The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-12
N TIE B)0Z GASE
Congressman briggs Says the
Truth Must Come Out.
CADETS MUST TELL ALL
And They Seem to be Doing
1t According to Evidence.

West Point. \. 7, Jan 1.-THE con
gress.onal committee investigating the
causes Of the deaths e. Cadets Booz ana
Breth and making inquiries regarding the
practice o fhazing at the military insti-
tute decided to day that every witness
called must answer any questions put to
him- Congressman briggs of Brooklyn
said during the course Of the hearing.
we are here as representatives. to set
I all the facts, not only I'm the cases OF
/ Cadets Booz and Breth, but in every par
+ ucular regarding hazing in the mess han
( or any other place in this institution The
/ academy is on trial and every one con
I nected with it. We intend 10 show the
+ country the truth of the mater. and haz-
! ing must go"
1 These are the lines on which the com
mittee Is going TO pursue its investigation
and consequently todays sessions were
more than interesting.
When the congressional committee re-
stunned its labors today Cadet George r.
Spauldine of Michigan, who acted as time
keeper At the Kefler-B9oz fight was the
first witness called and after being sworn
was examined by Congressman Wanser
lie said he was an ex-ofic!o member Of
the ''scrapping committee" being vice.
president of his class
'Is that standing committee2"
eyes. sir. but there IS not as much usa
for it now as there was some time ago."
The testimony then reverted to the
B0oz-Keler fight. bringing out nothing
new
some Of the congressman wanted 20
know why the cadets did not settle 'af-
fairs Of honor with the army six shooter
but witness said he thouht in that case
the fourth class men would be at a worse
disadvantage than in a bare knuckle con-
test
cadet spalding said Mr.. Huetzler Of the
class Of 1902. was an unpopular man had
dismissed. discharged on account Of de-
merits. Witness added that officers were
inclined to ignore deInquincies except in
cases Of unpopular men
Cadet John X. Herr Of New Jersey said
he hazed wherever he got chance. ca
det Grant was among his victims
The witness said he had been dismissed
from the academy about q year but had
gone to Washington and secured his re-
instatement HIS dismissal was connect
Cd with haz.ng ofenses of which the
authorities had become coEnizant
Cadet O. n. Taylor Of Maryland testi-
fed ne had been eagled four hundred
times for mo- onense a ALL made To hang
from a stretcher and made to Do other
things He came near faintine Wit-
ness refused to ten ct first who hazed
him, but the committee decided he must
answer. and ne did. saying that Cadet
Evans since expelled and Cadet A.
Barry Of the present first class. were the (
hazers
"Who hazed McArthur?"
''There were two men Of whom Cadet /
D0ckery was One'
Taylor told Of the hazing OF Carpenter /
one Of his class when Cadet Myer ~ the
present first class interrupted the hazers
and made them desist Carpenter was
put to bed suffering from muscula con-
WILSON'S. He was also hysterical and /
deIirious"
What about Macarthur
Gle was the first case here He had
and it took quite a while
to bring him around saw him IN bed
whimpe-ine historically"
cadet Edward r. DeArmond NJ Aus- +
souri, said he had given fifteen drops ~
tropical pepper sauce 20 Cadets Peeram f.
and Rosele but to others He also haz-
cd Williams who was afterwards 5ls- f
missed and cadet named Davis Com .
gresham briggs asked the YOUNG 1G~- +
soUriau 20 listen 10 his reading three +