Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
THE WEST POINT HAVING.
The Investigation May Not Close Be.
 fore Saturday.


 West Point, N Y., Dec 2O.-For the last two days General Brooke, General Bates and General Clous assisted by Captain Deal. have been probing and Investigating charges of brutal haZ- ing at the military academy in connec- tion with the recent demise of former Cadet Oscar l.. BOoZ. Forty eight classmates of the deceased have been examined under oath before the court of inquiry and not one of them has testified to the effect that brutal haz- ing was indulged ill. They deny that BoOZ was treated ill any manner worse than they themselves were by upper classmen and all agree in say ing that the ordeals which they were made to go through were not injurious either mentally or physically. The assertions of religious discrimination have also been refuted by every wit ness. cadets of Hebrew. Catholic. Protestant. Presbyterian and other de- nominations testifying that no relig- iouS prejudiceS existed ill the academy. Only one thing charged by the parents of BooZ has been sustained and that is that HOoZ and Keller had q light some time early in August. 1S9S. If BooZ received serious injuries in that bout none of the onlookerS thought so. Those who saw the light say he Was not injured. but that he Quir. Cadet HobSon summed up the feeling against BooZ in his testimony yesterday when he said Booz was looked down upon for his lack of physical courage.
 There are still twenty men of the second class to Ge examined and as several of the upper clasSmen will be called as well as some officers. the in- vestigation may not close before Sat urt:av.
 The court went into executive ses- sion at 9:30 o'clock this morning, and at 9:5O the doors were opened. Major Charles F.. Hall. Second in- fantry. treasurer of the military acad- emy. and QuartermaStcr and cOmmiS- sary of cadets, identified two bottles of red cOlOred sauces which he said were the only kind of pepper or trop- ical sauces in use in the cadets mess hall since he took charge three years ago. Tobasco sauce was not in use i'll the academy Thc hot sauces were not generally laid on the tables, but were served when called for. The next witness was Cadet William H. CoWleS. of Kansas. He knew BooZ but was not present at the fight He described the hazing ordealS in the summer of '9S and said he had under V
 went through. He had taken a couple of drops of hot sauce from a spoon When asked to describe the sauce the witness said: Well. the bottle which saw in our tent was labeled 'Tropi- cal Peppers Sauce.
 Witness when asked again about Cadet BOOZ said: T prepared at the same school with BooZ and l did not l consider him a strong fellow. We were at St Luke's school at Bushtown. Phil adelphia in the fall of '9I. C. 1T. StrOut was the principal and when went there again after examinations in the spring. Mr StrOut told me that he did not expect BCoZ to pass the eX- animation to enter here. Booz was CX- 1 amined by q physician and was devel- 1 opng lung and chest capacity. I can
 not remember the name of the pllySi-
 elan. but he resided in Bushtown. I | had very little to do with BoOz after
 I came here but bore him no i'll will.
 In fact, I was just inditferently friend 1 ly."
 The next witness. Herbert 7. Krumm of Ohio. told the court that among | other things that he had been made
 to eat eighty-five pruneS at one sitting, | and at another time had to swallow q | bowl of molasseS and six slices of
 bread. He said BooZ had q slouchy
 manner and did not seem to have
 enough energy to hold himself togeth- | CT.
 Cadet David II. Bower of Iowa said
 he had been haZed in '9S. He had to l do a number of foolish things. Cadet Henry F. Mitchell of New l York said that he had seen every man in the present first class taking part
 in the hazing of the fourth classmen
 in '9S.