Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-15


 He Was a Freshman.
 NEW YoRk. Feh l5.-The Herald to. fay prints tho following dispatch from New Haven: The innocent faco of Fresh man Elliott shepard, son of the late Colo mol Elliott F. shepard, who wa, propri- etor of a New York afternoon newspaper and of tho Fifth Avenue Transportation company at the same time is missing from the campus of Yale university. and it Is believed that the faculty intend to expel him. although he got in his resig nation before the learneI professors ha l time to recover from their dismay at his offense and hold a meeting to take action upon it. Master Shepard is in hiding in New York. while his friends and rela- tives, for whom. it IS reported. ChHuncey NJ. Depew Is acting as chief adviser, are pulling wires to get the scandal hushcd up and oN erlooked.
 The charge against Master shepard. who is one of the most lamblike and thor oughly unsophisticated youths who ever went to New Haven to nc ,uire knowle lge. Is that he miStook his dormitory for ho- tel and entertained three hilarious young New York women there at , o'clock in the morning, causing the dormitory to be raided by the police just as if it were a disorderly resort
 The young women, who it is said were very much intoxicated, were carried weeping and fighting, to the police sta tion, Master Shepa: d following in his evening clothes and a frantic condition of grief. begging the police to let his friends go and offering to make all sorts of com promises on money basis
 Grandson of a Vanderbilt.
 Young Shepard is a grandson of the late William II. Nanderbilt, his father having married the daughter of Il at mil lionRire It was never suspected what a reckless fellow he was going to become. but now all the family. including his un. clo, William K. with whom he was n great favorlte. are in a terrible state of mind about him
 Tho news came also as H great shock to Mir. Eepew, who had p edicted fine ca reer for the-Suung man in the church. even believing that some day he might become a bishop. Mir. pepews faith in human nature sustained a severe shock It Is only fair to say before reciting the accusations against Master shepard that he has defense which, if it can be prov | ed shows that he was not only blameless in tho transaction in which the faculty consider him to blame. but that he was actually behaving aS Good Samaritan. He admits that he conducted the three young women into the dormitory, but de- clares that he did it because they were suddenly taken i'll, and he was not able to obtain for them quarters in any hotel in New Haven
 The affair began at the City Guards ball. This is New IIaven's imitation of tho New York French Eall, but 1t is on H much lower plane us regards refinement. Master shepard Is freshman. having graduated from the nursery. The City Guards invited him to their ball He had never been to anything of the kind, and when he got tho ticket ho was in ecstasieS. He decided to take his Add!e" with him This young lady Is Miss Addio Far ! ley of l54 West Thirty fifth street New 1 York. She is very well known in New Haven for her disregard of conven5funafE ties and for her ability as dancer and 1 kickor With her were her friends - Miss | Annie Drummond and Miss Pearl Walker of the Tenderloin district Under the es' cort of this symposium Master >hcpard was taken O the hall.
 The Hall a Lively AnnIr. The local papers describe the ball as ! ] hilarious affair After seeing all the 1 sights Master shepard and Miss Annie. Miss Addic and Miss Pearl, still in theil i Miss Farley was in joyous frame oi mind and. it Is said. persuaded Master 1 shepard to take the party to see tho fa nous Nandertilt dormitorr. How he smuGgled them into the building. the l police say, is a mystery. but Master Shep | ard giveI a different account of it ! He says the vo ng ladies wero i'll. and that he tooI them to his room he rause 1 the hotels refused them.
 Tho college nut critics say that Master | Shepard's statement may be an accurate 1 account of hinGs aS he saw thom, but that tho policemen reached the scene on account of certain hilarious howls which
 broke the stilluesS of the night The l friends of tLe student, however. argue that if any tr.eS were heard they W, re not tones of hilarity. but of grief and pain due | to lack of medical attendance. The three women wero ta ken in disgracC to the police station. The police say that
 they were intoxicated. but in no nt ed oi
 medical attention. though Master shepard l may have erruneouSly mistaken their con dition. One of them was allowed to ds
 part. not being an old offender. Master
 Shepard deposited Sl50 as bail for the other two. and they took the first train
 for New York. Master Shepard followed on the next train.
 It Is believed that the college authori
 ties favor Shepard's expulsion. A great deal has been said hero of tho vast inlu ence of tho Vanderbilt family at Yale and statements have gone around and havo been believed that whatever action Is takon in the matter young Master Shep
 ard will bo allowed to return to Yale aft
 or tho matter has blown over.
 Big Contract Awarded.