The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-17
STUDENT "PElCHEk'
BOUND AND GAGGED
Greek Frat Men Seek to intiml
date Boy Who Told Of
Persons Death.
LEAVE WARNING NOTE
LEAVE WARNING NOTE
Student Witness Told at Will Be
Worse If We Come Again
Grand Jury Now Consider
ing the Case

Gambler, O., Nov. 16.-Assaulted by
hazers, said to be members of the Del
Ia Kappa Epsilon fraternity. bound.
gagged and left unconscious in his
room at Bexley hall Sunday night.
James e. Mccartney, a student in the
theological seminary of Kenyon college.
was the victim, presumably. of h men
charged by Coroner Scarborough with
responsibility for the death of Stuart
Pierson.
On his breast was pinned the follow,
ing note. This will do for this time.
but If we come again it will be worse -
He long has been suspected of giving
the coroner information which led TO
h verdict that young Pierson was tied
to the railroad track by the d. *. E.
members. and which probably will re-
ter.
Plain Case of Intimidation.
1T is believed to be a clear case of in,
Limitation. as the victim would have;
prove1 a strong witness for the prose-
cution which impends.
McCaryey was found shortly before,
midnight by his roommate. John
Brooke, son OF Bishop Brooke of Okla
boma. A dollar and a half had been
taken from his clothes. and a gold sig
net ring, valued at IS, had been jerked
from his finger. His trousers, which
contained money, had not been
searched.
His mind has been befuddled since
the assault, and he has been unable to
give the authorities any aid in the in
ye~stigation which Immediately was be-
gun.
Burglar Theory Secuted.
He says he was lying asleep on his
couch, and about $50 o'clock was
awakened partially VIXEN a towel was
thrust into his mouth and another
wrapped around his eyes. His feet and
hands were bound and then he lost con-.
seriousness.
The fact that no money was taken
from his pockets, it is said by the au-
thoFities, disposes of the theory OF
burglary advanced by several of the
students.
sherin Clements and Policeman Lewis
were called to Gambler from Mt. Yer
non M they at once began an inves-
tigation.
The student body and faculty are
much aroused over the affair, and are
aiding b officers in the inquiry.
May Exhume Pierson'e Body.
From the kilograms and letters which
have been received here since the re-
cording of the ~coroner's verdict the en-
tire college and Greek letter fraternity
world will watch with the deepest in
terest the proceedings of the Knox
county grand jury, which convened in
Mount Vernon yesterday.
MI. Scarborouglfs findings that Pier
son either was tied to the rails or was
bound and laid on the track will. be
put before the ipquisitors by County
Prosecutor Stillwell. II they lake the
same view OF the case as did the cor
oner Indictments for granddaughter will
follow.
1t is probable that the body will be
ordered exhumed and re-exanined. as
the only real proof of the alleged bind
ing or tying that it has been thus far
possible to obtain was the marks on
the wrists and ankles of the cad boy.
Challenge coroner's Findings.
Coroner Scarborough, himself a
physician ana usde to making careful
examination of bodies. asserts that
such marks are on the body, and his
testimony will be borne out by the two
Cincinnati detectives who went with
him to examine the corpse.
On the other hand, DIR. Pierce, the
saw the body. and not only were there
no marks of the kind described by the
coroner but says h corpse was SO
bruised and mangled that it would ave
been impossible to recognize them had
they been there.
Frat Members Avow Ignorance.
The fraternity side OF the case will
be the assertion that all the members
of the society were at their lodge q
mile away from the college buildings
when the death Of Pierson occurred.
They will swear that he, as did the
five other candidates who were to have
been taken nj the d. K. r. that night.
went alone to the various points at
which they had been ordered to await
he coming of the cominitte which was
to escort them back to the lodge.
The candidates were told where they
were to go by means of letters sent
them that day. Members of the COM
mittec will testify that they did not
see young Pierson that night until they
found his dead body at the bridge and
that he was not tied or bound in any
manner.