, 1880-04-18
WHITAKER.
Gen. SchofieId's Testimony in
the Inquiry at West
Point.
He Is Of Opinion that Outside Par.
ties Committed the Out -
rage.
Whittaker's Good Standing Clearly Shown
by the Record.

Whittaker's Good Standing Clearly Show,
by the Record.
OBSERVATIONS.
Special Dtspatch to The Chicago Tribune.
| WEST POINT, N. T., April 17.-The Gov
ernment aud post detectives are still dill
gently working on the clews connected will
Highland Falls. Yesterday the Times cor
respondent travelled over the path leading
from the shack road" to Ryan's saloon, *
which certain cadets resort to obtain LIQUORS
The path runs through scrub-pine forest
and over ground filled with rocks and bowl
ders for half mile. At the end Of the woods
and In hollow between two knobs is 8
swamp with stepping stones laid across
From the swamp the path runs over hilly and
broken ground, crosses" several stone walls
with gaps In them, and descends into grove
Of young cedars. Through this thicket the
path has been cut under overhanging and
interlacing boughs straight up to the back
door Of Ryan's place. The great advantage
OF the house as a cadets fayorit is the fact
that the route to it, with the exception OF
| small portion Of open ground beyond the
cedar thicket, is shielded from view from the
main road, and the cadets while travelling
are safe from detection by their officers. The
path through the cedar thicket to Ryan's
back door has been cut and is used almost
entirely by the wilder spirits among the
! cadets, who travel over it in parties
| Of two, four, and half dozen on Saturday
afternoons and during the week. Residents
at points near the paths say they have
counted as many as eight OF nine cadets in
uniform. to saw nothing of those in civilian
uress' 70 pass IN one afternoon. Often they
are seen carrying bottles OF liquors Two
cadets were recently watched smug-
Cling a box of liquor into the post
6y this route. On the afternoon
through the cedars singing drinking sorpa
and making tie woods resound with i their
yells. Pieces Of champagne. liquor, and
gether with occasional strips torn from an
majority Of the corps to saw vi t1at this I disor. e
derly element is limited II, numbers and
much Of it inseparable from the composftion %
Of the Academy, made up as it is Of yonths
from all parts Of the country. 49,,
was committed BY VI three % cadets @ IS The he fact G
that Whitaker has given offense to several
members Of the corps, not the sort Of per
fNTpAt ha la.
hama cadet Mcnnnaid who strncT VIII
faEer twice and was arsnanToa ~ a year riT ~,
consennnnce tne raints cav thare ara t twn ~.
hoys ,gho have esnecioi canse nf eriavanco Jme
AGAINST The vo,ne negro Theee Rnvs + is
said. came to the Point tn mass their exam-
ination at tf1e sama fine NJ Wh;t+aEar '1sTh Tha
latter who 10 frecIied and svh;tar than
many whita cadets neetrcted tn sav ,A he
had dark blood in his veins and ali fhree
The horrnr and die@met nf +he vomnr ,vfites
on discovering they had associated On terms
Of equality with :" a white niger was so
great, WnlttaKers pertldy became byword
;abi.S ao Ias te4ors 10y s t WIG t, WIS aldE
he M mistaEin1 | his cn1or On fhe DIV when
"Flip'' was graduated, one Of the Professors
shook hands with him in the mess-hau, and
was mSsed TOT SO dong oy tne cadets.
,..; a.. w W. uSWnnE NJ, ~ no coule Glwato 4.
nmestioneI ahont his renort of fhe Hie51ani
Falls clew. He declined to testify as TO his
informants, on the ground that it would in
volve preach OF G0nhdence and sacT1hce or
H. nJu rn4 do t%ult tto4 ~ ~
to i've IN I'M to lis oath to teji the Whole frllti.
and no importance would henceforth attach
to his information from the Point:
Aealnst TINS Inc correspondent entered