Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
STUDENTS ON ORGY BOYS BRIGADE ROW
Sophomores of Wesleyan Do
Not Hesitate at Crime.
CEMETERY IS DESIGNATED
'Gravestones Upset and Broken.
Church Broken Into and Pulpit
Furniture Stolen.

SAYBROOk, Conn. June 4.-More than
one hundred sophomores of Wesleyan
University, 1.-THE devils own.'' they
style themselves, members of the Theta
Nu Epsilon fraternity. stormed Sayhrook
Thursday night to initiate twelve men,
bers. They held sacrilegious revels, de-
stroyed property, stole whatever they
saw. assaulted one of the leading citizens
of the town, and every one got even
drunken than he was before he arrived.
About sixty more of 1.-THE DEVILS own"
went to Lyme. taking with them to that
dry town all the beer, and things more
potent. that they could carry inside and
out. Lyme got off better than did Say
brook, because those who went there got
so drunk early in the evening that they
could not do any mischief.
The degree team of the Saybrook crowd
was divided into three classes-"arch de-
MONS" ''fiends'' and dwellings The
latter We're the novftates, and some of
them lost consciousness from their tor
ture long before the trough house was
over and will be in bed for several days.
Strapped in Car Aisles.
The twelve novitiates were strapped in
the aisles of She cars, face down, and
they had to ride this way the entire dis
tance. They were ducked at frequent in
tervals with beer.
Every time the train stopped at a sta
ton detail of sophomores got off and
stole everything they could lug back on
the train. Several of them made spe-
taty of stealing The the signal
on other trains. These lanterns were tied
on a rope and dragged along the tracks
behind the train. The noise this made
tickled the students hugely
When Saybrook was reached the noviu-
ates-some of whom were hardly able to
walk by this time-were unstrapped and
taken from the train blindfolded. Then
the 'hellish" procession started. The
march led down Ferry street. which was
abandoned entirely to the Wesleyan boys.
Stole Pulpit Furniture.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church the
procession halted, and a number of them
broke into the edifce and stole the pull
pit furniture These sacred chairs were
loaded into a pushcart with a barrel of
beer, and the parade was resumed.
The march ended at the cemetery. The
first thing done there was to pull down
as many tombstoneS as possible, and
lift all the slabs that could be lifted and
throw them around and break them
Judge Houston Landen was told of
what was going on, and he went to the
cemetery to prevent the further desecra-
lion of the graves. When he arrived the
novitiates were on their knees at the
edges Of the graves, with their heads
stuck in the ground, and pals of water
were being thrown on them. Several
swooned under this water cure.
The students were asked to go away
and leave the cemetery, and were told
of the law against desecrating graves.
A rush was made for the judge and in
sulting remarks were hurled at him.
Smashed Hotel Dishes.
Then the crowd went to FairvieW Hotel,
where a splendid dinner had been ordered
and was ready. That dinner lasted until
midnight, and when it was over there
was not a whole dish or piece of furniture
in the dining room.
Finally things got so bad that Deputy
Sheriff Morrow organized posse of the
citizens and went after the drunken
collegiates, but the youngsters sentinels
warned them and they all got to the
train before the posse arrived. Those
of the novitiates who were overcome by
the initiation and the initiators who were
too drunk to walk were carried.
Warrants have been sworn out and as
many boys as Judge Landen can recog-
nize will be arrested. The town author
tiles will insist upon a thorough inveSti
nd