Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-13
W EST POINT.
EsTl6ATloN or THe WHITAKER
OUTRAGE,
Testimony Of Other Cadets An Expert
ia Writing Searching for the Author
ofihe Note Of Warning Sent
10 Whitaker.

Wr,r PolSr, y, April l2-ln the
inquiry to-day in tho ease OF Cadet Whit
lakcr. Cadet Burkctt Was recalled lie
said hc suspiciuncd the ALTAR was hoax
when hc saw Ia, Alexander move Whit
takers cyclids, aud Whitaker showed
lao had cunlrol oi the muscles ol his
eyes. That WAS the frat lac suSpiclonod.
Then ho noticed other things Gu cross'
examination he said lao didn't know
the normal position Of II persons eye
when the person IN unconscious lying
partly on the yidc and partly on the back
As to strength. lao said ho was stronger
aud stoutcr than Whitaker THIS was
apparently brought to account for Lis
power to break the straps with which ho
was bound Saturday, lilo thought the
blood spot uu the wall could not have
got there unless there had bccu atrug.
gle, aud II would have bccn heard Ia
the room below.
Superintendent Jamcs Gaylcr, Of tho
New York pustuilicc. IN comparing, as
an expert, the handwriting IN tho note
ul warning which Whitaker found IN
his room the night before the assault.
with pagca from twenty five different
cadet books, including WhittakcrS.
At the opening ol Court IN the allor.
noon Recorder Sears desired 10 have
placed upon rccord that Cadet Whit,
tukcr wus not kept IN the court room
continually iur the reason that hla
standing IA hta class ~ not such that ho
eau allOrd To lose any tuo, aud especially
80 IN philosophy. Tho Recorder tie,
aired Il also to gu on tho record that II
wa, CuatumnTy tu speak U n person ~
the position uf Whitaker na the aC-
cuard at least lac had become acCua-
tuuIrd 40 To- du ia several courts martial,
hut IN Whitaker case hc had caro-
fully RETAINED from 50 doing, hut
hal inadvertently madc u irps" l,ngrrr.
Ito did not CONSIDER hlulscll Ia any way
prosecutor. lie had no upiulon. no
theory, aud drsirrd II to bc ~ under
stood. lie considered Whitaker no.
cusrd In the sense that the order direct
iug the Board ui Inquiry To- Cxaminc
aud investigate the lmpulatiOn Gust
upuu hla character. superintendent
Gaylcr, au CApcTt n writing, took the
stand, aud the recorder explained that
in addition lp the twenty live pagcA Oi
cadet writing handed Gaylcr IN the
morning hc had gwen him siN moro
pagca ui particular Cadct'H wit
iuv at GaylcT'H rcqucat, 10
compare with the writing IN the note ui
warning Then Unylcr, ~ reply to u
quc,tiou by the recorder, answotcd.
II have compared the note ol warning
with thirty one pieces ui writing handcd
mo, aud iud no resemblance sufficient
To- jislily ne IA the opinion that tue
note was written 10y any one whose
handwriting appeared on the pages
handed me" Tho recorder handed Gay
Ter more apcrlmcus oi handwriting aud
three anon, muua letters, two Ol whiCh
had been received by council lot Whit.
tuktr. aud one 10y tho Judge Advocate,
with the lai named pupcta Tho Wit
ness wua then retired lor the present,
Cadet Frederick g, lludgcsnu, ui the
second class, whu Wns the HCCuud cadet
tu enter Whitaker = ruum, Currobuntcd
considerable ut BuruCtt'H evidence, hut
differed with him Ia Humc ul II. Cadet
Burnett saw no blood that was not lrcsh.
The witness said the blood on the In
dian club waa cuugcalcd, ~ was nlHo
some II the blood on the lett mic ol tho
heal aud on the left ear but not on tho
right. lie also N,w spot ul dry blood,
two inches Ia diameter, on the mulirel y.
which was all the bedding that remained
on the bed
Adjourned.