The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-24
TIE ITHACA GAS TRAGEDY.
a STUDENT DIRECTLY IxPLTcATED
WAS READY TO CONFESS,


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nisGesr'the s'ussnt tro~ n"ns'o "hoss
Address. Was .. ths Jur' SIN hi's'ne.
Iru,c, FAR o2-It ts said to-day on trust
-o,tb, authority for which ,our oorre.nond-
az e.n yonob That the studsnt dIrsetlv i'm.
,I,,o,,d IN On. oan.raiion of IN. Gas that
oa,..d IN. daath M tbs coIorsd ,vorsn NJ On.
,,.sb,o.n hanou.t on Tus.d.v ni0ht b.. con.
t....J ~ a fer ~ hi. frisnds that fact nj.
,rtonds I,,madI.taIv c.ma deem tom ara
..k al n, . csrtain Ithaca man what uould h.
IN. hs.t coor.. for the entity partv "a t.t..
Tbay said that be vas readv 70 maize a cle.n
b,sast NJ the unt,er hut "a tbere ware air or
ssysn others mixed un IN IN. affair that
tooIt.b s.ntirp ont caiiad atudsnt honor b.ld
him from taking that action. lie wanted the
sJyIco ~ Ines. friend. on mi. subiect and
tbev aiJ no, tnov vbstber n would
h. b..t for him "a act IN. mart Of a
man ard coms FRANKLY Harvard ma conf.s. or
,ata hi. on, ncs. ON The or1c.r. mot b.ipg abI.
10 ferret him out. ,rb.sa friends intim.t.d 10
,ho I,h.c. war that enc or,cor. ,v.rs nr.,tv
olosa unor the trail a nd that ~ Tho .tud.nt Ali
contess n would imnlIcate ak or seven of the
unIv.raitv,s rn.t nonu,ar and learned s,u
dsnt. Tho I,h,can refus.d 70 odvI.s than.
and tbore The matter stands. This means that
An a ya,v shor, a n thI. citIz.n and IN. frI.nds
vilI no ,um,nopsd before tho Coroner and com.
nslled 70 Al JuIus THAR s.cre,.
Coronsr brown. who has the investiqstion in
,bsrg. ,raa in,srvisvadb nv vour corr.snond.nt
this evsnino Uaa.id.
'Al,hougb tho rasnlta Of IN. inous.t x..,.r.
d.x apnoarad Mt frat 70 have been Of N win.
I tbint ,ftsr ali that IN. roal Gina ra. di,cov'
ered vben tbs adde's. ON the inc vn. nut IN
.vidonco tho ta.,in,onv q, The ~i,n..... mi
cious character. and 1 am flrmiy convinced
.hat inc mGorit, OF the Witnesses uehoeie'eU
preVarlcateu ano Kept oacE consideraoie in-
formation that should have been put In my
l,'ns,.i , ~ '.oe y.
the difficulties under which labor in trying
TO perform the duties OF my ofIlce. It IL 10 the
in,sras,. Of ;ustica that am xorsinr no,
,n'eres.s Of JUSTICE Una. l am ~orkine. not
push the matter to the bitter end. despite the
.,pmhI,n1 hIoot. which b.y. h.an mn, IN ~.
way. The business men from whom I should
receive the Information which the law entities
me to seem determined to block the invssti-
cation at every turn. The chemicals and In
struments used by the perpetrators of tho out
ko "e.e pute '' iNi"o". anu not
merchant has volunteered to come forward
and admit Of selling the same. lam positive
40 -, ,vh.ra ,hssa d,Ta..nt s,,,.,ss 49,,
us W whero these uineFeht ARTICLES WsIe pur-
chased. yet when the merchants and their
%0.o ~. upon s'e '.au tne' u.n,eu al
H sI'o " a", SUI usn .1v..on e,noe 'ne
adjournment oil the inquest have found out
several important points. have found out
the name OF student who borrowed
n screw driver from a certain hardware
store in town on the evening Of
the BANQUET and who failed to return It, hav-
Ing iostit. He then offered to pay for 1t. and
10 cor9nborass shis sact an a e.t T rn
knowledge Of il. This viii give you an idea OF
the Disadvantage under which ! labor. meet;
Ing the same indifference az every turn. will
state 70 you positively that have found where
the rnbper tuping vas purchased. IL was from
as the majority Of MERCHANTS here have. did
not hesitate to tel me- ne can positively iden:.
] have to summon every student in the uni
st,ry VIII hnd that man II he 10 In the
The Coroner added that (. was quito evident
In 1.s d Densens wos not the principal IN tho
SSont X ne sssan'S mutt nnSw somSthing
70 keep out 81 the way OF the ofncers OF the
law law, The police onlciais have made several
with no success. Search 10 buffalo does not
disclose his Whereabouts yet his parents were
troubls into which their only son was
PLUNGED NJ
IN lustice 70 the boy DinGena. IL must be
sard shss ths ere s No Positys proof against
street ana his whereabouts cannot be ascer-
ta me
. Inc iacuity OF the university held meeting
tnis aiternoon anu the following resolutions
were tho result:
R.,o s- That IN. faculty assure the civil authorities
OF OF thef desire to coSperAte with hem In pro-
,b. or H. ep, enm tes &c o.
Rs.oJra that the faesity one. moSs }oTn.v s..,.,.
thai. Will. students VINO Ssvs been eohvct.d Of OF
fsnss. u. and order win also be ,nblsetsd TO
~ ~ spn G IN, tns IN y y :. no, the business
Inc ne ace md AIN ,bs Iaw whirb % 20
of the faculty. should be nphsid against studsnt az
tenders with the impartial rgor as Is shown to-
ward other offenders.
Tho university authorities ars m king such
efforts in the TUESDAY NIGHT affair
that "a number OF sophomor who TOOK mari In
the rush told your correspondent to.daw that
they we're in hourly expectatIon Of n notics ~
suspen sion from the facuity' The uniysrsitv
people are also end GA yoring 10 paliats the dis
grace OF the affair Ivy Charging the newspaner
their rsports. This /. 4 false aeeIsatioS in IA
majority Of cases Ths ithSca fonrnaJ IN i,s
sditoriai column tbia ayanInS says tba y" rs
,olorsd woman diad nnt trnn, az. s wa NV
,hIoTins nut from heart disease nrodncnd hy
/, ha 80 r. ,s.inhin :, 10y o 20 stats IN