National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-04-12
THE WEST POINT OUTRAGE.


WEST POINT, N. Y, April 10.-The inquiry
IN tho Whitaker case wns resumed ut 10
o'clock. Whitaker was recalled. He said
he had no conversation with his assalants ex-
cept TO say, PLEASE don't cut my ear" Ho
had been told tho gas was found lighted in
tho morning, but he had positively oxtin-
guished II before his retirement. When tho
surgeon aroused him he thought his assail-
ants had returned. The penknifo and scis
sors found in his room he identified as his
own. He was shown white handkerchief
with tho corner cut out that was found in
his room, but said lie never saw 1t before
| Thursday lust. Whitaker put his hand on
tho Bible and swore that lie was in no way
cognizant, In no way u free agent and had
no knowledge or conuivancc with his assail'
ants.
Cadet George II. Burnott's testimony showed
| he was officer of the day when Whitaker was
found. He was the first one to enter his room
and called him repeatedly but Whitaker
mado no answer. Witness saw him lying in u
peculiar position and thought Ito had fallen
out of bed; his feet wcro tied near tho foot OF
| the bed aud bis hands were tied In front of
him; Mt first he looked as if his throat was cut:
witness took his head In his hands aud turned
it over to 500 underneath, and saw blood trick
| ling down the face; It first appeared as though
| running out of hls ears, but examination
| showed IL came from cuts on his ears aud had
run into his ears, and the back Of his head
looked as IL it had boon crushed with some
thing.
There was looking.glass near the bed on
| the floor, glass down and broken, and some of
the pieces were bospattcred with blood. There
wero also burnt pieces of paper lying about
the floor in pool of water and tho blanket
and comforter lay on tho floor at tho foot of
the bed. Thore was blood on tho blanket and
a large blotch of blood on tho mattress, and
blood on tho wall next to the bsd the latter
looked as ii it had been daubcd therc. His
stockings lay at the foot of tho bed saturated
with water. Whom tho surgeon arrived no
shook Whitaker and the latter said, "Please
don't cut me; 1 never injured you" Witness
said that when tho doctor tried to open his
eye Whitaker appeared to keep his cyoball
out of sight. His pulse was beating quite
regularly. Witness also noticed bunches of
hair lying In the room, and located them on
the spot where Whitaker said in his testi.
mony his hair was cut.
Witness, by direction. laid himself on The
| floor by the blackboard and showed tho po-
siLion Whitaker was in when ho FIRST saw him
Ills fcet wore elevated and ho lay partly oil
his side, and it seemed almost impossible for
| WhittakeI to have united the cords about his
| feet from the position that the witness illus.
trated that he was 10, especially IL his hands
werc firmly bound. Flo also exhibited how
tho knots were tied showing there was more
| CuHu Ouc Iull kuOt, anu lDat Tic KnOtS were Ot
q character somewhat difficult to uutie At
forward lie tied his own wrists as ho said
Whttaker's were tied, and then broke the
bands, though the space between his hands af-
ter ho was tied was two inches, whereas lie
testified the space between Whittalcr's hands
was ono inch and his wrists two inches, which
would mako much difference in Leverage when
pulling latcra!ly.
In breaking the bands the witness suffered
abrasons of tho skin on both wrists. In ap-
pearance he is physically stronger than Whit
ltakcr by considerable. He was also bound
hand aud foot, as was Whitaker and laid be-
side the iron bedstead which had been brought
into court and his feet tied to 1t, when nc
showed that he could reach the knots on his
feet with his hands. II is proper to state that
before Cadet Burnett was called to the stand
Whitaker, at the suggestion of counsel, re-
tirod from the room and was not present dur
ing Burnett's evidence.
Adjourned until Monday at 10 o'clock u. m.