The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-06

programme Including n ceremony that
has been famous NJ Harvard for cen
fury known az Bloody Monday" This
consists OF clashes between the fresh
man and sophmore classes. kidnapping
and other boisterous forms OF hiEinE
Now and then the occasions are en-
llyened with broken limbs and collar
bones, but, as general thing, moth
Ing ever more serious
The Use of box cars for hazing pens
is not new. and is said to have been
In vogue in more than one big instltu
ton. This Is the first case in which a
tragedy Is believed to have resulted
What Small Boy Heard
SO far no information has been drawn
from tho students. Both freshmen and
sophomores. without exception. have
maintained stoutly that Willis Smith
did not appear among them on the
night ne dropped out of sight. The
great majority of the students declared
they had never seen him In their lives
and would not know him If they saw
him.
The hint of the freight car episode
was not obtained from the students.
The detectives say they got their in
formation from a small boy who over
heard several students discussing what
had been done with Smith. The boy |
heard that the freshman had been
caught at the university entrance early
in the evening and taken across the
burning city dump TO the Queen and
Crescent Railroad yards. There he was
securely bound and gagged, a knotted
handkerchief being fonced in his mouth |
and another handkerchief bound over !
MS lace and eyes. leaving MIN bare
space to breathe.
The car he was put in had been
sealed. but the seal was broken, the
door opened and closed again.
After this was done the hazers left, !
returning about midnight 70 find that
the car had been picked up by a train
and hauled away. !
The students engaged in this wretched
prank. II was said. had become greatly
alarmed at finding the freight car gone
They hoped that when the car got
to the Danville yards 1t would be
Only an inspection Of the car could
save him. as he was so bound and
gagged that he was helpless. II death
came to him it was accompanied by
frghtful agony.
Faculty Denies the Story.
The college faculty assert there is
no truth in this version Of young
the faculty said to-day:
Those who take me trouble to get
at the facts must be aware that every
one connected with the university is
extremely anxious to solve this mys-
terry. The publication OF baseless ru
n!ors can serve no useful purpose. The
teel sure. Of reckless brutslity' they
are anxious TO discover the where
abouts of the missing freshman. and II
II Should be discovered that few
We're guilty OF molesting him they
would incur the hearty condemnation
q dI the e, student a,et body and their prosecu-
President Patterson. OF the college,
says that the matter will be laid i'm
medately before the Fayette County
Grand Jury, when every mc-lber OF
the sophomore class will he sr I'm and
questioned concernin~ .. VII. aabouts
OF willis Smith igesld.u. "'tterson
is deeply grieved over the ma ;er, and
says that the mystery will 10 great
harm to the university if it is not
L. E. smith. the brother 81 the miss
ing freshman. had this to say:
when my brother left the house he
had on a suit of old clothes. He left
me that he is not willingly
remaining away. ! feel certain that he
has either heen killed or is n captive at
the university"
The missing student was a delicate
little chap. with light hair and eyes.
He weighed about 100 pounds. He was
a hard student and had won several
scholarships before entering college.
MAHANOY CITY. Pa. Oct 6-The
starving man found in a box freight
ear here several days ago is not Willis
Z, Smith. the Kentucky University stu
dent who Is thought TO have been
ocked in freight car by hazers. The
nan found here is an Austrian, twenty
nine years old. He is in jail at Potts
Vile.