New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03

sti!etto" The marshal went away hurriedly, ac-
companied by Of the students.
In the mean time the report that man had been
murdered in University Hall spread all over the
campus like widfre. Some had II that Jim"
Robinson, the popular trainer. was the victim
while others telling of how Hungry. the
hack driver, had been stabbed in the back by an
Italian. But the most common rumor was that a
waiter had been killed in the kitchen below, and
dragged up the back stairs. where clots Of blood
could be seen on the landing. Students came rush
ing in from every quarter. and soon the corridors
filed with a hundred morbid sightseers-
DR. Jackson who had been summoned by tele-
phone pushed his way through the crowd He
was admitted by the guard at the door without a
question. y glance at the PROSTATE figure satisfied
him, and he rolled up his sleeves for medical ex-
animation. The doctor opened his kit, called Tor
some hot and advanced to the bed with a
candle. He stopped over the agOnized face ~ just
one moment and from what followed the few stu
dents in the room imagined him to be crazy. He
took hat from OF the sophomore. slipped on
his coat, and slouched out into the ball just in
time 10 his friend and rival, Dr. Bushnell.
enter the room. In minute the latter came out
and hurried past with an exasperated expression
his face
At about o'clock the men returning from SER
vices saw the commotion and helped to swell the
crowd Among them were several dignifed profess
sors who looked upon the manGled body with
grave faces. and quickly left the room. Ohe Of the
leading pharmacists in town. who had heard the
particulars. and the murdered man early in
the evening noticed a coored fellow walk hurried
ly past his drug store with bloody hand 'Stopi'
cried the doctor. and. rushing out, lie grappled the
man, confident that he had captured the murderer.
BY main strength he held him until policeman
arrived.
Proctor Topley heard the wild reports OF the
tragic death and arrived on the scene about 10
o'clock With his keen detective eye he noticed at
once that one shoe o; the victim was only par
TALLY laced Thinking it strange. he walked over
TO the bed and felt the supposed corpse. He flashed
one glance at the onlookers and said nothing. but
in about half a minute the clevery rugged up dunn
my lay piled up in the corner
But the most amusing part OF the aHafr was that
dignant. thinking that It huge joke played
out into the hall. and this made the case
appear all the worse TO the assembled crowd
II only the work OF a moment for the sopho-
aSain some wood alcohol was quickly ssprihkied
nbout with little pepper to give mtisty smell
and the room was ready TO receive a hundred more
curious persons. admitted with great solemnity by
bi9Ts b g05n Fem man ns that the sst}e
OF without saving a word. and soon returned &C,
he had ever seen.
ind traces OF the murderer: and students were
climbing up and down fire escapes looking zeal
back stairs found piece OF red flannel and think
eHcitediy that he had FOUND cew Searching was
stopped when IL was reported that the murderer
had been arrested in Trenton he stepped OF a
During the escapade the few bold perpetrators
Of the Joke could hardly contain their laughter,
but the closest observer could not have detected
their secret. The alleged corpse under inspec-
uon for nearly five hours. and was seen by several
hundred persons. yet there were only few who
discovered that IL a fake Long past midnight
numbers Of undergraduates who did not hear the
until late came crowding around TO make
Inquiries about the supposed tragedy.
One Of the perpetrators of the Joke says the
funniest feature was that II was planned merely
rs n horse on the owners OF tho room and not
as n university Joke The first few fellows were
so completely taken In. however ana the report
spread so rapidly that they could not miss the
opportunity OF starting fake that has proved 10
be the best college hoax carried out by Princeton
students in many years.