The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-13
BRUTALITY AT
WEST POINT
Young Booze Dies of the Ha'
zine Gwen Him by
Cadets.

% Dec. 3.-OscdI
bi'iS cadet whose health wa
nrorsn by hazing at the "eSs VS. n.orn-
,,,r,arv Academy, died mere ,n'7 -nvsi-
- His parents assert ana '"I -. ri. |
iie' ,rchned TO believe INA. ,,-
clans g. ane TO the severe -
dea'h ,,-ad at the military -
he reoe,sr ,.,s,,ins, mixture of toIha'o
when a pui ,opper and Worces'ei
sup, cayeh 90 poured down M
shire SAUL sather of the dead cauS
throat double affliction' as -
rnee1s ' tav dead today he was NJ
ms SUI ~ funeral Of his sls'el'
70 a''eve tranzant. who died on -
Mary ,,au.. was silent TO the eh"
houhs names OF his fellow
dents who hazed MN .,,roat con-
-,l- ueI'7 .,,,se Of death was thi'".
n ~ alleged by the -
SUI. father that tobasco ,.tus
man So,,,n his sons throa' -
p'ureu ars hazing him. fhe .a
-,a,,os that red pepper was "a.
aiso 80 hot grease poured 'n
~ NE tooth knocked out
. a,ber fendish methods "e''
! duleed in by the cadets pafore
,,-r,S,r POINT. n. Y. Dec. 5.-tel
,,b of Young Booze AT b'
To- was announced today. -,
o.. - .,narintendent Of the rlill'a'-
! l. n1.,, made the following sta'e
: ~ ..,rbe many statements nlaue y,
: ,s ~ the country alleging ina
: 49, + Rooze was atrociously naNeU
= 80 he was a cadet at the Nh,
= i,s.,, to such an extent that ne
) -. doing from its effects. are uh'ru'
"a rtdiculous. Ex-Cadet BOOZE w"
D. s.,,,,ed 20 the military academy Jul, Jun
90 1sas and resigned OCTOBER o. -,
~ re vas on sick report but once On -,
= 10 when ne was excused from 'he
= on account OF diarrhoea. :,
&c Had ne been brutally oeate :;
sqht with another cadet OF No" "
throat been injured in the ma ~
20 claimed. il would have been lrni
re . rt,o ~ have avoided the SICK ~
-rhs reason given for his resis
es .a,ior was weak eyes. HIS rec"i
1So,,, ~ was i'm the last section
nd r,a,bernatics. and the marks ne -
OF ost,,ed 20 the day Of his resignauo
n uere deficient / believe therein lies u
m real cause OF his resignation. ana
OF ,htnk n most probable that stories
hts alleged in treatment arise tro
ITS sta+er,ents ne made while endeaNorf
OF 20 explain TO his friends why ne 'e
70 the academy"
NEW YORK. Dec. "a speclai
the World from Washington say
- Representative briggs OF New fo
" win offer the following resolution
~, inquiry In the House tomorrow as
Iu the alleged hazing Of oscar l.. BOO
val forrnerIv a cadet at West Point. W
III died at mis- home in Bristol. Pa. toda
Whereas. 1t is a matter OF gene
the knowledge published in reputable da
ce- newspapers Of the country that OsC
tue Z, Booze OF Bristol Pa. formerly
'ur' cadet az the United states MilitS
az Academy at West Point. died at
KIN home from injuries said TO have b'
hin received while n cadet at the Uni
states Military Academy. these tnjuI
having been inflicted by his comra
IN, while hazing him. according 10 repc
srn- therefore De ~
AZ Resolved That the Secretary Of V
is hereby directed to make search
~ investigation Of the circumstances
49,, tending the hazing Of oscar L. 20
a-.o and 10 report the result Of such inqt
80, and investigation to the House OF Il
-. resentatives. together with such rec'
"a mendations as he may care to make
a. which the practice Of hazing can
80. fstopped."