New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-23
WHAT THE WITNESSES SAID.


WEST POINT, N. Y, April %. Five addl-
tiona papers, whose contents were not maue k"o"n'
were handed to Mr. Paine the expert in writing touay,
for comparison with the warning note sent to Caue'
Whitaker. o
The examination OF the Corps Of Cadets was COM
pleted to-day ending with the rs OF the Fourth oHSS
as the morning session closed Nothlng Oh ipoi'u"00
was ELECTED during the questioning OF the cadets'
Mrs. Anna Ryan, the wife of tho saloon-Eeoper VINO
testified recently, said she was absent from net nus
band,s mace until O'Clock the evening before Walt
taker was injured After that hour she Knew no one
was in the house during the night. She said
We closed as early usual; did no business j snu
nohng nobody I'm the house except my , owl 9 6 nSt
Know when the last was there. None we're there on
sunday April A. All the rooms IN the house eonnee. ~
d0STS and nd Ehe SSon an Tho frat GaP one to
about the cadet matter in the house was Ga MS 1 mnd
what tell you General snerTan viii mGyo RetoTe
@ and 6@b eaE nd ID e SGI cue p TO- Court other day him
SIt St our orr Iouse before returned at o O'clock"
Mr. Townsend-we don't rely as much on your nus
band up here as you do.
Emma Ryan, daughter OF the last witness te stheu
next She said there cadets at her fathers phco
about the holiday tme, in uniform. She knew them anu
her father knew them. They were Cadets Burnet"
Rrrcdn1idge Holton and Hewitt She was present
vben Mrs SIMPSON said TO her mother. John Sherman
"a moving heaven earth TO get the coored vote she
heard ber fnther say that there were two strangers III
the house on afternoon Of the 6th ho dldnt TOLL nor
what they had talking abou he told her they Dc
longed 10 the Ordnance Department. and were III ol'
zens' dress The Recorder asked witness her rather
did not say Ordnance detachment" but witness IN
| sisted he said Ordnance Department
A STRAIGHT STORY ny SIMPSON.
Ion,s smpson tho suspected confederate OF Whit
Tinker was called TO tho witness stand He gave an ac
count OF his life In Washington and as body servant 10
General sedgwck and OF hIs unconceaIcd departure
| fpEttr alypr He aald
| furtheri
7 was arrested iu Washington and brought here by
detectives am OF tho impression that am stu under
because been told TO Tsp2I 70 20 S whom
lent the pNpers t. read Whitaker showed me the note
Of warning but laughed al In January Whitaker
eaG be- eTpcccd 10 get through June far studes
were concerned. Henevcr spoke Of any trouble win
whitaker met him coming from the hospital ana ne
sad You sTe dl9 STy y5nd STCS GOD 70 Amghy viii see you
| through When Whitaker heard l was go.
TGoaJ be bad v@HtSa @0 mo and lad
| engagement TO b. ia WnshlngtOn' l nave never 6nu
9ss coming out; but did soy thatit might ret differ
emily from what they supposed l thought me pnGIio M
case, and action would be taken to find out the guilty
aH The Ge RccSrdefD yOu not think the officers would
s,mpsoh|I thought there was prejudice against him.
But my authority for this emanated in my own mind
ncTer had heard anyone aud had never noticed
that any eOlored cadet was not ialfly ucateu
In onswcr to questions no said ho had expressed
the idea that the officers would put this thing on Whit
takcr with simpson accessory and " rhlroad" "
him and the ngger TO tho peaitenar. He denied hav-
ing said TO 1reman named Coffee that this affair would
create sympathy for Whitaker. and secure his gTndu-
aon He Was asked sOr the Of any ofcer or cadet
who had given him the imprcssion OF prejudice against
Whitaker; hut said, It all cnme from my mind" He
said he had talked with anyone about the case since
his return. "Eot with Professor Greenerp he was
asked He did remember once, then twice aud finally
four times but the talk was only as 10 now WHITAKER
was getting along.
MIR Townsend then took the witness, md elected the
abatement that be- his father and man named Mitchell
were the only porsons with whom Whitaker could talk
socially
DIR. william Saunders the post dentist noxt took the
stand and testified that Mitchell the cOlorcd servant
had come him with the statement that he thought he
had clue; that 1t very sterious affair and be
could not understand how any man with African blood
would stand suoh treatment and II he did ne was nc
better than any Irishman or Dutchman He also SAID
that VIC would pretty well OF II We had all the
money that has been spent on this ob saying that nc
thought 1t political nlnr.
, "Dd he mention General Sherman in that connec
ton =" asked Mr.. Townend. "NO." was the answer.
cor the Ron John Sherman. any other politician =
I asked the Recorder. NO"
"or any other Army officer" rcjoined Mr.. TownS
end. mo"
John Turner, employed I'm tho boilcr-house, saw
Whitaker 20 to Louis SIMPSONS quarters under tho
barracks Oh Tuesday, after his injuries. Turner fol
lowed him TO see how he getting along. and found
the door locked. lie Simpson niterward, who said
that this affair was going to make devil OF stink
and that Whitaker would get great deal Of sympathy
and would graduate"
4 THE OUTBREAK IN cOCRT.
The next witness was Walter Mitchell, servant Il
several officers. He said;
told DR.. saunders that this might be a political job
that Fttz John Porter was dead and they must nave
i'm tr chaW
] rumOrs about these cadets, and had worked
Sn Snd '4S nome SuS Of % the other cadets did So On IS
Isaw Whitaker In simpson, place, showing him tb'
4 If he took that to the Office He had had one year be
. fore aud done nothing with 1t. told him that no one
would be likely to send hn any warning If they mean
4 to hurt him. After the trouble met him coming Dtci
hurt. said: Il Thought you were dc4d" "Oh. no.
L he said they only played little trick on mo-" IIC
s@psoGs sSs Se$ pace talking WITH Louis They stopped
: ing when entered akd MN Thy & ne dla not an, GiI
y have no knOwedge OF any reason oi thinking ihat e1
| ence 70 his race, color or social station.
Mr. fowngend-who employ youI
Mitehell--Lieutenant Michler, the Adjutant.
:. You are under pay "
# "4nd are liable to BE- discharged ut any tlmeI"
d :" Yes, sir, at any moment" ,t,,,
IS "Do you think Cadet Flipper had fair play hcrCp
1f play from McDonaldP
to intimate that WhttAKer was induced, pOliuca
~ measure, TO do this hmselfq
"Yes cir"
aud you still think 60 -
r. | al dO.h
~ TO the Recorder-I do not think any officer wOuld dis
charge me for telling the truth. think that Cadet Nc
rs Donald was sufficiently punished for his conduct
Whitaker might have Btruek back when Mcdonald
struck him. and any white cadet would have done so
but the unarness was In holding him 70 that whom
T. had been here 80 short time do not know Whethe
Mcdonald had been here longer than he hao
ID Mr. TOwnsend-Do you understand that 1t Is rule
tho authorities here that whom man is struck he mus
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