New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25

shot at him. Judge that about fifty
shots were fired at him. | was toward
the rear and did NIT shoot here. Then
we marched up the road. As we passed
/ the car | heard the man groan, but we
did not stop.
The Shooting Started
"Then we got on the dirt road and
started for the graveyard at San
/ Filipe Street, and right at the grave
yard they started shooting. Sergeant
Henry was in front and ne 'hollered at
everybody to lay down. THEY all
laid down but me and two other fell
lows ran around the side street. As
we ran l heard shooting that sounded
like all Of them were shooting together.
l tried to get back into camp, but was
afraid and stayed in the woods all
night until l was arrested"
Henry, the ringleader, is dead, His
body was found on the San Felipe road
riddled with buckshot. Several other
men mentioned in the confession as
the leaders are dead. Others have been
captured. All but about twenty of the
/ rioting soldiers have been captured.
/ The others are thought to be hiding
| in the San Felipe district and some are
! thought to be scattered along the
bayou that cuts through this district.
Some Of them may be twelve miles or
more away by now.
San Filipe, the home of the negroes
in this city, is dead, yet full Of life and
activity. The houses in this district
are for the most part old-fashioned
frame shacks. They all are in a dilapi-
dated condition. The shutters are hang
ing by strings. Here and there the
chimneys have toppled. To-day all the
shutters are tight. No traffic is al
lowed TO pass along the street. Guards
are everywhere Squads OF soldiers,
both guardsmen and regulars, are hunt
| ing for the missing trouble makers.
/ They search under every house. Sew
| eral negro soldiers were found in this
/ district under houses this morning.
Most of them were in their under
| clothing. They had discarded their
/ unifrms TO prevent detection. All the
| houses are thoroughly searched. Often
/ the men have to force their way IN, for
/ the inhabitants still fear the sight OF
white men with arms. In the houses
/ the soldiers discover men and women,
as well as children, in the closets,
/ under the beds and behind the furni-
| ture. No harm is being done to any
/ peaceful negro or white. No arms are
| tolerated, and when any are found they
are Immediately turned over to the au-
| thorities.
/ Court Martial To Be Ordered
Steps are being taken for the organi-
cation of a court martial. No definite
/ stems can be taken until General Bell
arrives tomorrow morning. The pre-
liminary steps have been started. The
/ evidence is being collected to put be
| fore the court Captain h. S. Snow
said that charges would be made
/ against every negro in the mob. Sew,
/ eral charges of a military nature Will
I be filed against each man. They may
! be charged with mutiny, with attacking
an officer and killing him, and severa!
murders. Murder is an offence pun
ishable by military authorities IN time
Of war. Captain Snow said that II any
/ of the men were not guilty OF the
charges against them, IL will be up 70
/ them TO prove IT, Several Of the charges
/ that will be brought against the men
are punishable By death.
/ plans for the burial OF the dead are
I being made funeral, with all honors,
I is being planned for the four town po-
] Ecemen who were killed in action.
! Most of the other bodies will be buried
tomorrow morning.
, No definite plans for a military fu-
rcral have been made.
Local papers carry heated editorials
on the situation. One of them says
that the idea that negro troops cannot
be trained in the South is nonsense,
In another part Of the same editorial
this paragraph appears in capital let
f. tiers:
"A court martial, a hollow square
ard a firing squad will settle the mat
ter once and for all"
Generals Hill and Forster, of Illinois
who are to be in command of two
J hrigades at the camp, are here, and
I will start a thorough investigation to-
morrow.