Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-23

the rest were favored sons from The
realms of cit life.
When asked concerning the class one
MILDLY shook his head, shrugged his
shoulders and said:
well. 1 am in the service. and SO
are they. and haven't anything to say
Another said:
They had a few good men-efficient
men from the academy, who bilged on
some of these crazy subjects SO needful
to a naval officer, such the Theory OF
the fourth dimension and the Methods
of tracing the meandering curves with
especial reference to the cartioid and
lemniscatu' These are actual studies.
LAS l say, the best men they had
were these practical men who had bilged.
l should say Jimmy Sutton was the
man of the lot. Ludlow and Utley were
also efficient men,"
Thus speaks the ancient feud.
Sutton Becomes Unpopular.
Sutton now became unpopular at the
barracks He had not been greatly dis
liked at the academy. The story that he
was put into coventry" (ostracized) by
his class is found to be without founda-
ton Matters went on and the dislike
increased.
the first investigation, over a year ago,
frankly told Mrs Parker that they never
liked her brother. The events on the IA
tai October night that led to Sutton s
death were a grand climax to these
days of growing hatred.
Who knows that this boy. brought up
under the academy code. failure in life
from his point of view, unpopular be-
cause perhaps MISUNDERSTANDING not re-
solve to give death to some of the OBJ
jects of his hatred and then end 1t all
with a bullet in his own head from his
own hand?
Who knows how many dark hours
these thoughts preyed upon him. Any
military man will tell you that under
the tension of military life. especially
naval life, small troubles grow in the
mind and the step from sane to a little
less than sane is but short
Did Jimmy Sutton take the step? Was
he unbalanced mentally: or did he simply
try to take out a death revenge and then
kill himself? All the gold lace and pomp
that may assemble cannot find out if
precedent counts for anything.
Night of the Dance.
Came the October day that brought the
| Vanderbilt game and a hop in the even
ing. 1t has been currently reported at
Annapolis that Rocker and two other
marine lieutenants were so drunk at this
hop that the midshipmen's hop commit
tee ordered them off the floor. And there
was some talk among the middies OF
withdrawing the seasons hop invitation
extended to the junior marine officers.
| The hops are given by the midshipmen.
but are enjoyed by all officers through
general invitation
Sutton was not at the hop. having met
| pleasant young lady in the evening.
with whom he remained at Carvel Hall
and talked several other persons being
included in their party. Two things are
certain here. FIRST the young lady does
not bear upon the case, for she had but
newly arrived at Annapolis, and had
known Sutton but few hours. Second.
at 1870 O'Clock, when Sutton left CarVel
Hail. he was perfectly sober.
Several midshipmen, questioned as to
Sutton's capacity for liquor. said that
;'they supposed he could stand up among
the average" 1t is very certain, how
ever that he could not have become very
drunk between 1870 and the hour at
which he met his death.
There in the dark morning of the Octo-
Der night Jimmy Sutton's life was ended
poor Jimmy Sutton, who came to the
:. City of Broken Hearts from his far
away home four years before to be some
day a rear admiral in the United States
Navy, There at the old dump just in
the borderland of the academy to which
he had come and from which ne mad
gone. Jimmy Sutton quit the game.
mother and sister mourned him and
shook their heads when suicide was sug-
gested. A board of officers said it was
suicide.
What else could it say? There was no
other evidence than that of those with
Sutton. Sutton lay dead, and those who
were there said suicide. and suicide II
had to be- Now it seems that suicide IL
may not remain.