National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-04-14
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WEST PoINT N. Y, April 13-Bcfore tho
court oponed this morning all the members
composing 1t visited Whittaker's room aud in.
spected it and its contents closely. The FIRST
witness was Major Alox Pipor. He gave his
testimony In nervous manner corroborating
the previous testimony OF cadets. He picked
up pieces Of burnt paper from the floor, which
appeared to be portions of the lists on which
relicis were kept by cOrporals. One Of these
pieces struck him as being page from II Bible,
Witness asked Whitaker about his assailnnts,
saying, Don't you know the voices of all tho
caacts2" lie replied, NO sir; some cadets
don't even know by name" At the time, wit
ness was impressed, without inmate examine
ton, that the act was committed by other
parties
Superintendent Gaylor, of tho New York
Po1toihcc testified to the writing on tho adj
ditlonal pieces Of paper handed him yester-
day. lie was positive that none of thom
were written by the person who wrote tho
note Of warning to Cadet Whitaker. Tho
note Is not in a wOman's hand. Portions OF
| the words are written in II natural hand, tho
rest disguised. This was considered another
point in favor of Whitaker
Charles t. Alexander, the post surgeon who
was called in to attend Whitaker, told tho
story of what lie saw Of him nnd what he
said. When ho awoke him the witness said
he was in complete state Of scnsibility, and
he found his pulse regular, like that of man
in an undisturbed condition. Assuming his
pulse had been disturbed aud ho was uncon-
sciOus, IL would depend entirely upOn tho
amount of the injuries he had received and
the extent Of his unconsciousness as to how
long 1t would take for his pulse TO get down
to n normal state. lie examined tho pupils
of Ills eyes, the object heing to SEQ II ho
was troubled with conclusion OF tho brain.
There was muscular resistance to tho OPEN
ing of the eye aud the pupil was dlated, re-
| spending freely TO tho light Tho skin was of
normal temperature, aud there was no ap-
poaranco OF pallorand no nausea; no evidences
Of blows either slight or severe. The witness
was struck by tho wonderfully sensible appear
anCo OF Whittakor-he not being dazed and
not yawning Witness described the cuts on
the ears and said they must have been made
with sharp cutting instrumental siugle-blado
knife or razor. He testified that tho blood he
first saw was dry aud coaguated, which testi-
mOpy was in contradiction to Gndet BurnetLs
evidence, which describes tho blood he saw
as fresh Dr. Alexander said the blood might
have boon two or three hours drying
| or coagulating, and in washing the wounds it
started again. He said ho could not ascribe
Whlttakcr's condition. If his story was true,
| to any other cause but fear, and said Whit
| takcr told him two stories about the broken
looking.glass. This afternoon each of the 800
| cadets was given a sentence to writc, IN
which, uubelSuOwn 10 them, were words
which appeared In ths note of warning to
Whitaker. The sentences were given to su-
perintendeut GaylOr, who took them TO New
| York, and will report in day or two whether
any Of the writing corresponds with the writ
| ing iu the note of warning.