Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-06-24
SAYS NELSON'S PAPER
TAILED WITH EXAM.
Denny, Former ':Plebe" Makes
Positive Statement to Court.
TO GRILL REAGLE AGAIN.
Reported That ''Sleuth" in Raids to
Rag" Marks viii Tell Other
Interesting Things.

Interesting Things.
Alidshipman T. K. Denny. member
of the former fourth class, gave to
the naval court of inquiry this morn
ing the most complete evidence so for.
as to the character of the papers
from which Midshipman r. H. Mel
son. one of the original seven defend
ants involved in the Naval Academy
gouging'' scandal. dictated a num-
Der of questions to members of the
fourth class
He was shown a copy of the exam
ination papers by the Judge Advocate
and said that il was similar in all
respects to the paper that was in the
hands OF Nelson. The paper Nelson
had, he said, was n white mimeo-
graph copy, and that the manner in
which the questions were arranged and
numbered was the same. He said he
made a copy of all of the questions
but could not remember having cop
led one sentence that appears on
the official paper
lie said Nelson enjoined him TO
keep quiet after he completed copying
the questions Like information was
in the possession of a number of his
classmates, Denny testified He said
however. he told it to his roomate
l.. Henefn.
Asked whether he had been inform
ed that the examination had been
changed after the leak" was discov-
cred by the authorities, Denny said he
did not until he appeared in the exam
inatioD room TO take the test.
Midshipman V. j. Moore, another
'Plebe," told the court of the intima-
cy between Nelson and Charles NJ
Reagle. the latter of whom appears
TO have been the "sleuth" i'm the night
raids made on the rooms of different
Departments for the purpose of rag
ging' the marks on examinations
Moore related an occasion when he
say Nelson and Reagle leave Bancroft
Hall one night at $50 o'clock. He
also stated, like other witnesses who
were examined yesterday, that there
was considerable advance Information
in the hands of midshipmen relating
TO the examination in English.
Much of this, he said, was given out
in the section room in the form of
tips" by Lieutenant Jacobs, an in
structor in theEnglish department. and
some he secured from Midshipman
Keller. Cross-examined as to the ma
ture the questions contained in this
advanced dope" witness admitted
that nearly all of which he was asked
about appeared on the actual exam
ination. The dope was sufficient to
enable a midshipman to pass the eX-
animation, as it contained at least half
of the questions.
Other witnesses heard by the court
were H. r. Sobel. of the second class.
and Il. II. Kincaid. of the third class,
but nothing new was CLEANED from
their evidence Unlike Denny, Kin
caid said that Nelson told him the in
formation gwen out by him (Nelson)
was not examination questions. but it
would be worth while to study IL /;
that he did not suspect the paper was
an examination paper and, conscien-
| tiously, he would ont have. used ii if
he had known it was such. Kincaid
did not get such a good look at Mel
sons paper, as Denny, for he testified
that he could not tell of its general
| character
The Judge Advocate has planned TO
recall MidshipmanReagle to the stand
In this connection it is reported that
Reagle may be able TO tell more in
teresting things in connection with
| the cribbing.
Another witness examined was j. c.
| Williams, of the former fourth class
His testimony was much along the
line as that given by his classmate
who preceded him. exceptthat he add
ed that between 40 and so per cent OF
the class had the same information as
that impaired to Nelson, and many OF
them had it prior to the night that
Nelson dictated ii to a group of from
ten 10 fifteen OF the class.
He also stated that hte report that
the examination had been changed
was a matter of general knowledge
among the class