The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-28
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ing from any other disease thar tuber-
culosis. from which he died.
when you say your brother was forced
to swallow tobasco sauce do you mean that
physical force was used?" asked General
Bates.
Yes, sir"
Did you see your brother within six
months after his leaving the academy"
81 saw him in October and December.
He then complained of a sore throat and
dizziness. He was being treated by a
physician in Bristol, Pa. either DR.: g. b.
Abbott or DR.. E. G. Frommess, 1 can't
say which,
The witness then handed a portion of a
letter to the recorder. In this letter oscar
not stand the treatment any longer. This
vas after the fight, and Oscar said that
his heart was troubling him;
cit was destroyed last September" re.
piled the witness. UT was overlooked
among other Papers. 1t was an extra sheet
Colonel Mills asked: ''why did you not
or some member of your family notify the
War Department or the Military Academy
when 1T became apparent that your brother
was dying from alleged cruelties?'
81 suppose we did not feel like doing So"
replied Mr.. Booz. w we're all very much
overcome at the thought Oh oscar APP
preaching death"
II thought your brother died a lingering
death?' said Colonel Mills.
IL don't think that we reallZed tnat
death was so near until a fortnight before
he died"
This finished the examination of Booz
and the court took a recess.
IL was learned after court had adjourned
that Mr.. Horace Booz had not volunteered
his He was summoned Dy the
court and arrived here last Saturday, after
the court had adjourned until after Christ
mas. General Brooke, General Bates and
General Clous offered to take his testimony
on Saturday, but he objected, saying tnat
he wished as much publicity given to his
testimony in his brothers behalf as had
been given to the testimony against him on
the grounds of untruthfuiness and cowardiy
conduct. This seemed to be perfectly. Iair
and the court requested him to be on hand
to-day.
Cadet Henry A. Meyer, jr, of Arkansas.
was asked: did you ever haze Cadet
Booz?'
II may have braced him. but 1 can't say
positively" replied the witness.
Ibid you brace fourth-class men for the
amusement or the edification of yourself or
class fellows?' inquired General Clous.
FOR THEIR OWN GOOD.
"No, sir; 1 did it for their own good" said
the witness. when / was a fourth-class
man. continued the witness, II heard an
upper class man say, turn into the next
tent L went there and found Cadet Broth
lying on the floor and no one else in the
tent. He was working his arms up and
down ~nervously. / asked him what was the
matter. He replied: I've been exercising
/ caught hold of his arms and began work.
ing his legs. He seemed perfectly rational,
as he answered my questions. l felt then
that he was My pretending and came
away leaving him there. The tent was
dark. the only light being that coming
from the company street
In answer to General Brooke witness
said he used tobacco in 1897, was punished
for 1T and quit. The witness acknowledge
that a great number OF cadets used to-
bacco during their first two years in West
Point.
P. o. Phillips, of East Cleveland, O.. said
tLat on Aug. IL he came here and remained
about ten days, during which he lived DIT
Highland Falls. He came for the purpose
o. visiting his son. who was then and is
now a cadet at the academy He had read
d statement in the papers of the 10Th inst.
that Mr.. Booz. of Bristol, Pa, had said he
came here at that time for the purpose of
protecting his boy from being hazed. Nc.
Booz was at the Highland Falls Hotel.
where both were staying. Mrs. Booz Was
also there. ] never heard a word from
young Booz, whom L met, as to his treat
ment at the academy said the Witness
land If his parents were displeased with
the treatment of their son at the military
post they did not say anything in my
hearing TO such effect"
When asked what was his impression of
young BooZ the witness replied: "He
seemed to me TO be a nice young man. but
IL / say so / think there was not much
good material In him out of which to
make a good army officer"
Cadet A. l.. Lynch, of New York, said
fourth-class men were privileged to ~criticise
upper-class men at the mess hall table and
could say things in the mess hall which,
''if said at any other place about an upper
class man might result in the latter's
smashing the others head before morn
ing"
Smash his head?" asked General Brooke.
II mean he would call him out and light
him. replied the witness.
Cadet Lynch seemed to be quite an au-
thority on pugilism and explained how
matches were made and fights arranged.
When he was a fourth-class man he was
selected TO fight, but as the man against
him was about his height and weight he
did not care.
do you know of any unfair fights hav-
ing taken placer
w thought the bout between Mr.. Dean.
of my class. and Mr.. Mumma was unfair.
The latter was too tall. and, while Dean
could not win. Mumma could not make him
stop. and the fight was stopped in the ninth
round.
He did not think fighting was as bad as
football. There were many men knocked