The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-11

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| cope with him. Mr.. Casey was com
PEELED 20 procure money ut all hazards
Before entering West Point he had
married That fact, If known, would
have dismissed him at once from the
academy, IN accordance with the laws
governing that institution, which per
nit no cadet to marry. In the acade-
nv at that time were several cadets,
sons of very wealthy parents, who,
contrary to West Point rules, kept In |
their rooms nt barracks large sums OF
money. That was Casey's opportunity, !
for he had constant need of it with |
which to silence his wife, who had
threatened his exposure.
So great was the confidence of the
academy classmates In each other that
the money was simply placed In a
trunk, to which all the clique had ne
cess, and used as general fund. The
government supplies cadets with all
necessary articles, so that only luXu
ries need be purchased. Even to those
generous young men the disappearance
of money in large sums became puz-
cling and led TO inquiries, which devel-
oped into suspicious, and plan was
formed to mark some of the bills and
thus discover the evildoer
Mr.. Boyd. by reason of his unpopu
larity, was unaware of those move
ments, and he had told no one of his
own losses. The cadets had Informed
| their immediate commandant that mon
ey was constantly being stolen in the
corps. Aghast at such Il state of af
fairs, he had authorized and selected IA
committee of eight-two from each
company-to find and punish the thief
In an unguarded moment the com
mandant had said, "If you find the Of
fender, you can deal with him as you
deem advisable"
The most prominent member Of the
committee was Casey, himself the real
culprit. After a perfunctOry search
through quarters occupied by other
cadets they reached Mr.. Boyd's and
found nothing to reward their efforts.
At that juncture Casey glanced up
ward Mt pile of books lying on some
shelves and said, let us look at that
large dictionary
Casey's room was directly opposite
that occupied by Mr.. Boyd, who room
ed alone because of his appropriately.
Mr.. Boyd's room was unguarded and
accessible, so no doubt Casey had fire.
quently entered il and taken money
from the man he now publicly accus-
ed The search took place mt noon.
when the main body of the corps were
at dinner. On Mr. Boyd's return to
his room he found 1t filed with ca
diets, who madly accused him of the
crime. White with horror and shame
unspcakable, he answered their charges
in way which would have convinced
any judge of human nature that he
was entirely Innocent. Sinking to his
knees and raising his eyes to heaven
he cried, by the memory of my dead
mother, l swear | knew nothing what
ever OF this money!
But the supposed culprit was in the
hands of philistines. No thought of
mercy impelled them. / now quote
from published account by an eye
witness the scene later In the day: 1T
was cold, blusterless day Orders
were given to fall into ranks in the
area Of the barracks for undress pa
rade
Across the broad porch of the bar
racks and down the stems came four
cadets, bearing between them a mans
form. They advanced along the bat
talion's front. As they turned the ad-
jutant raised his right hand. and forth
with the drums and ffes beat and
walled out in unmelodious and uneurth-
ly harmony the terrible tune of the
'Rogucs March ON they came, and
now | saw affixed to that mans breast
n large white placard aud on 1t the
words Coward Liarr Thief" The
face above the words was marble
white, as the face of the dead, but the
wild, staring, blood red eyes seemed
TO wall and shrink in their horrible
misery"
General Cullom was then in com.
mand at West Point. On that particu-
lar evening he was returning from the
.. dock toward which those heartless ca
dets had driven Mr. Boyd when he met
the young man face to face.
The generals first and natural
thought was that Mr.. Boyd had dress
cd himself in civilians clothes cnd
was stealing off the post In search OF
. amusement but Il second glance show
, ed him face full Of grief and shame.
lie took the young man at once 10 his
own quarters. questioned him and
found, TO his diSmay, that the cadets
had perpetrated n most unprecedented
and cruel outrage, General Oull0m de-
termlned that the matter should be
sifted 10 the bottom.
The court OF inquiry later instituted
: by General Cullom resulted in yer
: dict Of mot guilty" In the eyes Of the
cadets, whose inseusate cruelty had
warped their judgment, ii was simply
Scotch verdict Of Not proved" and
: though acquitted, the defendant was
'henceforth n dggraced md dlshouo--
ed man.