The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-21
N THE Bl0Z GASE
Several Witnesses Testified
Again Yesterday.
NO RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE
On the Whole the Day Was
Regarded Rather Tame.
NO RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE

West Point. \. 2, Dec 2o.-The mill
tary court Of inquiry, composed Of Cen
erals Brooke, Bates and Clous, got
. mass Of testimony today and tomor-
row the cadets Of the first class, among
whom are Frank Kellar, who fought
Booz. and some Of the men who saw the
contest VIII be examined.
The court expects to have al the evil
dence collected. by Saturday evening, but
judging by the large number Of witnesses
expected TO be called there may be posi-
bly, an adjournment until after the hoIi-
days. The rame Of Former Cadet John
L BIeth Of Altoona. Pa, who. it is al
legged. died eighteen months ago as a re-
suit Of brutal bazing at the West Point
Military academy was associated with
that Of Oscar i. Booz in the inquiry TO-
day.
superintendent Mills emphadcally de-
MES that Breth was injured while here
and said today that the assertions to
that effect were absolutely false. In
RECITATION Of the statement made by Ca
dst Booz's father, Congressman Philips
of Cleveland. Ohio, sent a telegram 10
Superintendent Mills Of the academy, de
nying that he ever came to West Point
for The purpose Of protecting his son,
cadet Burt w. Philips. from being hazed.
This was submitted to the court and by
direction of the court 1t was attached to
the record.
Cadet Aleshire Of Illinois had known
Bo6z. but had never heard him called
Bibles"
Cadet Charles Telford Of Utah testified
shat he. like other fourth class men, had
to stand on his head and eat a bowl Of
m0lasses and eight slices of bread. Wit
ness belonged TO the Mormon church. He
had not been in any way Disseminated
against nor looked down upon on account
of his religion.
Rev. Father Charles O'Keefe, pastor Of
Highland Fails parish. which includes
the West Point military academy. said
that In his opinion the matter Of religion
was never factor in the progress Of a
cadet
Cadet Franklin Of Tennessee testified
that he had seen Booz 'braced" IN the
tent and company.
did you ever see sauce given him7'
Eyes, two or three drops at a time"
'Wh0 gave It to him?"
cadet Mcclure, who is now IN the
corps, and Cadet Fred L. Dean, who is
now in the first class
Major John NJ Bannister, surgeon
United States army. produced all the rec
ords Of the medical department at the
academy. These showed that John E.
Breth was admitted to the hospital June
e. 1897 and discharged a week later. He
was treated for external hemorrhoids. He
was admitted again on July 6. and dis
charged the following day, as he had
only an attack Of thermal fever which
is a very simple aiIment On December
r. 1887. he was excused from sections on
account Of acute indigestion, and these
are the only instances on record where
the Altoona cadet had been medically
treated.
In regard to Cadet Booz, Major Ban
mister said there was only one instance
on record Of his being ILL., and on that
occasion he was allowed to remain away
from one drill. as he was suffering from
dlarrn0ea-
Cadet w. P. Ennis Of California, Of the
present AI5L CLASS AesLAtlt0 Llldb llS hlAGW
Cadet Breth, but had never heard Of him
or any other man being placed in a
straisht-iacket He told Of the arrange
men.s made for the fight between Keller
and Booz
Commandment Of Cadets Helm produced
report made by w. G. Caples of Mis-
souri,, against Booz for facing in wrong
direction at guard relief and on which
B3oz had placed an endorsement denying
the charge
Cadet Caples was then sworn and told
how, when relieving guard. Booz faced
inward toward The company, which was
wrong, and he talked to Booz at the time.
telling him he was wrong. Booz gave
him his name when he asked him. and
he Ian rannrtea him