The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-15

other rife used in the United States spe-
ciallv chambered--the winchester of the
'95 model but 1t will rarely II ever go
off when in it, and moreover the Dul-
lets picked out of the buildings snow
the markings of the four so-called lands
which come from being fired through the
Springfield but not through the Win
chester. the latter showing six. The bull
let's which | herewith submit which were
found in the houses. could not, therefore.
have been fired from the Winchester OF
any other sporting rifle, although the
cartridges might have been put into
Winchester model of '95. The bullets
might have been fired from a Krag, but
the cartridges would not have gone into
a Krag Taking the shells and the bull
lets together. the proof is conclusive that
the new Springfield rifle was the weapon
used by the midnight assassns, and
could not by any possibility have been
any other rifle of any kind in the world.
This established the fact that the as
sailants were United States soldiers, and
would be conclusive on this point If not
one soldier had been seen or heard by
any residents of Brownsville on the night
in question, and if nothing were known
save the finding of the shells, clips and
bullets.
Fourteen eye-witnesses, namely Charles
r. Chase, Amado Martinez, Mrs. Kate
Lehy, Palermo Precaido, Ignacio Domin-
guez MacDonoramiez G. w. Randall,
Jose Martinez, J. p. Mcdonald, F. II.
Sanborn, Herbert EllSins. Haleodln Mrs.
IIaleodin and Judge Parks testified that
they saw the assailants or some of them
at varying distances, and that they were
negro troops, most of the whites giving
their tetimony in such shape that there
is no possibility of their having been mis-
taken. Two other witnesses, Joseph Bodin
and Genera Iladdon saw some of the as
saiants and testified that they were sol
ders 1.-THE only soldiers in the neighbor
hood being the colored troops.)
-Four other witnesses, namely S. c.
Moore, DIR. Thorn, c. 8. Canada and
C. r. Hammond testified to hearing the
shooting and hearing the voices of the
men who were doing It, and that these
voices were those of negroes. but did
not actually see the men who were doing
the shooting. About twenty-five other wit
nesses gave testimony corroborating to
greater or less degree the testimony of
those who thus saw the shooters, or heard
them The testimony of these eye and
ear witnesses would establish beyond all
possibility of contradiction the fact that
the shooting committed by ten or
fifteen. or more, of the negro troops from
the garrison, and this testimony of these
witnesses would be amply sufficient in
itself, II not a cartridge a bullet had
been found; exactly as the bullets and
cartridges that were found would have
established the guilt of the troops even
had not a single eve witness seen them,
| or Other witnesses heard them The testi-
mony of the whites on the position of
the bullet holes show that fifteen or TWEEN
ty of the negro loops gathered inside
the fort and that the first shots fired into
the town were fired from within the fort:
some of them, at least, from the upper
galleries OF the barracks.
"rThe testimony further shows that the
troops then came out over the walls, some
of them perhaps going through the gate
and advanced distance of 800 yards. or
thereabouts, into the town. During this
advance they shot into two hotels and
some nine or ten other houses. Three of
the private houses into which they fired
contained women and children. They de-
liberatey killed Frank Natus, the ba,-
tender, shooting him down from dis
lance of about fifteen yardA. They sho
at a man and woman, Mr.. and Mrs Odin.
and their little boy as they stood in the
window of the Miller hotel. the bullet
going less than two inches from the head
of the woman. They shot down the lieu
tenant of police, who was on horseback.
killing his horse and wounding him SO
that his arm had to be amputated. They
attempted to shl the two policemen who
were his companions. shooting one
through the nat. They shot at least eight
bullets into the Cowen house, putting out
a lighted lamp on a dining table. Mrs.
Cowen and her FIVE children We're in the
house. they at once threw themselves
nrone on the floor and We're not hit. They
Aired into the starck house, the bullets