The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-10-06
VICTIM OF
BRUTd- HALE2S
Student Locked in B5I Car
TenD2yStgO is Missing,
He NAY &c LAD HOW

Len c7gcod IN C-r:y Ger --s tie
Door Seated - Car Ws7 Shipped
Away enc Poiice a-d 1'issy Men
Can Find no Trace cf zoe Moving
Pr'son-Brltal Affair Rep ted BY
eoy wao Overheard Story On the
College Grounds.
LcVirr.on. l-y. oct. 3-Fr1m 3 70.
port made to the police. 90 .s fc...t
that William G.. Smith. a freahr..- at
the Kentucky State un.versit, .-ho
has been mi sing for ten days. is fr..
dead in box car somewhere g.. .A,
Queen & Crescent line. a victim OF
hazins
To- tory is 90 tho effect that ,.1-
smith bound and gagged. wrs pa, n
an empty cl- Ay a group cf sorh9.
morcs Tuesday night OF last week u
was ndcj to leave him there until
daylight and chen 90 release him The
.ar door Na- Shut and to preven, in
f.rl,f.U.e viI1 the plan. wa sealed
f.e rs.f ru.aIng it was found that
'.e ser hsf been pulled out of the
f."'ia srd- and shiprcl away
fh. r.iIru. oai ials. not knowing the
rumter o fIr r-r have found no
trace Of thD missing hu.
AIfs..ni suhsta. tiatira of the fear
that Smith is acat was lnfshel
whcn Ernest Sritl. his brother who
has been seafoh.ns actively tor the
boy. rccciv'' tnc following coml,un. .-
cation in scaled envelope in his
mail,
"You had better stop this invcsd-
CATION"
Tho warming was signed simply
BLACK Hand"
While the faculty of The university
discrcdits She report the police have
beguu an Investigation. The reuort is
said to have come from a boy whose
business takes him daily To the col
lcee grounds. iie is said 90 have over
heard several students talking about
Smiths disappearance Ho told his
father who in turn told others
These persons. while notifying the
police. have refused TO reveal tho
source OF their information. They fear
that tho boy may suffer 90 his iGcnti y
becomes known.
The disappearance of smith has
been puzzle to the faculty and the
police for ten days 70 was not until
the secondhand Information was re
ceived by the police that any plausib iblc
theory was advanced. one OF the mcn
who first informed the police tolG wha-
he had cleaned from the father OF tho
boy. who overheard the students.
"My Information u.s." ho said. "tha
The whole affair was part of hazinc
trick. The sophQmaro- had young
Smith out. and put him through the
usual routine which AN freshmen arc
made to undergo When they had
their fun one Of the hazers conceived
the idea OF placiRs tho boy. helpless.
IN box rGr for lie nieht
The idea was received with On
thusicsm and promptly acteI upon.
smith was forced. blindfolded. q the
railroad yards. Here car was broken
open and be was lifted In. Then. To
insure against his being reloas q dur.
ing the night they pll,od q rHg In his
mouth, scaled the door again and left
him.
shortly after daylight two of the
hazers returned to where thev had
left the car. to set the captive ace.
When they opened the car in which
they thought they had left him they
found il filled with merchandise One
after another the other cars on the
track we're broken open. until il be
came evident that the empty car had
been shifted out Of the yard and an
other train run in on the traCk,
"Frautically the boys went through
all the box cars IN the yarl They
learned that the string 10 which the
car containing Smith had belonged
had been broken up and the cars sent
in various directions"