The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-01
COLLEGE BOYS FIRED UPON.
A cJfiSE IT NTGHT ~ SOME or NEW
BRTESUJCk'S POIICInEN

,.s s,c,, Of the bonfire ON Hutgcrs' Campus !
,t,.ehtcf Makers scattered by the Police |
puurt ~ ole. through ~ students tlotbinr |
Mhnt &. said OF the An'ir ON 10th sides.
Tho ilfrc Rutgers College students who
.,,, orr.-icd before daylight on Tuesday
,,orninr Doar the College campus. for tearing
nm nonrly ihrrc hundred foot Of the plank walk
isallne from kirkpatrick Chapel and the coll
LEGO doors 10 the souihcastery gntc OF tho
compuA ard for setting fire to II when piled UP
,car the hnpcl were under arrest for an hour
only. Three resident graduates OF the college.
who arn frcoh0dcrs. hurried on their clothing.
and narh found 800 bail for each student The
prlsancrs gave fictitious names to the Recorder.
md neither the faculty OF the college nor the
students will dvulgc their real names. One
b,longiue ~ the Senior class gave his name rs
Thomas Bergen Sophomore said that he was
John parlrns. and Freshman James r. Fair
Tax They belong TO old and wealthy families.
md fear lest their connection with the aflair
may bcromr known. The students y"steriay
waived rn examination before the Recorder.
Tho Grand Jury. which assemblies on Nov. 4. is
t,re,siy, ihr case from tho Recorder
Tho faculty had the three students before
Mam y'-i riny morning in private meeting.
and thc bogus Fairfax. only after a close cross
questioning, revealed his own connection with
oras ggdg the w"4 sGi ,ac.S wGHd ar mo-, is ,s
plcrtf, i-.oycr those whocs ,apcd from the 20,
Tre TlH, question whether the faculty should
Eke nnv stops To shield the students from tho
law Prot iiashrOpk said yesterday. was pretty
lrrely ais u~scd. hut the decision was that tho
faculty sr do nothing in tho matter The stu
rcni- INV" put Themselves ont of the hands ot
Me in-tituilun and into tho clutches of the city
Inlhorl'-. some shooting 10y the p4llccmcn,
Pro--Mf r. ad M rl + svgm n'odLIs LnT939 d.st t.ci m
bly. hut tu"re was not much iNth put hy most
btlho Pro '--Or- IN the story about The shooting;
The huys. however, are Intensely excited
about the police making q target q g'nte-
men" III tl,'y uid 1t. and talk Of holding a coll
le-n iudii.untinn meet in!. 'n mako spce, res AMI
r.sc a fund ior prc-oritin:the policemen who
Ihot Tho story If the shoot M w0- told yes
ttrdav. III a college boy's room. ioa rrI9rtcr
were eiih r concerned in. or knew all about the
piiair. Tic leader IN Tues my evenings ma
liciO,- miHchef. a. Chiei OF Police OllNer terms
Ii wa- who got up the whole thing. 1t
font ,etn hut hpt 4 So. sonc d,viNyyi you
pgrned. twenty-five Of Us. to meet as by ncci-
tcnt. IN ih campus a'trr everything was stil
Meanwhile borrowed pirk-aXc and crow.
lnr. took a gallon can oi Kerosene oil. ana
naA IN - ions. The fellows ranged themselves
hluu. IN side. litrd one So tiln at u time. and
ninlc a pile rs high aui as his Us a. largo room;
The krr l~rnc WIS puurnu ON, and lnRvoS and
raprr- wnre tucked under IL to'set the pile on
hrr. Then srnt two fellows away to hide the
'ruwi iIr. hy pit hing II oyer tho fence hv the
grammar s'h9ol; Juat n''ro-s the rtrr,t some
Pnc w'i -r"rrd. There's % con-: So just said
mat III. Then heard Two -iiois close together
bnd me orowbnr iell rafting on the pavement.
paiiHr of ir"i. md thnt was all NJ match
only Onr Nhn stuck 10y me- after the others had
inlllr-' at lieli"d hls side Of the pile
Then hy the fash, shw two cops walking
pcun ONT and ran around l'ri siient Nnmph"lls
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