The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-05
CADET COURT MARnlLED.
HIGH SCHOOL IN MIDST OF new
AND NOVEL SENSATION.
sesrth Sergeant HilaehsanAs Ae.
csseA ef CSnaset UaAeeening N
O0cer-Cesst R@esnaeaas That
He be DssAssssahiy Dismissed.

The Seattle High school has q sensation.
IL ~ unique. novel and involves all tire
points to be found in regulation King
county equity case Anticipation Of gradu-
asinx exercises and pretty gowns have
oeen forsaken Ia the pleasure OF ciscuss-
ing the all~absoroing topic
IS nothing more or less than court
martial OF Fourth Sergeant Roscoe Hide
brandt. Of the High School Cadets. for
eonduct unbeeoming military officer and
injurious 10 the discipline of he organi-
xaifon OF which he il q member
The trial was conducted with all the
solemnfty and decorum thar mark similar
proceedings In the regular army. Every
point was contested, ana quotations OF
law were 60 numerous tina; they coI:idec
with each other In the AIR. Twenty hours
were required to hear the case. about the
same number of witnesses being examined
The end came WEDNESDAY morning al
O'clock. But again, IL was not the end
because the Anal decision Of Commander
in-Chief Twitmyer. principal of the High
school Will not be announced until he has
fully considered the case In detail. Mean
while, there is great excitement and end
less speculation.
The court OF inquiry mas recommended
the 6ishonorabie dismissal Of Serxean.
HiIdebrandt from the cadets. with the pro-
vision that he be forever barred frou,
again acquiring membership. 1t is fur
Their recommended that. owing To circum-
stances. he be allowed to remain a men,
Der OF the High school
Tie decision Of the court was made in all
seriousness. To outsiders IL may sound
like joke 10 speak of High school cadet
court-martsal but those who have looked
into the matter know that the rules of
mis- .fny, ST. is ,!x-
enforced by the Seattle High school ca
diets. Membership Is not a joke.
Hiidebrandt's friends are making hard
fight for new trial. claiming prejudice
and lack OF evidence On the other hand,
the court Is up in arms agains. a new
trial, Its members contend that they
could not have rendered any other deci-
sion from the evidence. anA that II a new
trial were granted 1t would reflect on
them.
Things are warm At the High school
building. Principal Twi.myer. as COM
mander-in-chief of the military forces, is
the center Of the storm. All the COM
plants Of the rival factions are pouring
in to him. He no sooner passes through
one ordeal than another bobs UP. 1t Will
take him three days TO go over the evil
dence in the main case. and In the fuean
time things will be humming and buxzing
like to talk about the pleasures of his
honorary position. That title has no
charms for him. AS principal he neces-
sarily took general supervision OF the COM
pany. but he had no idea that the frst
alleged serious infringement Of military
rules would raise hurricane and cause a
trial lasting twenty-tour hours.
The trouble commenced Thursday after
noon April q. IT appears that Quarter
vi.
absent from their recitations. and when
the matter was investigated the discovery
was made that they had been unlawfuly
imprisoned in the gun room of the cadets
armory in the basement of the High school
building They wefe not only locked in.
hut kept more securely by means OF nails
driven into boards 1t was further
claimed that someone had broken into the
office of the cadets and had taken hand
ball.
Some OF the pupils OF the High school
took the matter as a joke, but not so with
the officers OF the cadets. An investiga-
ton was ordered. and the result became
known when Second Sergeant Max Harri-
son flied charges against Fourth Sergeant
Roscoe Hiidehrandt. He was accused OF
breaking into he office and unlawfui!y
taking n handbail; with entering the arm
DRY without authority. and knowing that
Quartermaster Wfnser and Private Spen-
Ger were confined unlawfulif in the gun
room. and in neglect OF his duty an of-
acer did make their confinement more
secure Ivy mailing the door,
The court martial proceedings COM
menced Monday evening. and with inter-
missions lasted until o'clock "Wednesday
morning dring that time about twenty
witnesses were examined. Tire command
er in-chief wondered II IL would ever ter
inmate. Strict decorum was maintained
and guards were on duty 10 prevent inter-
ra,ptionS The office ~ the board az edu
cation was the scene az the trial Capt
Shirley NJ Treen sat as president with
First Lieutenant Roy kiunsar and Second
lieutenant Charles Curtiss as associate
members of the tribunal. FRS; Lieuten~
ant Don Mcdonald represented the prose
cuiion az judge advocate general. while
John pore and vivian Csrkeek looked aft
ar Hiidebranits interests.
Tables were stacked high with books on
law. and there Was enough ohteeting and
siernurrtng Ia drive the president out OF his
chair II Is claimed that the defense ask
Ell one witness ss, questions with the In
:erstion or rafting him so that he would
tell the truth -
The verdict Of the court was that Hide
brandt was guilty on the charge ~ enter
ing the aruory. except az 10 the words
accusing him - taking ball without fsw.
ful right on the second count Re WAS
found guilty. except 70 the claim that
he made tn. door more secure and kept
them frcm recEtattons.
II IS no, afnproba he thai sentence may
he withhold an3 Iiisdesrandt suspended
from school