The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-21
|HAZING MUST Be STOPPED
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\ nesses expected to be called, there may
Il possibly be an adjournment until after
n the holidays.
The name of former Cadet John e..
N Breth of Altoona, Pa, who, 1t is alleg-
ed, died eighteen months ago as re-
M suit Of brutal hazing at the West Point
military academy, was associated WIN
M that Of Oscar l.. Booz at the inquiry
y to-day. Rev. Father O'Keefe, the Cath
Ollie pastor here who was personally in
ia terested in Breth, testified that the
N young man never complained to him OF
w 9azing, but rather seemed to look on 1T
~ mere fun. Breth was discharged IN
january, 1898, for deficiency in his stu
&! dies The medical records were pro-
duced and they showed that Breth was
III IN the hospital twice first for week
A when he was treated for externar hem-
Orrhoids and the second time for TWEEN
I ty-four hours suffering from llght
fever.
He was treated another time in his
& Seexe-for acute Indigestion and in con-
II sequence was excused from sections for
one day.
II Superintendent emphatically denies
that Booz was injured while here, and
said to-day that the assertions TO that
effect were absolutely false
The medical records also show that
Cadet Booz was excused from one drill
while suffering from acute diarrhoea,
Y and this is the only time which ne
seems to have been treated for any
trouble while at this post.
One Of the witnesses to-day said that
nd
said he had heard Booz frequently hold
ITO blow the foam off himself" Booz
! was seen to take three drops of hot
sauce by Cadet Bull, and this young
man also testified that some of the
fourth class men filed the pepper
sauce bottles with tomato catsup so as
to deceive the upper class men.
Cadet Cowles of Kansas, who knew
y Booz in preparatory school, near Phil
adelphia, told the court that Booz was
being treated by a local physician for
some lung trouble, and was also taking
exercise for expanding his chest the
wear prior to his admission to the West
Point academy.
In REPUTATION of the statement made
by Cadet Booz's father, Congressman
Phillips of Cleveland, o., sent tele-
gram to Superintendent Mills of the
academy denying that he ever came to
West Point for the purpose of protect
ing his son, Cadet Burt w. Phillips,
from being hazed. This was submitted
to the court, and by direction of the
court 1t was attached to the records.
Cadet Olsenshire of Illinois had
known Booz, but had never heard him
called "Bibles."
Cadet Charles Telford of Utah testi-
fled that he had been hazed like the
other fourth classmen. He could not
give the names of any one who hazed
Booz. He belonged to the Mormon
church, but had never been in any way
Disseminated against or looked down
upon on account of his religion.
Cadets William H Williams of New
York and Oscar Foley of Missouri had
no complaints to make of the hazing
treatment they received.
Cadet r. II. Keller of New York said
the worst thing he had been requested
to DO was to try and shave himself
with bayonet and he was very unsuc-
cessful.
Cadet Charles r. Jennings of Con-
nectiout when sworn told the court |
that on one occasion Cadet William G.
Caples of Missouri told him to put out
his tongue, and Capes dropped five |
drops Of hot sauce on it. 1t did not |
hurt or choke him and only left a burn
ing feeling on the tongue for few min
utes At another time he had to stand |
of his head in a tub full of water. The /
witness had seen Booz a few days be- |
fore he left the academy and in reply /
to General Clous as to how Booz looked |
replied: ''He looked as we'll as any of |
u.s."
Cadet John r. McGinnes of Ohio said |
ne belonged to the Roman Catholic /
church. He had never been discrminat
ed against because of his religious be- |
lief.
Cadet Benjamin Mcclellan of Mis-
sissippi, Cadets Warren T. Hannum of .
Pennsylvania and James F. Bell of .
Pennsylvania William L. Stevenson, of
Michigan, and Sam w. Robertson, of
Mississippi, gave accounts of various
forms Of discipliuing by the upper