Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14

cent usury and upward for fractions OF
month between pay days. but lie was a
successful gambler and card sharp.
Half the battalion owed him money.
Even the impeccabe first sergeant. Minso
Sanders. in his debt at the time OF
the raid. He was. moreover. the financial
saloon. What Of the battalion money he
Gidnt get in usury and card playing he
| received over the bar of his bodega.'
Boyd Conyers acted as one OF his clerks
and runners.
Perhaps the most singular omission in
the record of the raid is in his case.
John Holioman's testimony was never
taken at Brownsville or anywhere else by
army officers. government officials, not
even by the repres antstives Of the Con-
stitution League. He appeared at neither
the Afacklin or Penrose courts-martial
nor before the Senate committee. After
his discharge he ssppea-ed in company
with Serst. Reid. one Of his chief aids In
the conspiracy. They Travelled for some
months in a negro minstrel troupe and
then separated. Holloman is now in
Macon. Ga. where he is known to very
few. even among his own color. He keeps
very much to himself.
1t is worthy OF note that John Holloman
at Macon. Boyd Conyers at Monroe.
Carolina de Saussure at Savannah. r. L.
Collier at Gainesville and John Brown at
close touch. They have kept track of
each other ever since they were dis
charged.
1t is further noteworthy that it has been
comparatively easy to trace up the loca-
ton Of the former members OF Companies
G and D and extremely difncuit to find
men Of Company B. especially the sus-
poets. HERBERT J. BROWNE.
Gen. George B. Davis.
Judge Advocate General
War Department. Washington, D. &.
Efforts Of Detectives.
The report contains number of letters
from agents employed by Capt Baldwin
telling Of efforts to get evidence. One
from Gilbert Jones. dated May II. 1908,
tells of AN unsuccessful attempt to learn
something from James Howard. He says:
II was out with Howard last night and
got him full Of whisky, and am satisfied
now that he knows absolutely nothing
about the shooting. He said that the
soldiers had been badly treated by the
white people in Brownsville and that he
did not blame them for shooting up the
town, and that he believed most of the
shooting was done by men in Company b,
but that he had never been able to get
any information from any of the soldiers.
C. J. Tally wrote from Louisville:
May 12.-Was with Jackson about
twenty minutes last night. and find that
he was discharged from Company and
is pretty sore about the Way he has been
treated by the President. Jackson says
soldiers did the shooting. but that il was
done by town people. Have arranged TO
go out with him day after tomorrow
night.
MAY 15.-I was with jackson for some
time last night and talked Very freely
over the shooting and the way the soldiers
had been treated by the white people at
Brownsville. He says he knows absolutely
nothing about the matter, but stated that
they had been warned by their attorneys,
and had been expecting some white deteo-
tiyes to call on him at any time to try 10
pump him. He said he did not intend TO
talk 10 any one about the case, as he
knew nothing about it.
G. ZONES wrote from joliet, ILL.,. June
Is. in regard to Joseph l.. Wilson:
Have been out two or three times with
Wilson, but he is not much OF talker
and very smart. think you had better
come here and see l. you can he'p me
out
Capt. Baldwin Takes Hand.
Cant. Baldwin consequently went to
Jones' assistance. He makes the follow
ing statement OF the result:
..Eave just returned from Joliet and
Chicago, where l met Joseph l.. Wilson.
who is one Of the smartest and brightest
negroes I have seen for some time.
told him that l had oeen emp.oyed oE a
syndicate OF maya zines of New York
to get the ia cts Of the Brownsville case. as
thew wanted to write series Of magazine
articles. l gave him to- understand that we
simply wanted to get the facts az to
where the shooting occurred and what
comnany did the shooting. and that we
cared very little about the individuals who
did same.
"WiIson told me that he believed that
the shooting was done by some OF the
soldiers. but that he could not tell to
save his life who they were. Said that
he believed George Gray and William
Haskins would likely know more about
the case than most any one else. l then
employed Wilson and sent him to Charles
ton. w Va. to get In with Gray. l re-
turned to Roanoke and sent one OF our
best men to Charleston to also get in
with Gray and watch Wilson to see II
Wilson was loyal
A. H Baldwin reported from Ports
mouth. Va, June y. 1908:
Have just returned from Atlanta, Ga.
where ] saw our negro. He states that
Conyers told him that some time ago he
received q telegram to 60 to Washington,
where he was present at an investiga-
ton, and that he did not tell them any
thing He stated that ne was in the
crowd that did the shooting; that the
corporal of the guard on duty that night
was fully aware as to the situation. and
knew every man who went out Of the
barracks"
Subsequently a. ii. Baldwin reported
from Atlanta Ga, July g. 1908:
Il met our man here today and he tells
me that Conyers made the following
statement to him:
That he was a member of Company
and on night Of shooting was on duty