The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-19


BALTIMORE, Feb. I9.-Jusgice Poe's
decided opposition TO hazing, his fning of
several young men for putting another
through course Of sprouts" desisned
to teach him q proper degree of humility
when in the presence of his seniors, has
caused a decided breach between the d s
penser Of justice al the Western police
station and the students OF the several
schools Of the Maryland University.
Greene and Lombard Streets
The trouble began Sunday when Jus
tice Poe fined Guy P Asher. sophomore,
$25 for Clipping off the mustache Of
Henry SChurnan. freshman and inciden-
tally, as Schurman said. choking him 10
make him submit to the clipping process.
Justice Pee in addition 20 the fine, gave
the boys a lecture on the evils Of hazing.
Not being able 10 retaIIate upon the mag
istrate the students decided to take it
out CT Schurnan.
When he appeared at the college yes
terday the students made 1t decidedly IN
pleasant for him. resulting in two more
students Lycurgus NJ GilIey and Eugene
NJ Edmondson. who is student at the
Baltimore College OF Dental Surgery-be-
ing arrested Justice Poe fined each $40
and gave them a scorching lecture The
students retaIiated by burning the magis-
trate in efigy on the uniyeTsity's campus
last night, and there the matter stands
at present, although there Will be another
chapter when the student Cooper Dewey,
who was arrested later in the day, ap-
pears to answer the charge of blocking
up the highway He was released On de-
posting so as security for his appear
ance today.
morning as soon as he appeared at the
school Had he accepted the loss OF his
mustache in a proper spirit of meekness
and OF gratitude for the 1eniency and gen
IlencSS Of the SOphOmOreS' treatment II is
said nothing more would have been done
10 him He is = married man, has several
children and says ne went to the school
with the serious purpose of studying and
not playing. But he committed a grave
offence in the eyes Of his eIIow-students,
and even his own class, the freshmen,
unanimously expelled him from it's organ
iZation- That means he viii be ostra-
cized while student at the school.
As he started te go into the college
building yesterday morning the students
formed into circle and rushed" him.
This was followed by another rush, which
practically lifted him of his feet, and car
ried him upstairs to the chemical labor
atory. The disorder was so great that il
was announced that owing to the fact that
the students were in a very much excited
state OF mind there would be no lecture
SchuTnan was attacked a third time be
fore he left the building, and when be
had reached the sidewalke he became so
j
the Western Police Station and swore out
warrants for the arrest of Edmondson,
who is Is years old, and Girley, who is q
years old, both on charges of assault.
They were socn before Justice Poe. Each
was represented by law students, whose
embryonic knowledge of legal lore did not
seem &c make q very favorable impress
sion on the magistrate. The hearing be
gan At O'Clock and did not conclude IN
til Lalf-past 5. and during the greater
part OF the time the assembly room was
filed with about two 10 three hundred
students anxious 20 hear the testimony
offered
As Schurman was testifying c. Justin
Kennedy, a law student, who appeared as
counsel for Edmondson, said Schurman
was actuated by the base motive of re-
venge in having Edmondson arrested for
the offence in which other students were
probably equally as guilty. Justice Poe
then asked Edmcndson q few pointed
questions resulting in EdmOndsOn admit
ting that he had been fined by Justice
Poe on October / last for having insuIted
a lady in Lakeside Park. Schurmaa ap-
peared as a witness against him.
Justice Poe remarked that 1t looked sin
gUlar that Schurm2r should have visited
the Maryland University School Of Medi-
cine, Of which he was not a student On
day that Il had doubtless been whispered
ka
were 10 be made lively for Schurmau BE-
cause he had --sgueaIed' for being haZed.
There we're some lively tits at this
point between the counsel and the magis-
trate. Justice Poe had just observed
sneer on Edmondson's face and rather
sarcasticaIly informed the young man that
sneers we're both untimt y and unseen
"" when il became nece ssary for him TO
turn MS attention 10 the Young lawyer"
Mr.. Kennedy said the magistrate,
this is not a kindergarten for lawyers.
Do not ask questions that would be con-
sidered iuane IN any moot court in the
country This seemed 10 depress Ken
nedy, particularly as several of the stu
dents snickered audibly-
Lawyer" Kennedy made the closing ar
gument but, rather unwisely for his eli
eat, intimated that Justice Poe was preju-
diced against him on account Of the pre-
Vioas case in which he figured before him.
The magistrate squeIched the budding at
torney In a manner he viii remember for
a long time Justice Poe. after hearing
more OTatOry. announced that Edmondson
Was guilty but that he would hear the
other case before giving his decision
The story Of the encounter between
Schurmaa and GirIey WAS then told, an
abundance Of local color being thrown il
Justice Poe promptly decided that GirIey
vas guilty and fined him and Edmonson
SO each. as announced above. The fines
were paid from the defence fund" and
then was given the lecture that made the
students uneasy.
bHIldlug brought before him. and this is
what he said
I look upon this as the most unholy
combination Of men who ever attempted