Show W WAS S FORCED TO FIGHT OR RESIGN StOl of Upon the Wit Witness ness mess Stand PERSECUTED BY BRANCH EVENTS LEADING G UP u TO THE FA FATAL FATAL TAL AFFRAY A NN Md Nov Ud A hInan Meriwether took the th wit witness ness Ida his own on Ills LIIs story atorY ot of Ute Ui trouble cubic ti between himself and Branch Brauch iId not ditTer dirtat su from the testimony ot of otI previous witnesses He told tOIl of haying I had a light with Ruin Hum HumI I 8 in aM In which the latter out the witness Speaking of the night when the feud Caine Ame to Meriwether said Went to Room hI 1 went in room find and the thell ll lt was IUS turned on I said Bald that t I had come to see Bee him about what Branch sal said You are a dd tool fool to come to see me you know that my clang cla s hates hate you I sai said That is not so 80 you are the only one Que who does Branch then asked What it If I do I Isaid said ald Then you OU are a dd sneaking coward and I will fight you though I am not In fighting condition I ad Jf It YOU Qu get up I will wUl lick you ou He said You mean you ou will tr try what I will I said and if you get up p I will show you He di did not get uv imp and after a little further con Jaeger and I left the room loom Wanted to End the Matter MatterI I called Branch what I did because I was Wil told the custom that n a fight Would and Branch had told rue me he was going to bilge me that is make me full litH and I wanted anted to fight and end the matter I did not it intend to light when I went vent to the room but buthe buthe he again In told me inc that he intended to me then asked him about his from hitting I Branch during the fight although al allowed lowed to do so o under the rules The witness told of two Instances of this thi explaining that he did not believe bellee an any blows should hould be struck in a standon I fight unless the men ar are on their feet He aJ Iso o told how he and offered to give sIve up the fight but time the seconds would not allow It Details of the Fight After Arter the quarrel with Branch 8 said ld he MidshIpman lid McKittrick came cameto cameto to m my room Mud bind told me that he had been app appointed second to ar arrange range Inre a fight 1 wanted Jaeger as The rite details were then arranged During Durin the fight we first filSt tell fell under the blinds bout About the twelfth round 1 rU rushed u d IJ ati oUt both tOIL through Ue the door doer The he ne next t r round und hit me a terrific uppercut It mt m t fot ne I e turned to r i jaw iIo He threw his bla head back and I d Qui but swung 10 my Im arm Itis bl neck BeCK We fill fell In thai position hJ his heed head striking the floor We were lIfted up My arm could not be used for the next two rounds My left arm wan el crushed ed in a football gante about three years ago I had a severe examination but failed physic physically ally However I ed the next year The arm Ja Is still UI weaker titan than time the oth othor or then showed a deep scar on the wrist of the left arm 1111 H lie said saida II a silver plate had been put In there le Agreed to Be Friends At the end or of the tW round he be continued Branch tUne caine across the room and we both oth apolo xi and he said We re will willbe m be friends fl He Be then len left Iud and I have never seen since VIe We parted as friends I could not go 0 to breakfast the next morning r I hal hati tc go to the ho hospital J An orderly tune caine nd said that there ther was a man Inan In Inthe inthe the bali He was waa brought to 11 the hos pital that and 11 Ames told me that Branch was doh doing About 3 the next J I was told j by a nurse that f lanch was dead I 1 requested nit It uy by the I was waa b yond Slon I 1 think that Mr Branch wa was Indeed fortunate in being 10 his place III hi oin to sleep end not waking UI 11 than to be 6 in mine anti and having to live this Hf life aft i this ISa and deplorable affair Fight or Resign In answer to a said hIt Ji I had not resented Mr continued actkins I would woul be in the same me position as anh t classmate mate with whom hom no one hw anythIng to to t under these circumstances I would b have to resign and never hold holdup lip up m my head again he then began Ita cross examination The WI was i requested to do de dol l 60 run running itS as ud had con on dueLed it toward him to for dl r ct answers as alii to what hAd hAdd d thISe ne saId 1 dont can tre to te reate them theft then whispered l to the Jude judEe and the was withdrawn It ta Un eI wether wethe to 1 certain things before women o or of whom there were a number ju In the I He then en declared that n no hc bC not heu n ratty hut hail had ac acquired I the te reputation u the end of oC test orated ThIs he ha said MId 1 thInk is also i mowa hussy the tho defense e that It had bad closed it Its ease I Rebuttal Testimony Capt P I om corn I mandant of oC was the tho tir first witness for the rebuttal He told of ofa I a conversation with Iid I I Churchill pre president ot o the I second ol class In which h lie he had hod told that lie he was under o to too o ey aU all regulations He as ant took time the stand that fighting at tb was wa against t good 01 order eJ and ana di discipline el pi hie and would ouI 1 not ilot he tol f rated orated Th This he sal I 1 think is tIso so the vie view of Superintendent Sands I |