The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-09-18
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any further or attempted to hold the
prisoners.
The article written by Mr.. Paine
was very moderate statement of the
affair as the facts connected with the
outrage would justify much strong
er article.
In regard to what you say about
slandering the sheriff for not inves-
tigating the matter. and being locked
in Jail, / only had his word for that,
and what some of your citizens told
me- He told me and Sergt. McCauley
that he was at the Jail and saw the
shooting from the barracks and did
not go and investigate the matter
then nor at any other time, but re-
manned at the jail and was there
when the detachment of soldiers came
there looking for Macklin or any of
his pals They had failed to show up
at the post after the shooting
know Macklin, Corporal Miller, Sergt.
Jackson and others failed to get back
for some time, after the shooting,
probably an hour or more. l men,
toned these facts to the judge the
night he came with the posse and de-
manded the warrants and | wanted
to know why he desired to take the
warrants from a sure-enough officer
and give them to one who the judge
himself and others said was no good.
You give a copy of DR.. G. W. Hub
bard's certificate and then say,
Thus by resort to the subterfuge of
physicians certificate of disability
Capt. Mcdonald avoided testifying
in the case and did all he could to de-
feat the work of the grand jury in
its effort to ferret out the guilty par
les. He even took away from Browns
vile the cap belonging to one OF the
negro soldiers which was found in
Brownsville the morning following
the crime, and never returned it to
the Cameron county authorities.
The above statements are in keep
ing with the truthfulness of you and
your kind, who have done ali you
could to fool the public as some Of
your officers and people did every
thing possible favorable to the ne
groes and against my attempt to
bring the guilty to justice, even to
marching onto me with sheriff's
posse, to put me in jail for refusing
to give np the warrants for the Grim
inals.
In regard to my lodging the
grand jury and taking the cap away
these statements are absolutely false,
for l ordered Sergt. McCauley to
take the cap and turn it over to the
grand jury, which he did, and got a
receipt for it; and this is a true
copy of the receipt which l now have
in my possession.
Brownsville, Texas, Sept. u, 1906.
Received from VIM. j. McCauley,
Sergt. Co B, State Rangers, one u.
S. soldiers cap, marked on sweat
band with name of c. w. Askew.
(Signed) VIM. Volz, Foreman of
Grand Jury.
l also told McCauley to go before
the grand jury and testify fully in re-
gard to the entire Investigation, as
he was with me in nearly all of the
proceedings.
AS to my being absent at the time
mentioned. Col. Phelps, asst. adjutant
general, who well knew the facts as
to my condition, and who gave me a
ten days Iay-off on account of sick
ness, knew l was at Mineral Wells as
did McCauley. Not only that but DR..
L. L. Lacy, very eminent physician,
gave me this certificate.
Austin, Texas, Sept. 5, 1906.
To whom it May Concern: This is
to certify that / did on yesterday ex-
amined Capt. w. J. Mcdonald and
found him suffering from chronic
bronchitis of both lungs, but worse on
the left side. having been shot and
these organs having been injured. He
is now suffering a great deal and
very much debilitated. l advised
him to suspend his active ife for a
short while to go to some water-place
for a few weeks of rest. | think it
may take three or four weeks for
him to recuperate. Respectfully,
L. L. Lacy. NJ. d.
Col Phelps and Sergt McCauley
both notified the officials of my where
abouts, and of my being i'll at the
time, and I suppose that is why the
subpoenas were sent to Harris and
other counties-to make it appear
that | was lodging your court, when
| there is no more truth in that state
ment than in many other things you
state.
Now, the action of your local Off
GERS in shielding the negro soldiers
from the consequences of their guilty
acts gives color to the charges made
by Penrose, Macklin, and Foraker
against the citizens of Brownsville.
At least many people will believe
some fthem to be accessories after
| the fact
You have practically pleaded gull
ty to the charge that the officers and
and some o fthe citizens of Browns
vile who at first were anxious to
punish the guilty rioters, were at
last willing to condone their offense
as price to be paid for their removal
from the city.
The all-pervading fear, as ex-
pressed in your editorial, that the
streets of Brownsville would run with
human blood, seems to have been in
fictitious and accounts for the atti-
tude of the local officers, including
that of the sheriff, whose vision of