New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-06


THE DIFFIcULTY-A COURT-MARrIAL To De
HELD
frRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or The THIBUNEl
WEST POINT, y. Y, Aug. IA fight which
took place here on "Wednesday Cadets Cook ana
Sender continues to DC the chief topIc Of Conversation
M the post Tne spot where the mill came off Ia SC
c,uel place between the hill which the ruins OF
Fort Putnam and which is crowned by the new
observatory The facts in the case, as gathered by
TRIBUNE correspondent yesterday, are as follows
From time immemorA in the history
Of the Aeadomy 1t has been the custom
for the third classmen, or "yearlngs" to make
bo new cadets or prbs 10 work for them while in
cadet The system resembles the English one Of
eing rather han the AaznC Of American colleges
and ha. always been acQue-cec Ia by the " piets win
more or esq grace This year there las been CONSIDER
i,i. rrieriop between the "plecs and yearlin,s
,tt .ouIefle ago resulted In fight between two OF
fac cadets tie "yearlng getting tie worst or H. Ihs
encoIr qpl lie pcbs 10 resist the demands OF the
voarlin and to express themselves rather Freely ~
re''lard tO what they would or would not 10.
Amonr the new cadets one Edward -cuider from
vi-sI.sinpf Scudder was marKedi by the cadets
In the classes above MN 80 Wha5 is KNOWN IN the
nomenclature Of cadets as ~ jrapd man snoiI
10 bring pail OF water or as ~ ls phrdren hefe drag
water" he refuse aud red to hght The cadet VINO
ave the order The yearng was much Larger man
Than scuader and therefore did not not accept
the challenge. " was Tue oPlnio. ~ .ile
cl as however, that scudder ought 20 DC sup
messed and he was given 10 understand that cadet
b4 SIZE would be produced TO fight Win hm Scudder
il il sad boosted rather loudly that there was not
,tfaf ffl
a. e wac older and his muscles therefore stronger
than any such man IN the class Tue eass hoSever,
che a am pOn ia the person OF r. A COOK OF hhode
ISLAND and the light on on Wednesday morning.
Co n eighteen years old. about hVe tot eight lehcs
In height and weighs about $50 pounds seudder Is
tcventT-Oue and about the height. His weight 10
sad to less than that OF Cook. The two cadets were
oef accepted the cham pOnshp of his css and scud
der alreed 10 him Alfred Jackson nrsi-clAss
go -,nIder and Cadet COuah2n second for Cook
From the nrst Cook mad 1t ali Ms own way, putting ID
marry nor return He up 70 the scratch, however
promptly and stood he storm OF blows without weakeu
M the gin ed for time. Scudder making des-
nprae efforts 10 get at autacnlst. Finally there
Ill NJ - time" The referee declared the ngAG
over and Cock, Jackson and Conahan stared
10 away from the spot &c, aeau =, nao '1 en- a
Come. get up said Henry, you have fought Like
SENDER did not respond, and his second, bending over
MIN law mai he wAs inaensDie Henry then cal ed al
1er the other cadets who stopped in their fght.
surely geat.emen," sld Henry, coming up TO tAein'
fsy1ted The four cadets shen osek the proc
frate -oudder, and tried 10 revive nIm COOK WAs al
! once alarmed. and running to nelgnDorhg sprIs ne
GI,ed ans cap win water, and. taking Lie
lion antagonists head his lap, baihed MS lace anu
uead and endeavored by every means to ohnS MN 10
4r-occI peder happened to be passing along the
road ia lis agon, ana The cadets hailed nan ana asked
MN To take their InscusDIe COMPANION 10 inc hospital
lie consented SENDER was placed On Top Oh the D. er
boxes anu. accompanied Oy N1" lrV % i -.
fhe hospital AS ,cudder had been placed II a
cadets made their escpe, Oh
one door IA Dr. Alexander, the pO6lsufeeOn Was coming
in al another They Identified, however, anu SUD
seon, nty arrested a. Cook aud Jackson shortly
after reaching the hospital Scuduef Ee''VN' ou' vas
| taken with spell Of vomiting.
An sorts oil sCOres current among the cadets yes
te ~ IN regard 5cudGers condition Ihe most pOpu-
i me was nat he " MS lower uni
md r. vas doubtful II he would recover II. On inq4FJ
- the no pita however it learned that Ill Tie re-
norts A. Ia his dangerous condition were greatly cKas-
r-raIad His face badly bruised but there are no
! 6ruIses on his body, and his injuries are NOT
| aarsiderpd serious. General H0Nar aud ms
| AdiutanfL ieneral were both away yesterday, Dl'
mi rRTRISEs corres pOndeDt saw Lieutenant WOODS,
ling AduCant enela. and also Colonel Miller VINO
h ConImaudant Cadets in place OF
szeiI who was relieved yesterday BOth OF these gen
Irfnen expressed great regret Ll4S the aAF had sH
PI do not understand it," said Colonel Miller " In
nv time we used have our qmirrels ana ushs- Oul
flev we're all Of personal nature This seems To DE
class affair II is something Juat mas sprung up Since
| WIS a cadet -.. 49,, ,his
~ the first Ofep5e OF any consequence Wnch no Lac
| committed since he mas been at The Academy. he
| IL tne lat person would suspect 81 Deiug
tne principal In priZe-f ghJ. Hts cher anxiety now
sc,us "a he not about himself but about NE adversary
sven anlopg the .pleDs there Is no hostile irennS
fnsard hlm II was fair hgl said one VI the IN ~
The TRIuNE correspondent yesterday, " aua M CCoA
uns NOT 10 ba lame" The pleDs are always careiui W
nrntx the Mr." when speaking OF or 70 c9uc' III
eeiasz have rhsm scudder for Two years Il
20 nr,otising lawyer IN Mississippi previous to Ms
enterine the Military Academy. As soon a. ocuddei
recovered there VIII a court martial anu Lhc PtoDa
bic result Will be The e1pulsoh VI al ooACeI"eo ~ LIZ
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