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El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1908-01-04
ISujeto de Arizona
el Vivo Relate de
I'm Desalnado.
Ia PERSECUTION
REsULTA FUTIL
Ell Official de Nuevo Mexico
Cogc Su Prssa Solo Para
Hallar Que Sc Equivoco.

Las Cruces, N M, Die. 2S.
Despues de dias de viasar q caba-
lilo, de noches de insomnia, de
vigilancia y exposition a la in
temperie, daral fin con elhombre
~ luego saber que habia cogido
al parecido del hombre a quien
busca, es una experiencia que
por fortuna no acontece a menu
do 4 un detective, pero fue 10
que sncedi6 al diputado alguacil
Felipe Lucero, del condado de
Dof1a Ana Durante ei tempo
que ha servido, eldiputado Luce.
70 ha tenido buen registro como
Official y como detective.
Hace algunas semanas que IN
individuo llamado Jose Chaves
fue gravemente baldado en- un
baile de Mesilla y Sc vic a orillas
de la muerte. La aggression pro-
vino de un hombre que trabajaba
1por j. =. Turney, ganadero de
ese lugar. Sdpose despues que
era el notorio Nicolas Ledesma
que es un desalmado de la peorl
especie y al cual buscan como
profugo de la carcel dc Chihua-
hua, Mexico, donde estaba acusa.
do de asesinato.
Por algunos dias despues de la
aggression, los amigos de Ledes-
ma 10 tuvieron oculto en- Mesilla.
Finalmente tomo IN caballo ensi-
llado perteneciente a su cufiado
que vive en- Mesilla y Sc march6
en- rumbo q Deming. Algunos
dias despues 81 Official Lucero
supo su paradero. Ledesma fu6
visto en- Cambria y luego en- un
rancho cerca de Deming. Luego|
ID vi6 en Dsmiag John Beard,
guardia territorial, d cual 5ic
description del fugitive y de su
caballo. Ledesma fu6 luego & |
Gage. La decripcion cazaba
exac tamente con el hombre vi
que Sc buscaba En- Vic |
toria eldesalmado vendio caballo, |
montura y freno por SIS y COM
pro un sombrero y un par del
Eel dlputado LuceroI
identified q caballo y montura
como los mismos que el fugitivoI
habia tornado en- Mesilla.
Sc MANTIENE EN- MovIMIENTo. |
En- Victoria, Ledesma tom6 el |
tren para Gage y de ALA fue a
Lordsburg. No So detuvo mucho
ALI, sino que Sc traslad6 a Solo
I yr;,a " l ,sos' n.s ~ ~ a;.4ss aass1
Lucero lego a Wilcox 10 dijeron
aae ! J no''0ie iaola aooIuauo 2
Ts., I . q, Il ! 4. J ] = !, Y, ~ r1ss
6 Z Z, so.es aao g.. :, 'ap'van A'1u9l
Il ~ z aal o'As - Alilol'a pats
- arresease z ~ nom Pts io cuai
y oapiean hloaer hlao reg'stran-
~ Y examlnando su nom pre- y
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1908-01-04

dos Unidos en- cualquier tierap{
dentro de un af1o desrues del
pasaje de este acta, y recibifaN
en cambio, do dicho Tesoleto,
bonos dc los Estados Unidos en
iguales denominaciones v canti-
dad, llevando Ia misma prorata
de interes, y pagaderos, princi-
pal q interes segdn estipulado en-
dichos bonos.
Secci6n 2. Que todos aquellos
de dichos bonos que no sean
presentados al Tesorero confer
me requerido en- la session una
de este acta, y que sean subse.
cuentemente pagados por los
dichos condados de Grant 8 San
ia F6, seran un cargo contra los
Estados Unidos en- favor de di-
chos condados, respectivamente,
en- 10 cantidad do la suma asi
pagada, y sobre presentation de
dichos bonos por uno de los dos
8 ambos dc dichos condados al
Tesorero de los Estados Unidos,
con prueba satisfactoria del pago
de los mismos por dichos conda-
dos aceptara y tomara tales bonos
asi pagados y los conservara
como su recibo.
Secci6n 8. Que el Secretario
de la Tesoreria esta autorizado
para expedir bonos proveidos
para cambio en- la seccion una de
este, y el Tesorero es autorizado
de pagar los bonos nombrados en-
este acta, de cualesquier dineros
en- la tesoreria no de otra manera
apropiados, cuando los mismos
cumplan y sean pagaderos segun
el tenor de ellos.
PROYECTO PARA UN ASILo DE
sOLDADOS.
Un proyecto para establecer
un asilo de soldados en- Santa F6,
condado de Santa Fe, Nuevo Me
xico.
Decretese por el Senado y Ca
mara de Representatives. de los
Estados Unidos de America en-.
Congreso reunidos,
Que el Cuerpo de Manejadores
del Asilo para Soldados Volunta-
rios Incapacitados, es por este
autorizado , dirigido de estable-
Ger un Ramal del Asilo en- Santa
F6, condado de Santa Fe, Nnevo
Mexico. Ell mismo no sera
localizado on un trecho do TERRA
de menos que doscientos acres
de extension.
Secci6n 2. Que dicho asilo|
ramificado sera localizado y ell
terrsno, d menos que 81 mismo
sea donado, comprado por dicho|
cuerpo de manejadores, dentfo|
de tres meses, 6tan pronto des-
pues como practicable della apro.
piaci6n de este acta.
Seccidn 3. Que dentro de seis
meses, 8 tan pronto despues CO.
mo sea practicable, do la apro-
baci6n de este acta, dicho Cuerpo|
de Manejadores comenzara lal
erection de un edificio 8 edificios
propios en- 81 terreno asi compra.
do para el uso de dicho asiloI
ramificado. Los dichos editicios
seran completados en- dia tan
temprano como possible.
Seccion 4. Que la suma del
loscientos mil pesos es por estaI
apropiada para los obietos aqufI |
antes mencionados Y la mejoral
ie los terrenos de dicho asilol
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El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1908-01-04

En- Las Cruces, q hombre alt
El Nuevo mexicano. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1890-1958, 1908-01-04
Los JUICES X sU TAREA.

Los jueces sobre el pensamien'
to y composition para examinar
los manuscritos fueron N. r.
Crozier, de El Paso. w. e. Wool.
bridge, de Colorado Springs y
r. F.. Noble, de sSocorro. Estos,
ayudados de otros 4 quienes nom.
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SUGGESTS
WAY To DO JUSTICE
TO NEGRO SOLDIERS
Continued from First Page

men who meet the requirements given
above as having been sufficiently punished
by the consequences they brought upon
themselves when they rendered necessary
the exercise OF the disciplinary power.
recommend that law be passed allowing
the Secretary of War, within a fixed pc
Rod of time, say year, to reinstate any
of these soldiers whom he, after careful
examination, finds to have been innocen,
and whom he finds to have done all in his
power to help bring to justice the guilty.
Meanwhile the investigation will be con-
tinued. The results have made it obvious
that only by carrying on the investigation
as the War Department HIS actually car
rle6 it on is there the slightest chance OF
bringing the offenders to justice or of
separating not the innocent, for there
we're doubtless hardly any innocent, but
the less guilty from those whose guilt
was heinouS.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, December II, 1905
Secretary Wright's Letter.
War Department.
Washington. December 10, 1908.
My Dear Mr.. President:
Il
a report of investigation made by Mr.
Herbert ]. Browne, who was employed by
this department in conjunction with Capt
W. G.. Baldwin to investigate as far as
possible the occurrence at Brownsville on
the 18th and 14th of August, 1906. Sin
cerely yours, LUKE h. WRIGHT.
The President
Washington, u. c., December >, 1908.
Sir: l have the honor to submit the
following report relative to the investl-
cation of the Brownsville raid:
Ex-Private Boyd Conyers of Company
b, 18th Infantry, now at Monroe, Ga, told
William Lawson, a detective in the en-
pioy of Capt William G. Baldwin of Ro-
anoke, Va, that he and three Tor four
other men of the 18th Infantry were the
leaders in the Brownsville raid. This IN
formation was obtained at different dates
during the month of June, l3OS. (oee
Exhibit Al.
l submit the affidavit as presented
There are certain discrepancies OF minor
character, due to the fact that Lawson Is
illiterate and had to depend on his mem
ory for details. But it should be borne
in mind that Lawson was unacqualnted
with the details of the Brownsville raid
and was given information which could
have come only from one familiar with
the secret history of the affair. Lawsons
first report included the names OF Con-
yers John HolIoman, John Brown and
another man" Subsequently he supplied
the name Of James Powell but / think
the original name given was that of Rob
ert l.. Collier, Company c, one of the re-
lief guard This information was cor
roborated in the presence of witnesses,
but before Lawson could finish his work
Conyers became suspicious and would
give no further evidence discriminating
himself From then on he furnished to
A. H. Baldwin, Capt. w. G. Baldwin and
TO myself information piecemeal and re-
luctantly The name Of Carolina de Saus-
sure, his bunk mate, was the last one
obtained.
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them in the open rack, on the excuse
that they didn't rust SO badly under
cover, hut really so the absence OF the
guns from the open giarJhoIsc rack
would not attract attention. and their
own absence would be ascriihed 10 Il visit
to the closet, which was bac:- OF the
guardhouse. These two men slipped out
the rear door of the guardiouse, PASSED
through the sally port and Joined G0l-
loman and Brown.
THE party crossed the wall o. the
fort down near the end of \ barracks,
went up the roadway to the entrance to
the Cowen alley, where the signal shots
were fired These shots were immedi
ately tailed onto by the alarm shots of
Joseph 3. Howard. guard on No. >, and
formed the series testified to by Mrs.
Katie E. Leahy of Brownsville. Her tes
timony is further borne out by the state
elapsed before a number of the men of
Company r swarmed out on the upper
gallery and opened d fusillade on the
town.
1T is an absolute certainty that it
would have been impossible for Sergt.
Jackson to have opened the gun racks,
for the men to have assembled secured
their guns. loaded them, gone out to the
gallery and started firing, all after the
first shot was fired. all aroused. as they
testified unanimously. from sound slum
Der, in less than two minutes. In the con-
fusion of a dark barrdck room. Beyond
the possibility of doubt, the racks had
been opened and the inside ConSpiratOrS
were ready to pour out on the signal
shots. The testimony Is ample that
there were scarcely twenty seconds be-
tween the last of the signal shots and
the first general volley from b barracks.
The number firing from the barracks
is unknown. but perhaps twenty men
were involved. A smaller number went
to the ground and followed the leaders
up the alley. 1t will be remembered that
one of the witnesses testified to hearing
some one of the group of soldiers ex-
claim: There they go" Whereupon these
men leaped over the wall and ran up the
alley.
Boyd Conyers is the man whose gun
damned at the exit of the alley by the
Cowen house, testified to by Herbert FL
kins. and it was taken from him by De
Saussure and fixed in the street where
corner of Elizabeth street shone on them.
Less than five minutes elapsed from
the time the first shot was fired until
these men We're all back inside the fort
"Conyers stated that Reid was told that
they were going to shoot up the town,
and he had laughed and said: Don't go
out there and let the crackers get the
best of you
When Conyers and De Saussure reach
ed the guardhouse they ran in the back
way and got into their hunks. Sergt
Reid came in and SWore at them but
ConyerS was so excited and out of breath
that he could hardly stand, so Reid sta
toned him at the rear of the guardhouse
in the dark. where he could not be scruti-
nized SO closely.
Holloman came around with. extra
cartridges about daybreak and Reid
passed them out. The guns were all
cleaned before daylight"
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Alleged Confession Of Conyers.

Alleged Confession OF Conyers.
With some repetition of matter appear
ing later in the report, Boyd Conyers
story is given here in narrative form:
1.-THE rumors of trouble over the assign
ment of colored troops to Brownsville
were circulated before the troops left
Fort Niobrara, and preparations were
made among the men to get even with
the crackers, SO the whites were called.
Some cartridges were held out at range
practice but more en- route to Browns
Vile Pretense was made that they We're
given away at stations along the road.
Some were but large number were
secreted.
AT inspection in Brownsville Lieut.
Lawrason. Company Il. threatened pun
iShment to the men who were short of
ammunition. but nothing was done about
it, and the deficiency was supplied.
The friction with citizens of Browns
vile began at once. In Boyd Conyers'
language Whisky made all the trouble.
If we hadn't been drinking we woudn I
have had the nerve TO shoot up the town
1T was agreed. at gathering of a
few men in the saloon of Allison, the
colored eX-soldier. on the afternoon of
August IL. 1906, that the raid should take
place that night at l. o'clock. 1t seems
to have been delayed a few minutes to
let Tamayo, the Mexican scavenger, get
John Holloman, the money lender of
Company 3. was the chief consprat or
and leader in the raid and custodian and
distributor OF the cartridges, but his plans
could not have been carried out had not
Sergt. George jackson of Company
b, in charge of the keys to the gun
racks in 3 barracks. and Serst Reid, in
command of the guards, co-operated both
before and after the raid.
The four men who led the raid were
John HollOman. John Brown, Boyd Con-
yers and Carolina de Saussure, all of
Company b (and probably r. L. Collier
of Company c.. Holloman was in bar
racks. Brown in the bake shop. CJnyers
and De Saussure in the guardhouse. The
two latter were in the same detail. and
had been relieved at about IL o'clock,
De Saussure on the post at the guard
house, and Conyers on No. ,, around
the barracks and facing the town. JioI-
loman got the party together. Couyers
and Dc Saussure Slept on the same bunk
in the guardhouse. claiming that they
wanted to get under the mosquito net,
and they had the trick Of taking their
guns into the bunk instead Of placing
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Conyers Appeals to Foraker.

ConyerS tried to commit suicide after he
found that he had made his statements to
detective, declaring that the other ne
groes would kill him when it got out.
He finally wrote to Senator Foraker and
received reply, copy Of which is an
nexed. That reply he construed to mean
that he should stick to his original story
told before the Serrate committee at all
hazards, and there he stands. / have
every reason to believe that his confession
is genuine and gives for the first time
the true secret history of the Brownsville
raid
The list of participants given in this re-
port Conyers furnished me personally.
believe 1t is substantially correct, but with
the influences shown to be backing Con-
yers to adhere to his false testimony
given before the Senate committee still
being exerted he cannot be relied on to
support his own confession until it is
thoroughly sustained from other sources.
Evidences of similar encouragement to
stick to the lies told at Brownsville and
before the Senate committee were found
in many places, and subsequent to the
date of the Foraker letter they became
stronger and more obstructive than ever.
The investigation has been conducted
with strict recognition of the advisability
of preserving secrecy and with discretion
No promises OF immunity were made.
The knowledge on the part of the ex-
soldiers that the government could not
punish them after their separation from
the service, coupled with the belief that
by preserving silence they would aid in
the passage of the relief legislation now
pending in Congress- has added TO the
difficulty of securing information
The issue has evidently become ratial
The colored detectives would be confront
ed frequently in the smaller towns where
these men are living with a demand from
colored men for information as to their
business
We have located over 100 of these eX-
soldiers and have been in thirty states
in quest of information. The appendices
give statements as to the results obtained.
They indicate general knowledge on
the part Of the eX-soldiers that the raid
came from inside the fort. and that the
soldiers of Company B were the guilty
parties.
We earnestly urge that we be permitted
to continue the investigation. Several
detectives are still in the field, and within
the coming week a number of affidavits
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-12
Absent Friends.

Sidney Frier, a home boy, now
a telegraph operator at Sherrod,
Miss, will be married on the %
to Miss Ida Babin of St. Gabriel
His friends JOIN us in warmest
fluctuations.
Mrs. M. Adiger sends US a
card for the marriage of her
daughter, Dora, to Mr.. Max
Bodinger, Sunday evening Sept,
20, at Majestic Hall, New Or
leans. The bride spent most Of
her life yet, and many friends
send her the tribute Of good
wishes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Camp
bell Of Brookhayen, are the hap
py parents of a little girl. The
young mother was formerly
Miss Lorice BrasseauX.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-12
Play Ball.

Baseball fever has struck our
parish and our people are prom
ised a first class ball team for
next season. The Garfield prop
erty in upper St. Francisville has
been leased for a number of
years and an organization is form
ing to make fine park there. A
grandstand will be built and all
the usual things will be erected
which go to make up a first-class
baseball ground. The park will
be named "Feliciana Park" and
the club will be named the Fell
ciana Club"
Next spring, semi-profes-
sional battery and shortstop will
be hired and these are to take
charge of the best material in this
parish and make out of it an up
to-date ball team. This associa-
ton will be organized at once and
the entire parish will be asked to
help the good cause. Certificates
of stock will be issued to all who
contribute and with winning
team and the patronage of our
people, it is expected to make the
investment a paying one.
The "Felicianas'' will play all
country town teams and will also
play teams from New Orleans,
our facilities for playing them
being excellent. All public spir-
tied citizens should boost this
undertaking, for there is nothing
which will draw people better
than a good baseball team.
Every stranger who comes here
will spend something, therefore
the merchants, hotels and livery
men will be benefited. A base
ball club is a great advertisement
for a parish and it is intended to
have a first-class one, so let ev-
erybody fall in and help the pre-
motors of this association and
everybody help the "Felicianas"
win the pennant in 1909.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-12
Institute Closed Yestef day.

The last session of the insti-
tute held yesterday morning
was an interesting one, adjourn
ing at one O'Clock. Dr.. Ale
man. state institute conductor,
came on the midday train and
his visit and talk encouraged the
teachers. Miss Agnes Morris
arrived at the same time and
spoke along the lines of school
improvement associations which
is the work with which she has
been entrusted by the State
Superintendent. Suitable re-
marks were made at the closing
by several teachers and the in
structors. Miss Garrett in be-
half of the teachers presented
these resolutions, which were
UNANIMOUSLY adopted:
Whereas, We, the teachers OF
West Feliciana, have been so
Hospitality received by the citl-
zens of St. Francisville, and have
been the recipients of so many
advantages to ourselves, as well
as our prospective pupils, and,
Whereas, The School Board OF
this parish has put forth It's
greatest efforts to provide for US
most profitable week OF prepa.
ration for taking up our work.
and the Superintendent, Mr.
Hendon, has been most earnest
| in his attention to our needs and
general welfare, and
Whereas, our instructors, Miss
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-12
School Improvement League.

Miss Morris addressed the
ladies and a few gentlemen yes
terday afternoon in the interests
OF a School improvement League,
whose purpose is to interest par
ents with regard to improving
conditions and establishing un-
derstanding relations between
parents and teacher. About rs
joined and the dues were fixed at
fifty cents per year. Mrs. E.
Wolf was elected president, J. r,
Matthews, vice-president, A. M.
Hendon, second yice-president,
Miss Scales, secretary, Mrs. r.
M. Leake, treasurer. The first
meeting will be held next Friday.
4 p. M, at the high School build
ing.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-12

Trousdale, Mr.. Guardia, Supt.
Hendon, DR.. Guthrie, Miss Nor
ris and Dr.. Alleman, have been
exceedingly helpful to us, there
fore be it
Resolved, That we thank the
citizens for our pleasant week.
especially those who so kindly
gave US the delightful drive out
to Rosedown and Alton Villa.
Mrs. Elrie Robinson, who was
instrumental in providing this
pleasure, Mines. V. q. and r. G..
Howell and Mr.. j. P. Bowman
who received us at their homes.
including Mrs. J. L. Golsan who
extended the pleasures of her
tennis court, Mayor A. F. Bar
row, Rev. r. r. Claiborne and DR..
| .. d. Brooks for their kind words
of welcome and encouragement;
the School Board and Supt. Hen
don for providing us with such
pleasant boarding places and for
many other attentions; and the
instructors for the valuable as
sistance they have been to us in
furnishing, in most interesting
manner, material and inspiration
for the years work."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-12
The Teachers Carriage Drive.

A carriage drive was arranged
Thursday afternoon for the
teachers attending the Institute.
Messrs. 3, Wolf, A. Schlesinger,
F. 0. Hamilton, J. P. Bowman,
L. p. Kilbourne, A. F. Barrow
and B. b. Eskridge sent their
carriages and Mr.. Jos. Stern a
buggy. Others besides the
teachers and institute conduct
ors going on the drive were Mrs.
M. H. Claiborne, Mrs. A. F. Bar
row, Misses Helen Schlesinger,
Mamie Claiborne, Amy Leake,
DR.. Guthrie and ANGEL Ard.
They drove first to Rosedown,
where the strangers were raw
ished by the remarkable beauty
of the house and grounds. AS
one of them expressed it: 1T
burst upon me like a discovery.
A prosaic cotton field and sud.
denly that vision of beautiful
avenue and home at the end of
the vista
From Rosedown the sight
seers went on to Alton, where
they were delighted afresh by
the attractions of this charming
mansion and where they were
Hospitality received and enter
tanned by it's lovely chatelaines,
Mines. V. q. and r. G. Howell,
who gave the freedom" of this
beautiful country house, with it's
many apartments, to the visit
itors. Delicious punch was
served. The whole affair was
much enjoyed and those who as
sisted in making it possible may
feel assured that the attention
was fully appreciated.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-12

Agnes Wade, her nephews, Capt
Robert Brandon, Capt. Lane
Brandon William G.. Wade John
T. Semple John r. Liddell and a
large number of nieces and ne
pheWs for two succeeding gener-
atoms, members of the Semple,
Liddell, Wade and Brandon fami-
lies. Mrs. Ryland had no chill
dren but she made herself so be-
loved by all her family that she
does not lack the fall of filial
tears, the blessing of tender
memories of her life and char
acter.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Howell
were called to New Orleans bv
the critical condition of her sis.
ter, Mrs. hiilda Balm, who IN.
derwentan operation. Mr.. How.
ell returning says there is little
hope of her recovery.
Mrs. Albert Thompson of
Grant parish came Friday last
and spent a few days to see her
husbands aged mother, Mrs,
Isabel Thompson, who had a
stroke of paralysis, last week,
but is sustaining the shock very
well, considering her age.
Mrs. T. H. Ellis and daughters
Miss Maggie, and Mrs. G. B.
Mcguire went to Burnside for
the Brands Stephenson wedding
on Tuesday, It took place in the
picturesque little chapel there,
and was a color-symphony in
pink andwhite. The young hus-
band H. G, Brand Jr. and his
bride are taking a honeymoon
trip, but will reside at Burnside,