Richmond planet., 1898-12-17
CAxpA. G. FoRsr, Ala, Dec. ii, 'es.

CAMP A. q. FoRsE, ALA, Dec. IL, '98.
Horse" Douglass, the Negro william
who murdered Corporal David Garret
and Private John r. Brooks on the
night of November IL, 1898. is q free
man. He was seen last Thursday night
by several members Of the 10th Caval-
nv in a saloon intoxicated f1ourishing q
revolver and making threats. He Was
going to kill more of the 10Th and
boosting of having killed those two
and was backed up by the white citi-
zens OF Alabama.
Hewasl IRE sted and locked up on cir
cumstanIIal evidence tried perhaps
and to-day he is a free man and yet the
Huntsville papers, others edited in the
South failed TO note anything concern
ing the supposed trial, except a sem
tence of ten or fifteen words in the edi-
torial of THE Huntsville Mercury"
when he was arrested.
When the murder was committed,
the commanding officers (white)
berQed the boys net to be hasty or ho
headed over the affair and start a riot
but, be cool and collected and they
would assure US that Justice would be
meted out 20 the assassin, and they
would see that he receive his Just de-
serts for we were u. S. Soldiers. The
heroes of Santiago and San Juan Hill
besides being the Great Indian fighters
of the West.
We took the advice but with super
stitious frame Of mind for we'll we
knew that Justice had never been done
the black soldier in the South. But q
trial and verdict of the Jury. At last
it came and Douglass, (the murdereJ J
now free man was allowed to make it
public in the presence of the 10th Cav
airy boys in these terms: To-day /
am free and ready to murder more of
the 10th. They cannot harm me, they
have no arms. besides, am in with a
ring of white men who hate the Ne
gro soldier. They have and will pro-
fect me by law and am well paid for
each man kill"
WHAT DO THEY THINK.
Douglass. ST am celebrating the
event, lets have drinkp I'll have
more money when / kill another of the
10th Cavalry" Now, what does the
unpreiudiced minded citizen of this
glorious union think of such treat
menr? Have we not always acted as
gentlemen and u. s. soldier We
have and will protect the stars and
stripes but we would to God that the
representative head OF our government
the President of the U. s., would pro-
tect the 10th Cavalry soldier and their
Interest when human lives are at stake
without battle.
DELICATE QUESTION.
Are the good people of this glorious
upion aware of. this outrageous fact
that here in Huntsville there is house
of in-repute kept by some mulatto
women where white u. s. soldiers
are posted and relieved day and night
as "a Provost Guard" to parole the i'm
mediate vicinity OF "This House. for
there is no other within three hun
dreds yards of this house.
This guard was placed there after
the arrival of the 10Th Cavalry and we
are three miles away.
Is this what the U. s. soldiers are to
be used for =? Yet, there is no protec-
tion for the black soldier, but there is
for q house like this kept of cJlored
women.
THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
But, perhaps this committee on
camp investigation which was on q
tour through the southern camps fail
ed to notice this scandaious use of the
u. 8. soldier or the half frozen and
sickly members of the 10th. wading in
mud and water, ankle deep. One would
naturally ask, "Why ?" and the an
swer is, Because this Camp A. g.
Forse, Ala. the worse place in the Un-
ion was never Waited by this commit
tee although we we're ordered to brush
and clean cur clothes and look our
best for inspection for four or five
days.
DID NOT SEE THEM.
But alas they failed to put in an ap-
pearance perhaps for fear of getting
stuck here in the mud. But, now the
ground is frozen hard. Our conical
wall tents (Which have arrived) are