Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-05
MARzON| TO Be TRIED
Another Midshipman Hailed Be-
fore Court-MartiaI.
CHARGED WITH HAZlNG
The Charge is Supported by Six
Specifications.
ROBERTS ALLEGED SUFFERER
His Attorney Secured a Delay in the
Opening of the Case Until To-
morrow-A Statement.
ROBERTS ALLEGED SUFFERER

| ANNAtO1Jlb, MQ., Cdhudfy iiS $1,000
| of Midshipman Petersen B. Marzoni OF
Pensacola, Fla, a member of the first
| class, on the charge of hazing Midship-
man Chester S. Roberts of Joliet. Ill,
| member of the fourth class. began this
morning after the record of yesterday
proceedings had been adopted.
The charge Is supported by six speclfi-
cations, each alleging separate incident
of hazing in which Roberts was the VIC
tim Roberts was also the alleged sufferer
| IN the incidents upon which are based all
four of the specifications in Fosters case,
| the trial OF which was completed yesterday
Marzoni is being defended by Mr.. George
Fl. Mann, an attorney of New York city,
who was member Of the class of 1885,
Naval Academy.
No charge against any other midshipman
has been filed as yet, but the academy
authorities state that the court will be
kept supplied with charges at the termina-
tlon of each case for an indefinite period.
The naval court martial opened the pro
oeedings by verifying the record in The
case Of Midshpman Worth w. Foster,
whose trial on the charge OF hazing Mid
shipman Chester 9. Roberts has been COM
pleted. This occupied over an hour. The
court then took up the case of Marzoni
The Marzoni Case.
The charge and six specifications were
read. The first specification alleges the
hazing Of Chester s. Roberts by compelling
him to perform mo 49," Roberts is the
same midshtpman whom Foster is accused
of hazing. The second and third specifica-
tions allege that MarZoni hazed Fourth
Classman Benjamin w. Tye of Atlanta,
Ca, by compelling him to bring the ac-
cusods breakfast different occasions
The last three charges are in connection
with the alleged hazing Of Midshipman AL
bert c. Bryant of Canton Bend Ala,
fourth class man. They are that Marzoni
compelling him to bring him his breakfast,
to stand on his head about twenty times
and perform mo. 16 about fifty times.
Marzoni was brought before the court
and introduced Mr.. George H. Mann of New
York as his counsel, who asked that the
trial of the case be delayed until the open
ing of the court tomorrow and the request
was granted.
Attorney a Former Midshipman.
Mr. Mann is a former member Of the class
of 1895 of the Naval Academy.
Mr.. Mann said today that while Marzoni
will plead not guilty to the charge and all
the specifications. inasmuch as he denied
any criminality in any of his actions, yet he
will go on the stand and admit certain facts
as alleged in some Of the specifications. He
will not deny the second, third and fourth
specifications in SO far as they charge that
some articles were brought to him from
the breakfast table by Tye and Bryant,
but he will contend most vigorously that
this was willingly done by the underclass-
men, whom he considered his friends, just
as member of higher class might have
done for another member of the same class.
Purpose of Authorities.
uNLo
Academy authorities Is to try most of the
subsequent cases under the act Of 1874 as
amended by the act Of 1908. The former
only applies to direct acts of hazlng, but
the latter provides the penalty of dismissal
for encouraging participating in haz-
ing well. The form under both acts
will be used. according to the nature of the
case and the character of the evidence by
which 1t will be supported.
Although 1t takes less to establish case
OF hazing under the later act. yet the pro-
ductlon OF the evidence is more difficult,
owing to the fact that witnesses can more
readily claim immunity from answering on
account of self-crimination
On the whole, however, 1t Is considered
that the new practice will be a great aid in
prosecution of the hazers. The courts
ruling has been that mere presence was
not incrimination, unless there was some
nectton with the hazing.
The court adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Young Girl Burned to Death.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, January 4-By the
explosion of a kerosene lamp in boarding
house al Nantlcoke today Margaret Volda-
lyka. aged fifteen years, was burned to
death. Two other residents of the house
were SO badly burned that they will die.
Another Midshipman Involved.
Still another midshipman involved in the
hazing is Midshipman Louis Dean Causey
of the first class. The charge of hazing
Fourth Classman Bennett, with the various
specifications, was served on Causey this
morning and his case probably will be
taken up at the conclusion OF the Marzoni
case. Young Causey is a son of w. ].
Causey OF Berwick, Miss.
He is one of the prominent athletes OF
the academy, having rowed in the senior
eight of the academy fer four years and
made the foot ball team this season. He
played center in the recent Army-Navy
struggle at Princeton and was one of the
strongholds of the blue and gold line.
He holds the rank of first petty officer.
10th Company. In the first battalion of the