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* Ho to Two High School Vic- fp & |fl
tims of the "Hazing" ||a
JX Practice Were Seined by Sk> v
Older Students , "Round to 'Rail- ]
Way TracKs and Told to SaVe fa ' '^||y
Themselves or "Dte —Rut ■-- v _J!’-r-Jl%ip) JSm>.>»< y
by a Woman’s Atd Were '
Spared the Fate of S tuart I
L. Pierson. J~ \ I^._
OVR schoolboy vtetlm of the current
fiendish development of the hazing
nuisance. tied to railway track* and
gro..nd to death under the wheel* of a loco
motive and two other* rescued from the
same predicament. Is part of the record of
this sort of criminal mischievousness dur
ing one short year.
Last November this newspaper told of
the basing to death In this way of Stuart
L, Pierson, whose own bereaved father
protected the guilty members of a D K E
fraternity from the Just consequence* of
tbelr crime, because bis son. full of youth
ful Ideals of honor and loyalty, had taken
this outrageous vow of fidelity to bis fra
ternity :
“I swear by all my hopes ou earth to
keep this pledge with the brethren of our
order May my life be accursed: my
death be loathsome: my heart be cut out
and east Into the dust: my flesh rot from
my bones; my bones crumble away If I
ever reveal any of the secrets of our be
loved order, or betray my brethren."
As though proud of this proof, even to
the death, of the loyalty of young mem
bers of secret school societies, boy students
lo the High School at East Liverpool. Ohio,
lately attempted an outrage similar to that
which cost young Pierson his life.
Their young victims were John r.reen
and Percy Wells. The health of these boys
had been already undermined by frequent
and inhuman hazing experiences, to which
they had submitted without complaint,
eager to find favor In the eyes of the older
boys: and yet their tormentors were not
satiaflsd.
Eager to Be Thought “Game.
The East Liverpool High School has a
campus where the students are allowed to
meet for their games after school hours,
even In the evening. Here, after dark, the
older hoy* had practised many cruelties Qn
the younger ones, who vied- with each other
in showing that they were "game."
Toward. 10 o’clock one night In the last
week oy% toher. John Green and Percy
Well* were strolling through the raropns
on tbelr way home from an evening frolic
In t« street, wheu strong hands suddenly
them from behind, while rough
voices cried In their ears:
“How dare yon kids appear ou the eam
pu* at this honr?”
John and Percy made no efforts to free
themselves. They expected the same kind
of rough treatment they had already re
ceived on more than one occasion—being
ridden on a rail, or forced to make the
circuit of the campus on their hands and
knees, or something of that sort—and
made a virtue of resigning themselves to
it with good grace But the next remark
from one of their captors rather startled
them.
"Roys these kbls are too fresh. Moder
ate measures seem to make no Impression
ou them What shall be their fate?"
"Wo must make an example of thorn,”
said another voice.
"They must die!"'exclaimed another.
Without more ado the victims were
gagged and blindfolded with handerchlefs
and rudely bustled out of the campus,
through the deserted streets and along the
country road. They stopped for ten or
fifteen minutes beside the road, when John
and Percy heard the footstep* of other
boys who were joining the party, and heard
one of their raptors ask:
Bound to the Iron Rails.
"Hare ton got the ropes?”
•’Yes," was the answer. Wherenpon the
two victims, frightened now and trembling
In every limb, were bustled over the road
faster than before. At length tliev felt
themselves ellmhlnc an embankment Then
they were halted and the handkerchiefs
were taken from thetr eyes. Now for the
first time they realized that there had been
a prearranged plan to capture and punish
them. Every boy among their captor* was
partly disguised by a cloth mask over the
eyes nose.
"Tie them to the tracks," ordered the
leaden of the party.
The youthful victims saw that they were
beside the railway track*, over which trains
ran t roucty the town every two or three
hour*. They know that an express was due
betwe a eleven and twelve They began to
beg f r mercy, having loosened the gags.
Tht only answer of tbelr captors was to
throw! them down acres* tbo rails, to which
they -bound them aecnreiy by feet i
hand* with the ropes which they had
brought with them.
In vain John and Percy begged. When
Twelve Rules for Selecting a Husband.
BY DR. HARRIET C. KEATING, OF NEW YORK.
IAN education, not sui-b ns be gt-u In
tbt big colleges, but an education
• Id morals.
2. la the event of au affection which
If curable, marriage should l)» postponed,
1. It be proved beyond doubt that aD ail
ment is out of the reach of medical skill,
the man or woman should be brave enough
to renounce marriage, and take up some
line of work which may absorb jls or her
interests: for lo marriage, as la all else,
the uplifting of humanity should be tbo
blgheai consideration.
S. A woman should demand among the
good qualities of ber husband that he be
well-bred. The little dellcaclea of life go
far (award oiling the wheels.
4 foe should look for congculalty of
•sat.* w ..|l tUi.Uti ouadltv or Intellect
they reminded their captor* that
a train was due In half au hour
tbelr tormentors only laughed and
began to dance aud slug about
them, now and then glvlug them
a brutal kick. At leugth the
leader said s
“You too kid* deserve to dip.
You are not properly respectful
to your superiors. You set a bad
example for other little boye. If
It Is possible we would like to
complete your reformation —we
would like to make men of you.
If you are ever to become men
show yourselves worthy to asso
ciate with us. jour superior*.
By the use of your own wits and
strength break the ropes that
bind you and escape. Otherwise
you die under the wheels of the
first train that passes I”
At the end of this cruel speech
the captors pledged themselves
to do nothing to aid the release
of either of the boys. Then,
with u final kick for each victim,
they strolled heartlessly away.
Percy Wells lay bound to his
rail, nearly fainting from terror,
but John Green, an exceptionally
hardy and muscular boy, exerting
all bis strength, managed to work
one hand free
and then to untie
the ropes that bound
bis other hand and
his feet. Then, find
ing himself so weak
and nervous that he
could make no Im
pression on the knots
that bound bis com
panion. he sped away
toward town l’or as
sistance.
He dashed through
the hazing party,
which separated and
fled in all directions
on recognizing him,
and rushed to tho
house of bis aunt, a
quarter of a mile
away. He called to
her for help before
reaching her door.
He could hardly speak
when ahe appeared,
but he motioned to
ward the railroad,
and she hurried back
with him to the
scene of the outrage.
They found poor
Percy raving like a
maniac and beating
his head on the Iron
rail, which was al
ready vibrating under
the wheels of the ap
proaching train. Be
fore the gleam of tho
headlight was upon
The Railway Bridge Where Stuart L. Pierson Was Hazed to Death.
or Its development. A college-bred man
and a boarding school girl would he hope
lessly 111-assorted.
3. She should look for a busbnnd to
whom she would be not only a wife, but a
good comrade. Comradeship la one of the
strongest ties lu marriage.
C. She should never marry a man who
asked the saerltlce of ber Individuality or
permitted ber to dominate bis. Each has
u right to that Inner self, for each soul
comes Into the world and goes out of it
alone.
7. As n rule, she should marry young,
always provided she has a sufficient knowl
edge of the world. The Ignorance of wo
men in this respect Is stupendous. Bui
men, too, are Ignorant. The father should
be bis son’s teacher, the mother her daugb-
I nr’*»
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ixam
JUNKER 1 -7 A V
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fi. She should eho one a young mau pref
erably. because he then become* Educated
with bc*r. They are likely to be more
adaptable to each other.
0. A young woman should never marry
u middle-aged man with the Idea of caanc
In g him. He will exnect the woman he
marries to conform to htaudurd* already
Used.
Hi. A woman should take Home time to
Htndy the character of the tunn with whom
she expect * to »peud her life.
11 she mli mid .tali, above all thing*. the
confidence of the man she marrle*. If she
underntuiidn bin clrcuinstance*, a woman
with any heart will he willing to make
sucrlfirug and not run her hunhand into
debt
VI she should demand an allowance and
not conatnt to a housekeeping scheme
which ludea the running of bills. Sh«'
Mould handle the money the upends and
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4 ■* ■ I'lwiniiUnr
“THEY FOUND POOR PERCY RAVING LIKE A MANIAC AND BEATING HIS HEAD ON THE IRON RAIU,
WHICH WAS ALREADY VIBRATING UNDER THE WHEELB OF THE APPROACHING TRAIN,
FEVERISHLY THE BRAVE WOMAN TORE AT THE ROPES, BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE LOCOMOTIVE
WAS WITHIN THREE YAJIDS OF HER THAT THE NOV/ SENSELESS BOY WAS FREE, AND SHE HAD
DRAGGED HIM BARELY OFF THE RAIL WHEN THE TRAIN THUNDERED BY."
them. John Green was now In almost the
belple** state of hi* playmate. He could do
nothing hot rove over the knot* which hi*
finger* were too weak tofentia.
Feverishly the brave woman tore nt the
rope*, but It waa not until the locomotive
wan within three varda of ber that the
now senseless boy w«» free, and abe hid
dragged him barely off the rail a* the
train thundered by. Then aha fell In a
faint.
A track walker, eotplng along ten min
ute* later, found the woman atlll uncon
scious. while the two hoys were babbling
dke Idiots The rope*, still loosely fa*
tcn«'d to the rails, told the story.
The track man managed to revive John
Green suffluleatly to enable him to tell
the main feature* of the outrage. Then,
reviving the woman, he found assistance
and conveyed her anJ tho boy* to their
homes.
lloth hoy* hod to he placed In the car*
*f physician* For several day* It wn*
feared that perry Well* would never re
gain hi* reason. Day and night he won Id
have fit* of raving, during which he seemed
to live over again that awful half hour
In which, eaejj moment, he seemed to feel
lion wheel* crouching the life out of hi*
body.
As In previous Instances of the mo«t In*
human form of basing, both hoy* strictly
denied knowledge of tbo Identity of their
tormentors.
"Voi- beard their voice*/' they were told;
i
Percy Wall*. John Green.
The Two High School Boye, Who Were Rescued Barely In Time.
"you must have known absolutely In your
own mind whose voices they were—voice*
which you had heard nearly every day In
the school grounds."
All inch question* wore useless John
Green and Percy Week* proved their boy
tah, though mistaken loyalty by their al
ienee. They had nol even a ausplelon who
bad ao uearly brought them to their death.
The High School
anthnrltln* employed
detective* and made
every effort to place
the galll where It
belonged, b'lng deter
mined to jrlng tho
culprit* to Justice Ir
respective of the In-
Uuonce of their fam •
llles. Hut the de "
terflrea learned
uotblng. Another set
of these youthful de
mons had been saved
by the spirit of loy
alty upon which they
have learned they can
so perfectly depend.
The tad case of
Stuart L. Plerann
allowed that even the
father of a dead vic
tim may be Influenced
by the same spirit
which seals the lips
of school hoys in Ibe
event of auch out
rage*. He bad be
longed to the tame
I> K E to which hi*
boy had boon sacri
ficed. He haateued
to cover up every bit
of evidence which might dlscloie the
Identity of hi* *on’» murderer*.
Young Pierson, whose pledge to the
member* of bis fraternity In quoted
above, was a freshman of the little
college of Ken von. O. On being ad
mitted to the fraternity of the Delia
Kappa Kpsllon It filled him with pride
to remember that, student* and alum*
ril, Itw roll numbered more than Ova
thousand member*, of whom his father
wn* one, and all being forever loyal
to their vow*.
He accepted baring ns the natural arid
long-established privilege of upper dns*
men. He mode no struggle when they
took him out on the rallwuy bridge at
Gambler, 0., and bound him to the track.
When they left him there he probably
tried to free himself; probably those strug
gle* became frantic when he heard tbs
wheel* approaching aud aaw the locomo
tive headlight. Ilut aplte of alt that
agony, had be managed to escape- It la
certain that be never would have betrayed
hi* cruel comrades.
Young I’leraou bad no chance to es
cape. There on the bridge lb* rope* ettil
held bl* uiaugled remain* to tha ratla
when they were found and the I'ornoet
took charge of them. At the Inquest the
father appeared and opposed ovary stagn
of the Investigation which tended to show
that hla boy had been tied to tlie tracks
by hla compaalona In college, lie de
clared (hat the basing had not gone be
yond compelling hla aon lo "stand guard"
on tint bridge-- that be had simply fallen
* asleep at hla post and been run down by
the lrain.
All this, thnngb the father knew that
hla aon waa atl'l to weak and aore from
recent beutlng with atone* aud clnba that
he waa hardly able to crawl out of bed.
when, —ltb tbe elder Pierson's consent, be
was Taken to tbe bridge and hound te tbe
railroad track.
It was plnnned to release the hoy, the
father knew, before the regular train cam*
along Wheu tbe fatal passage of an un
scheduled train turned these plans Into
delllM-rate homicide, the falber helped the
culprit* to amuggle the body to (Tnctunatl
and to otherwise befog the authorities.
Hut the ropes found on the rails, aud the
story of another freshman bow he had
narrowly escaped the same fata, convinced
the commnnliy that the boy s own com
rades were guilty and through them really
every member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
frateruity.
That this same extremity of ruffianism
should now extend even to High School
f ■ I
Stuart L. pieraon, Who Waa Killed.
stud< i»f» in (hln pineth»- of the tnruitl
haratieat and amusing custom of basing-*
tin the iiffulr nt Kiist Liverpool* Ohio, in
dleute*— 1* a startling revelation of the t»
creating brutality and hiaiticsaactw uiuom
school buy*.