Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-14
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Senator CuIberSOn ContradictS
Assertions About Brownsville.
TO MAKE FURTHER REPLY
Sergeant Huron Tells of ll-Treatment
of the Troops.
SAYS POLICE DISSEMINATED
Inquiry Into the ARRAY Last August
Resumed by the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs.
% MAKE FURTHER REPLY
SAYS POLICE DISSEMINATED

When the Senate committee on military
affairs assembled to continue it's investiga-
ton into the alleged shooting up of Browns
Vile, Tex, last August this morning
Senator Warren. chairman, had a COM
munication from Senator Culberson in
defense of the character of the people of
Brownsville. Capt. Kilburn of the 26th In
fantry had said that Lon Hill had killed a
man at Brownsville and had never been
brought to trial. Senator Culberson de-
clared Hill had been arrested, tried and &C
quilted of the charge Of murder. He an
nounced that he would make a further
statement in defense of the character of the
people of Brownsville.
The investigation opened today with the
testimony of First Sergeant Nelson HUI
ron of the 26th Infantry, who told of the
hostile feeling of the people of Brownsville
toward the colored soldiers when it was
announced that the latter would be ordered
to Fort Brown. Sergeant Huron Is still
with the 28th Regiment, stationed at Fort
Sam Houston. He said his home is at Men,
tone, Ala, and he had been in the serv-
ice about six years.
The chief features of interest in the testi-
mony OF Sergt Huron related to the oppo-
sit1on OF the people of Brownsville to the
coming there of the colored soldiers and
the treatment of men Of his company by
the police of the town.
One Weller had asked him If it was true
that the colored soldiers were coming there
II told him 1 thought it was" testified the
witness, "or at least an order to that eff
feet had been issued. Weller said,
4 don't think they will stay here very
long when they do come. We don't want
Them Another man, Mcdonald, told me
the people of Brownsville did not want the
negro soldiers to come there. He said: The
people don't want these d. negroes here
and we will get them out If they do come
We won't have them very long"
The policemen, he said, were more in
clined to arrest the white soldiers than in
the case of ordinary citizens.
One policeman, named Fernandez, who
was Mexican. told the witness in refer
riae to the colored soldiers: II want to
kill a couple of them when they come
here" Fernandez said there would be
trouble and some of the colored soldiers
would be killed.
II told him." said the witness, "that II
there was trouble didn't think the soldiers
would start it,
Another policeman. Geuero Padron, told
him the people didn't want the colored SOL
diers to come there, and he was afraid IL
they did come there would be trouble
Padron said he heard people of Brownsville
say they would not allow coiored soldiers
to stay there.
White Soldiers Ill-Treated.
The witness then told of cases of ILL.,
treatment of soldiers of his company. and
named four soldiers who had been arrest
ed and treated In a brutal manner.
In the case OF Louis A. Parker, a pri-
vate, the witness had been standing near
him in saloon when a policeman hit
him over the head with his pistol
Parker said something" the witness
testified, but was not addressing the DO
liceman. The policeman heard him and
hit him over the head with pistol" The
policeman then arrested Parker but upon
the witness protesting to the policeman
Parker was released
1.-THE policeman was intoxicated at the
Time" remarked the witness.
Parker also had been drinking but he
was not Intoxicated, SO far as the witness
could see.
Another private, Scholopsky, was hit
over the head with revolver
Sergt. Huron was questioned concerning