Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-06-22

SdlNs as IN every organization tnal
he did not moan that all of the men
were angels" with wings sprouting
but they were very near it,"
PRAISES MINGO SANDERS,
Concerning Mingo Sanders, the
first sergeant of Company 3, with
twenty-six years continuous service
he said there was no better first
sergeant in the army; that his We
racity was beyond question, and that
he could be depended upon under
all circumstances. An incident was
recalled by Gen. Burt. since the
discharge of the Negro soldiers with
out honor, Mingo Sanders called up
on him after he came TO Washing
ton to testify. Gen. Burt said TO
Sanders:
Sergeant, we are here alone.
Now tell me all about this affair"
He said that Sergt. Sanders told
him that If he knew anything about
ii he would tell, but that so far as
he knew none of his men had had
anything TO do with the shooting.
He had tried his best. he said, to
find out all about the affair. and that
he did not believe any of the Negro
soldiers were implicated in the out
break
Gen. Burt testified as to a number
Of the men he remembered and gave
incidents 20 show the confidence he
had placed in them. He declared
, that all of the men were to be be-
lieved on oath, and said;
"I would believe them if were
sitting on a courtmartial, even If
they were tesufying in their own
defense"
Senator Foraker asked the witness
II he would expect lao or $50 men
to withhold what they knew of
raid upon a defenseless town if such
raid had been made by 10 or 15
other men of the command
SOME WOULD HAVE LEAKED.
Gen Burt replied that such a thing
was an impossibility from what he
knew of the Negro race; some of
the men would have leaked
Lieut. Harry c. Leckie, of the
| ITwenty-sixth Infantry, who was on
the stand several weeks ago and tes-
titled concerning the finding of bul
let in post in front of the Crixell
saloon, yesterday produced the shaw
ings of the bullet, which had been
removed with a brace and auger.
The bullet had no steel jacket, and
ne was sure that it was not govern
ment ammunition. On cross-eXam-
ination il was brought out that he
went TO Brownsville to make his ex-
animation, with a view to becoming
witness for the defense, in the Mai.
Penrose court-martial.
John l. Kleiber, prosecuting at
torney of Cameron County. Tex, who
conducted examinations Of witnesses
before the grand jury, which in
quired into the shooting, testified
concerning the failure of the grand
| jury to return indictments.
Capt. John II. Rice, of the ord
nance department of the army, told
| of the cleaning of the guns sent to
the committee as exhibits.
Washington Post, June Is, 19O7.1
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, last
night gave out a written statement
summing up the testimony taken by
| the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs in the Brownsville inquiry.
and declaring that It failed TO show
that any soldier took part in the
ARRAY. The statement which the
Senator said he made as "plain duty
to the truth as we'll as to the accused
soldiers and because he Is more
familiar with the testimony than
anybody else" was in answer to
published statement that the testi-
mony conclusively showed the sol
diers Of the Twenty fifth battalion
did the shooting. Mr. Foraker said
"The testimony given by the SOL
diers in their own behalf IS not III
my opinion, shaken by the testimony