The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-15
COURT OF INQUIRY
BEGINS WITH WATTS
COlLEGE GREEN RIOT is HEING RE.
VIEWED BN OFFICERS.
They nro MI In UnifOrm--Prcst6cn Wood
row Said There Was Room for Soldiers
and Ball Tcan,--Studcnts Give Their
Version.
Atlanta Constitution. |

ganizcd and heard Il vast deal Of
testimony. Tf no was no delay or
hitch in tho proceedings.
General Stoppleboin, by virtue of
rank, WAS president of tho court, He,
with Colonel j. q. Thompson, Cap
tain III. Il. Wardlaw and Judge Ad.
vocato General II. G. Muylicld, rs.
scmblcd in full dress uniform and
with sido arms at noon in tho senate
chamber
Tho faculty of tho South Carolina
college and numbor Of students,
General Watts, Major Evans and
others "orc in the assembly. The
mass of tcstimor Y heard was formi-
dable.
Twelve witnesses in all woro OK.
amlncd, and as each was an eye witness
to the entire conflict from It's incipicncy
to its end, their testimony was nat
nrally full and required time to mar
rate
Some of The testimony, too, will
have an important bearing Oh tho
finding OF tho court.
Following his calling to order,
General Stopplcbcin directed the
judge advocate to read the order
convcning tho court. TLcn tho
charges made by DIR. Woodrow were
road
Messrs. Dwight and Tallcy, in
turn, wcro sworn to take down such
things as transpircd in tho court. S.
u. Cooper was announced as mar
shal of the court.
The names Of tho following wit
ncsses wore handed - DIR. Wood.
row, the judge advocate:
Nlessrs. n. w. Brookcr, w. B.
Lowrence, ID. w. NIcLaurin, A. II.
Hayward, Captain ~. II. Dick, Muir.
ray Dick, Senator l.. NJ. Ragan, Cap.
tain }. *. Alston, S. R. Stoncy, Pro-
fcssor =. G. Woodward; Professor
B. Means Davis, Professor T.. Horton
Colcock and Professor Bon j. Sloan.
The testimony so far is all against
the militia.
Captain n. w. Brooltrr was the
first witness. Ho was Oh the cam.
pus Watching the baseball game
The frst thing unusual he noticed
was General Watts, Major Evans
and Lieutenant Stokes riding across
tho diamond Opposite the grand
stand and interrupting the game for
a short time. The troops under the
command Of Colonel Jones passed
by, but not across tho diamond. AZ
ter finishing inspecting the arms
Gcncral Watts, Major Evans and
Lieutenant Stokes took Il position
near the third base. The troops
were again marchod across the ball
field near tho southern line Of the
diamond. AbOut then he noticed a
stir in the crowd. Someone had
been arrested, he heard, and almost
Immediately the troops woro march
cd forward with Colonrl Jones in ad
vance.
Colonel Jones rode into tie crowd
which appeared TO be 50 dense as to
block his progress. The troops
camo on and the crowd gave back,
but one or two players showed re
luctancc to retire iir noticed that
two or three CUTS were raised, and
either pushed or struck out with.
llo then related that general fight
took place, and that he heard Il pis-
tol shot. lie saw two or three guns
used.
President Woodrow made the
sam" statement as that given tho
governor in his demand for an in
quiry and published in The Consti~
tuition as to not having given pcrnia-
sion to the troops to use the baseball
grounds.
Colonel Wardlaw asked if there
was any way the troops coalld have
reached tho parade grounds without
passing over the diamond and intor
foring with the game. Dr. Wood
row replied that the troops could
easily have don" SO.