The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-06-07
FHAEVHNG AT THE NAVAL
ACADEMY.
A~oDOIng a baltimore Merchant
Nine Cadet Hid~hipmen
Expelled.
New York Herald !

New York Herald
On the evening of May 81 the usual
quiet and unsensational town of AnnaDoli
was thrown into a state Of intense excitenen
over rumor that nine cadet midshipma
OF the second and third classes had robbie,
| a well known merchant from Baltimore
ana on being caught were compelled to re
| sign. AT first the rumor was disbeIieyed
| but 1t was finally proved true. and the fol
lowing are the facts of the case as relate
| by the officers of the Naval Academy:
On the afternoon of Saturday, Nav 10
Mr. Simon Goldsmith the proprietor of q
large gentlemen's furnishing goods store ir
baltimore, visited Annapolis for the purpose
OF selling goods to the frs class midshipmeu
who are about to go on their regular sum.
mer voyage. For several years Mr.. Gold
smith has supplied this demand and on the
present visit he carried large vaIise full al
silk stockings, neckties, cuffs, collars, sleeve
buttons, underwear and other notions valued
IN all at about 500. These goods were, how
ever, merely taken as samples After reach
ing the Academy, Mr.. Goldsmith went to
the room of the first class cadets William
Braunersreuthur, of Illinois, and Washing
ton ). Chambers, of New York, where he
Goldsmith displayed his samples, and then
the trio went out for a walk, leaving the
FaIlse OF goods IN the room, but locking the
door An hour or so later Goldsmith and
his friends returned to the room, and were
astonlshed to find the lock broken and the
door open. They entered and saw the floor
covered with the least valuable contents
of the valise, while the silk stockings
neckties, shirt studs sleeve buttons and
other costly samples, were missing The
case was at once reported to Commanding
Admiral Rogers, and Chambers and Braun
ersreuther asked permission to search for
the missing property, which was valued at
from $50 to $50. Admiral Rogers gave per-
mission to search all the members of the first
class and their rooms. This duty was per-
formed by file Of men; but, as no trace
Of the missing goods could be found in the
rooms of the first class cadets, Chambers
again called on Admiral Rogers and got per-
mission to search the apartments of all the
second and third class middies; and on the
following Tuesday, after examining some
twenty or thirty rooms, three pairs of silk
5 stockings were found concealed in one of the
third class boy trunk and pair of fancy cor
al sleeve buttons discovered in the shirt cuffs
of a second class cadet. The search was con-
tinued until all the stolen property was
found, and the following nine midshipmen
taken in charge as the guilty parties;
W. B. Osterhout, second class, entered
from Pennsylvania June u, 1872
Charles S. Williams, second class, entered
from Prairie du CHEN, Wisconsin, June II,
1873.
James d. Sheeks, second class, entered
from Texas September a, 1872
Lyman B. Messenger, second class, entered
from Massachusetts, September &c, 1872.
l.. G. Fletcher, second class, entered from
September "a, 1872
A. B. Tracy, third class, entered from New
York city June 5, 1873.
Mark G. Castle, third class, entered from
st. Paul, Mimi, September 90, 1873.
George IL. Hess, third class, entered from
Detroit, Mich, September %, 1873.
J. n. Mason, third class, entered from
Columbus, O., June 5, 1874
The youngest of the lot is seventeen years
of age and the eldest twenty-one. They
were permitted to resign.