The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-23

, put up vigorous resistance, and they
fought in manner that will long be
remembered in the college.
Elmer Il. Belts, who rooed with
Hart, helped his room mate. and Ernest
A. Saunders did great work. But II
was no use. They were outnumbered
10 to one, and although there was a
great scattering of sophomores. ana
some were thrown down stairs and
others pummelled around the corridor,
the two men. Abbott and Hart, went
with the attacking party. They were
not allowed even time TO dress, al
though 1t would have been next to i'm
possible TO find their clothes in that
room.
The two men were wrapped up in bed
clothing, carried down stairs and dump
ed into a hack whose driver had been
promised liberal pay for a silent tongue
The hack landed them in the darkness
in front of a building they discovered
as a barn. The men were handcuifed,
bound and gagged, as the others had
been, and they were carried in and al
lowed TO share the quarters OF the
horses. The owner OF that barn lis said
to have been a college boy himself and
in all probability, the presence OF two
men in his hay Will not be noticed to-
day.
At o'clock this morning. the fresh
men were considering how to get even.
and search parties were at once sent
out TO look for the captured and cap
tors. There were several scraps dur
ing the night, for no one slept at the
college last night, and incidentally
very few persons who lived I'm the vi
cinityA number of the freshmen start
ed to search for the son OF Mr.. Justice
Stiness OF supreme court. The fresh
men wanted "Dinah" Stiness, and
wanted him badly. One of them said
they would bury alive any sophomore
they got, or else skin him, and from
manner in which they rushed places
where tie scphs showed themselves, it
could be believed that something would
happen.
The police were called out, but there
was nothing for them to do. and they
finally withdrew, leaving matters in
the hands of Steward Delaney.
PRESIDENT FAUNCE SPEAKS.
President Faunce spoke To the stu
dents this morning at the close OF the
chapel exercises. He spoke OF the af-
fair of last night as the preside.It of the
university and as the friend Of the
students President Faunce was APP
plauded~in the course of his remarks
and received the hearty support OF, the
majority OF the upper classmen.
President Faunce spoke of the fact
that for the first time since he became
president, the body of students and the
institution had been disgraced by the
actions OF a few men who were practice
ing the arts OF the rough, the tough,
and OF the burglar. He said that hood
lumism would not be tolerated at
Brown University.
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what would the effect be of certain dis
patches flying all over the country up
on parents who were thinking OF send
ing their sons to Brown. He asked the
students To create such public senti-
ment that II would be too hot at Brown
for those students who failed to show
the instincts and breeding of gentle
men.
In these views President Faunce Is
heartily supported by the ma jority OF
the student body. especially the upper
classmen.
CLAIM A RECAPTURE.
| The freshmen of Brown University
| claimed at noon today that all. the stu
| derlts who had been carried off were
/ recaptured and were In safe keeping
| for the banquet tonight.
| According 10 the story OF the fresh
men, a number of freshmen chartered
| Doat ana went on reScuing eX-
| petition down the bay. They examined
| every suspicious boat. About six miles
| down the harbor. they saw a schooner
with one man aboard. Later another
I appeared Something about the action
of the men appeared peculiar. The
freshmen came up to the boat and ask
ed how many were aboard. The soph-
omore at first said only one
The freshmen then jumped on the
boat of the sophomOres and captured
| Bumsted and Hart who were lying
bound in the boat. 1t appears that two
members of the guard of the sophomore
| class had gone ashore for some water
The freshmen claimed this noon that
! they had recaptured Abbott from a barn
In this city and also tbas Brose was In
safe keeping for the banquet Of to-