Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-25
CADET WHITAKER.

Continued UnRvailing Hunt For Facts Re-
ga,djog The Aut hors of the Outrage-Ru-
inors Traced to Their Source ia Guess
Work and Surmises.
WEST POINT, N. j., April 24.-John Pow
ell, of Highland Falls, expressman, was
next sworn. He testified that he had never
had a conversation in Lahr's saloon about
seeing three cadets at the Falls on the night
of the outrage. He never said he could pick
the cadets from the ranks. He only heard
Fisher Pearce, a hackman, said had heard
of the three cadets. He said he would
stand up against any three witnesses and
say this. He had no conversation with
Haight, the milkman, about the matter.
G. Kimble, Jr., testified: l have talked
to Cadets Grebel and Townsley since the
Whitaker affair. I told them. saw three
persons acting suspiciously at Highland
Falls the same night. | didn't notice the
tacss of the strangers. They walked erect
like cadets. saw them near the Catholic
church. They were going towards Highland
Falls. They may have come up from Coz
zin's, but my impression was they came
from West Point. All of them
looked as if they were dressed in black.
thought they acted in q suspicious manner
because they kept looking back. There were
no teams on the road. Two OF them were
the same height and one a little taller. This
was near o'clock in the evening. l didn't
hear the citizens talk about the three. Next
morning | suggested to Greble and Townsey
they might have been three cadets. l saw
them 90 into lane leading to Ryan's. l
would not have remembered that there was
ANYTHING odd about thes3 men If it had not
been for what I heard about the Whitaker
affair. It didn't occur to me till | heard of
the Whitaker affair that the three looked
like military men.
Henry D. Borup, graduate OF '76, was
called to show how colored cadets were
treated in his time He said: Well, they
were let alone-not spoken to or devilled ID
any way. They were never made to work
for white cadets. In company there were
two colored cadets, and one of them made
the other clean his gun and bring water.
The colored cadet, Smith, wasn't devilled, |
but was reported every time white cadet
got an opportunity, because he was disagree
able every way and the corps wanted to get
rid of him-not because of his color, but
because of his manner and characteristics.
The same feeling would be shown against a
white cadet with the same manner and char
acteristics. Cadet Flppen was not devilled
any way, and was not much troubled. He
was well liked.
j. A. Russell, another graduate, corrobor-
ated the previous witnesses views.
The stenographer read over the testimony
of the colored man, Mitchell. When he came
to the exciting scene between Townsend, the
court and Gen. Schofeld, a low conversation
took place between them, during which
Townsend was heard to say, "If there are
remarks in which am implicated I'd like to
know what they are. Anything l have said
am entirely willing for 1t to go on record
When the stenographer finished the reaching
no further reference to the matter was made.
The master builder at West Point testified
regarding the ease with which sound could
be convened from Whittaker's room. He
said there were no f1ues passing out OF the
room except that in the fireplace and one
for ventilation. There had been no conDec- |
ton between this room and that on the
north or with the room below, except where |
two pipes came into Whittaker's room from |
below there was a space around the pipe |
through which one could See In the room |
below. This space about the pipes was from |
seven -eighths of an inch to one inch wide.
Mitchell, the colored man, when recalled, |
said that Morrison, head sntler, first told
him of the attack on Whitaker. He mar
ried Simpsons sister, and treats Simpson as
well as he does any one. Witness never re-
ceived slight from Whitaker. After the
outrage he offered his hand as friendly act |
of sympathy mingled with disgust. have
no reason for believing Simpson to know
more of this than he told. I simply judge |
he does becauseIof his speaking to Whitaker
the day it happened, and more 80 because
Widow Lee said he was hired to pay him |
SO, and she knows all the seniors, and l
think that perhaps he might know some
thing.
VIM. Henry Haight, the milkman to
whom all the rumors about three cadets be- |
ing at Highland Falls have been traced,
swore the first he heard of the affair was
from guard on post, IS he was delivering |
milk at DR.. Alexander's. He heard it also
in Ryan's saloon Tuesday morning. Three |
or four days after he questioned Ryan again
and then Ryan said they were three soldiers.
Heard rumors of three cadets everywhere.
don't know anything more about the rumors. |
I cannot give name that will serve the in |
vestigation. RYAN had referred TO some
trouhIa with cadets in his saloon.