The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-13
TIE WEST PoINr OUTRAGE.
Yesterdays E.aminatIou in the Case

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WEST Polsr, N. Y, April l2,-In the
inquiry to-day in the case OF Cadet Whit
taker, Cadet Burkett was recalled. He
said he suspicioned the affair was hoax,
when he saw Dr.. Alexander move Whit
takers eyelids and Whitaker showed
he had control Of his muscles and his
ewes. That was the first he suspiciened.
Then he noticed other things. On cross
examination he said he didn't know the
normal position OF a persons eye when
a person Is unconscious, lying partly on
his side or partly on his back. As to
strength, he said he was stronger and
stouter than Whitaker, This was appar-
emily brought TO account for his power to
break straps with which he was bound on
Saturday. He thought the blood spot on
the wall could not have got there unless
there had been q struggle, and It would
have been heard in the room below.
Superintendent James Gayler, OF New
York Postoffice, Is comparing, as expert
the hand writing in the note Of warning
sent TO Whitaker and found in his room
lut ulRut peloio tuo AosauA.y nt1A PeSVo
from twenty-five different cadet books, in
cluding Whittaker's.
At the opening OF the court in the after.
noon, Recorder Sears desired TO have 1t
placed upon the record that cadet Whit
taker was not kept in the court room con-
tinually, for the reason that his standing
In his class Is such that he can afford
to lose any time, especially 80 In philoso-
ply. The Recorder desired 1t also TO 60
on record that It was to speak OF person
in the position OF Whitaker as an accused,
at least. He had become accustomed 30
TO do In several court martials, but in
Whittaker's case he had carefully refrain
ed from so doing, but had inadvertently
made lapse. He did not consider him
self in any way prosecuted. He had no
opinion, no theory, and desired to be 30
understood. He considered Whitaker
the accused In sense that the order di.
recting the Board OF Inquiry ito examine
and investigate the imputations cast upon
his character"
Superintendent Gayler, an expert in
writing, took the stand, and the recorder
explained that in addition 10 the twenty
hve pages Of cadet writing handed Gaylel
in the morning be had given him six more
pages Of particular cadets writing, at Gay
iers request, to compare with the writing
in the note OF warning. Then Gayler II
reply to Q question by the recorder an
swered II have compared the note o
warning with thirty-one pieces Of writing
handed me and 6nd no resemblance SUI
ficient TO justify me in opinion that th,
note was written by one whose hand writ
ing appeared on the pages handed me-"
The Recorder handed Gayler NOR,
specimens OF handwriting and thret
anonymous letters, two ol which haC
been received BY the counsel for Whit
taker aud one by the Judge Advocat
with tho last named papers. WitneS
/. then retired for the present.
Cadet Frederick g. Hodgeson, Seconl
class, who was the second cadet to ente
Whittaker's room, corroborated considers
: BILE Of Burnetts evidence, but dilere
!. with him in some OF It. Cadet Burne
saw no blood that was not fresh. wi
n ness said that the blood on the India
club was CONCEALED, rs was also some OF th
blood on the left side OF the head aud ca
! but not on the right. He also saw a spt
Of dry blood two inches In diameter o
the mattress, which was all the beddin
that remained on the bed.
" Adjourned,