assaulted | 17 | Post Gaz | 1954-05-06 | |
ZOLLINGER | Russell | x | Trying to Secure Release | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1892-07-21 |
ZOLLINGER | Russell | x | Release secured | 6 | Pitts Disp | 1892-07-30 |