The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-17
THE VEST PoIHT q U4NAdE.

,i~, g.. IhN " ESI J,O1ni GUfNdGE.
What Cadet Whitaker Has 20 Say His 40
count ofiho Affair, as Givc.l 10 tho r..
porter of II New York paper-The Invosti-
| CATION Progressing.
/, The following is tic account given
; or y hc' recent outrage at West Point by
Cudet Whitaker himself:
Last night, immediately after tat.
too, L went to bed, and, think, had
been asleep some time when was
awakened by the moving Of the latch
on the door. listened Tor Il moment
and then fell into Il doZc, when | was
! suddenly awakened by some one Jump
! ing Oh me looked sharp and there
were three men III all. Two of them
wore dark clothes and the third had On,
light gray suit and all wore black
masks. 1 drew back my arm to strike
tho man who adjumped on ne, and
partially rose in the bed. Then !
was seized by the throat and chokc>t
till was almost sullocatcd. | was
also struck heavy blow on the left
temple, and also on the nose with
something hard, the man who dealt
the blow shouting to me; Ifyou don't
be still You will he dead man: don't
YOU hollcr.' | was ovcrpowercd.
One of the men then said: Lets mark
him Ike they do hogs down South )
and tllcn with what think was 4
knife, thcy cut OIL the lower cn,l Of my
left ear and slit tho lobe of my right
ear once or twice. Next they began to
tic my feet and kicked as hard as
could, when one exclaimed: 'Don't
you kick or III cut yoU,' and he did
stick my feet twice. ~ this time the
smal man dressed in cray said to one
of the others; Look OUT, don't hurt
him.; sec how he blccds; take my
handkerchief and putt around his
wounds,' and they did, but afterwards
took it away. They then tied my feet
and hands with strips Of white cross
belts and laid me OH the floor, with my
feet towards the bed and my head to-
wards the wall. Next they tied my
feet to the iron bcdstcad. I asked
them if they wouldn't put pillow un-
der my head and u,cy did. Again
they told INC not to hollcr, aud one
said: Now, let's leave and they pass
ed quietly out Of the room. After
they left l tried to gnaw the straps
from my hands. cried, but not very
loud, and got no answer. | did not
dare to shout loud for fear of more
harm. think | must have lain there
three hours before rcvcillc, and was in
Il stupor from blows received. [ don't
know who could have done this thing.
| didn't know that had an enemy. |
think could recognize at least one OF
the men by his clothing. tried to
! pull his mask off, but hc jcrkcd back
! About0 year ago / got Il nCtr on which
was written Look outv | don't
know where it came from. Last Sun
day found scaled envelope in my
! room, and. opcningit, found Il note in
! side, which read as follows:
"Look out; keep awake; you will
be liked. n FRIEND"
FroGrcss ofthc IIlyc ycstisatlon--LayingT Traps
| for tho Boys.
WEST POINT, n. Y, April 13.-The
court OF inquiry called to investigate
the alleged assault uprn Cadet Whit
takcr continued to-day the oxamina-
ton OF witnesses. Alajor Alex. Piper
corroboratcd Tic testimony Of previ-
Gus witnesses is to the condition in
which Whitaker was found. Hc
picked up on the floor Of the latter's
room several pieces Of half burned
paper, which seemed to he the remains
D., Of Il .corporal'S relief lists and also q
leaf torn out Of the Bible. 1t was his
first impression that the outrage had
been committed by other persons.
Clas. r. alexander, post surgeon,
testified that Whitaker was in a nor
NAL physical condition when found.
This afternoon each Of the three hun
| drcd cadets was given sem, ice to
write, which, unknown to thea, were
words which appeared in tho note of
warning to Whitaker. These SEN
tcnccs will be compared by experts
with the writing on tho note Of warn
ing.
| at a meeting of the cabinet today
the alleged outrage upon Cadet Whit
takcr, at West Point. was discussed
and the general sentiment seemed to
be that Whitaker should be represented
by counsel before the board OF inquiry
1t was decided to detail an officer from
the Department Of Justice to attend
the investigation.
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