Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-08

upper class men and told that he
had better get out of here tomorrow. .
In his last Illness John told Harry
some things of what took place in
the hospital to make Harry believe
Cadet Breth was even subjected to
hazing in the hospital. This COM
pleted Miss Rosa Breth's testimony,
and she left later for Altoona.
After Robert b. Wallace, who was
one Of Oscar Booz's instructors in a
private school in this city, had told
Of Oscars good record as a scholar,
William y. Breth, another brother of
John Breth, took the stand.
Williams story was substantially
as follows:
When John came home he told him
hat he had to do so much aeagling"
that he often became exhausted and
Until his muscles felt like leather. A
cadet named Bender made him sit
On the point Of q bayonet until he
fell off. He was made to sit on it
ggain. and during this operation Ben
fer played q violin. On another oc-
easion. hot July day, after a hard
days drill. he was compelled to don
a rain coat and hold out dumb bells.
On a Saturday all cadets were given
a certain amount Of liberty, but Ben
der prevented him from leaving
camp. His brother made a complaint
about 1t, which resulted in Bender
exercising him more severely. He re-
garded feeling inspection" as joke
One night he was gagged out of bed
leaving the bedclofhes behind him
md was dragged over rough stones
In the company street On another
occasion he was so exhaustiyely ex-
ercised that on the next morning the
officer In charge of tha drill compelled
him to drop out of line because of
his weakness One time John was
on guard and Bender refused to give
the sign of recognition as he passed,
which was a breach of the regula-
lions. lie reported Bender. and the
latter slid he would make him fight,
but the threat was never carried out.
His brother considered West Point
military academy the best in the
world. but said the upper class men
ran the place.
Lucien H. Alexander. secretary of
the board of examiners for the adj
mission of law students to the bar,
was called for the purpose of testi-
flying to Booz's application for adj
mission and got into legal tangle
with the committee as to whether
Booz passed the examination. Mr..
Alexander explained that the courts
of Philadelphia had made a rule that
the matter of how students came out
of an examination should not be
made public, and he considered he
would be in contempt of court if he
divulged the information, although
he was willing to make n personal
application to the court for n rule
permitting him to do so. The com
mittee decided that he must choose
between being in contempt of the
courts of Philadelphia or the United
States house of representatives, and
he was given until II o'clock today
to decide.
Mary c. Breth, another sister of
Breth. was called and corroborated
the testimony of other members of
the family. She said her brother told
her that one night he was hazed by
three separate sets of cadets. He
stood the first two, but tainted dur
ing the third act of hazing. When
he regained consciousness he saw
several men rubbing him. They APP
peared to be greatly frightened. Miss
Breth also said that her brother, in
speaking of hazing, said he ''often ate
soap" and "chewed rope ends at
West Point. Miss Breth said her
brother did not know Father OKeefe,
who testified before the military
board of inquiry at West Point that
he took a great interest in Cadet
Breth.
1t was intended to meet again this
morning.