The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-24
THE WEST POINT INQUIRY.
Yeslerany,. E.amInalIon ln lhe Ga.

Yesterdays Examination In the Case
WEST PoINT, April 23.-The Court hat
consultation this morning.
Simpson adhered to his statement tha
the room in the bath house in which hi
and Whitaker were the evening after tht
outrage was not locked. Witness said ht
became acquainted with Mrs. Brooks III
Washington through his wife, the latter
being Mrs. Brooks hair dresser. When
asked il Mrs. Brooks first husband was q
General, he replied: 81 suppose SO; they
are all Generals down in the Southern
country" wasneyer charged with crime
in Highland Falls, nor at West Point until
this Whitaker affair came up.
Squire Van Buren testified that on
April 18th man named John butcher
and he had q conversation at Butchers
Junction, when butcher told him, refer.
ring to Whitaker, "that d-d black cuss
had to leave before long, said he had
been to West Point to see his son and had
conversation with Cadet Burnett. Wit
ness asked butcher what sort Of fellow
Burnett was, and he replied, "he is did
bad egg" and that Burnett told him II
Whitaker didn't leave shortly q job would
be put up on him and he would have to
leave. Witness said butcher said Burnett
stated that he was going to put the did
black cuss out OF the place some way.
Witness didn't say anything to any one
about this, but came to the Point 10 tell
Townsend OF 1t or Mr.. Greener.
John butcher took the stand aud de-
MED Van Buren's story. He said he was
full OF beer when he was talking to Van
Buren,, and was talking wildly. He said
he never saw Burnett, nor never heard OF
either him or Whitaker.
Pain, the expert, took the stand next
He said he found resemblances in certain
papers, the numbers OF which he did not
mention, but not enough on which TO base
an opinion. The dissimilarities offset the
similarities.
The recorder recalled John butcher,
and said to him, "Do you know think
you was sober when you had that conver.
sation with VanBuren, and you can tell it
to me in order that you may escape the
crime OF perjury. | now give you q
chance.
Witness-I know no more. 1 never
knew Burnett.
Squire VanBuren was recalled, and
said he did not think that butcher was
intoxicated when he was in conversation
with him, nor did he think butcher had q
weak mind, and he never knew anything
against his character.
The colored woman, Mrs. Simpson, tes.
tilted that she first heard OF the outrage
from one Of the boiler men who had heard
1t from the milkman Haight. She detail
ed her conversation with Ryan in the lat
ter's house, and thought there might be
some bad spirits among so many cadets,
or It might be that the Republican party
had this done so they might put General
Grant in for President. Laughter Here
the witness said, "Now don't laugh; but
know Grant will be President" [laugh.
teri and Townsend said, "Good for you"
1t was after that she said John Sherman
would move heaven and earth to get the
colored vote. "Not Gen. Sherman" yen-
tured the Recorder. "No," said witness,
"John Sherman"
She was asked by the Court il she knew
the colored cadet Smith. "Why, Major
Mordecai, he married my daughter"
She was asked where Smith now is, and
she replied with much emotion: "He Is
dead; l don't think he had been fairly
treated. He could have passed, but they
did not want him here; but let that be
buried with him. He told mehe had not
been fairly treated"
Henry butcher testified that he made
no remarks which Would lead his father
to suppose that cadet Burnett was bad
fellow; never heard Burnett say any
thing about Whitaker; nor any one else
say they would fix Whitaker.
VIM. Mcmahon testified that he told
Mrs. Brannigan he heard milkman Haight
say that three cadets were at Ryan's the
night OF the outrage.
]. F. Palmer heard such q story from
Fisher Pierce, hack driver. He had no
other authority.