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

know who was the corporal Of his detail:
heard seven shots together, and knew
nothing more. Didn't know what cor
poral posted him; what corporal relieved
him, who came in or went out. He was
not further examined and was finally dis
charged under a general court-martial,
November % 1906
Private Joseph II. Howard of Company
ID, on post No. >, around the barracks.
has been thoroughly examined. Follow
ing the first shots Of the raiders he fired
the alarm signal, retreating between
and G barracks, of three shots aimed
generally over the officers quarters and
perhaps thereby explaining the bullets
which several witnesses testified to hav-
ing heard whiStling over the post. His
several statements differ widely TO the
place where the first shots of the raiders
were fired from down near the Allison
saloon. several hundred yards east OF
him. to a point near the Cowen alley,
and in time from four minutes TO two
seconds before he called the alarm and
fired his rifle. In better position than any
other private to see. hear and know what
actually occurred in and near the rear OF
the barracks he succeeded in demonst rat
ing how much he could say and how little
he could tell in four eXamnations-at
Brownsville, at the Macklin and Penrose
courts martial, and before the Senate
committee.
Private Charley Hairston, Company B.
on post No. ,. around the officers quar-
tiers, throws considerable light on several
mOoted questions. At the Mackln trial
he stated (pp. 20 and 800 that he had car
ried out Maj Penrose's instructions 10
have the call TO arms sounded. had then
listened to the roll call of Company b.
and had gone back to his post before PIi-
vate De SauSSure came up and told him
that Sergt Reid wanted him to call Capt.
Mackln. the officer of the day. This places
De Saussure'S mission considerably later
than his own testimony would Indicate
a fficia prl " no rryir, ,.p
time needed for De Saussure to have
participated in the raid and returned To
the guardhouse.
Hairston further reports hearing two
pistol shots Is. l., p. 14D off TO the south
east some twenty minutes before the real
fusilade. This would cover Towards con-
fused effort to couple these shots with the
firing at the entrance to the CowenS alley
and TO bring them all with his firing the
alarm into the limit textreme limiD OF
four minutes. Hairston also heard bull
let's whistling overhead. evidently How
ards three shots. and thought he heard
horses galloping. presumably the Mexican
scavengers cart hurriedly driven TO d
place of safety from the rear OF the
barracks Harston located the general
fusillade back Of b company barracks.
Private Alexander Ash. Company d. on
post No. 4. was remote from the whole
affray-in the far southeastern end OF
the fort, around the corral He threw no
especial light on the situation. He had
the confidence of his commanding officers
as a relia BILE soldier
Men in the Bake Shop.
John Brown. the last member OF Tia
principal conspirators, was disposed of in
three lines in the investigation at Browns
vile. lie claimed he was asleep in the bake
shop. lie was not subsequently examined.
He was serving his third enlistment. on
Boyd Conyers statement. made AT Mon
roe. Ga. Brown was sought in Atlanta.
James Powell. who had claimed to have
been a discharged soldier of the Ninth
Cavalry and to have been in Browns
vile the night OF the raid, proved an all
around. h-r and romancer. who, however.
had learned much of the inside of the
affair from Brown. He also gave Brown
the news that detectives were looking for
him.
Brown fed to Philadelphia early Last
August, where his trail was lost for "A
time. Finally ii WAS learned that he had
shipped TO Tampa on phospllate-rock
vessel. From Tampa he doubled back ID
Jacksonville. where he now rests in fan
cied security. He had been sailor be-
fore he entered the army.
Private Wesley Mapp. Company d, VAS
the only other occupant of the bake shop.
He claims IS. Doc. No 402. u. l4D that
he slept through the whole shooting and
did not wake till Sergt. Israel Harris.
Company d. came. after it was all over.
He was serving his second enlistment.
was a frequenter of the Allison saloon.
and after his discharge disappeared. He
has not been located.
The Alleged Raiders.
Boyd Conyers furnished the following
list of seven men, all of b company.
who took part i'm the raid, besides John
Holloman, John Brown Carolina De
Saussure and himself: William Anderson
James Bailey. Charles e. Cooper. VIII
liam Lemons. Henry Emerson. James
t'Rastus'D Johnson. Henry c'Sonny)
Jones.
Elmer Brown, Company r. who sl001
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