The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-22
.BRH7H CASE BROUGHT Up
The Board Of Enquiry Questioning
Cadets at West Point.
Witnesses Declare That the HaziHx
Was Not OF n Severe Character.
Little Further information seesrez
coHcerning the TreatrneRt % oscar
L. Booz at the Military academy.


military court CT enquiry into the case
Of the death Of ex-Cadet Booz, today The
court convened almost oB time. Major
General Brooke, Assistant Judge advocate
General cious. aad Captain Dean. the re-
eorder. being on hand several minutes be-
fore the appointed hour Three orderIies
occupied settee in corner of the room
and half dozen cadets IN dress Uniform
stood about the hall. waiting to be called
General Bates came in five minutes late
and the first witness was summoned
He was Clarence O. Sheriff., Of North
Carolina He said that he remembered
some one having told Cadet Booz to blew
on the foam I don't know much CT oe-
curreRees in the camp when Cadet Bocz
vas there" he said. Il was In the guard
tent for thirty days for firing a cartridge -
DO you remember Cadet BretF of your
classz Do you know OF his having been
! hszed, ne was asked.
4 remember him don't know that he
was hazed," be replied.
Did you DO any hazing:" asked General
clous
4 made cadets do .braeing. Sometimes
I made cadets do a little work for me-.
said the witness
How many fights have occurred since
! June Iastg"
There was fight between Cadet But
ler, of the fourth class, and an upper
class man. There we're two other fights
Major John VI. BanisteF, surgeon at the
pest, was recalled He was asked about
a test Of a bottle Of pepper sauce Il
put some in ny hand he said. "and
/ QTFva va6
but not hotter than Chile sauce and sim
| liar articles OH the Rio Grande border
| Two Ladies who were present tried the
sauce but they did not call II excessively
/ hot assert that that sauce could not
have caused liberation OF the threat IN
| any quantity administered at one time
] II might II taken continually in large
quantities. 1t would have been fTapossi-
ble Tor this sauce to have had any eausa-
tie relation direct or indirect with the
death OF Mr.. Boos after he left the Aead-
envy
Cadet John H Pool. of Wisconsin. ca
eet captain Of Company G, followed Major
Banister- He did not remember having
seen Rooz hazed. He said he had hazec
fourth class uen when he was third
class man, but the acts Of which he spoke
| weTe pretty mild. DO you remember
Cadet Broth ?" he was asked
II remember him., was the reply Il
/ never heard of the stFaitjacket IN con-
neetioH with his haziilg
Were your classmates dragged o1t Of
their tents when they were fourtA-cfass
men," was the next question
/ Yes. sir, said the witness they were
dragged into and up the company street
! on their bedding never heard of any
one being hurt" Cadet Pool remembered
i hearing of four fights since June last
I In three OF them foUrth-class men fought
! thi-I-elssS men Of forr-a \
men were defeated. The third got
draw
| The next witness was Guy E. Carleton,
| of Missouri. He forgot who bazed Boez
| He knew that the young man was hazed
| buf ne had no knowledge that bows were
hazed any mere severely than his class
| mates The witness confessed TO the
| forms Of hazing which other hrst-class
men had admitted and explained Did
1 you ever heard OF Cadet Bseth being put in
a straitjacket?'' asked General CIous
| NO, sir; if he had It would probably
| have been matter Of sufficient Hotoriety
| for me 70 have heard of it,
| Leonard W Prundy. of Kansas, cadet
| OF the first class, was next sworn Cap
tain Dean questioned him In testifyfnr
about Cadet Breth, he said that Breth
/ seemed to have trouble in the ranks in
! controlling his legs and arms. Cadet
Breth told me-" said The witness, that he
! had some kind of nervous trouble The
| largest quantity of pepper sauce Cadet
| Prundy had known anyone TO take was
half teaspo0nfuL took It myself he
said, about two months ago: not on food
| but raw from tpe spoon. noticed no
! disag gTeeab1e or injurious Effects
| Fourth-elass men had also been hazed
! by Cadet Prundy. who had made thsm
| clean guns and straighten up tents The
witness had never heard of cadet being
dragged from his tent through the streets
| without clothing on him or under him
The straitjacket question was asked
and Cadet Prundy replied, Il don't know
| what straitjaeket is
Did you ever hear OF cadet being re-
quired to eat soap2" asked General Clous
! Never heard Of anything of that kind, -
was the reply
Ibid you ever hear OF Cadet Breth be-
ing Ill while he was hereg' He was not
healthy; he was nervous said the wit
ness.
The next witness was William P Plstt.
of North Carolina. He said that wooden
wiIlies'' eagles and exercising we're
about the most extreme features OF the
hazing that he had seen or had a share in
He did not remember much about Cadets
Boos or Breth.
| Captain Dean next called Cadet Robert
| Nee Beck. jT-. of Rhode Island. He had
| never heard that Booz had been specially
selected te be hszed- Did you see Cadet
| Breth after he Ieft9'' asked CAPTAIN Dean s
Il saw him Just before ne let. replied
| Beck. He was very nervous. as he had
| been ali the time here. as he was when
he came here
| Did you hear CT or see any exhausling
hazing during the last encsmptmens -
was the next question. No sir, It con-
sisted OF braeing and exercising and Che
like
Cadet William Cooley. of Michigan. sue-
| ceeded Cadet Beck in the chair he 6d-
nitted that ne had administered table
sauce to fourth-elass men when he was
q third-elass man. He had seen q cadet
required 10 take it Seven or eight drops
| is the most ne ever saw given.
The witness said that Cadet Breth had
| been hazed- He did rot know that Breth
had ever been dragged from his tent He
declared that If Brstn had been put IN
| straitjaeket il would have been something
I unprecedented in the corps.
+! Colonel Helm, commander at the post,
entered the room while Cadet Cooley was
/ testifying Cadet Coley gave way 20 Ca
J det Bower. of Pennsylvania. He never
saw a cadet required to take more tnan
/ Eve drops OF the table sauce Ee had
never heard that Cadet Breth vas bazed
more than anyone else In the class.
| Cadet Green Cox, OF Virginia. WIS ex-
amined, but his testimony contained 10
/ information thas was particularly new.
| The court then adjourned Until Ne7Des-
day next at O'Clock in the afternoon
s125 to Baltimore and Return via
q. & o. Saturday and sunday,
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