The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
B|G BLACK DOG IN
 BROWNSVILLE CASE
Army Captain Brings Up New
 Bit of Evidence
RAN AHEAD OF RAIDERS
Dog Formerly Spoken of in the Case as n Mad Dog Is shown to Have Belonged to the Negro Soldiers
 and Preceded Them

Washington, March 2S.-On a big black dog may depend the decision as to wheth- CT or not any of the negro soldiers dis charged as a result of the famous shoot ing up of Brownsville, Texas, are to be allowed to re-enlist in the army of the United States. Such a dog is said to have bounded along ahead of the raiders who went on their death dealing mission August 13, 1906
 This obscure bit of testimony was brought to the fore today at the sitting of the military court of inquiry created by law to determine if any of the dis charged soldiers should be permitted to re-enlist. Capt Charles R. Rowland, re- corder of the court, asserted that this dog belonged to Company B of the Twen- ty-fifth regiment and scampered along ahead of the raiders.
 For six hours Captain Rowland ad- dressed the court in summarizing the testimony on the Brownsville affair.
 During the last four months this court has examined score after score of wit nesses in the matter and a still longer period has been devoted to analyzing pre- Niouo iOo'iilion9 tdhNh ny OihCt hCoh HE in the case. It will soon report it's find ngs to Congress.
 The tenor of the recorders address throughout the day was that the dis charged soldiers shot up the town. His story of the dog was only one of the points marshaled by the army officer in support of his contention that the sol diers were guilty of the crime. He will conclude his address tomorrow.
 The tale of the dog was told the court when Captain Rowland reached the part of his argument dealing with the raid through the town. As the raiders went through Cowan alley he recalled that MT. and Mrs. Odin heard the noise and look ing out saw dog trotting along ahead of them and thought the men were shoot ing at this supposed mad dog. He said MT. Odin described 1t as a large black dog"
 This big black dog which has here tofore been neglected in the case,' said the recorder, "enters into it with very Illuminating effect because not half an hour before he was standing watch at the gate of the post and keeping the chill dren out who were going home from the Cowan party.
 There are generally dogs about wher- ever soldiers are gathered and in this particular case, we find that there wsN a large black dog with B company as shown by reference to Captain MacLin s testimony. The dog, MT. Odin saw, and which he thought was mad dog they were trying to shoot was merely the B com pany dog running ahead of the soldiers, with whom he came in daily contact"
 Another point taken up by the recorder during the day was the bullet holes found after the shooting.
 Not one scrap of evidence,'' said he ''has ever been furnished before any tribunal or official that a single building or object of any kind In the limits of Fort Brown was struck by bullet fired from the town of Brownsville. The town was rddled with bullets during the firing and men, women and children, residents of the town, and who belonged to every class of society. except negro, were ex- posed to the danger of being hit.
 reconsideration of the above facts alone is sufficient to show that the firing party came from the protected zone, namely Fort Brown"
 A study of the trajectory of the bull lets fired that night as made by experts for the court of inquiry, Captain Rowland said. demonstrated that there was firing from the porches of D and barracks and probably c, and much firing from the post between the barracks and the wall
 Tn the realm of reason" he inquired lis there any man who will claim that civilians of Brownsville in this blind fury to get rid of the soldiers succeeded in entering the post or Fort Brown, and concealed themselves on the porches of the barracks from which they delivered this fire? Certainly not
 "A careful scrutiny of all the evidence laid before this court shows" he said that the roll calls following the shoot inc were not held quickly enough after the firing to have detected any of the ra iders''