The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29
CORNELL STUDENTS DEATH.
FRESHMAN f. r. BERKLEY DROWNED
IN THE SENECA CiNAL.


"es"'' OF horsepi"S "hich otten fr"cedes
Kappa Alpha lnitiations-uo Was Told
to Pin n Paper ON "A Bridge, and in
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port,ay -, 8, T. IoWia ,roahr =, fa ra
,,D,S ot OF houls' freshman IN cornell
it's junction with Seneca outlet. two miles east
~ ,'I' wy AZ f'nN yesterday n,'erhooh'
Berkisy was undergoing horse play" prelim-
chnnor mI mr'' ,ins a",o .otne!' SnV'rSy
unap.oa =. nappu A.phH irH'ern'y. me oouy
OF Seneca county and removed TO Wnterloo.
where the inquest was held today
Kappa Alpha Chapter house at Cornell Uni
versity in Ithaca was destroyed by fire some
time ago. and the Cornell Chapter was invited
to hold its initiation in tho Hobart College
Chapter house of the fraternity. The invita-.
tton was accepted. and party OF about twenty
Comedians leit Ithaca for Geneva yesterday
Tor initiation A. h.Iohiah VaIlOr ,' ;nna,i.,'
,1r ,nl,a..on' Az inc Lehisn valley junction.
member Of the ;uOor c,ns, in g Corns % I,nI.
versity. left the train and started across lots
toward Geneva They walked westward along
nenred the Lake road. There they turned
| SOu' ward toward the brJua
save. o,,,o. Ira,,. Wv ""sou oilu O'St oper
o"''e'. A''"n' pu"r'ero Oh miIo horth
inson drew paper from his postct. "DN '''"
"uhi. l. . -, - .t.HN,
i ms ID note 10 inc party which will follow
us" he said to Berkeley, go and pin 1t to the
railroad bridge
BeTksv was srf to ana bat hex s the train
with Which he o6syed DcEtnsoo nH o ord .' Rs
toward the Lehgh Valley Railroad bridge
over seneca outlet. Tho bridge was about half
students and the bridge, but neither Berkley
nor Dcktnson knew Of its existence. John
city was an eyewitness OF tho events which
He said: '"0 '"A'nK 0' '"e mote oS berkley.
Berkeley took the note and started across n
EloqShed If field Ion on run Dickinson remained
bridge Berkey dsappeared " in the i@e bushes e
which border the canal. IN the meantime
near to the LehiRh Valley Railroad signal
i GjynM1o. About three minutes after Berkeley
man shouted TO me that the youg man
had fallen into the canal and was drowning.
Of the accdent When l reached the pacs
where. Rerkley entered the water there was
remained except his hat. light Fedora, which
fl9,ated on the SURFACE Of the canal
Berk ley drown. She said that when he
reached the bank Of tho canal he appeared
the Lehigh Valley bridge over the canal which
was at some distance. then at the bridge to-
ward which he was going. Then he deliber-
ateIy walked into the canal. Ho struggled a
bit and disappeared.
=, The pac where the accident happened Is in
Seneca county. Coroner Osborne Of Waterloo
was sent Tor at once. Tho body was recovered
at about 8 o'clock last evening. The Inquest
accidental drowning.
This is the second violent death caused by
the horse play which often precedcs Kappa
Alpha limitations, A. Cornell. "A few yenrS ago
Il candidate Tor initiation into the fraternity
was ace tentally pushed or preepce in
Ithaca. His forehead struck against rock.
He died within few minutes. Kappa Alpha
men in this city say they e,xpect to see the
University.
ITHACA. y. Y. Oct. 2S-News reached Ithaca
this morning of the drowning Of Edward Fair
fax Berkeley. n Cornell freshman. at Geneva
rHm ST. Sn Th9 to I'M
company with members Of the local chapter Of
the Kappa Alpha Society. OF which he was n
pledged member. and his initiation was to
have hecn conducted there last evening.
Alumni memb OF the Cornell chapter saw
no part OF the initiation. which was to have
taken place nt the homo Of the Hobart cha tar
Of the society late in the evening Although
Berkley had been In the University but little
more than month. he had made himself pop
ulnr with all who met him.