The Washington times., 1908-12-14
Presidents Special Message
Says There Is No Doubt
of Guilt.
BROWNSVILLE CASE
is GIVEN TO SENATE
Confession of Boyd Conyers At
tached TO Report of Special
Detective.
By JOHN SNURE.


President Roosevelt transmitted 10 the
senate today special message on the
I brownsville shooting Of August 1ss
presenting the evidence OF 2 nevv -
sensational nature as to who VA
| guilty OF the rioting.
In the language OF the President the
evidence today laid before the sena.e
1 establishes clearly the fact that the
\ eclored soldiers Gid the shooting and
I makes u possible 20 fix with tolerab7e
I oenniteness, al least. some OF the Grim
mas who took the Lead in the murder
Gus ARRAY that resulted in the s11rnr,a--
olscharse without honor or the battalion
% tAe IWenty-ifLh Infantry, colored.
mat was stationed at Fort Browne
me message is a report OF an iuvesti-
seI4Oh made BY a detective, Herbert J
Dio"ne' employed BY the War Depart
/ 1leht II Ia conjunction with Capt. W. c.
BALDWIN TO investigate the facts as 10
I the Brownsville case
Presidents View.
The evidence dug Up BY Browne. A
tne President views II, makes II ap1ea--
NAT almost all the members OF Cors-
pany q must have be-1 actively cor.
ceFned N the shooting, either to the er-
tent or being participants or to the ex-
I -
were participants"
Most important IN the evidence trans
uEitted today IS the con-essf,,, - p
Conyers. an ex-pr1vate Of Couna1,- a
Ga 0--''e'
Conyers has confessed that he vas =
ieaoer IN the raid, and ne has a1,o
named John Holloman. John Brown an,,
/ C3roiina &c SaussUre as leaders. All of
these men were Of Company b.
win them were William Anderson
james Bailey Charles r. Coope- WI
liam Lemons. Henry Jime-soe. lanes
Hast'ls' Johnson. and Henry sonny
Sergeant Reid, IN charge OF the guard
according 10 Brown. vas accuSe5 t,-
Conyers OF knowledge before and arter
the raid
Opened Gun Racks.
Sergt- George Jackson. in cbs-~s of
the keys for the gun racks OF ComnanZ-
B. was accused % opening the racks for
the raiders. and OF again opening tbeu
subsequent 10 the raid in order thar ft7s
guns might be removed and cleaned
J0nn Hoiloman. shylOck Of his com
Dany' was The chief eonspirator. f. aU-
pears
Conyers first admitted his par4icipa-
ton IN the crime, according to the evi-
oence made public today, TO William
lawson a colored detective IN tha e.
pioy OF Capt William G. Baldwin =.
Roanoke. Va, chief 0f the baldwin
Detective Agency Browne. z-5o rs
employed BY the War Department in
company with Captain Baldwin lafa-
confirmed the alleged confession OF Con
yers 70 Lawson
COnyers tried 20 commit slf-f5e sf+.-
he found he made his statements 70 a
detective, declaring that the Other ne
groeS would kill him when il got or,+
he finally wrote 10 Senator Foraker
and received a reply which browne
says ne construed 70 mean that ne
should stick to his original storv told
before the Senate committee a. sfI haz-
ards i have every reason 10 believe
that his confession is genuine" SAYS
Browne.
List of Suspects.
Important testimony from Elmer
Brown, OF Company B. is also set forth.
Brown furnished a list OF suspects that
nearly agrees with the list OF the raid
ers that was named by Conyers.
President Roosevelt's message With
the accompanying evidence is expecSe5
TO put a different face on the Browns
Vile matter IN the Senate u is be
AeNed IN Administration quarters thai
it viii knock the bottom out OF sena-
tor FOrakers defense President Roose-
velt considers that Companies c and
d had knowledge OF the shooting b71t
holds there was partial extenuation in
that they were probably cOwed Bv
threats, made by the more desperate
men who had actually been IN the
shooting, as 10 what would happen II
the Wrongdoers were exposed
Encouraged by Others.
Moreover says the President,
there are circumstances tending TO
show that these misguided men were
encouraged b. outsiders 20 persist in
their course Of concealruent and denial
The President Is alluding in this to
Senator Foraker, among others
In concluding his observations, the
President recommends reinstatement o.
any Of the men who now truthfully tell
what has happened and that a law be
passed allowing the Secretary Of War
within a AXed time. as one year. 20 re-
instate any OF the soldiers. whom he
after careful consideration and exam
inatiou. finds 20 have been Innocent and
whom he finds 70 have done al in their
power 20 help bring 20 justice the guilty.
The. President prOmiseE that In the
meantime, the investigation VIII be con
tinued.
The Presidents message will be
found In full on pages aud -
MORGANS ARE HOME.
NEW YORK. Dec IA. P. Morgan.