El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-08
Put A Different Light On the
Act Of the Negro
Trooper.
IN DANGER OF OUTRAGE.
Negro Soldiers Must Not Be Permitted
To Come Into Ell PasO From the
Post and Get Drunk and Disorder
ly.-They Have Progressed From
Shooting Off Their Guns To
Threatening Unprotected Women.

of Thomas Evenaus, the negro trooper
from Fort Bliss, seem to indicate that
the nature of the soldiers offense is
even more serious than at first appear
ed. He endeavored to get into hou g
where three unprotected women were
years of age.
His purpose can only be surmised,
but whatever it was, the accusation
against him would be sufficient in
some communities to cause him to
dangle at the end of a hemp rope.
Last night between the hours of l
and O'Clock wagonette containing a
number of the recently arrived soldiers
left town for the post. The, men were
thought to have ben somewhat the
worse for liquor. The wagon took
The usual route to the post, out Myrtle
avenue. 1t would seem that the
people living along that street suffer
more from the desperadoes' acts than
those living in any other portion OF
town and there is crying need OF a
nervy policeman being stationed there,
etleast until the company OF soldiers IS
removed from this locality.
| ONE SOLDIER ALIGHTED.
Conductor Frack Marvin. of the T.
& p and his wife and two young
daughters reside at 912 Myrtle avenue.
Last night the head of the family was
absent from home, out on his run, and
the three women were alone. When
the wagonette containing the drunken
troopers passed the house occupied by
the Marvins one of the soldiers jun ped
out The vehicle did not stop but con-
tinued on tow ard the post.
The soldier entered the yard and
stepped up to,the front door HE knock
ed thereon loud enough to awaken
those within the room.
"Who IL there?" asked Mrs. Marvin
from within.
"Open the doorsand find OUT" was
the burly Negroes reply in . gruff
voice.
The women were terribly frighten-
ed but Mrs. Marvin, supposing that
some of the neigh bors might be i'll, ASK
ed what was wanted.
"You open the door, was the reply,
"and find out what 1 want
Mrs Marvin screamed and threaten.
ed to call an officer. The negro became
alarmed and walked away. He started
toward the residence of Mr.. Mills
paugh. next door, and was entering the
gate when Policeman Joe Rogers
swooped down upon him.
Throw up your hands," ordered TIE
policeman, flashing his six shooter
| L
got prowling around in this neighbor'
+ hood at this time of nightn'
'I'se drunk, bose, and didn't know
what I was doing. FO' God l didn't ~
Rogers, who has given parti ular at
tentiOn to the negro troopers since
they arrived here, had followed thu
, wagonette from town, expecting
trouble on Myrtle avenue, and his time
~ arrival was probably all that pre-
, | - Ice
night. He is just the man to deal witt
unruly blacks and means business ever,
time.
: The soldier, who afterwards gave his
} name as Thoma Evenaus, was docketed
. as John Dee and charged with beine
drunk and disturbing the peace ant
, attempted hurglsry(?). This morn
ing the recorder fined him S25 for tn
first charge and he was held to answe
the second, pending al investigation.
FLED TO A NEIGHBOURS.
After the negro had been take,
away from the vicinity by Rogers
Mrs, Marvin hurried across the stree
to the residence of Henry M. Hoot
and asked that the police be notified
She was fearfully agitated and could
scarcely talk. To those present she
! told the story as given above.
Ihe police station was rung up, but
just as the message arrived Joe Roger.
entered the door with his prisoner.
Chief Lockart aud George Harold
called at Conductor Marvin's res
idepce this morning but the two Cir
were at school and Mrs. Marvin was
absent Evenaus is young negro, no,
above q years of age, and is one of tn e
recruits recently enlisted in the Tenth
Just what punishment will be given
him it is hard TO say, but many per.
sons. this morning, we're heard to wish
that they had been in the house at the
time with a double barreled shot CUR
loaded with buckshot. They did not
say what would have resulted.
JOHN FINNIGAN & co.