Richmond planet., 1907-06-15

plainly heard the pumping" OF tn
! magazines. and heard the men run
ming past the house on the way back
I TO the barracks, only half a block
away.
i Armada Martinez, Mrs. Cowan's
/ servant girl, corroborated her story
: OF the shooting. and also told how
when she had started TO close the
shutters OF a window she had seen
3 a Negro soldier in the act OF shooting
into the house, and had dropped to
the floor, where she remained until
the firing was over. The Negro, she
declared. was not over three feet
away She saw his face distinctly
by the light of the lamp in the room.
and described his uniform in detail.
The lamp was put out by the shots.
HOTEL CLERK TEsTIFIEs.
! Arthur II. Davis, a clerk In tao
Miller Hotel, testified that he heard
the shots, and heard also the work
ing of magazine guns. On the fol
lowing morning he picked up a mum
ber Of shells, which he gave TO army
. officers, who investigated the ARRAY.
Bernard II. Kowalski, a guest at
the Cowan's children's party. told OF
hearing while sitting by the open
window one Negro 10 say TO another
as they passed the house:
Those people are having a nice
time now, but in half an hour they
won't have such nice times"
r. B. Creager, United States COM
missioner at Brownsville, was exam
ined concerning the investigation by
citizens of the shooting
1 Washington Post, June Z, 1901
Mrs. Emma Leahy, manager of the
Leahy house, at Brownsville, proved
an interesting witness before the
Senate Committee yesterday. 1t was
she who according TO the testimony
of other witnesses. had concealed the
two Brownsville policemen I'm her
bath room until after the shooting
was over.
Eyes, / am to blame" said Mrs.
Leahy. The policemen who heard
the shooting came under my window
and inquired, Where is the fre?'
I II told them there wasn't any fire
but the niggers were shooting up
the town, and brought them In and
put them in the bath room, and told
them not 10 come out until l told
them, on penalty of their lives. And
they didn't come out"
This statement seemed to afford
much amusement TO Senator Foraker,
who asked the witness II sne didn't
think ii would have been wiser to
turn the two Brownsville's finest"
loose upon the shooters.
mo, 1 DON'T" spoke up Mrs.
Leahy. What could two poor little
policemen do against all those sol
diers, armed as they were I'll say
this: / wish now that / had brought
them out and fought 1T out with them
myself"
Mrs. Leahy explained that she was
the widow of a former trooper OF
the Eighth Cavalry.
WHITE PLUME IMPRESSIVE.
She was dressed in a close fitting
white duck suit that set of her we'll
rounded form to advantage, and the
immaculate effect was accentuated
by a large white hat, with an i'm
pressive plume. Mrs. Leahy was
, very positive in her answers-so
much so that Senator Foraker calm
ed her at times by gentle admoni-
tions.
She testified that when the shoot
ing began she supposed it was fire
in the post She rushed across TO a
window which commanded view or
the middle barracks. she said. and
reached there In time to see Hash
Of the fifth shot She witnessed
flashes from the NTH to the ninth
shots. inclusive. She saw the forms
of men walking on the gallery OF