The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-10-08
DIR. M'COSH'S SENTENCE.
Five Princeton Students Sent Away From
Princeton College.
A Frolic in Trenton Ending in a Police Cell
and Setting the Faculty to
Investigating.
New York sun.1

New York SUM-
PRINCETON, Sept. 27.-The fall term of
Princeton College for 1879 has begun here,
and has already been marked by several I'M
portant events. OF the most important of
these the eliminating point was reached to-
day when five young men-one junior and
four sophomores-were turned out of the
venerable seat of learning by unanimous
vote of the entire faculty.
On Tuesday evening last, these five
Little Duke" sung by Ford & Zimmerman's
English Comic Opera company, In Taylors
Opera House. They occupied one of the
proscenium boxes, and were in excellent
humor. So high were their
spirits that they endeavored to add
to the interest of the performance by
joining in the choruses, assisting in the
solos, end enlightening the audience by
making running comments upon the per
Torrance; and at this Miss Jennie Burk.
who played Little Duke" turned to the
young men and in clear and distinct voice
thanked them for their exhibition of gentle.
manly department. The audience hissed
The performance over, the five students
started for house in West Hanover street
On their way they were pleased to give q
free serenade to the people OF Trenton, but
were Interrupted by Policeman Ashmore, of
Trenton, who has no taste for midnight
music. Arrived at the house they sought,
they rang the bell. They were told by q
woman who put her head out of an upper
window to go away, but instead of obeying
two OF the young men applied their united
strength to the door and burst it in. The
three Others saw that this wouldn't do. and
they persuaded the two door-breakers to 2,
away.
Meantime the woman had slipped out OF
the back door and sped to the police station,
at State and Greene streets, and demanded
protection. Policemen McGown and Van
Horn started to her assistauce. Bsfore reach
ing the house they met the five young men,
and the woman identified the two who had
burst in the dOsr. They were arrested and
taken to the police station, where the woman
made chargs against them. The boys
became at once considerably less happy.
They gave the names of Baker and La Bau,
and were locked in a cell together. Here
they remained until morning. Then they
were taken before Police Justice Henderson,
Contrary to expectations, the woman
appeared against them there. The young
men denied bursting in the door, saying
| that when they turned the knob the door
| opened, and pleaded mot guilty" to the
charge of .maliciously breaking and enter
ing dwelling house, Before making this
plea. Baker ingeniously inquired what
the penalty would be il they pleaded
guilty. The justice told them that
his court had no jurisdiction, and
| held them in $500 bail each TO appear for
trial before the court of quarter sessions of
Mercer county, which sits on the first Tues
day in October. The three who had luckily
escaped arrest were there to assist their
friends, and after a long search they sue
| ceeded in finding a bondsman in the person
OF a leading Trenton lawyer, and then the
whole party returned to college: Such is
the story OF their troubles in Trenton, az
related by Chief-of-Police Marshall.
1t was on Wednesday afternoon when the
students returned to their studies aud on
Thursday the report of their adventures ap
peared in Trenton newspaper and was read
| in Princeton. Instantly the faculty sci
about investigating the subject Proctor
Matt Goldie visited Trenton and learned al
there was to learn. On Friday Afternoon
the faculty met in regular session in the col
legs office: The five jewellers we're sum
muned before them and questioned closely
They confessed their shortcomings. The,
were then told to bs at President McCosh'
house az O'Clock that evening to learn thei
fac. One by one they were summoned be
fore the faculty again, and heard the sen
tence of the venerable president:
Your connection with Princeton Colleg
TO 40 with you. Leave the town immediate
ly."
To their pleadlngs and requests to kno,
whether they could ever return the presi
dent gave no heed. To day they sold ou
their rooms and quit the town.
Said DR.. McCosh to me: 1--WE have so
students in Princeton, and five of then
proved to be bad fellows. They first dis
obsyed rule of the college by going t
Trenton without permission, for 1t Is a rul
that no student shall go to a large tow
. without first getting consent. They wen
unlawfully and then behaved in a disgrace
iu! manner. This fact came to our ear.
, We investigated thoroughly, obtained con
, elusive proof Of their identity and guilt an
called them before u.s. They admitted thei
: guilt. and the faculty unanimously voted I
, sever their connection with the c0llege. w
did not expel them. / never expel a studen
1t is necessary that the board of trustee
sanction an expulsion; but l never reft
these things to the board. This case wi
. not be 30 referred. Neither did we suspen
. them, nor dismiss them. The sentence WI
:. simply and plainly that they cease all col
nection with the college and quit the towI
: They have now done this, and have no mol
: to do with the college than you have. tn
!. question of their ultimate return was n,
: discussed. 1t will not be-
= What is the sentiment of the college !
regard to the case?''
= ''As near as can ascertain there is fee
ing, in the case of three of them, of reli
that they are gone"
Said student, olassmate of four OF Il
a severed" men: THE general feeling be-
!, is that in the case of one OF the men VII
. was arrested. it is a good thing that he b
: gone away from here. for his influence W
= entirely bad
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