The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
Republican Ticket.
For Congress I'd District:
T. B. FERGUSON
ia Is About the FracaS {
BrOwnv..le, Texas.

Having heard a number of our refd.
ers inquire as 10 the cause of the iii,
missal of the colored trpops al Brown
ulie we publish the following for II,
e%ulightment of those who failed 4,
read a report of the riot at the time j
occurred
Here are the facts about the riotint
by members Of Companies Il. & and -
Twenty-iiith Infantry, ON Aug l3 ano
IA last at Brownville. fexas,--the e, =
ored soldiers who have been dismi~-.,
from the service without honor" l.
President RIoseeelt's order. Thes,
facts are takrn from the reports ma,
public in Washington of Major Bloc.
saln. Inspector-Genenl's Departmer 3.
wno arrived AT Brownville three or
four days after the trouble: of Ii "a
Col Lowering. Fourth Infantry WHO
made subsequent nyest,gatioh. and
OF Brig lien. C~inrlingoon. Inspector
General nj the Army who made lie
final examination.
The reports show that Brownvill,
Citizens did not want coloreL troop
there, and the soldiers knew it. The
soldiers were npt allowed To drink
with white persons in the principal
bar rooms. The ill-feeling became
acute when the colored soldiers rudely
jo slled "a party Of ladies on "A sidewalk.
Mr.. Tate husband of on, III the ladies,
l.sl .l,. - - al. al.- -.
his revolver. I'm Aug. ~. a soldier
seized 10y the hair Mrs Evans. a white
citizens wife, threw her to the ground
and .ran sway.
.' OFF Ga ~ NOT To BLAME.
Major H&ccksan says the officers Of
the regmcur a~r-biam"iess for not pre-
venting 'uis Pttconcerted raid, for
who c,nid imagine that American
soldiers ia a lr,dy would try Ia murde,
inoHendiug. wunen and Children"
rim soldiers began the firing and
first Tired d omnbcr of shots in the air
Ia crcat,s uu alarm. There is no rclia-
bic evidence that the first shot came
from tl@i n and nc bullet marks were
Iuubu ph the bdrTnckS.
The y.iders first struck Cowan's
house in,whicli were two women and
live children 1t is a miracle some of
them we1not shot. The raiders could
nat helo ktow,ng they had not yet
gone Ia bed. About ten shots were
fired, nearly. all going through the
house at a height of four aud a half
feet or less above the floor. Mrs.
C,,wAn has been on the verge of
Mysteries ever since. II is said the
Cuwan children had made fun OF the
"nigger soldiers" But | could not
piu down the reports. There mast be
some truth in them.
FIFTEEN Id IN.PAKrY.
MIR. Duminguez, lieutenant of po-
lice heard the rirng ana rode toward
IL with " policemen. They turned
back but Doninguez kept an AMI the
raiders started firing at him. lie says
si,pdt fifteen colored soldiers were in
the party. They killed the white
hnrse DonIug ,ez rode, and shot him
in the right arm, which had 10 -be am
putsted below, the elbnw.
The raiders fired seven or eight
times into the Miller hotel, including
several shots at a guest who was sitting
at a window. Frank Natus, bartender
in Tillman's saloon" (where was a
seperate bar for the soldiers, which
had an opposite effect from that in
t"noed''1 heard them coming and
started To close the back door. but was
shot and probably instantly killed.
rbe other party fired five or six
shots into Mr.. Stsrk's house, evidently
installing it for Tate's next door.
Mrs. stark said two shots went
through a l~nosquito bar over the bed
in wiich she and two children were
sleeping Bullet marks were found on
several o,her'in the vicinity of those
mentioned.
SoNE WERE RECOGNIZED.
None of the Individual raiders
were recognized. Streets are poorly
hghted, and it was a dark night
Tt,ose who saw Them were busy trying
To keep out Of sight. The soldiers
were comparative strangers, having ar
rived only two weeks before"
The of the soldiers were all
alike to the officers trying To detect
The few men guilty of the crime of
firing IN the night upon citizens of a
sleeping town" Here are some of the
answers sworn TO:
Il do not know who did the firing,
nor what caused il, or anything about
IT,"