Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-17
THE EVENING STAR.
NONUAh ......-......... May ~. ISSa.
The Case Of Cadet Whitaker.


REPORT OF lhs EXPERTS THAT THE sors OF WARN
ING WAS WRITTEN BY HINsElF-wu,r wprrT,
kKE SAYS:
The report OF the experts in the West Paint
Investigation Identifies the mote OF warning -
which Cadet Whitaker said be had received
with the handwriting OF Whitaker himself. In
an interview yesterday Whitaker Stated thar
saturday evening he was invited TO Gen Scho-
fields house, the latter saying he had sent for
MIN 10 say that there was considerable hard
feeling against him, (Nhittaker) and asked him
II he had anything more 20 say or wished 20
make any confession. and II be did that would
ne good Time TO do it. Whitaker replied that
ne had nothing rurther 10 say, that he had told
an ne Knew and II was the truth, and that II he
had not told the truth. and desired TO confess
anything, Gen. Schoiield would be the first man
ne WOULD go 10 on account OF the Generals uni
, form hlnaness towards him. Whitaker said
!ne General ADVISED him TO collect all the
letters he had written lately, because
In that way IL might be possible TO as
certain who II was had simulated hts
handwriting. He said the General told him he
had his wishes, and Whitaker Judges from that
remark that the General believes he Il inno-
cent, or he never would have said so. Nhiua-
ker was asked how he accounted for some OF
the discrepancies In HIS statements. AMI he said
be could bot account for them He argued Ia az
me presence OF discrepancies showed he was
honest. For" said he ''if | had Invented the
story | would have learned f. by heart AMI
then there would have been no DISCREPANCIES"
lie was asked how IL WAS that he never noticef
IKE his Own. lie replied that he never Thought
o. II. ard that II he had written IL he would NOT
have exhibited Il TO four or five persons III
was asked What he thought OF the eNperts' DIS
coVory that both OF the sheets were OF one ma
PER. lie said thai amounted to nothing "a an
the cadets Use the same Kind OF paper aud THAI
he wanted 10 say that he found the note OF
warning on a chair by the side OF his table IN
the evening. He was in the habit OF tearing
Whole sheets into halves to write on, and the
person who wrote the note might have come 10
his room ana taken piece OF his paper and
with many samples or his handwriting before
him might have forged the note.
MR.. soUTHwoRTH's DISCOVERY.
The details OF Mr.. SouthwoTth'S discovery are
thus told more accurately. He had among the
PAPERS given him a reGuisitto1 for postage
stamps 10y Whitaker. two sheets OF a letter of
Whitaker TO his mother. and a note OF warn
Ing. He accidentally discovered that the two
hall sheets. on one OF Which the letter 10 Whit
takers mother was written had never formed
one sheet, but the requisitiOn and one OF the
sheets on which was the letter TO his mother
had once been Whole sheet. That led him 10
compare the other two pieces OF paper. and he
found that the other sheet OF the letter 10 Whit
takers mother and the note OF warning had
been ore paper When he made that discovery
he took TO his bed with excitement, and he was
unable TO read his report in court
Cadet Whitaker was cIoSS-eNamined Satur-
day and maintained his innocence OF any knoyl-
edge CT who committed the outrage on him or
NIote the note OF warning. He suspected Cadets
Blake and Mcdonald OF having hand in Il.
Tie court VIII make up It's report, tiAishing H.
probably before June 1st. Gen Schofield saws
that reports OF fears OF disorderly action by the
caCetS against W hittaher are premature. as II
is the understanding among them 10 allow the
court 10 take care OF the whole case. Professor
Greener still claims that Whitaker is Innocent
and says he has some important points which
he intends TO make known over his own sigma
ture, but not 10 the court.