The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-06-06

tuluE ana nc WNlt away.
As be was leaving the yard he
hung his coat on tho fence. Mrs.
Reddinr went 90 the door a short
time aftcrward As she reached
the threshold the negro grabbed her
by the troal sud threw her 10 the
floor. The little girls ran screaming
from the house. bui by the time
they returned the negro had van
ished. Mrs. Redding was IN a ter
rlhle condition. and bleeding pro.
fuaely where the negro had bitten
her
Identifies One Man.
Tho officers at the fort wcre no
titled. and Sunday morning every
soldier was paradcd past Mrs. Red
ding and her two daughters Mrs.
Rodding was not positive IN her
Identification. bat she picked out
one soldier who had been out all
Saturday night. and who could not
give any account Of his iolngs.
His moustachc was plastered
down and he wore a service shirt
AIRS Redding said the man who as
saulfcd her wore a white shirt and
his mousiachc Was not piastered
down.
By order of the officers the sus-
poet was dressed In a white shirt
and his moustache ruffled and he
was again brought before Mrs Red
ding She thought he was the guilty
man.
G w. Carlson. n ferryman. identi
fled the suspect as one OF the four
soldiers he landed near the Redding
home three-quarters Of an hour be-
fore the assault took place. The sus-
pect was then taken 10 the guard
house.
Indignation Meeting Held.
People living az INTERPLAY and IN
the vicinity OF the fort were Wild
with indignation Saturday night and
yesterday. So high was public feel.
ing running that " D. Mackay went
TO the fort and counseled the officer
not 10 allow any soldiers outside the
fort. as many white men had sworn
10 shoot the first one they saw.
The troops were kept az the post
all day. and none WAS allowed lib
erty
This morning a delegation met
with Councilman Mullen and God
dard to have the city council take
action to secure the removal of the
negro soldiers This afternoon w
n. Mackay. I. S. Ewart. Captain
Thomas and others viii draft tele-
grams 10 President Taft, the secre-
tary Of war. Secretary Ballinger
Senators Piles and Jones, and the
Washington representatives I'm con
rrcss. asking that the negro troops
be removed. Tonight there viii be
a mass meeting IN Steiner's hall
There are four companies OF the
25th regiment az Fort Lgwton. The
25th Is the notorious Brownsville
regiment When the war depart
ment announced that negro troops
would be stationed at Lawton there
was much protest which was un-
ayailing.
Appeal to Washington.
The war department asked the
people of Seattle 90 give the 25th a
chance. and promised that there
would be no trouble Up until three
weeks ago the negro soldiers were
ideal. even better in their conduct
than the white soldiers. There was
less drunkenness and rowdyism. and
the people living near the fort had
about come TO the conclusion that
the 25th had been maligned.
Three weeks ago. however. there
came a change, and reports of white
women insulted became frequent.
Little children were followed on the
streets, and the respect in which
the regiment was held changed to
fear Saturday nights atrocity was
the elimination
AT tonights meeting In Steiner's
HAN, women who have been insulted
and children who have been fol.
lowed will tell their stories.
"The negro soldiers must go. %
said w d. Mackay this morning.
I'VE care nothing about the sus.
pect | don't think We could ever
be certain as TO the Identity OF the
guilty man. There Is no doubt In
the world but what a soldier com.
mitted the crime, and the people