Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-03-02
WHITE AND COLORED
WIINESSES-THE RE
MARKABLE ORDER
OF The PRESIDENT
INSPECTOR GARLING-
TONS REPORT ILL
TIMED AND UNJUST.
Washington Post. Feb. 2i. 1901

Washington Post. Feb. 21, 1907. !
Elmer Brown. formerly a mem
ber OF Company b Twenty-fifta In
fantry was the first witness yester-
day at the Brownsville investigation
before the Senate Committee on Nil
itary Anairs. He said he slept in
Mai. Penrose's stable, near the
quartermaster' corral, and was not
awakened on the night of August
13 until after the firing had ceased.
On the afternoon of that day, he
said, he saw Maj. Penrose, Dr.
Combs, the mayor of Brownsville.
and a stranger talking near the post
exchange. lie said the men appear
ed 70 be angry, and all of them were
gesuculaung.
Brown said he watched the men
because he thought there was going
To be a fight. After the group sep
arated. Mai. Penrose went TO tae
quarters of Lieut.. Laurison. COM
handing Company b, and later the
order was issued that all of the sol
diers should be in their quarters tnat
night at 8 o'clock.
On cross examination Brown said
he had been attracted to the con-
ference between Maj. PenrOse and
the men from the town by the fact
that IL was unusual for Mai. Pen
rose To receive any one away from
his office. The witness said the
major did not associate with tho
men OF the town, and did not go
into their club nor drink with any
of them. Brown thought the peo-
pie did not like the major. The
witness said that he heard that B
quarters were all shot up on the
night of August Is, and that he did
not learn differently until he came
OFF guard, about noon the next day
Boyd Conyers, of Company b. tes
tilted that ne was stationed at the
guard house on the night of the
shooting, and after the guard fell
in he was posted in the rear OF the
guard house. and while there he
heard bullets whiZZing overhead.
He said ne got permission To lie
down but was told TO keep a sharp
lookout.
The witness was certain the shoot
ing came from the town and that
none of the shots were from the di-
rection of the quartermaster's sta
BILE, as had been asserted by white
soldiers who have been on the
stand. He heard no bullets, after
being posted in the rear of the
guard house. but said ne wanted to
lie down because he did not want
TO take any chances.
The hearing was adjourned until
to-day.
Washington Post, Feb. 20, 1907.
Evidence was brought out yester-
day before the Senate Committee
investigating the Brownsville affair
tending to show that the men OF
the discharged battalion we're not
given a full opportunity TO tell all
they knew of the events of the
night when the town was shot up.
when thew were called before the
officers who made the military in
quiry into the matter.
Corn. Wheeler. of the guard on
duty the night of the raid, said that
Gen. GarIineton had shut him of
when he attempted to tell him OF
having heard the galloping Of horses
outside the barracks at the time of
the shooting. Gen. Darlington. he
said bad told him to answer only
such questions as he asked him. and
this also had prevented the witness
from telling the officer that he mad
heard the whizzing of bullets over
the garrison.
Somewhat similar testimony was
given nv Corp. Anthony Franklin,
who said mat Cant. Lvon had SHUT
him on when he started to state In