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did the shooting on the night of the 13th?"
mo, SIR
Exonerates His Own Men.

No, SIR
Exonerates His Own Men.
Were any men in Company d involved
in that Array"
Il don't believe any of them were"
Have you heard anything that has cast
suspicion on the men OF your company"
mo, SIR
DO you know any one who had anything
to do with it?''
NO knowledge whatever"
Have you at any time withheld any
knowledge of 1t of which you have been
possessed when questioned either by Mai
Blockson or Gen. Darlington or any one
else?"
mo, sir; was questioned by Mai Block
son. but did not see Gen. Darlington
Has anybody asked you about the ARRAY
anything you have refused to give?"
No, sir; no one
The witness then in reply to questions
said he had been in the army fourteen
years and was thirty-eight years of age
He was native of Nashville, Tenn. His
height was feet 314 inches. He had seen
service in the Philippines While there ne
had captured an outlaw who had terrorized
towns for about a year.
The chief of police of the town came
running to me and said the outlaw was in
his office. ran over and, pointing my gun
at him, told him he was my prisoner. The
outlaw forthwith threw up his hands, and
later he was hung
Questioned closely by Senator Warner
the testimony of the witness did not con-
form exactly to what he had given before
Maj Blocksom. He suggested that per-
haps the lieutenant who had taken his
statement may have made a mistake.
Possibly Some of the Men Guilty.
He said he had come to believe that some
of the men may have done the shooting
when Capt. Lyon told him that the COM
manding officer had found some bullets Of
the Springfield rifles. Then he thought
some OF the men must have done it. That
was couple of days after the ARRAY.
Senator Warner: What inquiry did you
make to find out whether any members of
your company or Of Companies B and
had anything to do with ft?'
Being first sergeant, I thought that IL
any men did it they would be careful about
talking to me If l went right up and asked
them. So L stood around and talked in
favor of them. You know if you want to
find out something a man has done the
best way to make him talk is to talk in
favor of him. 1 talked as if didn't care"
On employing that method of investiga-
ton he found nothing to Indicate who had
done the shooting. He had mentioned the
analr to Sergt Harris, but Sergt. Harris
was man. he said. who seldom talked to
any one. He was not sociable.
Il tried to find out in a secret way who
me any idea of it,
He said 1t takes from thirty to forty min
utes to thoroughly clean a gun
He said when the saloons refused to al
low the colored soldiers to drink at the
par that fact was discussed by the SOL
diers, but there was nothing fierce"
So far as he was concerned If ANYBODY
dldnt want him to. spend his money in his
place he would not do it and wouldn't make
a fuss about it. The testimony of the
witness caused Senator Warner to ask:
Believes Citizens Guilty.
Your opinion is that the people of
Brownsville themselves shot up the town."
yes, sir. I know just about how a SOL
der will do He may do something and
keep very close for day or two, but II he
thinks everything is over he comes and
makes a brag about it. about how he got
of. That is why believe If soldier had
done 1t 1 would have found OUT