The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Additional Testimony.

The letter from ~ecretar. Taft re-
ferred 20 ia the Presidents message
which was secured by Major Blocksolr
aud assistant To- Attorney Genera.
Flrdy. The statement by Mr.. and Mrs
Cain Isl particularly interesting IL fol
lows
Mrs. Moore. the proprietor Of the
hotel was in room IN the second
story OF MAlers Hotel. on the al
ley. with window looking south
and q window looking onto the al
ley She and her husband sat ia
tae window loQHins toward the
barracks They could see the
flashes OF the guns They heard
them at Cowan's house. heard the
Noley, heard the relOading. heard
t.e second Foi4ey as they started
down the alley toward the Miller
Hotel lrey dropped down behind
the window wall and withdrew for
protection, but We're near enough
the alley 20 hear the expressions
az the len as they saw DomiugueZ
and called for VOllev at him.
They testified u eight bullet holes
iu the hotel. inside and out Moore
recognized tAe negro voices. Mrs.
Moore cannot bee certain.
The next room Ou the second floor
of MtlerS Hotel on the corner Of
tle alley and Thirteenth Street was
twenty feet square. with two rooms
On The alley and t~-o rooms on
Thirteenth Street. and was occu-
pied by a Nr and Mrs bale Odin.
with I'VE OF their children Mr..
tfAlL ALttlA 4Ar OF ann -LLN2E
and engaged in the land and inn
migration business. was I'm the
habit or stay wing at Brown svllle two
or three months AT time his bust
ness requiring him 10 travel about
the country. although his home is
neminaly az san Antonio. There
were four beds I'm the room. and
all the children We're there A
baby Of year old was i'll. and
Mrs odin was attending to IT,
There was a dim light IN the room.
ing at the barracks. coming north,
and they took position at a win
dow on the alley near "a bed in
which was sleeping q boy eleven
years old he stood up in the bed.
so that the three Of them. with
their heads together, We're looking
out OF the window onto the alley
as the men came up They heard
the remark. which other witnesses
report calling for volley at
pominguez and the expression Of
satisfaction at having hit him
When the boy made "a remark 20
the mother. which she answered.
it called the attention Of one of
tho men below to their presence.
Whercupon DE- took his gun and
fired at point-blank range at them
The bullet struck the screen through
which they were looking. struck
tho lower sash OF the window.
which was raised and went into
the ceiling and through into the
room lust over the Odins's room
Mrs. Odin says that the bullet went
through her hair, that her face was
smarted with what she thought
was powder from the gun; that
the man who fired with the gun
raised could not have been much
more than twelve feet from where
they were standing. The boy fen
I'm the Ded at the time Of the shot
Mrs Odin testified that I'm tho
light of the discharge they were
able to see the face Of tne man
who fired. and that II was that
Of frarlrlaH gnarl x faced
negro They also testified that tho
men came up the alley IN files Of
two. first in a squad of seven and
then squad or hNe, one man lead
ing each squad. and that I'm the
light OF the street lamps and the
flashes Of the guns they were able
TO count twelve, and that they were
all negroes in uniform. three or
four without hats. three or four IN
shirts Odin testified that he lOOkr
eel from the window on Thirteenth
street after they crossed Thirteenth
Street. but is unable 60 say whether
they all went up the alley or not
He also testifcs that he saw them
return. running at double quick
down the alley toward the barracks
some minutes afterwards. after he
had heard the firing In the neigh
horhOod OF the Tillman saloon
other guests ~ tho hotel. loco
motive engineer ana a locomotive
fireman. one from the second and
the other from the third nOor. on
Thirteenth Street. testiicu to see
ing negro soldiers cross the street.
The clerk Of the hotel and guest
OF the hotel. who were on tho
ground floor. and who secreted
themselves In the sample room.
heard the working Of the guns
the extracting OF the cartridges.
and the guest. who was very near
to where the mon were. heard tho
voices in the discussion over Do
mingUez. and recognized the voices
as those of negroes. Two other
guests swear TO the hearing OF
the negro voices. AS the squad