, 1880-05-19
WHITAKER.
ADDITIONAL Testimony Taken Be-
" fore the West Point
Inquiry.
n,o colorcd Cadet Closely Ques-
' toned Regarding tile
Assault.
.,a,t,onnl Discoverios by tho Att
thorities 1njuro Whittaker'a
daAe.

oaae.
wfsr rors7, N. r, May ls.-At the open.
~ co,,tt this morning tho testimony Vi
rsdet ra Whitaker was rcn.l II, ffA presence
~ lam na,,o only one or two trivial corFcctlote.
~ .wi'cn '% the reading of The testimony was
..,"oIndea Recorder Scars called Whlttakers
s,,n,'tiof, to clause III tho letter 10 Ills
'.si',ar referring to f0rel5odlngs " harm,
a0I asked him why Ito Ind stieli fara10stli1Es.
~. ~ ranlied TINT lie had tito note OF warning
~ ~ II. mind ae lc wrote. but those forebod-
" ~. ~. dii nat come to hin again when no
rssr, tha E.tcll Of his tloor move ttift hiRs!t:
ia ~ satd wien ha WIS ntfackcd inc men puE
~ ,hs,r I't handy ol. lis ,lrcls and shoulders.
~1m ~n1m,estion-VheA your cars woro cut how
rste tl,sy holding yotl9 .......
W.. NtI.nswer-In about tho sa1'le manner. .Ihey
,taro, ho,d ply hrad, and Ind perfect free
LAW law n move Il forward 0f bnck.
Ths Court-1n moving your liead anu
,.,nrr,Ing n!t tlils linle, how could they
ware the cuts OIL ynur cars:
H'1a 1.mswer--1 c;!,,'t account for 1t. 49,.
f,nrstior-1iuw long do sol, suppose these
..sn Tp,hninc4 II, the ltnll after they LETT your
romS ,,., .,.a,,, +to,, ,,,o,,t I'm.
mediately away.
&, any time. A few minutes was tl1no
anonoj' - for them :o gpt away. They. could
h"yc eo,,c ,l0wr.statrs, Or into ail adjoining
s e. CT frt on f oo1t t%% II %ess St t tarwas e. sK
ntI' n H. H. ,,eyeT knew Of lntl,lur helnx ttlBro.
IT, 1iau oy Nnyu these answers III reply 70 4tes"
inns hS IN NJ 10 how thu nssaltalts might liavo
epa' epa',v,sss;;t5on-supposIng vs;t5 they got, out Of the
.,x.slEght xTsis or Window, II yoi, hAd called out
i"ais sn5Hs%Ii 10 yon think i!ley would have coino
oasns oassnnsswcr-Thcy might or might not. :,
ssoterix"9 9,osIy s%y sGW Wsy sSG|ap dd yo, fn1
s5'',2 s5s 81 ,2Iis,l aual askeel yo for tfenie
ae,uvs eA,uMvssyef-i,ccaisc Of lhe i,Ianner. When
thu Kccosder asked mr. not to 80 TO my trunk
N tha trunk.ruuln nEaln mid l promised lipt
toon ny honor tlrt1Mgllt t wIe sya,t ne e. M ina
co1 Of hsapers tam trnE 91 ~ oUt my word 4 WIS @
'gHu imanswcy to question witness said ho did
mt knt,w jlo would havo bean guilty Of dis
obedience Of orders II llc had refused to give
v Tic he Rseeon!er-Do YOU not know the q, a'.~
Aka and Jcina,,d yonr keyY II necessary?
XnsWer-Not to 10 into my trunk and pry
lnlo lny prfyato articles. Tney have right
n"nannM w1spfHs ~ ,,,n,mslno thu authorities de-
y. e,.c"t tnr iin,,nr wn,sii tley l,nya
r. sLsu a.tt y hspia' ~ T., on9 ''*"''f "N
Ahswef-l don't Know. ,>.,.
ouestlonm1lHh yoa ,str say Nv 70 e;egr vt ,a
Sarwssis1 n ,ani,et i.l~ta mi hfrtlnttni2
no SUSPICIOUS ., as,s, W. mas t,nt Ia, T." ~ snt ~
M n,,xt H5 n,,nor, nors H. w",,,. nviinnca
.,,a anH lily %ou'' ~ "pp~"'o '1 s'Ae
II.
itaS Wn-Janas' ' ,vSs s1 nn"r.to", r. snv tn
,,;s..s. i Wau,f,f Ca, te IT ii,attv ~ feii
H. M.Gsss Haf',a,,,,s ,.,st svos M tr,,nS;i
w & sscste" ,;.sm m"s "'1' o,.ar ca,,e,,ar N.Y..
..w ~ IT.. IL .ntt,,t nnv+1,i,,~ '''
WI ~ neIts " ~ MioMt y us'1 .,,,+
~ MiTSs ~ .s WV HskvG ,,,1i " -" i'i ss',t s"t
ae no.c VI "ath'aR' "''a no tepi'eo '' a'o
AfKksstifS. Kst.,i ,,,,t., t...o ,x,,. ,i,o,, ~
Hhe ltceotief exillnllNttt TWO long pieces 9l
wv. 7, w ~ e asaaE.sG. wv tt1 hsH aro'Nf
IT. fss % ~ ieleoslG t Sse ~ 'iu .,aw w'o oa,.o
~ eHN!s tH y! panM!s..u0fns M ...f wHt. MI, Ivy c"'l'o
lf9la Ga INC la4nufy nut W'tnpss @ aia llot ,,a
MtsuNlet nells BtMtrt! tLat pieses ot u'io
peit "cte !oullM ~ HHitinReEH tEunk. t...a
~ ~. tte teauest " tlellt. hlight wn!GssS s:,
Rat t1e pae2eS q Delt toEetner ahtl spelieu
tH naiNe qi " "hNoru :" ~ tste'1,. tuefe ne-
lhR et4es " tilat ,lati1g N tl,e corps VII
hess sala 10 liescr h9ticeu any otnef pants
D1s h,,oa. 1s oWs .eM ~ w. saa. waS .,,, .,o
s,atentIr ~ WaH - t " f