New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-25
HOW WHITAKER WAS TIED.

TESTIMONY OF LIEUTENANT BUhNEll'
,rr,,,vvrs THAT CONFLICT WITH THOSE OF MAJOR
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES THE COURT HOW HE
coroRrD CADET WAS BOUND TO HIS CoI-AN
UNFORTUNATE SLIP OF THE TONGUE
There were more women present at the WHITAKER
conrt-martial yesterday than theIe nav UCV' o
any previous day: hvtn1r in the Whitaker
v,ol ia Increasing to the TACT that NelS l.'I
some young officer was to take me ne, RnTn@tT
uiu vas Graduated from West Point last june anu
VIC 10 Stationed in Mexico was the nrst Wit .SI
Mo 70 the first TO discover Whitaker, ana MS UeSl
de was ' nnDDohahiv the strongest against him. he
ct gave an account OF the hndlhs Vi w III 49,
Among other things, he san Wa Wa ,,ss room
InAinoaSder the surgeon, entered w IItthhel iOo'
hlon~"amined the col0Ted cadets pulse IL vas ies
Ia and he remarked that there was sonS IS'hts
wrong The surgeon tnen trieo 10 nh ~ nosition
.It onIy the white part was visible MAJOR az
onder then told him that ne Waliteu " ioUn -" Le
eve and Whitaker moved u So ns tT natural
ctIIo Sos an iron cot in the courtroom similar 10
tha one Whitaker had in his room anu Sld{or
Gordner asked the witness II nc c9ul4 snom ~
I ~ this how Whitaker was tied. Leutehaht
Emmett said that he could. member Oh tnc eoI
sn1aested that # this was TO DC I1l i .n GJnnr
IsSId odionrn to another room. Major Uaiuhc ~
shOd thar the witness would only have to take on
o+ lieutenant Burnett, by using MS tGeth'
in few minutes suCeee ofsr ri the masner m
sell sen " Whitaker was fastened. A lew DOORS
| Mnlon nlaced under his head, ana ne
welo .orded nm the floor while the members OF inc
| iay "a oxamined him. Burnetts feet huEg aOou'
| fOur inches below the sde-rall. -, C,,,:
| Were Whittaker's feet" asKeu MI Ch"niOoii"'n
| "tied closely TO the raili -, .L,, ,bor fornd
| "As remember, when l tried thehi-"heh l io'''iO
| +be,n rather-they touched IT,. a., ;..
;;nnIa Of laughter at the mistake OF the witness
| ,ent aronnd the room, and Burnetts race hushe'
| ecorief The witness then shOw9l now, II W n,t
faTer was guilty he could have cut ms ears anu vi
tbe hood on the Indian club even aIter MS ua i;
the tiJ He was not fastened so tightly as Wlit
| We vas however After resuInlng ms seat ln
tness stated in reply to questions OF MT CnaulptI
ioin tbat.when he fret saw Whitaker he though
| his throat had been cut. , ,,:o... .1o4 ,,bo
| Mr. Cham berlain-YOu said, DeileVe, Vnab WIZ
| Ms;or Alexander tried to examine WhltlakGI c3
W5ttaker rolled it 80 that the surgeon could hoV
sol ,..a .,,o+ +bo white only of his ev
The witness-l saiu tna' 'No "--''O
"" Wa IVhet would YOU say if told Won that MaJc
| Alexander had sworn differently = ~,
At &c ON unite confident that am correct III
,r,l of the eve was not visible until the surgeO
snoIS ia di the doctor try to hold the eye at all "
No he simply raised the I'D" ,.-
| Mr. Chamberlain-" Could ~ man OF oIGLuar
strength have broken the bands with Whlch III
| taker was tied y
Won +estIfied at the Court Of Inquiry that
= | would require more than ordinary strength to
Z 1T think differently now. l hadn't tired u
- | strength of the bands then" ..
- The witness gave his reasons at length Tor belle
70 inc that Whitaker had mutllated himself. IL
cross-examlnation will be continued to-day.