Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-23
THE TRAGEDY At CORNELL
individuals, Not the Sophomore Class
Responsible for IL.

III has become evident that the tragedy OF
the Cornell University freshman BANQUET
at Ithaca on Tuesday evening was not the
result of any act by the sophomore class.
but was due to the work of individual Of
tenders. President Schurman saws: 1T in
known that the act was not the act OF the
sophomore class. The individual offenders
whoever they may be, WILL it is hoped. be
discovered and punished according to the
severity of the oiIense. Ii has been the
policy OF the Cornell University to treat it's
students not as school BOYS but as men
They are answerable TO the law for their
conduct, and the civil authorities for years
past understood that no immunity was ex-
pected or desired by the university authors
ues for students guilty of violating the
law"
The inquest as TO the cause Of the death
OF Henrietta jackson was begun yes .erday
afternoon.
After vainiy trying to obtain some def
lite Information from a score of witnesses,
The sensation " the inquest came, and may
be the means OF finding the guilty parties.
ON the jug which contained tSe deadly
stun was written: NO. Cook street"
The house No. q Cook street is a students
boarding house. The coroner summoned all
the students at thai number, ana they were
put on the stand. 1T was then disclosed
that TWO Of the students who lived in the
house were not present Their names were
given by their fellow rooIners to be G. c.
JHnScns OF Buffalo, y. Y, and r. Taylor OF
PlainlleId. y. }.
These Two students room together, and
had not been seen since " Wednesday. This
brought the Inquest 10 a sudden close Tor
The present, and II was decided ID adjourn
until next Thursday, in order that the coro-
ner's jury might have time TO lock up the
absent students.
Taylor CT Piainfield is still in Ithaca, and
his friends say that he can prove an alibi
Dlngens, however, il is quite positive, has
left the city.
From none of the druggists could IL be
learned where the sulphuric acid and potas-
sum of permanganate. used in the prepare
ton of the chloride gas, had been pur-
chased. Neither could il be learned where
the drills and augers used in boring the
holes in the ceiling, through which 10 pass
the rubber hose had been procured. Several
witnesses remember making sales of arti-
Giles of the above description. but could not
recall to whom they were made.
Thomas Mcneil OF Pittsburg testified az
10 what occurred before he lost conscious
ness, but nothing new was learned, after
several more witnesses had given unim-
portant testimony.
1t is learned from reliable sources that o
paper was found stuffed in an old stove q
the room where the gas apparatus was
This paper was evidently one in which
some article had been wrapped, and bore
the address in ink of &C. l.. Mitchell, the
Beeresfort." There is no boarding house
or hotel in Ithaca named the Beeresforl.
but there has been a man in town by the
name OF c. +. Mitchell He was not O
student in the university, but was known
TO many OF the college men. He has not
been seen since Wednesday night. The
police will say nothing as to their intentions
in the matter. but IL is thought that they
are placing their chief reliance in this last
clue. President Schurman was at the in
quest but had little to say in regard to the
affair,