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clared to be Negro soldiers, climb
over the brick wall from Fort Brown
and enter the town. He said also
that he saw q group OF from three
TO FIVE men inside the garrison gate
and saw the flash of two or three
shots fired by men in the group.
THESE men, he said, moved up the
wall ON the inside and Joined another
| group of ten or twelve men, and all
of them climbed over the wall az the
alley between Elizabeth and WASH
/ iugton streets. This is the alley
where a number of shells were pick
Z cd mp the following morning. Rem
dali could not tell iu which direction
the men went after reaching the gar
risOn road
Kendall is scventy-three years Of
age. and is blind in one eye. He
lives over the Western Union Tel
cgraph Office. on the corner OF f
lizabcth street and Garrison road, a.
bout thirty-hve feet from the main
gate entering the military reserva-
uou. he said hc was awakened 10y
shooting and Immediately got up and
went 90 the window and there OBJ
served the men in the manner de-
scribed. While looking out the e
lizabcth street window hc said he
felt the dust and air stirring, and be-
hcyCd Do was caused by bullet pass
ing through the room.
BULLET HAD ENTERED ROOM
Investigation the next day showed
that "a bullet had entered the nouse
underneath the caves and penetrated
five thiclynesscs of wood. passed
through the mosquito netting over
the bed Kendall and his wife had
just left. and through the wall on
the opposite side OF the house.
Kendall declared that he had no
prejudice against the Negro soldiers.
/ ON the contrary, he had been glad
when they We're ordered 90 Browns
willie lie was formerly ina the navy
and served under Perry on his Jap
aucse expedition in 1855.
ON cross-eNamluatiOn Senator
Foraker called attention TO RendaIls
previous testimony, IN which ne said
hc heard one OF tine Negro soldiers
eNclaim. There DE goes" just as the
men were about 90 get over the wall.
Senator Foraker said that the men
were at least 100 feet away &C that
time. lie also secured an admission
from Kendall that the night was
very dark and that there were no
lights at the point where ne had de-
/ Clarod that he saw Negro soldiers
/ climb the wall. and that this point
was fully 100 feet distant. Kendall
! said he did not see any men return
| 20 the barracks, but that he heard
/ a great deal OF firing I'm the town
some distance from the garrison.
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LAST SHOTS INSIDE WALL.
Ia reply TO "a question, ne said he
| thought nc would have seen men re-
turning had they done so. as he was
I ln position commanding q full
view OF the gate and the wall. The
last shots he heard fred inside the
wall were elevated in the air. It is
believed these were the shots fired
10y the sentinel. and they were fred,
Kendall said, az about the time the
men were climbing the walls leaving
the garrison.
senator Foraker examined the
witness closely concerning the re-
mark alleged TO have been made by
one OF the men as ne climbed the
wall. Attention was called TO the
witness testimony before the citi-
zen's committee which investigated
the ARRAY and before the examina-
ton conducted by Assistant Attorney
General PuTdy.
The witness was then pos
tive that he heard the voice dis
tinctly, but yesterday said that he
had only an impression that he heard
man say There he goes" He is
very hard OF hearing and IL was with
dlmculty that he could understand
the questions which were put TO him
The witness was not clear as to
the manner in which the men VINO
climbed the walls were clothed. He
said he was positive they were in
the United States army uniform, but
would not say whether they wore
mats or caps or were bareheaded, nor
whether they wore leggings or coats.