Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-29
NEW YOKh.


 WEsT POINT, April 2s.-In the Whitaker case to-day Charles Hsger, the boiler house fireman, testified that he heard Lewis Simpson say on the morning of the assault, "This will create a great racket throughout the country and congress"
 Henry l.. Kendrick, profssssr, testified that he had known Whitaker since 1878 i, that his manner, recitations and qualities as 6 student were good his aptitude fair, his behavior un exceptionable and his present prospects fair, as he stood No. 38 in class of 57. He is at the foot of the fifth of the eight sections and received quite as much attention as the oth- CTS. Never saw any cadet move away from him. Witness announced himself in favor of colored cadets and stated that he was the oldest professor on duty having been connect ed with the academy for twenty-three years. When asked if he had said anything about the position of colored cadets when-durinR the time Fippsr was an inmate of the academy President Grant, General Sherman, the Ssc- retary of War, Senators Blaine and Allison, and MT. Wheeler, the present Vice President, were the visiting board, he replied in the neg ative.
 Cadet Creole testified that the colored ca dets were never hazed or devilled, and he never heard the slang phrase s'fxed" used in the corps in any sense. He never noticed any distinction made for or against Whitts- ker.
 Recorder St. Sears assistant professor of natural and experimental philosophy, de- scribed Whitaker as most attentive and in- dustrious, not deficient in application to study, but thought him deficient in mental ability to grasp some of the more abstruss subjects. His conduct was always excellent. He was followed by all of Whittaker's professors, only one of whom declared his aptitude to be fair. Some pronounced emphatically against his ap titude.
 General Schofisld took the stand once more and testified that Whitaker, failing to pass the examination in January, 1879, the com mittee unanimously reported him deficient in mathematics, and their report was adopted by the board. A proposition was then made to let him continue in his class till June with the hope of catching up, but the professor behind to do so. The Board then unanimous ly recommended Whittaksrs discharge, but upon Whittaksrs calling on General Schofield and declaring that if he had another chance be could pass, the General wrote to the Secretary of War and asked that Whitaker be turned back a year. The letter was offered in evidence. Schofeld continued My hopes were fully realized, for Whitaker passed sat isfactorily at the January examination. The danger to him in June is that if he fails to pass extraordinary means cannot be resorted to again and he will have to go. It has been understood by the officers of the acads- my and the officers of the corps that Whitaker was under the protection of the military authorities and of the country, and if there was one cadet in the corps who was to be let alone and not sub- jected to indignities, it was Whitaker. Hence it would not have surprised me so much to hear that one of the officers of the corps had been assaulted as to hear that Whitaker had been assaulted.