Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
Two Soldiers Are Accused OF
Inhuman Treatment.
WAS DEFENDING WOMEN
zed by Men From Gaithersburg
O Camp and Maltreated.
CTIM MAY NOT RECOVER
,ryland States Attorney in Wash
ington to Lay Matter Before
the War Department.
Specia. Dispatch to The Star.

Sreca! Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 30-Residents
Of Gaithersburg and vicinity are aroused
over what is described a dastardiy
outrage committed on Henry Stewart,
young colored man of that place, by two
soldiers Sunday night
Stewart, in company with two colored
girls, was walking along one OF the ROADS
leading TO Gaithersburg when the soldiers
accosted him and addressed insulting re-
marks to the girls. When he resented IL
they seized and held him and then multi
lated him in a frightful manner, alter
ward rubbing dirt into the wounds
The girls fled and gave the alarm
Stewart was later removed to his home,
where he now lies in a precarious condl-
ton.
States Attorney Waters was advised OF
the facts and at once began an investiga-
tion He learned, il is said. that the SOL
Iiers belong to an organization en- route
rom Fort Myer to Gettysburg, whicn
VAS camping near Gaithersburg for the
light.
When the authorities went after them
was found the troops had broken
mp and proceeded on their way.
States Attorney Acts.
States Attorney Waters is determined
perpetrators of the inhuman act
all be apprehended and punished, and
1nounced his intention of laying the
latter before the officials of the War
department..
Mr.. Waters went to Washington this
afternoon and he will leave no stone un-
turned here until he has learned the iden-
tity of the troop to which the two SOL
diers belonged and has apprehended
them.
Stewart is said to be a man of good
reputation and the people who know him.
as well as other residents of the county.
are shocked and indignant that he should
have been the victim of such an inhuman
act at the hands of the United States
soldiers.
Sheriff Is III.
The deputy sheriff of Gaithersburg is
working on the case. endeavoring to es-
tablish the identity of the soldiers. Sheriff
William E. viett Is ill at his home In
Rockville. but as soon as he is able to
get out he will personally take up the
case, and will probably go 10 Gettysburg
~ get the aid of the officers in charge of
tde troops who passed through Gathers
burg to assist him in finding the culprits.
After the soldiers are found it is thought
that they will be turned over to the
civil authorities of Montgomery and will
be tried in Rockville.
Companies A and d, 1st Battalion OF
Engineers. United States Army, left
Washington barracks last Friday morn
ing for Gettysburg. Pa. They were ac-
companied by a pack train. The first
camp was pitched at Garrett Park, Md,
that evening. while Saturday evening
they arrived at Neelesville, Md.
Troops A, and d, 18th Cavalry. and
Batteries and F. Sd Field Artillery,
with detachment of the Hospital Corps,
departed from Fort Mycr last Thursday
morning.
Twenty miles was covered Thursday.
That evening camp was pitched at CATH
ersburg, Aid.
Last Friday evening the soldiers ex-
pected to camp at Frederick, Md. Satur-
day evening, according to expectations,
they were to reach Thurmont, Md.