The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23
STUDENTS IN RIOTS At
THE STATE UNIVERSITY
md WABASH COLLEGE

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sophomore celebration. Afidavits were
filed against them for riot and they were
freshmen this morning paraded the streets
with a number of sophOmoreS in chains,
paying no attention to the protest Of Pres
ident Kane Efforts of the city and col
lege authorities, as represented by Prosecu-
tor Murphy and members of the faculty,
to secure the declaration of truce by the
classes failed utterly. The faculty is in
dignant over the violation of its edict and
the agreement which it secured to the end
that President Zimmerman of the sopho-
more class, was released. about ten days
ago and declares that every student who
has taken a leading part in the disorders
shall lose his term credits. President Kane
is particularly indignant over to-day's turn
of affairs.
Another new development in the situa-
ton was the spread of the spirit of the
day to the students of the local business
college Members of the stenography class
captured Belmont Everett and Arthur Man
son, of the commercial class, and confined
them in the assembly room. They evaded
their guards and ran from the building.
Manson reached home in safety but Bel
mont was caught and rolled in the snow
till the police rescued him and escorted
him home.
The freshmen had only fourteen captives
when they started on their parade this
morning, instead of fifteen, Fred l.. Heintz,
a sophomore, having escaped during the
night by jumping from second-story win
dow The captives were chained together
and were escorted by a bowling mob of
freshmen from the place of captivity to the
college campus, and across that, thence
north on Wabash street TO the Phi Gamma
chapter house. Here the freshmen tried TO
secure more captives, but failed. During
the halt at this point President Kane en-
tered a protest against any further prog
resS of the parade or other disorder, but
his words were unheeded. Later he tele-
phoned to the police TO take such steps
as were necessary to quen the disorder.
From the chapter house the parade cop
tinued 10 Pike street. thence east TO Wash
ington street and north to the courthouse
corner Here its progress was stopped by
sion of the captive sophOmOres. Efforts
were made to secure the keys to the locks
with which the prisoners were fastened, but
these failed and they were taken to a re-
pair shop where with infinite labor. the
chains were filed off.
Miller. president OF the freshman class
and Frurip protested against the action of
the police. and officer Steele arrested them
He took them TO jail, and as he left the
building on his return he was met by sew
eral freshmen. who protested against the
detention Of their leader. Steele then ar
rested Beatty, Shaw and King.
The freshmen went TO the office of Mayor
Russell to try to secure the release of their
classmates. Marshal Patton and Prosecu-
tor Murphy were willing to accede to their
wish If the classes would agree to a per-
manent truce. and later President thinner
man. of the sophomores, and Miller of the
freshmen, agreed to such a truce. but other
members of the class refused to recognize
it, and Prosecutor Murphy filed affidavits
charging riot against the five freshmen.
They were held until after court adjourned
in the Gregg trial. when the prosecutor
agreed to their release on their own recog-
nizance. 10 appear for hearing next Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock.
Since the release of the freshmen lead
ers the ebulltions of the class spirit seem
| 10 have subsidized, the arrests seeming 10
have had a SOLDERING effect.