Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-25
District Attorney Files
 Blanket Charges, Mili- tary Not Objecting.
l7 PERSONS DEAD
 RESULT OF OUTBREAK
Black Sergeant, Said 10 Have Been Leader, Among the Killed Mar. tial Law Continues in Effect
 In TeNaS Metropolis.
The Dead.

Ira D. Rainey, mounted police officer.
 Vids Henry, negro sergeant.
 Rufe Daniels, mounted police officer.
 Horace Moody, mounted police officer.
 Middle aged man named Smith.
 $. SattOn, barber.
 Captain J. w. Mates, Battery A, Second Illinois Field Artillery.
 E. J. Meinke, police officer.
 Earl Finley. / A. K. Carstens, painter.
 Manuel Garredo.
 Fred E. Winkler.
 Bryant Watson, negro soldier E Company K, Twenty-fourth In- fantry.
 M. D. Everton, Battery F, a To- cal company.
 C. w. Wright.
 E. M. Jones, jitney driver.
 H. A. Thompson, of Hampstead, Texas.
 Houston, Aug. 24.-Negro soldiers of the 24th United States infantry, who shot up the streets of Houston last night, were being entrained to- night, to be removed to Columbus, N. M.
 Captain L. w. Snow, commander said tonight that the actions of the negroes were "practically mutiny." !, Blanket charges of murder were filed tonight by District Attorney John Crocker against 34 negro sol- diers of the 24th infantry, held in the county jail, as result of the trouble last night, which ended with the death of IF persons, four of them city po- lice officers.
 This was the first move indicative of an attempt by the state to retain custody of the soldiers, rather than turn them over to the army for pun ishment.
 Captain Snow Talks.
 Captain Snow said that prior to pro- ceeding to the city, where they kill- ed 15 persons, wounded 21, and lost two of their own number, his men re- peatedly disobeyed orders. There was indiscriminate firing in the camp he added, but he did not consider that any bullets were directed at himself. "It was not mutiny, in the sense the word is generally used," he said. "but there was repeated disobedience of commands. After leaving camp, the negroes committed murder"
 There were no commissioned of- ficers among the men who did the shooting. The non-commissioned of ficers with the shooters were Ser geant Henry and Corporals Wheatley, Brown, Snodgrass, Moore and Till man.
 There are no military charges against the men as yet, but, according to Captain Snow, they can be Every serious" Charges will be filed by the commanding officer of the department is is understood here. Plans for fur ther investigation are awaiting the ar rival of Major General George Bell, IT,, tomorrow.
 Status Not Determined.
 While it is certain the memebers ot the negro battalion at Camp Logan will have been removed from Hous- ton early tomorrow morning, Captain Snow said the status of the 34 men held in jail had not been definitely de- termined.
 He said there was no question, how ever, of the right of the military to take the men elsewhere, if it so de. sires, notwithstanding the action o1 District Attorney Crocker in filing blanket murder charges against then late today. An affidavit by LeRoy Pinkett and statements of James Bivins and Ris. Icy Young, given to the district attor. ney. indicate the destructive march of the negro soldiers into the city was in a measure organized. They assert ed that Sergeant Henry, in leading the movement, threw out rear ant point flank gurads in making the march.
 A scene probably unique in the an nals of the United States army was