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THE WARLIKE C0LLEGIANS.
-FOUR PRINCETON STUDENTS HELD FoA
THE GRAND JURY.
Their Counsel Says the AssnuIt on Friday was
Cownrdiy-Fixing the Prtsoners' Baii-Ths
FncuIty's ActIon-Dr. McCosh's RctIcence.

CovvnrdIy-Fixing the Prisoners Rati-The
Fncuity's Action-Dr. McCosh's Rcticence.
The intense interest felt by the theological
students Of Princeton in the investigation Of the
assault upon two OF their number. was height
encd yesterday morning by the finding OF
murderous-ooking club about fifty yards from
the southeast corner Of the old seminary. IL
was mt this corner that the blow which broke the
nose Of Findley and backened his right eye
was dealt. The club lay in the grass. about
sixty feet from the path which the juniors
took in their retreat from the seminary
grounds after the assault. Its position was
such as to suggest the idea that II had been
tossed to one side by some one as
he ran. lest he might be discovered with It in
his hands rs he emerged from the grounds
into the main street in front. Tho club il now
in the possession Of John Leroy Taylor. SEMI
nary student 1t Is Of hickory. four feet long.
an inch and hal thick Mt the butt and three-
quarters of an inch thick Mt the smaller end.
Fndley says that from his sensation ut the time,
he is certain he was struck with club and not
with a FIST, The wound on the bridge. of his
nose Is healing. but blood continues to be dis
Trotter who left town on Thursday night re-
pr Gard to he cour by Bo"s his Counsel n Mr. JSbn J.
McCook Of this city. Th examination ofSmith.
Anderson. and Pitney for the assault on. Find
Mayor. %s John ,. Haserman. % sr.. counsel fe Tor
the prisoners. waived his right to call wit
ncsses. The reason FOR this is supposed to be
that If he had called nnv Of his clients. the
prosecuting attorney. on cross-e Examination,
could have extracted from them the names Of
the guilty parties. even II they had not been
compelled to acknowledge participation in the
The first part of tho argument Of Mr. Hager-
man WIS listened to with astonishmcnt by the
students in the room. He said that very, gross
beon committed. Fndiey had been atrociously
assaulted. II was a ,cowardly act. He
| duct Of the students resulted from the celebra-
| tons Of the hoys. These. however. the faculty
thought right TO permit. HIS line Of defence
WIS that as the charge was not conspiracy. hut
assault AMI hnitery. Il wns necessary t. point
out the man who struck the blow. Findlcy
! could not tell who struck him. and no witness
| had testified with postiveness on this point.
! Smith. II n" had b"cn called. might have been
| able TO explain that his course in tho affair was
highly honorable. Smith might nbhor in his
very soul the idea Of Infringing upon. the
rielts Of theological s,udcn,. Loud applause
werc seen with crowd Of Juniors in front of
the University Hotel after the assault. This
ami the only thing that connected that throng
with tho assault on Findl"v WIS that Trotier.
| snnt thqt on FarrAr. was with them. From
thiS slender circun stance II had been inferred
TINT the flye students that ossapltcd Farrar had
ments and then made the assault on Findley.
Mr. John !. Haserman. Jr.. the prosecutipa
throng seen in front of the hotel had their hats
pulled over their eyes. IL was n guilty crowd.
and the presence in il Of the prisoners was pre-
sumptive evidence that they had been engaged
in IN" assault. This kind Of evidence was all
that the Mayor required. he said to hold the
prisoners to bail
Mr. j. A. Johnson said that 1t rained on
Wednesday night. and that the boys probably
wore slouched hats pulled down over their eyes
on that account
Mayor Robinson decided to hold the three
prisoners FOR appearance before tho Grand Jury
in Trenton on the first Tuesday in May. Mr..
johnson moved that they be allowed to leave the
| court on their own recognizances. The prose-
| cutting attorney urged that the bill IN each tnee
b. $500. Tho Mayor fixed II ut 1900. Examinu-
| tion was waived In the case of Trotter. and his
bail was fixed Mt the same amount. Mr.. Wm
| Lihh"y, Jr.. and Treasurer Vim. Harris OF the
college were accepted AS the bondsmen.
| 1t was remarked after the adjournment OF the
court that the four months vacation OF the The
ological Seminary begins in April. All OF the
| principal witnesses for the prosecution. except
Greene. live in the West Greene lives in New
port. None of them is wealthy. II was not
thought likely. therefore, by the defence that
| they would return To New Jersey for the sake
II giving evidence lie ore the Grand Jury II
was said on the ether hand however by an
OH 'er Of the seminary that money would be
furn she'd them, II necessary. for this purpose.
DR.. VI Gosh WIS very r-ticent when asked re-
sp""ting IN" course which the college authori-
ties would take in tho matter. meeting of the
iaru ty WAS neld Yesterday aft rnnon. tut il WIS
ms crtain"d on goot authority that thc assaults
on the theological students were not discussed.