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Show I BRUTAL HAZING ACTS DESCRIBED Arizona Middie Accused By Washington Lad Before Court ANNAPOLIS, aid.. Oct. 20. Midshipman Mid-shipman William II McGrepor, of Hremerton, "Wash., testified Thursday that he was the victim of hazlnjr of a brutal nature, and suffered muscular mus-cular and other Injuries that compelled com-pelled his removal to the, naval hospital, hos-pital, where ho has been a patient for the last two weeks, before the naval na-val court martial which was a. em bled bl-ed nt tho naval academy n few days afro for tho trial rf such cases The Tnldnhlpman on trial for tho offense H - " Is Hruee H. Robinson, of Chandler. Arizona, member of the first class. M 1 FLILS SEVEIU'IA I I Entering the court room on crutches. crutch-es. McGregor stood for nearly three quarters of an hour, first partly brae- (I against a chair and later .ilttlnw on the corner of a table, beins unable to sit down firmly In a chair because of his lnjurle-, and told the court how ho had beep compelled to go through three physical exercises until finally ho becamo exhausted, suffered severe pains, first became a patient In "sick quarters," from which he was aftor- wards removed to the hospital, whore he became a bed patlenl SPEAKS ( UTIOl'SLY The younjr midshipman testified Slowly and apparently cautiously, signifying sig-nifying first that ho had submitted I to the physical "stunts" by reason of lils being familiar with certain tradl-tlons tradl-tlons that prevail among the student I body .it the naval Institution, but fin-ally fin-ally admitted under examination that he suffered "cruelty, Indignity, humiliation, hu-miliation, hardship and oppression," as sot forth in the charges and specifications spe-cifications against Midshipman Robinson. Robin-son. McGregor was the only witness to appear before the court Thursday. The trial will be resumed |