Richmond planet., 1908-06-06
Senator j. B. FOraker's
Concluding Remarks.
THE END OF THE GREAT SpEE'


grace of the United States uniform.
In that same message. in another
connection, he said
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As TO the noncommissioned Off
GERS and enlisted men. there can be
no doubt whatever that many were
necessarily privy. after II not before
the attack, TO the conduct OF those
who took actual part In this murder
Gus riot.
refer TO Major Blocksom's report
Tor proof OF the fact that certainly
some. and probably all. of the non
commissioned officers who were in
charge OF quarters. who were respon
siDle for the gun racks and had KEYS
thereto In their personal possession
knew what men were engaged I'm the
attack.
Further along in that same mes
sage he said:
There is no question as too the
murder and the attempt at murder.
there is no question that some OF the
soldiers were guilty thereof: there
Is no question that many OF their
comrades privy TO the deed have com
6ined TO shelter the criminals from
justice.
Again. in that same message. he
speaks on that same point as follows:
SO much for the original crime
A OIacker never stained the annals of
our Army. IL has been supplement-
shape or successful conspiracy of ST
lence for the purpose of sbiaIi,ns
those who took part in the original
conspiracy of murder.
Further along in that same mes
sage he repeats, as follows:
Yet some of the noncommissiona5
of1cers and many of the men of the
three companies in question have
banded together in a conspiracy 10
protect the assassins and would he
assassins who have disgraced their
UNIFORM, by the conduct above relat-
ed' Many OF them may have known
circumstances which would lead TO
.he conviction OF those engaged I'm
the murderous assault. They have
sIoiidly and as one man broken their
oaths or enlistment and refused to
heip discover the criminals.
In that same message occurs also
incidentally I may add that the
soidlers or longest service and highest
position, who suffered because of tho
order SO far as being those who de-
serve most sympathy. deserve least
Tor they are the very men upon whom
We should be able especially to reIv
10 prevent mutiny and murder.
In his message of January Il srb-
mitting the Purdy testimony. occurs
the following:
The evidence. as will be seen
SHOWS beyond any possibility Of hon,
est question that some individnaIs
among the colored troops whom T
nave dismissed committed the out-
RACES mentioned, and that some or
an OF the other individuals whom 7
olsmissed bad knowledge of the deed
and shielded from the law those who
committed 1t. "'o
anu Iheh' nnally in that same mes
sage, as though afraid his numerous
positive and unqualified statements
on TINS point would not be believed
he said:
IL is out OF the question that the
niteen or twenty men engaged in the
assault could have gathered behind
the wall Of the fort, begun firing
some OF them on the porches of the
barracks, gone out into the town
nred In the neighborhood of 2 90 shots
IN the town, and then returned-the
Do'ai time occupied from the time
ol tne nrst shot to the time OF their
return being somewhere I'm me rotsh-
borhood OF ten minutes
many OF their comrades knowing
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