The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-31

to Cuba one of the negroes attempted to kill a citizen there. He was arrested and lodged in iail on the charge of as- sault with the intent to murder. About o'clock in the morning 30 or 40 negro soldiers came around and overpowered the guard and took the negro prisoner from the civil authorities of a sovereign state.
 At Brownsville, Tex, in 1906, Major Rlacksom wired the military secretary Washington that the trouble at Browns vile was caused by social hostility and because the negro soldiers were made to drink at separate bars, and that personal encounters occurred between the negro soldiers and the white citizens. The first personal encounter occurred between Republican federal office holder, Fred Tate, inspector of customs, and negro soldier The negro soldier insulted Tate wife and he knocked him down. The next disturbance was caused by two drunken negro soldiers who were cursing and abusing a ferryman. Mounted Inspector Baker another republican office holder, undertook to prevent trouble between the negro soldiers and the ferryman and pushed one of the negro soldiers As the negro walked off he said: We will see about this tomorrow" These negroes did hunt MT. Baker next day.
 "On August 12, just 24 hours before these negro soldiers shot up the town, Mrs Evans, a highly respectable whlte woman-wife of worthy citzen-was seized by the hair and thrown to the ground by a negro soldier. Then came the murder of a peace officer at Browns vile, the wounding of a peaceable white citizen and the horrors and terrors ex- perienced by the women and children or that southern community. Helpless In the hands of the black mob in uniform, armed by the guns of the government, the peo- ple of Brownsville, this southern com munity, passed through night or terror and on the following day found one white man seriously wounded, another one dead, the one who had tried to defend them from the murderous attack of the negro soldiers, and they shuddered and trembled again with excitement and horror when they saw the bullet holes in their houses made by army guns In the hands of negro soldiers, and realized what a narrow escape they had had.
 And yet MT. Hobson considers me a demagogue because I condemned and still condemn his inexcusable vote to restore to service in the United States army these negro soldiers.
 ''Now let us see what happened after these negro soldiers had disgraced the United States army. terrorized the wom- en and children of the white race, and committed murder.
 "The citizens of Brownsville, Iexas, selected a committee of good and com petent citizens to take testimony, to in- uuire who did this cowardly shooting. They took testimony and sent their yer dict, based on the evidence, to the Pres ident of the United States. The Presi- dent made inquiry of the commanding officer of this black battalion, white man and the evidence had so convinced him that the negroes were guilty, he wired the war department at washing ton that he regretted to say that the evidence was convincing and that the soldiers were guilty of this murderous outrage. But MT. Hobson considers me a demagogue because l denounced his vote to put these negro murderers back in the United States army.
 "The Brownsville riot and murder was investigated by seven distinct and inn portant tribunals. First, by the com- rnanding officer of the negro battalion; second, by the citizens committee, head ed by an ex-officer of the United States army. Then Major Blocksom. an officer of high rank in the United States army, made a full investi ration and reported that the negroes were guilty. Then MT. Purdy, from the department of justice, who has since been appointed federal judge, investigated the matter. and he, too, declared I1e negro Suiity.
 "The grand jury at Brownsville in vestigated the matter and in It's report declared that the shooting and the mur- der were committed by the negro sol diers but the negro soldiers alone knew the names of the ones who actually did the shooting and they refused to tell on the guilty parties. So the grand jury was unable to identify the individual murderers and rioters. This grand jury emphatically declared that the negro sol diers had done the shooting.
 Then Brig Gen. A. E. Darlington. inspector general of the United States army, and Lieutenant Colonel Levering and Gen. A. B. Nettleton, all, after fully Investigating the matter, advised the President that he was not only justified, but was in duty bound, to issue the order which relieved the army of this band of murderers-and yet Mir. Hobson thinks me a demagogue because I criticised his vote to put these negroes back in the army.
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