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Trinity Hazing Trial Put Off Until April 29, 1921

Trinity Hazing Trial Put Off to April 29

Durham, March 28—The Trinity College hazing episode, in which E.C. Brooks Jr., son of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, as seriously stabbed several weeks ago, will not be aired in court until Friday, April 29. The cases growing out of the hazing affair were set for trial today, but it was announced in recorder’s court when they called that young Brooks is still in the hospital.

When the cases were reached, Jack McClure, freshman, and alleged intended victim of the hazing party charged with having seriously stabbed Brooks was a knife, was the only defendant in court. His attorney was absent, O.G. Sawyer, S.D. McWhorter, J.C. Harvey and Brooks, jointly charged with hazing, were not represented in court. Sawyer, it is said, has left Trinity and is attending a Virginia college.

John H. Small Jr., son of former Representative Small, who engaged McClure in the affray after the alleged hazing took place, is another defendant.

From the front page of The Charlotte News, Monday evening, March 28, 1921

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