Richmond planet., 1907-05-18
THE
OTHER
SIDE
TEXANS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
They Believe the Colored Sol
diers are Guilty.-Sena-
tor Foraker Will
Spring a Sur
prise.
HE HAS STARTLING EVIDENCE
TO PRODUCE.

Washington Post. May 16. 'O71
Direct testimony connecting Ne-
gro soldiers with the shooting ARRAY
at Brownsville, Texas. on the night
OF August Is last was given yester-
day i'm the Investigation being con-
Quoted by the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs. Three witnesses.
who had heretofore told their storie
on the stand In connection with in
vcstigations OF the ARRAY made by
the War Department and by Assis-
tant Attorney General Purdy at the
request OF President Roosevelt, were
on the stand.
They were Mr.. and Mrs George
w Kendall and Jose MARTINEZ. All
OF them, on the night OF the shooting
occupied houses on Garrison road. in
Brownsville, directly opposite the
military post Ali testified TO see
Ing or hearing soldiers leave the
post during the shooting. and Mar
unez, who was ON the stand all the
afternoon. testified that he saw the
men shooting as ;hcy ran.
MARTINEZ was clerk in drug
store in Brownsville last August. and
Tor eighteen months before. He
speaks very little English. and his
testimony was Interpreted for the
committee 10y NJ. T.. Beau. Spanish
Translator for the War Department.
LIVED Is FRONT OF BARRACKS.
The witness lived in q small house
directly in front of Company b bar
racks at the corner of Garrison road
and the alley, between Elizabeth and
Washington streets, at the point
! named by other witnesses as the
place where Negro soldiers were said
| 10 have scaled the wall to enter tae
town. Therefore, his testimony is
regarded as of the utmost impor-
| tance.
On the night Of August IS Marti-
nez, according TO his testimony yes
terday arrived home about IL o'clock
a friend named Stanley, with whom
| ne lived, was not home Martinez
sat up reading. At a few minutes
before midnight he heard four or five
shots, and the reelection from tae
nashes OF the guns, ne said. passed
over the paper he was reading. He
SAID ne got up. put out his light. and
closed his door, and then he heard
seveTal commands from within the
garrison wall, like Hurry mn" and
Jump" but as they were not spoIl-
en- IN his language. he could not be
sure THAT he heard correctly.
After putting out the light. Mar
'ihez said ne lay down on the floor
ana ne heard men jump over the
wall lie could not say that he saw
the men climbing over, but he vas
positive from the sound of iumnino,
and subsequent sounds that tbeV
had done so. NV
SAW MEN AS THEY RAN.
Upon looking out after the men
passed MARTINEZ said he saw four
J or hVe men running down the aUev
He could distinguish khaki uniforros
put not their faces, for the reason
ne thought, that the faces we're dark
er than the clothes the men wore.
martinez was positive that the men
nad rifles, and he attempted TO show
| the committee the manner in which
'ney carried the guns. This indicat
! ed that the butts of the guns were
| rested against the hips when thev
were fired. After the men passed
| down the alley the shooting contin-
| ued for about fifteen minutes. the
| witness thought, and he estimated
that 100 or 200 shots were fired.
| On cross-examinarion Senator For
aker sought an admission from the
! witness that his view of the garrison
was not good while he was on the
moor and that he was so badly
inghtened that he might have con-
fused the occurrences of the night.
me cross-examinatiOn raised some
doubt as to just when and under
what circumstances Martinez saw
the soldiers, and this may have TO
De cleared up by further questions.
The witness was asked TO return to
the hearing to-day.
RENDALL's EVIDENCE POSITIVE.
George ". Kendall, OF Brownsville
the first witness testified that on the
night OF August IS, when the ARRAY
occurred, he saw men, shom he de-