The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-17

gressional Investigation Committee to-
day went down to the bottom OF the haz-
ing practiced at the academy during the
last four years, and the inquiry VIII De
finished before the end Of the week.
Cadets Matlaffey, Dockery, and Pesrafn
were examined to-day very vigorously
bv Congressman Wanger, briggs, Smlu'
and Clayton.
Genera. Dick, of Ohio, questioned them
in his quiet, suave manner, ana then let
loose his torrents OF scath1ng sarcasm
making every witness vince All three
witnesses left in a worse state of NINA
and body than If they had just been COM
PEELED TO go through the entire curriculum
of hazing.
Cadet Birchie o. Mahafey, of Texas,
said he had heard of the hazins of Mac
Arthur and Brinton. who. tainted from
severe exercising He said Cadets DOCK
ery. Boswell Linton, Shannon, stewart
Mcclellan, w. c. Russell, Bell, Carpenter
and Tyler might give some information
about these hazings. lie said When ne
was a fourth-class man the worst haAei9
were Cadets Bender and Lane, VINO were
dismissed and Cadets Bettison and
Meyer of the present first-ciass. ne ilaa
hazed men himself lie had never heard
of :. fourtn-class man winning in a fist
fight with a higher. class man
ADMITTED CRUELTY.
Cadet Dockery. of Mississippi. admitted
he had exercised young Macarthur. lie
had not been braced hard enough, he eN-
planned.
You are satisfied you hazed Mr.. Mac
Arthur and that he was sick, in tact had
commissions after it?'' said Mr. DrlsSs.
Yes, sir
did you think it was cruel?''
Yes, sir.
"Well. young man, for your information
/ will tell you that l Think it was afro
cious, detestable, disgraceful. dishonorabie,
disreputable heinous, ignominlous, i'll
famed, nefarious odious, outrageous, scan
d; lous. shameful. shameless, Villlanous
and wicked" exclaimed Mr. briggs
Witness admitted it was cruel and I'M
soidierlv to exercise a man into conVui-
sions.
General Dick made the witness admit
that he was worried and Went 10 Mac
Arthur,s tent 1t was dark and he could
just see Macarthur lying still on MS peg
and that. fearing detection, NlacArthur
was allowed to lie there without medical
aid.
..What became of Haskeyy, VINO was
hazed at the same time as Macarthur!
II also heard that he was sick too SIR
but / did not see him.
UNMANLY METHODS.
General Dick scored him heavily LOT
taking part in unmanly methods OF
practically forcing a newcomer TO sure
defeat and a sound drubblnS at the
hands of a picked representative Of an
upper class.
Cadet John C. Pegram, OF Virginia, d
second class man, testified he had given
Cadet Brown $50 eagles and could take
$50 himself On November . last ne hau
fought with f. II. Smith. of the thlrd
class, in the barracks, was awarded the
fight on a foul but was in the hospital for
a week.
Tonight Pegram testified to having
exercised Cadet Kensel to a Painting con-
dition. He said Kensel was only sham
ming. He had seen Cadet Haskell lying
in a faint in the sink
Referring TO the Macarthur incident,
when the young man was in COMMISSIONS.
Mr.. Wanger asked Pegram II he mad
seen cotton placed in Macarthur s mouth
in order that his means might not be
heard by any of the officers.
II heard some one asking for cotton.
but 1 cannot say that it was procured or
used. I believe that MacArthur's means
were stifled.'
Macarthur was not hazed after that.
according to the witness. who added. that
J. B. Barry, who had haZed Macarthur,
was rather careless in not ascertaining
in advance whether Macarthur had been
hazed previously.
VOLLEY OF -ADJECTIVES.
Mr.. briggs shot a Volley OF adJectlVeS
at the witness and asked him if he did
not ltlinE that all or any of them would
be applicable in describing the inhumaLity
shown by the cadets who haza Mac
Arthur and Kennel.
Pegram said he did not
General Dick read some letters written
by former Cadet Booz. and when he read
where Booz spoke of the report agairst
him for facing in the wrong direction,
when relieving guard, Pegram said:
..Booz lied in his answer to that COM
plant. I was present at the time with
Corporal Capes, who made the report. .
This assertion on the part of the wit
ness did not strike the chairman as being
charitable, and he tried TO get the Wit
ness to admit this, but Pegram was
adamant.
At the conclusion of his testimony
Pegram said he did not think that the
fighting should be done away with at the
academy, but General Dick made it quite
clear that he did not agree with the
young cadet.
The committee adjourned until 10
o clock tomorrow.