Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-26
YALE SCANDAL.
Nephew of Russell Sage Leaves a
Young Girl to Die---MOck Highway
RObberieS.

New Haven, Conn, November 25.-
Certain things have happened at Yale
University recently to shock the good
people of New Haven.
First, in an address last week, Mrs.
Poteat, wife of the leading Baptist
preacher in the city, said in an address
before the International Christian
Workers convention:
Il believ more boys are ruined in Yale
than in any other place know OF. l
would as soon send a boy to hell as to
send him to Yale" This caused a red
hot sensation, coming, as it did, on the
heels of the recent statement publicly
made by Rev. John c. Collins that New
Haven needed moral cleansing. Things
have been very unpleasant for DR.. Po-
teat and his plucky wife. but, on Thurs
day, an incident came out that has re-
lieVed them Of considerable embarrass-
ment. 1t was the finding OF young
girl in a stable in this city, where She
had been left to die by q nephew OF
Russell Sage Young Sage and the girl
had been travelling about the city for
"A hours and both were under the in
fluence of liquor, when, after midnight,
they returned in buggy to the livery
stable at No 81 Broadway. The girl
alighted, but fell in a faint on the
ground. DR.. Osborn, of Yale, was sum
moned, and with the aid Of a stomach
pump saved the girls life. She is a
Southern girl, Annie True by name,
and has been employed in local corset
factory.
The friends and sympathizers Of Mrs.
Poteat are secretly rejoicing that her
arraignment Of Yale should so soon be
justified, and those who still stick up
for "Old Eli" are bitterly cursing Sage
for his misadventure. He is likely TO be
expelled. Young Sage has been repu-
dated by his uncle, who said There
is no Sage who is a sot, and is in dis
grace.
People in New Haven are recalling
and rehashing old stories Of the hair
Drained escapades of the sons Of wealthy
parents who come to Yale with more
spending money than brains, and
squander it in dissipation, TO the lasting
injury of their associates.
The disgrace and expulsion of young
Elliott Sheppard, son of the late Col.
Elliott f. Shepard and nephew Of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, is still fresh in the
minds of New Haven people
1t was in February last that the po-
lonrpap On drrtu in Tho TTpiuarcitx v
grounds had their attention attracted
by the shouts and revelry of a merry
party in one Of the apartments in the
Vanderbilt dormitory, and on going up
there found young Sheppard having a
high old time in his room with three
young women. The party were prepar-
ing for the ST Valentines bail Of the
city guard, and the young women wore
the short skirts and tights which made
them the observed Of all observers at
the ball. Later in the night the quar-
tette fell into the hands of %he police.
1t transpired then that young Sheppard
had imported the girls from New York
together with half dozen others, who
had been distributed among his friends
The females were let off with a light
fine.
More recently mock robberies have
been reported on the streets, involving
students at Yale, and only last week a
horse car was held up by a daring young
New Yorker. while his comrades re-
lieved the passengers of their valuables.
OF course. the stolen articles were re-
turned, but the impression created by
this incident is not pleasant to way
farers in the Elm City.
The Yale faculty will, it is said, insti-
tute a searching investigation at once,
with view to wedding out the leading
spirits in these midnight visitations,
and it is more than likely that eXpul-
sions will follow