The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-17
PLANS TO MASSACRE.
Sensational Testimony Adduced In
Brownsville AffairsN
SHOTO|F.R BARRACKS
ing Language Was Used 70
ward the Soldiers and In
yited co Come Out.


Washington. Feb. 16.-Testimony ~
leging plans to massacre negro sci
diers at Brownsville, Tex, by men in
the town. who fired over the barracks
and challenged the soldiers to CONF
out, was given by ex-soldiers at tn
investigation before the senate coz
mittee on military affairs The no.
sensational story was told by Villa.
Mapp. who was member of Company
c. Twenty-fifth infantry
Mapp was asked if he had eves
heard any discussion Of the shootin4
which caused him to suspect any PEI
sons OF completely He replied tina
at breakfast on the morning followin1
the shooting he had heard wilbur Vo2-
cheile, the reservation corral boss
and Il white man who had been IL
charge OF corral prior to the aTriVa!
Of the battalion Of the Twenty-liit-.,
say:
Well. it is good thing it happen
ed as it did. | was out in town last
night and the crowd came in from
OF me. The plan was to catch a lot
of you fellows in AIlisOn's saloon and
massacre you
Mapp said the remark was not ad-
dressed to him, and that he did nct
question Voschelle. O.
Solomon 2. O'Neill. also a former
member Of Company c, testified that
the shooting was from the rear of
the wall from B barracks and that
the shots were apparently over the
barracks. Hhe said he heard a man
shout and yell: Come out
This occurred several times, said
O'Neill. before he was compelled to
leave the window and dress. He tes-
titled that there was great excitement
in the barracks; that there was no
light, and the men could not get their
own rifles.
Former Sergeant Darby W. Draw
ner, who had charge of Company
quarters that night, the man whose
absence when the call to arms was
sounded is said to have resulted in
the order to break open the company's
gun racks, testified that he slept in
a room at the end of the c. quarters
on the side nearest the town, and that
he was awakened by Corporal O'Neill,
who occupied the same room. O'Neill
told Brawner that there had been fir
ing and call to arms, and also tod
him to hurry and open the gun rack
Paying no attention to what his sub
ordinate had told him, Brawner said
he dressed and rushed out to see his
commanding officer. He said he net
First Sergeant Harley and asked him
what to do, and Harley said: WAIT
for orders"
The witness said that when he went
back to quarters he heard Major Pen
rose say: If you can't find the com
handing officer in charge of quarters
break open the gun racks and get
down as soon as you can and fall in"
Taking this as his order, Brawner
said he proceeded to open the racks,
and that he unlocked three of them,
but found that the fourth had been
broken open. Pounding on the racks.
he said, was continued after the keys
had been turned in the locks. which he
explained by saying that it was dark
and the men probably did not know
the racks had been unlocked Sena-
tor Lodge called to the attention Of
the witness to an affidavit he made to
the Constitutional league that he had
lighted lantern and had found all of
the gun racks intact except the one
that was broken OPEN"
Brawner said the light was used
afterwards to verify the count of guns
and he explained his remark by say
ing that he thought intact" meant
that all of the racks were accounted
for
The only ammunition COMPANY C.
nad, according TO Rrawner, was the
led bullet guard ammunition. or what
is known as the reduced range cant
ridge
Voschelle has been subpoenaed as
witness.
before giving this testimony, MapD
SAID that on the night of the shooting
ne had been awakened by the firing
ana mad gone to the window of his
quarters, and from there he saw sew
eral gun flashes, and the shots seemed
TO be directed over the barracks. A
man with deep voice, he said. shout-
ed: Come out you -" and
mapp said this challenge was repeated
several times. But the call to arms
was then sounded, and he hurried to
get dressed and fall in. He said the
shooting and the shouting were out
side the wall at the end of Company
b barracks. Mapp told of the, confu-
sion In quarters, and said that he get
MS gun from the rack that was broker
open, and was one of the first to fall
in
Thomas Jefferson, who was the
room orderly in Company c. barracks,
said that he heard the shooting, and
thought there were ten or twelve men
firing. The shots, he said came frora
the road, and near the end of B bar
racks. He said he saw the flashes
from guns, and thought the garrison
was under attack. He said that he
had made statement at the war de-
partment before Judge Advocate Gen
eral Davis for the purpose of clearing
his name of suspicion, because of a
statement in the papers that President
Roosevelt would permit men to re-
enlist who proved their innocence
Senator Foraker asked that sub
poena be issued for General Davis.
Not Agreed To.
London. Feb. 16-In dispatch