Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-27
UNIVERSITY LAW STUDENT
Gets SINGULAR HAz|NG
Robert A. Wade Taken From
Room and Given Coat
of Paint.
HAIR OUT ny NAsKED WEN
ffctin Asscrta lie RecoenIxed Two
Membern OF Mystcrlous Hand, One
~ Voice md Other bN General
Appearance.

g. Especial to Tho Times Dlspatchl
r CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. Feb. 20.
Further developments nro expected
n tho next fow days concerning the
'nsu!ar ana mysterious classifying
~ Robert A. Wade. the young Uni
&ersity OF Virginia law student. who
|"as taken from his room Friday
hight by group OF masked students
nd subjected to n coat of paint and
= srotesaue hair cut. No additional
acts have yet boon brought to Iipht.
hd the perpetrators OF tho punish
nent inflicted on Mr.. Wade have
kept perfect secrecy. Suspicion has
'een laid on several groups of stu.
ents. but no real evidence has been
orhishc" as 10 tho guilty parties.
Recognizes TWO az Hand.
In speaking on tho subject OF his
Extraordinary treatment Yesterday
,cfore "a small group OF students.
wade declared That he recognized
&wo members Of tho mysterious baud.
by ms vote" ana tho other by
general appearance. but he refused 10
disclose III. names or 10 givc any
Indication az who tn" gentlemen
we're. MIR. Wad" further declared his
Intention I" ~" his psailants To re-
over damages for his maltrcatrnrnt
Rut IL is not as""riaincI that ne has
8akcn any definite steps toward IN
titutlng SuCh an action.
In signed statement In an aftor-
room paper yesterday. Wad" gave
8S" following account OF the visit Of
Who "haz!ug party
CHECKED and Gngg~d.
The party arrived ubou, Ia o'clock
ma waited outside until after u
''clock that ~, until ono Of ms
riends who happened TO he in my
Dom left. Then they sent a negro
10 my door who said some fellows
iutsid" wanted to 50" me. told tho
&trgro II they wanted ia see me ,h.y
you'd have Ia com" la. / kn.w thrn
hey w"r" after me because num-
'roUs reports had com" 10 ~" that I
you'd b" tarrcd and fcatEcr"d
8'rotty soon some ono knocked and
ntnandcd open up. refused,
3yhcr"upOn the door was burg, open
md a couple "f mnsK"i men p"crcd
n from ~" sides ~ Ia" door Thr""
Il uS were IN my room ~ the time
6ind ~" rCcpYnizod several ~ tic
2'ibst"i men some four or five
3nasbcd men rushed IN. grabbed ~"
md told NV two companions to-
Keep quiet. offered no resistance
or varlous reasons. ana MAS taken
~, into the niyh'. gagged and
phch Thoy clipped my hair "a 1T
thin hastily spread ON my face
head some giuc and paint and
H. Thnrc were between htt"cn aud
enty ia the party, and all were
80 skcd.
Denies Al Charges.
'Y"Etrrhn- wl"p | expressed the
"n,i"n 81 having some 81 THO fel-
!ws proaocut'd they s"nt two stu
euts To INC, who gave IN" TO under
8Aand that would not d" allowed
~ instItu;" any prosecution. H"forc
Thts about nfty had been 20 my room
with a truck To take me. baggage
and all 10 the train. Luckily l was
not there"
In hts letter To IN" newspaper
Wad" declared as false the charge
that he had written members nf the
Legislature that sentiment 1T the
university favored III. removal 81
the medical school To Richmond. He
said, however. that he did write to
the Senator from his home county
and told him that he personally IA
<orcd the change to Richmond, but
that was The only letter Ne had
written in IN" matter.
Wade also denied tho charge that
he refused to remove his hat when
The Good old Song" was sung dur
ing the student demonstration given
Resident Alderman and Dean iiouGh
upon their return from the state
capital. He stated that he removed
his hat every time the song was
In
SO" he said. 1T was pur" mad
yortcnre ON IN. part No one asked
me 10 remove my hat. because al
WAYS took il off and VIII continue to
do so when and wherever / hear the
song ;,laycd