Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-11
is NEGRO SOLDIERS
HANGEDFOR R|OT|NG
Forty-0ne in Houston Out
break Last August Given
Life Imprisonment.
EXECUTION BY TROOPS
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, December IL
Thirteen negro soldiers OF the cath Unit
ed States Infantry were hanged at 7:l1
o'clock this morning at Fort Sam Hous'
ION here for completely in the rioting at
Houston, Tex, on the night of August
e3 last, when a hundred or more negro
troopers broke camp and shot up that
city. Seventeen persons were killed and
a number wounded before the outbreak
at Houston was quelled.
The men executed. with nifty others
of the same regiment. recently were
tried before a court-martial here on
charges OF murder. mutiny and rioting.
The trial ended about two weeks ago,
but no announcement was made as to
the finding until after the execution
this morning OF the thirteen sentenced
TO death. In addition to those hanged,
forty-one of the negro soldiers were
sentenced to life Imprisonment. one
was sentenced to two and a half years
Imprisonment, at hard labor, three
were sentenced to two years and five
were acquitted.
Officers and Sheriff Present.
Only Army officers and Sheriff Tobin
of Bexar county were present when
the thirteen condemned men were
Army post here. No newspaper men
or civilian spectators were allowed to
witness the execution, the time and
place Of which were kept secret. After
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ten statement was made public at
southern department headquarters an
nouncing the findings of the court
martial.
The formal announcement. issued at
department headquarters at o'clock
this morning, follows:
The proceedings. findings aEd SEN
fences of the general court-martial
which tried sixty-three members of
the oath Infantry for their implication
g, 1917. were approved by the COM
handing general. Southern Department,
December 10. 1917.
Sentences of Court.
The sentences of the court were as
follows:
TN the cases of Sergt. William c.
Wheatley, Jesse More and Charles w.
Baltimore; Prtvates. first class. Will
liam Breckenridge, Thomas c. Hawkins
and Carlos Snodgrasss of Privates Ira
Il. Davis. James Divins, Frank johnson
itisley w. Young. all of Company /,
and Pat MacWhorter, Company NJ, to
be hanged by the neck until dead
I'm cases OF Cook William Frazier. Cook
Nathan HUMPHREYS. jr.: Privates, first
class. John NJ. Hudson, jr.; James p.
Johnson, Ben McDaniels and Stewart w
Phillips. all OF Company ]; Privates
Douglas T. Bolden, Fred Brown. Robert
'Brownffeld. Harrison Capers. Ben Cecil.
Gerald Dixon. Henry Green, James r.
Hawkins. George Hobbs. Norman d. Hol-
land. Richard Lewis. Leroy. Pinkett. 10
seph wardlow. William S. Kane, Harry
Richardson. Luther Rucker. Roy Tyler.
Joseph Williams. jr.. all OF Company J.:
Privates Ernest Adams. John Adams,
Wash Adams. Douglass X. Lumpkins,
Richard Brown, all Of Company X: Pri-
Yates Allie G. Butler. Abner Davis and
George Parham of Company L; Bugler
Reuben W. Baxter. Company NJ; Pri-
Yates Walter Rurkett. James Coker.
Callie Glenn. William ]. Hough. Thomas
Jackson, Walter J. T. Johnson, Dean
New. Jesse Sullivan. all of Company n,
All of the 24fh United States Infantry-in
each event to be dshonorably discharged
from .tse service. to forfeit all pay and
allowances due and to be confined al
hard labor at such place as the REVIEWING
authority may direct for the term OF his
natural life.