The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-20
General Insurance Co. for Sea River
and Land Transport Of Dresden.
WHO SHOT UP
BROWNSVILLE?

The honor Of the Tweuty-hfth Infan-
Try, Z. :. A, coIored, may yet be
indicated This regiment is now in
Honolulu eu route TO Manila aboard
the [. :. a. transport Crook. and the
following from the Army and Navy
Register OF August 8 IS timely:
Direct and positive evidence that
Brownsville, Tex. was not shot up by
three companies Of the coIored Twenty
fifth Infantry is expected from several
new witnesses who, il is asserted, will
appear before the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs when, in November, it
resumes its Investigation of the riot
OF August Is, 1906. These witnesses, it
IS declared, will testify that the town
Of Brownsville was shot up by an
organized band OF desperate men who
have since that time been terrorizing
those residents OF the town who are
willing 10 tell the whole story.
This sensational evidence, IL is said,
has been obtained after TWO parties of
detectives have been driven out Of
Brownsville.
N. B. Marshall OF Washington, an
attorney for the Constitution League,
and GiIchrist Stewart Of New York, a
member OF the same organization, are
credited with having sought out the
evidence by which II IS expected to
prove the contentious Of Senator For
aker that the colorad soldiers are not
guilty. The witnesses OF Messrs. Mar
shall and Stewart viii go further, ii is
T a. - he
guilty Mr. Marshall is a graduate OF
Harvard. He may be one of the prin-
cipaI witnesses before the Senate COM
mittee, as he viii be able TO testify
from personal experience as to the des-
perate extremes 10 which the alleged
couspirators in Brownsville are willing
10 90 in an effort 10 suppress the evil
/ dence IN the case.
According 10 the allegations made
I by the Constitution League, the pur-
pose Of melting the riot was to force
the government 10 remove the colored
soldiers from Brownsville. The resi-
dents there had protested to the Texas
/ Senator's and also the President against
the sending Of the coIored soldiers TO
I Brownsville. Failing in this effort TO
I change the purpose Of the government,
al several secret meetings plans were
carefully arranged by which the sol
diers could be driven away from the
Brownsville post
some Of the more desperate favor
ed q night attack upon the barracks,
I but the counsel Of the more cautious
was for 2 sham riot. II was thought
be drawn out Of the barracks by the
/ shooting in the town in such manner
as 70 create an impression that the
! soldiers were making an attack upon
/ Brownsville and that the conspirators
/ would thus be able 10 appear In the
role OF defenders Of their homes.
a dark night was selected, accord
/ ing 70 the allegation made, and dis
4 guised as coIored soldiers a crowd OF
/ Brownsville men started out to terror
/ fzs the town and draw an attack upon
themselves from the barracks. 1t was
not planned BY the leaders to kill any
I body in Brownsville The shooting OF
/ Frank Natus. the bartender, according
/ 10 the view OF the Constitution League
representatives who investigated it
was the result OF q mistake. The bar
/ tender, it is said, was fully advised Of
/ the plans OF the cousplrators, AID
when the crowd rushed up past his sa-
/ loon ne ran 20 the door with the in
tenrion OF taking part in the fun He
discharged his revolver IN the air, but
the rioters thought ne vas resisting
and shot him. IN the darkness they
/ were not able 10 recognize him.
The shooting Of Lieutenant DOmin-
/ guez is laid az the door Of some OF
that officers political enemies
Mr.. Marshall today refused TO dis
close the results OF his investigation
He admitted that he had been working
on the case for some time. and that he
had made trip TO Brownsville, but
/ insisted il would be discourteous to the
! Senate committee 10 make any state
ment as to what II IS expected to prove
/ by the witnesses"
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