“Children’s Home Head is Jailed.”

ID: 5307 ~ Source: Spokesman-Review. “Children’s Home Head is Jailed.” Spokesman-Review, August 17, 1935. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PxtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4278%2C3613722.

-Image courtesy of Google News Archive. ~ Creator: “Image courtesy of Spokesman Review.” ~ Date: August 17, 1935

This file appears in: Spokane Children’s Home: The Unhappiest Place on Earth

The story did not break news until two days after Fred Hunter and Fred Schueler were apprehended. While the news was controversial at the time, it was only afforded a small section in The Spokesman-Review.

This file appears in: Spokane Children’s Home: The Unhappiest Place on Earth

Spokane Children’s Home: The Unhappiest Place on Earth

By William Paaga

The Spokane Children’s Home was one of the most successful orphanages in Spokane in 1935 when a scandal involving the superintendent and his assistant exploded in the headlines.