Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-03

city by soldier. In addition to this, sol
diers were denied equality in some saloons
There was difficulty between a soldier ant
customs officer at the crossing of the Rio
Grande, and the soldier was struck over the
mead with a pistol by customs officer be-
cause OF rude conduct on the part of a SOL
der toward the wife of the customs officer
what resentment this created in the minds
ana hearts of the soldiers is well expressed
py coiored citizens Of Boston and vicinity in
series OF resolutions adopted by them II,
their recent meeting in Faneuil Hall They
90 not deny that soldiers committed the
deed, but they give a reason why they did
SO. Reading)
'Brooding on repeated insults and ont
RACES, few of these colored soldiers went
into the town on the night of August Is
last with their guns determined to do for
themselves what the uniform of their
country could not do for them and what
the police power of white Brownsville
would not do for them-namely, protect
themselves from such insults and outrages
ana punish at the same time the author of
the outrages'
There is the motive. There Is the re-
sentiment. There is the purpose Not only
10 resent some injustice which may have
peen done to them, but. as stated, by their
colored friends in Boston to punish the
author OF the outrages."
Reading the Testimony.
He went on to say that Mai Blocksom
mad taken the testimony of fifty witnesses,
and he said he proposed to read some of
this testimony and to introduce in the
Record all Of thetestimony of any witness
from which he quoted at all
Looking about the Senate and ylancinp q T
tne CLOCK senator Culberson remarked that
II any one wished to go to lunch because
ne was entering upon this long reading of
testimony he might do so. He remark ed
that some one had suggested that il was
past lunch time
1 am now speaking on the proposition. :"
ne went on, that soldiers and not citi-
Hehs committed these acts of wanton saw
agry on the unsuspecting people of Browns
VINE. Talk about the glory of the arnvi
lax ABOUT the uniform! Why. public in
dignation in this country ought to drive
rom the army ScoundrelS who conniye at
such conduct ~
Mr.. Culberson continued to read testt-
mony. During his remarks Senator For
aker was very careful listener and took
notes freely. Many senators on both sides
OF the Senate were present
Saw Soldiers Leave the Fort.
The senator said that he intended To nrirt
III 'he record the full testimony of any wit
nesses, but would cover merely the salient
points in his speech. He smoke NJ ono w.,
who climbed on a water tank en- That hn
couid see over the garrison wall This ma
had seen the soldiers rush downstairs &c 70
tnny were gong to fire; he saw that they
jypr
ana saw the squad start uptown. NearIv
one hour later, after the shooting was ali
over, he heard the roll call.
Ano6her of the witnesses from whom Sem
ator Cuhoerson quoted saw groun ~ soi
dlers on the street corner and hea I'd ono nf
them say: There he goes, shoot him {"
According to McDonald's testimonv +to
ttl py the negro troops began inside
dlers scale the wall He didn't r"I,
whether the soldiers who shot up the tow
We're negroes or whites, but he was ahsn-
iute!y certain they were United States SOL
Herbert Elkins was quoted nv ser,+or
Culberson as saying: Il could swear tbe,,
were negro soldiers. l saw them shoot into
d mouse TWO or three times. They got back
caHed.' LUZ WAS
Inc senator quoted from the testimony of
some or the men of Company d. 9th In
Iahtry. TO Illustrate his point that the neo-
PIE OF BroWnsville had been warned by men
of the 26th Infantry. a white regimnof th..
trouble was to be expected from the men of
the 18th. INV '''ii VI
JACOB Frazier, first sergeant Company d
Ioth infantry, was one of the men whose
testimony the senator submitted "'o'e
think that Frazier believes that negro
soloiers committed this outrage" said SEN
ator Culberson. He quoted Frazier as saw
ing mat ne did not know who did the firing
and would not believe that his coIiaa a, r,1s
had anything to do with it until povern9
ment ammunition and government q nmnni
tion clips were found the morning follow
ing the shooting up of the town.
Belief Of the Officers.
Inc senator then called attention to the
fact that every army officer and every
disinterested citizen who made invest;pa-
lon or the trouble were convinced that the
negro soldiers were responsible. He quoted
MAJ. Penrose as saying: Except for the
owl <~Px Al
clips l would not believe that the men of
the 2oth were implicated. But 1 now be-
l1eve that not only were they IMPLICATED
put that the affair was very carefully
planned by the men of this Command
Then Senator Culberson put in the records
the report of Maj Blocksom and Inspector
darlington. He presented also considerable
additional testimony to show that some of
second floor Of the barracks. some Of this
testimony referred to the presence in houses
adjoining the barracks of holes made nv
rifle balls. The general direction of these
through frame structures. Indicated he
said, that there had been considerable
shooting from within the garrison enclo
sure Other testimony presented by the
been shot up and that the firing was all
over before the roll was called in the bar
racks.
When Roll Was Called.
He read affidavits to prove his conten-
ton that the roll call itself did not prove
that there were no absentees unac-
counted for. According to testimony on
this point it was black dark. and a lam
tern was the only light used when the
roll was called and the men apparentIv
answered to their names
senator Culberson, after presenting af-
hdavits from a dozen or more reputable
citizens of Brownsville, tending to prove
these points, wound UP his speech with
the statement that the people of Texas
to protect themselves ana the
honor and purity of their women, il neees-
sary. with their lives
Further consideration of the resolution
went over until next Monday
RIOTS IN MADRID.