New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

stay here. and they will in1uTe s are iyrants
Stss and buIies and have an eager g
to injure pain somebody, ne nIs FOR me here
and an he best thing for me to do Is to get out
In another letter Oscar described now a eIa is,
mate OF his had been exercised untii ne iai"'Iu
Miss Booz said her brother never tou me- "a
nannas of any of his tormentors. All that ne "ouiu
fell her of the tabascO sauce occurrence was that
he either had to take it or strange. and when she
asked him why he did not resist he replied; "Ye =:
but what d rs ie0 handed 10 the Court letter
which her family had received from P MTy Mrs
Breths entered Vest Point IN June e s. pu 10
DR.. Wallace r Weaver testified that when oscar
came home from West Point he was pale thln ai h
detected. His throat became affected that me
bnsss asked ske6a MS Of f 5afe @
do you think the sauce given 10 him coudd nave
eraI Bates asked.
you are asking me f'r expert opinion on the the
subject. and don't think II is a proper place Tor
to state my opinion"
Each Of the members Of the court pressed 1T;
Weaver answer the question, but he persistently
declined, and refused also TO explain the proIss-
Courts request.
PRAISED BY HIS PASTOR.
The Rev. DR.. Alexander Allison. pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, spoke In high commendation
of the character of young Booz. and described him
before going to West Point full of strength
and vigor and magnificent specimen Of man
hood"
DR.. Allison produced a letter written to him by
Charles Burnett president Of the Young Mems
Christian Association of the Academy In his
with making statements in. his funeral Grafton that
nett wrote s'Booz was called out to tight. accord
ing to immemorial custom, because he refused to
Instead Of showing himself a man Of spirit and
courage. when he was struck with few blows, ne
get up. After such a display of sowardiee he was
left severely alone by the upper class men, and
LIQUID being poured down his throat, have made
prepared to say it was exaggerated to an almost
Incredible degree. You seem to insinuate that such
untrue. In common with other cadets he may
have taken few drops of tabasco sauce. which
many amy Of his eIassmen can testify"
been read. Ito my mind gives the whole thing
After other witnesses had testified to the weak
state in which young Booz had returned home the
court adjourned and proceeded to Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Dec. II (SpeeiaD-The military court
appointed TO inquire into the circumstances attend
ing the death of Oscar L. Booz reached here shortly
before o'clock. DR.. s. Cohen. the specialist who
examined young Booz's thoat and Slgmund S. AL
bert who in the class with Booz at West
Point summoned by telegraph to meet the
court at the Lafayette Hotel DR.. Cohen was first
called testify. He stated that when the cadet
was brought to him he was suffering from tuber-
colosis of the Iarnyx. His hopeless The
injury to the throat might have been caused a
couple Of years before spoonful Of hot sauce.
Dr. Cohen said would be likely TO scald the throat
and to cause the cicatrcial tissue which found
in the throat.
Mr.. Albert said he was a classmate of Booz.
When he asked what he knew of the alleged
mistreatment of Booz he replied II decline to an
swer." He explained that he did not think 1t was
necessary for him TO answer. IL might incriminate
that any cadet who allowed hazing was as guilty
as the hazer. BY dint OF pressure the Court OBJ
tanned from the witness expression OF opinion
that Booz not hazed more severely than other
men. The witness said he himself had been haZed.
had been compelled to make up the beds OF the
upper classmen had been made to do silly stunts,
had been placed in a row against a tent, and then
after having been ordered 10 close his eyes had
had Tobasco sauce squirted into his mouth.
The Court will sit tomorrow at West Point.