Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
CADET WHITAKER.

The Authorship of the Anonymous Note
of Warning Fastened Upon Him and the
Conclusion Irresistible that the Alleged
Midnight Outrage Upon Him Was Got Up
by Himself.
WEST POINT, May 15.-Cadet Whitaker was
recalled to the witness stand to-day and ques-
toned at length by Recorder Sears. In the
course of the examination Whitaker
read with dramatic effect a let
ter written by him, denouncing the
assault upon him and its authors in the bitter
est of terms. The questions of the recorder
from the first appeared to be directed to show
ing that the assault was fctitious-a conspi-
racy on the part of Whitaker. The latter in
his evidence testified that he suspected Cadets
Blake and Mcdonald. Finally the recorder
produced and had read the hitherto suppressed
part of the reports of the experts who
examined the writing of all the cadets to dis
cover the author of an anonymous note of
warning, found in Whittaker's room, after the
midnight affair, in which his ears were cut
Just before the reading of this, Whitaker
again testified that he knew nothing about
the note of warning. The experts state
ments all bore heavily against Whitaker. The
suppressed portion of expert Southworth's re-
port presented at the secret session of the
court was read. He said:
You will no doubt be surprised when
tell you / have sheet which have marked
"A" In two places out of set one, from which
Is taken the paper upon which "b" twice In
blue is marked. The sheet ''B'' is torn from
another sheet which have
marked 'U' twice. Thus by facts
mathematically ydemonstratable, the anonymous.
note is one of four things, three Of which are
papers of the set, and have great satisfaction
in discovering this point, which discovery will
L L. Ill
tar as the authorship of the anonymous note Is
concerned. The ninth stands out to all inter
ested, friends and foes; if there be any beyond
doubt or cavil that this most perplexing OF
annoying questions had been solved. 1 have,
to the best of my ability, arranged
two frames of glass so as to exhibit my dis
covery to any one who may properly examine.
No. one in question was placed in juxtapoai-
tion with part of sheet from set one mark
ed ga" in two places. We first notice the cutoff
paper, the top as arranged and cut at the paper
mills, next the rulings and the ragged edges
In juxtaposition, when it was separated per.
haps with paper cutter, no matter in what
way, SO long as our indented spot upon our
edge has its corresponding tooth opposite. So
our No. 2, which is out of set, and marked as
above described and placed as have described
heretofore No. l."
This testimony created a sensation, which
was greatly increased when it was announced
that the piece of paper which the anony-
nous note was written was torn from sheet
of paper on which Whitaker had started to
write letter to his mother, which sheet the
expert had taken from the set and marked
"A" in two places. Every one of
the experts, five in all, identified
the handwriting lof Whitaker as the hand
writing in the note of warning, three of them
being positive.
Whitaker was not questioned after above
conclusions were announced and the court ad-
journed till Monday.