Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-14
Special Message Sent to Con. gFess To-Day Tells About
 Brownsville Rumpus
ALSO SENT EXHIBITS
h the Way of Cartridges, Shells and Baadoleer Picked Up on Streets Alter the Shooting Took
 Place.

Washington, Jan 14.-President Roosevelt to-day sent to the senate a special. message regarding the Brownsville incident, which gives the additional evidence collected by As sistant Attorney General Purdy and Major Blocksom, who were sent to Texas by the president to investigate the affair. The president submitted with his message various exhibits, including maps of Brownsville and Fort Brown, a bandoleer, thirty-three empty shells, seven ball cartridges, picked up in the streets few hours after the shooting; three steel jack eted bullets and some scraps of the castings of other bullets picked out of the houses into which they had been fired
 The president declares that evil depce Is positive that the outrages of August 13 were committed by some of the colored troops that have been dismissed and that some or all of the members of the three companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry had knowl- edge of the dead and have shielded the guilty ones. The negro troops are referred to by the president as midnight assassins" and he declares that very few, if any, of the soldiers dismissed without honor" could have been ignorant of what occurred. That part of the order which bars the soldiers from all civil employ ment under the government is re- voked by the president. This clause, the president says. was lacking in validity, The discharged troops, how ever. will be forever barred from re- enlistment In the army or navy and as to. this the president says that "there is no doubt of my constitu- tional and legal power"
 Secretary Tafts report, giving the sworn testimony of witnesses. is transmitted with the message. The testimony of fourteen eye-witnesses is given and the president declares that the evidence is conclusive that the weapons used were Springfield rifles now used by United States troops. including the negro troops who were In the garrison at Browns ville.
 The presidents message follows.
 To the senate:-ln my message to the senate treating of this dismissal. without honor. of certain named members of the three companies of the twenty-fifth infantry gave the reports of the officers upon which the dismissal was based. These reports were mada tn accordance with the custom in such cases: for 1t would. of course be impossible to preserve discipline In an army save by pursuing precise " the course that in this case was pursued. Inasmuch however. as in the senate question was raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence. I deemed 1t wise to send Major Block som and Assistant to the Attorney General Purdy to Brownsville to make thorough investigation on tho ground in reference to the matter. herewith transmit Secretary Taft's report. and the testimony taken un- der oath of the various witnesses ex- amined in the course of the investi- gation. I also submit various exhi- bits. including maps of Brownsville and Fort Brown. photographs of va- fious buildings. letter from Judge Parks and his wife. together with q bandolcer. thirty-three empty shells. seven ball cartridges. and four clips picked up in the streets of Browns vile within a few hours after the shooting: three steel incketed bullets and some scraps of the castings of other bullets picked out of the houses into which they had been fired. X telegram from United States Commis- sioner Is. B. Creager. at Brownsville. announces that six additional bullets like the others. from Springfield rifles. taken from buildings m Brownsville. with supporting afida- wits. have since been sent to the sec refary Of war.
 It appears from the testimony that on the night of the 18th of August. IgOs. several crimes were committed by some person or persons in the city of Brownsville Among these were the following:
 tal The murder of Frank Natus.
 tbi The assault with intent to kiil the lieutenant of police. Domiak f,z. whose horse was killed under him snd whose arm was shot 30 severely that 1t had to be amputated-
 se, The assault with intrut to Kill Mir and Mrs Hale Odin and their little boy. who were in the window of the Miller hotel.
 .tdi The shooting ipto several p-i- vate residences in the city of Browns vile three of them containing wo- men and children
 fel The shooting at and slightly wounding of Prrciadp.
 Thr<e crimes were certainly coss- miffed by somebody.
 As to the motive for the commis- sion of the crime. if sppcerx that trouble of a nlore r less serions kind hsd ocrsIrrcf between injivid- uaI members of the compsnfes a1l individual cifixens of Brownsville. eulminafinr in complaints vhica IT. sulfed in the so1dierS being coufIne.l xr<14<n 61~ 1<wI9n f fha mrv<mru ou