, 1873-10-20
THE TRAGEDY At ITHACA.
The Mystcrics Of College Secret Soctes
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From Tho Ef1nfra Aduertfstr.
, 4 brlof dispatch to tho Associated Press on
Saturday %oyes aesaoen 300 fssa e. eul g. hosso D. s. Com
missioner Of Patents, WAS killed. last night By
falling from q cliff near Ithaca,. N: r"
From IN informant who waa in Ithaca on Sat-
Dor of tho Cornell UnlyoTaity,7 ln tho Freshman
claas, and was undergoing an initiation into
secret society Of tho College, the ceremony tak.
ing p1nco at some house IN tho yillngc adjacent
to tito preoipitons banks Of six-A1ilo Greek. In
tho process Of tho initintion, 1t aeomB tho ini-
tiatod Is led through many devious mnzes and
over threatening difficulties, ono Of which in
this caso was the precipitation Of young LogEett
together with his two attendants. Tint tho
reader may better got an inkl;ng of initnton in
college socotos. wo clip from Cornell Univcr-
sity lottor in the Buffalo Commercial some ac-
count Of m initiation.
"But that you may not bo woaried by gon-
oralities. take M example. Gill is freshman,
Bix-footer, with herculoan giEth Of shoulders,
end was ready for ~ SxPo ss n He IS
| the Omicroa Epsilon Society. Tor aomo other
| out1audish title composed Of the names Of Crock
lctters). Ho promises an easy initiation, and
dldntos initiated. Gill perhaps has hoard ru-
| morR about such 6ociotios aud their doings. 1lo
iA itching with curiosity to know ail about them::
| He may havo boon cautioned to keep clear Of
/
SOPHOMORE arc too much to DO roaiBtod; 30 he
| signs plotlgo to Join tho society. Tho night
for tic performance Of tho rites, which ia
uaually Friday night, has come around. Tho
aai'''s oono remote to- ' room in an upper % story,
and prepare for tho ceremonies. The can-
| didato eitB in his room with much trepida-
tion as the hours drag by. At the lcad hour Of
up thoir dead,' four knights, incog., appear at
| Lis room, bliudfo1d, and pinion his arms, md
lend him away. He is condnctea along unknown
atreeta, byways, mud winding alleys, over stony
Cd, save in nepulchral tonoH. Having ut length
ascended flight of stairs, Gill Ia now led by un-
accountable Wauierings through, rooms and halls.
stumbling ee 5 sss95g gns %na R95sis 5 ct
two sturdy knights are at his sides, with firm
around his body and he is drawn up into another
apartment. Ho hears tho trampling Of many
boheBta. He ia utterly confused. His escorts
now let 60 Of him and he is compelled TO grope
alone for = while, though never daring to stop
pushed aud trippod, until in Ills frenzy ho runs
aoainBt tho wall and knocks himself down.
"He IL immediately seizotl aud thrown upon
blanket which in a larBe canvas with strap
ehniss e1o L twiteh a. and % send lin into the air rs Il
| lie wero football. He is tossed in t[e ba1l-
let' until it ceases to DO fun for tho tormentors.
Then he in led into damp place where ho 10 sup
tected to tho process Of Bqurting sorno caustio
liquid from syringe into his mouth, ana he-
tween the back Of his mock an1 neither garmen,ts.
Noxt; after scrles of p9ram5ua.lons anu t. all.
hcntios, ho is halted ana maae 70 ta9e re- naoas
solemn oath never 10 aivulgo anS ol tue eecEeta
Of tho order,. on penalty OF having hls heart cut
out aud his limbs torn from h1s body. Tnc mem"
bers stand around atl!rod III dontllH-ioad MASKS,
and weird aud fansastio costumes, WITH war enpa
| in their hands. a collin resls near ~,
wido oron. aud hung With al tue solemn
drapory OF doath; a hnge green cal-
cium light. Ia klndled: nl1a almitltanoonsiy 4
With romovlng tho oandaSo rom tno '1csin lHls =
oycs n,ngkot Is discouraged, causing igatiui
report The concnsaoh o1 ia soana' tao nsaooaa
glare tue nneareY Iu @ ao1nr ,s H.
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