Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-12
BOOZ'S SECONDS STORY
Was Told While Tears Trickled
 Down His Cheeks.
He Refused at First to Divulge Names of Hazers-Later, When the Commit tee Insisted, He Gave the Names of Two Cadets, One of Whom Has AL ready Been Expelled.

With tears streaming down his hard set face, his knees shaking as they never shook in the fiercest hazing or deal he ever had undergone, says d dis patch in a New York paper, q; West Point cadet told yesterday the name of another cadet now in the academy who had hazed him. Whether or not the confession wrung from him by the congress committee which is investi- gating hazing in the military academy will result in the lads social downfall in the corps could not be learned last night.
 The cadet under examination was c. N. Tyler of Maryland, one of BooZS seconds inthe now famous fist fight.
 The man he mentioned as one of his own haZerS is Cadet J. A. Barry, of the class to be graduated in next June. Tyler, when he took the stand, de scribed the fight. but added nothing new to what had been elicited from another witness He acknowledged that he had told Booz he was a dis grace to the corps. This was in the night of the day of the fight. In reply to Mir Driggs the witness said he himself had been exercised al most to the point of exhaustion.
 What had you to do?' q eagled.' ''How many timesw' ' "About 400 times'
 What heinous crime were you ex- piating|N asked MT Wanger. Il had done nothing, sir was | walking up the company street when Cadet Harl6e, who is now out of the corps. met me and told me to go to q | certain tent, where I would get a few | points on woOdeness.''
 l What else had you to do?' 1 "I was required to hang from d | stretcher, hold out Indian clubs and l sit on a box and hold my feet ois | the fioor.'
 How long did all this takeYz "About one hour, sir''
 Were you very tired?''
 Il was very near to fainting. sir l l got back to my tent and my mate helped, me to dress for parade l at tended the parade, but my knees were very weak. I also had to do guard duty that night added the witness. l Were you laid up after this?''
 NO, sir. l was pretty well Jagged all next day, but got along all right. ; The chairman asked Tyler the name of the man who hazed him. but the witness said: II would rather not 1 tell
 1 Was it Harleew'
 ''No, sir. Harlee sent me to the tent It was q man who is now in the corps who haZed me-
 Congressman Driggs insisted tha1 the witness should tell the name, as the man ought to be brought before the committee, he said, so as to give some explanation. Tyler said that ht did not like to do so as it might injur. the man, who is now near graduation 1 The committee then went into eXecu 1 tive session to discuss whether tht witness should have to answer.
 During the time the committeeman were in executive session in anothe room the witness sat still, but was S, affected that tears ran down his cheek while his knees shook visibly. Tn, ordeal for him must have been fear full.
 When the committee came back Gen eral Dick, the chairman, said to Tyler who appeared to be on the verge O nervous collapse: "Mr Tyler, the com mittee appreciates your frankneSs il answering questions and also you | embarrassment at this question, but i appears from your testimony that h. 'seyerer test of hazing has been pre- sented to this committee.
 "Whilc this committee cannot guar antee to prevent punishment, it is no the intention of tho committee to ob tain punishment. The object of tn committee is to get information fo presentation to congress with a viey to preventing q recurrence of sue practices.
 "Thc committee feels that it mus insist that you answer the question.
 Tyler listened intently to every wor
 uttered, and when the chairman fir
 ished speaking. he said in q falterin voice: Cadet Evans, who has sine
 been expelled, and Cadet T. A. Barr of tho present first class.' KTNRAII, S(NH00T,