“I told him that I had no claim to it, as Breslin had stolen it from him and slipped it into my pocket, a fact corroborated by Cadets Dillingham and Nazro.”
“And he attacked you?”
“Yes, sir, and I knocked him down.”
“And then?”
“He arose and rushed upon me again.”
“No one interfered?”
“Yes, sir; but his movements were very quick, and——”
“Contrary to his usual manner,” dryly said the commandant.
“As he rushed upon me a second time, sir, some one struck my hand upward, and he grasped me, so I had to throw him, and I did so with a force which I intended should prevent a continuance of the fracas.”
“Then you acted only in self-defense?”