The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15

md assistant to Attorney Genera
ourdy. The statement by Mr.. and Mrs
)din is particularly interesting. 1t fol
Mrs. Moore, the proprietor OF the
story of Miller's Hotel, on the al
ley, with window looking south
and window looking onto the al
the window looking toward the
barracks. They could see the
flashes of the guns. They heard
them at Cowan's house; heard the
the second volley as they started
down the alley toward the Miller
Hotel. They dropped down behind
the window wall and withdrew for
protection, but We're near enough
the alley to hear the expressions
and called for volley at hlm
They testified to eight bullet holes
In the hotel. inside and out. Moore
recognized the. negro voices. Mrs.
Moore cannot be certain.
The next room on the second floor
of Miller's Hotel, on the corner or
the alley and Thirteenth Street, was
twenty feet square, with two rooms
on the alley and teyo rooms on
Thirteenth Street: and was oc 5.
with five of their children. Mr..
Odin is graduate of Ann Arbor
and engaged In the land and i'm
migration business; was IN the
habit OF staying at Brownsville two
or three months at time, his bust.
ness requiring him to travel about
the country, although his home Is
nominally at San Antonio. There
Were four beds in tho room, and
all the children were there. a
baby of a year old was Ill, and
Mrs Odin was attending to It.
There was dim light in the room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Odin heard the shoot
ing at the barracks, coming north.
dow on the alley near bed IN
years old. He stood up in the bed.
so that the three of them. with
their heads together. We're looking
out of the window onto the alley
the remark, which other witnesses
report, calling for q volley at
Dominguez, and the expression, or
satisfaction at having MT hiW.
the mother, which she answered;
It called the attention Of one Of
the men below to their presence.
whereupon he took his gun. and
The bullet struck the screen through
which they We're looking. struck
tho lower sash Of the window.
which was raised: and went into
the ceiling and through into the
room Just over the odlns,s room Dom;
through her hair; that her face was
snarted with what she thought
was powder from the gun; that
the man who fired with the gun
more than twelve feet from where
in the bed at the time of the shot.
Mrs. Odin testified that In the
light of the discharge they were
Who fired, and that 1t was that
negro. They also testified that the
men came up the alley IN files OF
two, first In squad of seven and
ing each squad, and that In the
light Of the street lamps and tho
flashes of the guns they were able
to count twelve. and that they We're
all negroes in uniform, three or
four without hats. three or four IN
shirts. Odin testified that he look.
ed from the window on Thirteenth
street after they crossed Thirteenth
Street, but Is unable to say whether
they al went up, the al hlle ~ % or mot not
return, running at double quick
down the alley toward tho barracks
some minutes afterwards, after he
had heard the. firing In the neigh
bOrhOOd or the IlllIllHl bdlooH.
Other guests Of the hotel, a loco-
motive engineer and a locomotive
fireman, one from the second and
the other from the, third floor, on
ing negro soldiers cross the street,
The clerk of the hotel and guest
Of the hotel who We're on tho
ground floor, and who secreted
themselves In the sample-room.
heard the working OF the guns
the extracting of the cartridges,
and the guest, who was yeryy near
to where the mon were, heard the
voices In the discussion over Do
mlnguez, and recognized the voices
as those Of negroes. Two other
guests swear to the hearing of
the negro voices. AS the squad