The sun., 1917-08-25

omce-s who ride horses). All the boys
SAID Let's 90 get the man that shot
Baltimore II was gettinr late then.
and we stood retreat at 8 o'clock and
then 7 heard Sergeant Henry OF our
company say:
"well! Don't stand around like that !.
" YOU are going 10 do anything 20
ahead and do it.'
After that | saw some Of the boys
SIP over to Company X and heard
them say they had stolen the ammuni- :
tion. Then Capt. Snow called the men
out In line. He asked what we were
doing ana ordered a search made for
the ammunition and also ordered that
our rife, be taken up.
Anotner sergeant. | forget his name.
took up our rifles from our tents. In
this same talk Capt. Snow told us tina |;
baitimore was not in the wrong that
the policeman was in the wrong. I
heard him.say that. A big fellow in our
company named Frank johnson then
came running down the company street
hoiiering. Get your rlnes. boys
We all made q rush then for the sup
ply camp and got our rifles and We went
10 large ammunition box and got our
ammunition. Sergeant Henry was the
leader.
Corporal wheatly. Corporal Brown
corporal Moore, Corporal Snodgrass and
corporal Tiliman and about 100 privates
were In the crowd that had gone and
started OF toward town. was in the
crowd. had my gun and my ammuni.
ton. We done some shooting A. We left
the camp. l shot about fve times. I
did not know q girl got shot. did not
see an ambulance. We went down the
shell road that goes TO the Fourth ward
We met an automobile with q white
man In It, They stopped him and ssrst.
Henry told the man to get out Of his
car. but he did not get out and all the
soldiers that were In front shot the man.
judge that about fifty shots we're fired
At him.
II was toward the back and did not
flre a shot here. Then we marched on
up the road and as I passed the car I
heard the white man In the car groan.
but We did not stop. Then we met some
officers in q car coming from the Fourth
ward and the sergeant made them get
out and told them to leave their car.
We did not do any shooting here.
THEN We met two men in a buggy
who looked like Mexicans. but we did
not shoot them. Then We got to the
dirt road and started to the graveyard
on San Felipe street and right at the
graveyard they started shooting. SerEt.
Henry was in front and he hollered to
everybody to lay down. They all laid
down but myself and two more fellows
and We ran down the side street As
we ran. heard shooting that sounded
like all Of them were shooting together.
tried to get back to the camp but was
afraid and stayed in the woods all night
! and was arrested this morning after
! daybreak when l tried to get back TO
the camp"
Soldier IL Corroborated.
Corroborating to a general extent the
statements in an affidavit made earlier
in the day by Rinkett, James Bivins.
another member Of Company I. Twenty
fourth Infantry, to-day gave a state
ment to the District Attorneys depart
ment.
Bivins told of the holding up Of two
4 officers by the negroes and their re-
lease upon the entreaty OF a negro cor
poral that they should not attack army
men.
Risley Young, another private o.
| Company !. in his afhdavt to the
District Attorney. laid the blame for
the outbreak to Sergt. Henry. saying
! the sergeant had threatened to Kill
any who did not follow him.
Capt. Snow has begun organization
! OF q court-martial to inquire into the
riotins and assess punishment against
the men concerned.