The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-19
WAS BRlCIIG And EXERCISING
UNCLE SAM'S FUTURE GENERALS
TESTIFY THAT THEY s
LIKED 1T
as TO B0Oz-KELLAR FIGHT
BOOz Was Knocked Out With a
Stomach Punch, and Also Fur
nished a Black
Eye.

WEST POINT, N. Y. Dec. 1S.-The mil
1tary court of inquiry, which began tax
ing testimony in Bristol, Pa, yesterday,
arrived at the military academy at 1
O'Clock this afternoon. At 2:30 o'clock it
resumed the investigation into the
charges of hazing and brutal treatment
made by the parents of former Cadet
Oscar L. Booz.
SlXty-eight members of the class of 1902
to which Booz belonged until he resigned
in September or October, 1898, were sum-
moned to the court and will be brought
in squads and kept in ante rooms in the
academy building.
Fourteen of the sixty-eight cadets Of
the second class, were examined during
the afternoon and all of them who knew
Booz declared that his standing among
his classmates was not very high, as they
looked upon him as a coward.
''BRACING AND EXERCISING"
Cadet F. w Mitchell was the first wit
ness sworn. He swore he was member
OF Cadet Booz's class, but he knew of no
-hazlng of Booz. In reply to Gen. Brooke
the witness said:
II was subjected to hazing myself
while in camp
Now state exactly what it consisted
Of"
well, it was bracing and exercising,
1t would all come under the form of exc
erclslng. 1t did not do me any injury
either physically or mentally
Cadet Alfred Tyler said: 81 was pres
ent at the fight
WHO else did you see there?'
Cadets Kellar, Hayden, Spaulding, De
Young, Herd and BrowneIl.''
ered?''
Yes, sir. Booz was hit in the region
OF the stomach and when he was on the
ground he said that the wind was
knocked out of him..
WAS there any blow delivered in the
region of the hearth
mo, sir
Was it fair fght?" asked Gen. Clous.
Eyes, sir, it was
BLACK EYE FOR BOoz.
Were there any marks on Booz after
it was over?
Yes, sir. He had black eve and a
cut over the left eye"
Did he complain to you of any in
juries after the fight?''
mo, sir told him that I did not
think he acted exactly fair in the fight
The other man was smaller and lighter.
He had asked me to be his second, and
I could not we'll refuse
Were you ever subjected to hazing in
the summer of 1882
well, yes, in a kind of way. I was
made to hold out two Indian clubs one
afternoon"
Did you know of any hot grease being
dropped on the body of any of the men
in your class?"
''Yes, sir At night sometimes some
one would come into the room and re-
move the clothes off the feet of the man
in bed and in examining the feet some
drops of candle grease would fall on
them
WAS this dropping accidental or in
tentional?''
''Well,I think it was intentional, but it
did not hurt mueh.'
Cadet Myron S. Crissy was then called.
In regard to the tab1sco sauce forced
down the throats of fourth-class, men,
the witness said it was never done.
Did you ever take any of it your
self?'
SPECTATORS LAUGHED.
Eyes, sir; on one occasion L was asked
to hold out my finger and some tabasco
sauce was poured on it, I was told to
lick it, but I licked the other finger and
made a face. 1t was the face they
wanted to see."
The reply caused some merriment
among those who heard it, and one of
the generals laughed.
Edmund I. Zane, another classmate Of
Booz, said he did not know Booz very
well. When asked if he was ever hazed
the witness replied: "Yes, sir;- 1 was
subjected to athletic exercises
did you ever know any one to faint
from hazing?" asked Capt. Dean.
81 have heard such reports, but
think the men only pretended to faint. -
Later on the witness said he had made
Cadets Caldwell and Orr sit in a strain
ed position in a chair for about couple
of minutes two days ago.
'fWhy did you do this?" asked Gen.
Brooke.
Because they had helped themselves
| to dessert before the first class men,"
was the prompt reply.
Cadet Robert A. Ralston, after being
sworn, said he was a classmate of Booz,
but did not know him very we'll
"Were you fellow communicate Of
Cadet Booz?"
''Yes, sir
"And has your attending to your re-
ligious duties lowered you in the esteem
of your classmates, or caused any one
to speak disrespectfully of you reading
your bible,'' was the next question put by
Gen Bates.
mo, sir, it has not was the earnest
reply.
Cadet Wade H. Carpenter described
the sort of hazing he was put through
in camp in 1893 He said he was asked
to do lot of exercising, but was not
asked to do anything that was humil-
| iating.
What is your idea of hazing?" asked
Gen. Brooke.
'The doing of something one would
not care to do if left to his own inclina-
tions," was the reply.
Did you see Booz about the time he
left the academy"
''Yes, SIR
'Do you know why he left?"
Eyes. He was low in mathematics and
his eyes were weak. His legs were also
weak, and he was not strong man."
| Stephen B. Vernon said he did not
| see the fight between Booz and sKellar,
| but saw Booz afterwards, and his face
| was marked. 49,
what was his standing with his class
| fs