The Washington times., 1907-01-14
STANDS PAT ON TROOP ORDERH

ing an alignment from the barracks Of
the post
Tamayo. the scavanger Of b company.
testified that he was at the corner Of
the barracks near the kitchen OF B COM
pany. which put him near the garrison
gate, marked with red cross on plat
He heard shot toward the garrison
wall, bur a.. inks IL was outside the wall,
about for y-fiys yards from where he
was stalsciag, toward the alley. He had
cart and he drove his horse as rapidly
as he could. because he expected TO be
shot, over 70 the southwest tpward IN
AdministTatiO Building on the south
west some 400 feet. and saw nothlng
more. He saw no one between barracks
and garrison wall.
Proceeding north. now, TO Fourteenth
street ana the COwan house. on the
southwest corner OF the alley and -FOUR
teenth street, Il appears that tAere had
been a children's party al the CoWan
house. Mr.. COwan had left the house
after 10 o'clock. and at the time or
the Shooting there were IN the house
only Mrs. Cowan, the six children, ana
the maid. Amado MARTINEZ The
Cowan house was a small house. stand
ing back a little from the alley with a
fence four or fiye feet high between The
lot and the alley. The kitchen was In
the rear OF the house, and on the alley
was a bedroom. There were lights in
the kitchen and dining room and In the
hall. The windows and doors were all
open MIS- AOHau Guu Hef Gs-LSALcA
were In the dining room, next u the
bedroom on the alley. In which her hoy,
sixteen years old, was JI'st going 10 bed.
AS the lring approached she called all
her children and rushed 10 the north
west room, her own room, and put them
under the bed 10 avoid danger. while the
maid rushed 10 the windows OF the
boys bedroom. on or near the alley. 70
close the windows. Just as the maid
got 10 the window she saw the men
come opposite 10 the house in the alley,
and by the light from the kitchen rec
ognized them as negro soldiers The
Cowan house was full O. bullet holes. |
The dining room lamp was shattered by
bullet. and another bulle- going
through several partitions, broke plate
glass In wardrobe and was found be-
hind the glass The members OF the
CoWan family-Mrs. CoWan. Louis. and
misunderstanding the working OF the
guns, the crashing OF the bullets. and
the terrible situation IN which they
found themselves.
Shot Into His House
CARA lived In the Gasza house. Just |
across the alley from the Cowan house
on the same side OF Fourteenth street /
He testified 10 the shooting into his
house. but was not able to say who did
On the northwest corner OF the alley
ana Fourteenth street was the back OF Z
the Leahy Hotel. There were three
rooms In an ell that looked out on %
Ihirteenth street toward the C0Wan
house. one room was on the corner OF
the alley and Was occupied by Herbert /
Elkins- The next room was occupied By /
a lawyer Judge Parks. The third room
was an empty room. into which Mrs.
Leahy. the pFOprietress Of lie hotel. I
went when she heard the firing. Judge
Parks ia dead. and the only evidence
from him Is a letter which ne wrote 20
his wife the day after the shooting.
=
mes that she heard the firing from the
garrison, and that from her window she
was able 10 look across the next block I
10 the garrison and saw the upper bar
racks or Company and from there
saw the flashes OF shots fired from that
porch. 4 ph 3tOgraph shows the view
which she would have had OF these bar
racks These three witnesses were all
aroused and up when the men approach
ed the Cowan house, and they describe [
with much minutensss the proceedings
OF the men who did the shooting In
the nrst place. they. with others who
saw them at other places, describe the
movements OF the men who did the
shooting as being under order and hav-
'ng the march or soldiers-that Is In
nles-with a leader who gave the word
OF command. These three witnesses say
that with the two lights. on on the
corner or Fourteenth and lizabeth
streets and the other on the corner OF
Washington and Fourteenth streets.
NetNAA ~ ANNA away from the alley, To-
gether with the flashes Of the guns
which appeared with the YOlleys that
were nred, they Werd able without the
slightest doubt 10 recognize the men
who did the SHOCKING as negro soldiers
In khaki uniform. After firfnR from
the alley al the COWan house trey ca ne
out into the middle Of the street, and
the witnesses descri bed ia detail how
one man got into a mudhCle and direct
ed the rest 10 march around IT, and the
number Of bullets that were fired in
the middle OF the street, some OF the
bullets striking the rear Of the Leahy
Hotel Part OF the squad started toward
Elizabeth street. but were called back
by their leader and disappeare- up tie
alley They describe the pumping OF
the guns and the extraction OF the
shells
Attack Mounted Police.
While the men who did the shooting
were at the Cowan house and crossing
Fourteenth street 20 proceed up the alley.
Lieutenant DOminguez, 4 policeman OF
twenty years service. Ard one OF his
men, Padron, attracted by the shoot
ing, had come down Washington street
10 Fourteenth street, and stood al the
corner Of those two streets and saw