New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-04
PENR0SE ON STAND.
BeEieUes Negroes Innocent-More
about the Bullets.

-v.shineton April 3.-Testimony or unusual IA
.-.st vas given to-day IN the Brownsville lnVesl-
ra,,on the chief witnesses being Major s9
80 was in command at the time OF inc uOuO -.
80 lieutenant H. @. Lecke, who was sent py
General Mccaskey, COMMANDER % Aio
~ Texas 10 investigate. -
lieutenant Leckie traced the course tahe" -
,,,lless that penetrated houses In bro"nsVHe a,iu
soc,aed that they could not have been lreu %
ol5,ers IN the barracks. Major Penrose mas Oee
,.t.d NV court martial on charges Of neglect OF
-, while the same court martial found that me
men Of the 18th Infantry were guilty. NoV"isn-
standing this finding. Major Penrose asse'Ueo ms
confidence now in the innocence or the men, "a
though at first he thought them sui'y. IA ~,
81 q question By Senator Foraker, he said that the
-,eqro soldiers had not been represented oy couh'
eel Al the court Neither Major Penrose nor AAeu-
,ensnt Leclzie has been cTOss-examineo.
Major Penrose's story OF the shooting and suose-
o,eut events tallies with that told by other ollo
T4e testified 10 sending Captain Lyon with COM
many patrol the town. and or MS return 70.
companied by Mayor COmbe ana ms DsottlSI' I'd
Combe ana OF their stSteS nnera discussion be-
SSeen the Conbes and the officers. Major Penrose
said that the his 9 sR the @ao1 sid Mayor
told him that none OF ne nen OF IS s he could not
he responsible for the actions of citizens toHea9
them This aPPso o 70 O saiS th al tSe sight Of
uniform might infame the people: MAJOR EenIVs
said that he replied that he would allow none O.
Sc men TO enter the town. and neither would he
oiiovr citizen TO enter garrison. He MADE an
exception nom of t the M MSySE ana any e'1s'
aecor5ip- 70 the testimony Of Major Penrose
ne ana not believe his men had done the sIaoouiLs
s1nffl the following morning when captain 0Aachll
foflnd the clips and shells outside the GARRISON 49,
a. The month OF what IS known Cowan Alley
SIis feeling that the men were gullIy was
s feH walls on the sides next the town
Tgeitenant Leckie said he visited CFlNell saloon
ana the proprietor pointed out 10 MIN puAisA 1ole
Al the wooden awning which he sald nao =, Se =,
snaHe nv a bullet fired the night OF august 10 Dy
mistaken as the hole had been made by IS or 80
Calibre bullet. The argument which foloNeo -.
suited IN digging out the bullet, whlcn proved 70
a large calibre lead bullet, which was not OF tHo
f.pe used in the Springfield gun . 1T.
During his visit TO Brownsville Lieutenant I5eoAle
zras instructed 10 investigate the arrest ana I'M
srisonment Of Allison. a former Negro soloier.
Allison told him that he believed he was IN jail 30
that he could not testify in the investigation -.
Lieutenant Leckie declared that al OF the twenty
shots which struck the Cowan House were nreo
snto II from the rear. but he was certain none OF
them could have fired from the oafTacks- 5le
si5 fbe same was true concerning the two bullet
holes in the Cara House He also gave ms JUG
snent concerning the positions occupied oy men
doing the firing of shots which struck the 1larlnes
House and the Western Union Telegraph once ana
Most OF the bullet holes examined by Lieutenant
Seckie were made by 30 calibre ammunition ne
said. At the conclusion OF his direct e1amlneu0Qn
Eenafor Warner asked that the testimony DC
printed before he cross-eXamined the witness
Sergeant Norman MclVer. OF Company n, zotn
Infantry which al BrownsYile BEFORE tne
two priVafes named Case and Wall, OF Company Il,
had sold 80 rounds Of ammunition 70 man IA
Brownsyille three days before the departure OF
the 26th Infantry, but he could not toentlIy the
wall could now be found. both having left the SER
Efoe