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BOOz CASE

BOOz CASE
Being Investigated by Board Selected
by Secretary Of War-Important
Testimony Given.
BRISTOL, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE military
board Of inquiry appointed by the secre-
tary Of war to Investigate charges made
by relatives and friends OF Oscar Booz,
the. former West Point cadet. that he
came to his death on December 3, at his
home here, as the result Of hnzing by
fellow cadets at the academy two years
ago, began the taking of testimony
here to-day. y ri. lii7't
The. beard consists of Major General
John E. Brooke. Brisadier General Al
fred E. Bates and Col. J. II. Clous.
The inquiry was held In the study Of
Rev. Alex Alison. pastor OF the Bristol
Presbyterian church. All the Booz
family was present. Mr.. Booz the
father, OF, the dead student, testified on
the lines OF his recent published Inter-
view. He said his son had written him
Of the brutal treatment he had received
In hazlng, how he had been forced to
tight an expert boxer and how he had
received in the boxing n severe heart
blow and Furthermore that tobacco
sauce had been forced down his throat.
while he had been tightly held by a
number of the upper classmen.
Returned in Broken Health.
Mr.. Booz told of his sons return home
In broken health and spirits and that he
was finally forced to take to his bed
from which he did not arise. He said
his son stouuy refused to reveal the
names Of the students who prosecuted
him.
Mrs. Booz also testified Of her sons
complaints in letters to her of the bru-
tai treatment he had received at West
Point. She said her son never told II.
and never acted a lie. She thought
Superintendent Mills. OF West Point.
should be made to apologize for calling
her son liar.
Nellie Booz, sister Of deceased, also
testified that her brother had COMPLAIN
ed to her of ill-treatment received in
haxins at West Point. She said he had
told her that II he had not swallowed
the tubasco sauce he would have been
strangled. They were holding him down
and he could do nothing else.
Effects of Cadet Life.
DR.. Weaver, the physician of the Booz
family. testified that when Oscar left
for West Point he was In robust physi-
cal condition, but when he returned
home n few months later, he was pale
and thin. On examining Oscars. throat
after his return. he advised him to con
suit 4 Philadelphia specialist, which ad-
vice he followed.
I 4 pr. Weaver refused for professional
reasons to answer the question OF Gen.
Bates. as to why tobasco would dis
case the boys throat. He was inform
ed that he was in contempt of court, but
the board could not exact any punish
mcnt.
Rev. DR.. Alison, in his testimony paid
high tribute to the character OF Oscar
Booz. He had received letter from the
student shortly after he had gone to
West Point. in which Oscar had told OF
ill-treatment he had received and added
that 1t was hard TO be Christian at
West Point.
Some other witnesses were examined
without the rlIcitation of anything new
and the board then adjourned TO meet
at Philadelphia later In the day.
Testimony of Throat Specialist.
At Philadelphia, DR.. ]. Sulas Cohen, I
throat specialist, testified TO having
treated Oscar Booz. He said the latter's
case was a hopeless one. He. said he
had noticed on examination he found
Booz had an old injury In the thrbat
He could not tell how long he might
have been troubled with the. affection
He thought IL tobascu sauce had been
forced down B0oz's throat 1t may have
made him more susceptible to the dis
ease.
Sigmund s. Albert. fellow student
OF Booz at West Point, proved an un-
willing witness. lie admitted, however
that the fourth year men were made to
suffer indignities by the upper class
men, but would not go into details. Hc
said Booz never complained to him OF
ill-trcatmcnt. FIc told OF one night
when some fourth year men were stood
up in tent and told 10 open their
mouths and shut their eyes. They
obeyed and then some one squirtpd into
their mouths what he believed TO be
tobasco SAUCE. 1t did not hurt him. be-
cause there was not enough OF It, He did
not see the fight in which Booz was en-
gagged.
The board left to-rlght for West
Point, where the inquiry viii be contin-