New-York tribune., 1908-12-15

--x &C.. -.r,-4 Included the names Of Conyers,
John HoIlon1an John Brown and another man
subsequently he supplied the name Of James
Powell hut I think the original name given Was
that Of Robert L. Collier, Company {. one OF the
relief guard. This information was corroborated IN
the prezence Of witnesses. but before Lawson couu
finish his work Conyers became suspicious ano
xous give no further evidence discriminating hiIn-
.a,f From then on he furnished TO A H Bald
win CAPTAIN ". G. Baldwin and to myself IN
formation plecennesl and reluctantly. The name
af Carolina de Saussure. his bunk mate. was the
iest obtained
--,-a-- t-4ed IN commit suicide after he found
.Esr he had made hrs statements to a detective
declaring that the other negroes would XIII him
when he got out He finally wrote TO Senator FOR
skier and received a reply, a copy OF which is
annexed That reply ne construed 10 mean that
he should stick TO his original story told before
the Senate committee at all hazards, and there ne
stands / have every reason to heheVe thai MS
confession is genuine and gives for the first time
IN, true secret history Of the Brownsville raid The
list Of participants given in this report ConyerS
furnished me personally. 1 believe IL Is suoslal-
,szr,- correct but with the influences shown TO
he backing Conyers IC adhere TO his false tesu-
rl7ony given before the Senate committee stil being
exer+ed he cannot De relied 10 support his own
confession until 1t is thoroughly sustained from
other sources
evidences Of similar encoura cement TO stick to
.he lies told at Brownsville and before the Sen
ate committee were found in many places. ana
subsequent the date OF the Foraker letter lheS
became stronger and more obstructive than ever
The investigation has reen conducted with strlc'
,.,og1tt5on OF the advisabity OF preserving Sc
crecv and with discretion. No promises OF I'M
1nuuity were made The knowledge on the part OF
sbe ex-sodiers that the government couio Nol
,-n;sr Them after their separation from the ser
80 counled with the belief thst by preserving
silence they would aid in the passage OF the Teliet
legislation now pending IN Congress, has added
70 1be difficulty OF securing information
The issue has evidently become racial The col
he
.n the smaller towns where these men are living
With e demand from colorec men for Information
as to their business
X. have located over one hundred and thirty OF
.hs.. ar-.oIdjers and have been in thirty states
sn ouest OF information. The appendices give
stzteraents as TO the results obtained 1heE llui
cate e general knowledge on the part OF me eA-
soldiers that the raid came from INSIDE 'ne loI''
- ,bs+ the soldiers Of Company were the
guilty parties.
we earnestly urge that W. be permitted 70 con
time the investigation Several detectives are sun
IN the held. snd within the coming week d iiu4i0e
of sfadavits viii be forthcoming
With some repetition of matter appearing taleI @
IN she report, Boyd Conyers's story IS gwen mere
sn narrative form:
The runnors Of trouble over the aSslghe65' 6 be "a
So-e -7e troops left Fort NioiraTa, and pr ish
lions were made among & ne men ne 20 esiIed some
cartridges were held out at range pIaolse; ala oIs
-tet ,hev we're given away al stations along Lle @
road some were. but large number "eI7 sc
Al inspection IN Brownsville Lieutenant =, he bTTa Ten
Company t5Testened but nothing was
done about II, and the deficiency was hape,
a onoe IN BoZq s o' = we hsdR't been drinking
sEs wouldn't have had the nerve to shooI up me
II was agreed. gathering Of few men ne tba IN
afternoon OF August 49, 1905 taaI lIe % SEEMS 10
ssasH-e been DELAYED few minutes TO let Tsmayo, &
IRE Mexican scevenger, get away rum '-0 i '~'
Iahn Follornan, the money lender Of Company 3;
5 cefoSa9 and distTibueT the cartridges but
his plans couls not have been be GeI B1t in i Charge
~ fhe keys to the racks in baTracs +ad ana
ss+e5 both before and after the raid
The four who led the raid were SoIn ,, E1o'i4 S
nan. Jonn Brown. BoFd CQnlers aaa ,i,l ~ C1 -
6aussure. al Of Company q SaIo & proRs 10 }s-Ts,a a. e.
T5TaT1 in te 6akeshop. Conyers and De saussure
sn The gusrdhouse The TWO latter We're b+ IN ug n
O'clock De Saussure the post at the guardhousee
<.rine Tbe town Holloman got the party together.
Corzers aid Ie SaussIIre slept on the same pa ~,
te= under the mosquito net and they had the tTlck
taking their guns into ths BUNK steG e e ii5 f1+
-r@r didn't rCst badly under cover. hut Teal
o 50 Ie r5o Would not stTact atte,o and their
own absenoe %o9q & PS ~ the efIsrdhouse These
Two men sliTned out the rear ooor 81 Ine s5
The party crossed the wall Of the fort down near
,be end Of A barracks and went up the roadway 10
the entrance the Coven alley where the Slsnal
spate were fred These shots were lInTneolateiE
SAILED or 20 by the alarm shots OF Josenh & How
~d guard No. >. and formed the series lestiled
70 nv Mrs Katie Z l>eahE- Of SroTnsYllie her
,e~4iroorv q further hoTne out by the statement
mai nor rlore than thirty seconds elapsed before
= -7rJrater Of the men Cf Company 3 sTaTlned out
or The upper galerE and opened fusillade on
the town
L is an absolute certainty that It would nave
. been impossible for Sergeant Jackson TO have
oTere5 The sun racks tor the men 70 have assem-