Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-05
NEGRO SOLDIERS
SHOT TO DEATH
At CAMP DODGE
THREE BLACKS WHO ASSAULTED
WHITE GIRL PAY PENALTY
WITH THEIR LIVES.
LEGALLY EXECUTED AFTER
CONVICTION By COURT
Sentence Carried Out in Presence Of
Officers, Soldiers and Group Of News.
paper Observation-Disclosures was
17.Year Old White Girl Of Good Char
aeter-Nesroes Quickly Captured.
to Times Republican.

SEeClal 10 IlmeS-HepuDllCaH.
Des Moines, July 5.-The execution
Of the three negro soldiers, Robert
johnson, Stanley Trammell and Fred
Allen. was carried out on military
schedule promptly at 9 o'clock this
morning. Only officers in charge, SOL
,diers and a few newspaper men wit
messed the execution.
According to the statement made by
the young 17-:ear-old white girl for
whose assault. the three negroes paid
the death penalty today she and her
i1ance, young soldier from Des
Molhes, were sitting under tree on
the night of May "a on the hill to the
back of the camp. While talking there
two negroes approached. One said he
was military policeman and asked
the white soldier what he was doing
there. Immediately three ether negroes
joined the, first two. Two of them at
tucked the white soldier. striking him
in the head and the stomach while the
other three dragged the girl away to
some bushes nearby.
When the girl screamed the other
negroes threatened to choke her to
death. The waite soldier recovered and
gave the alarm The negroes then
fed
Z Girl Of Good Character. !,
All negro ul.its at the cantonment
were called out and one of the at
tackers was almost immediately To-
tod he no RI
military police of two more. Two otis
ers were located later.
The military police ut once started
to make an >inyestigation. They found
the girl to be of good character. She
was taken to the base hospital at
Camp Dodge, where she was cared for:
She has since entirely uncovered.
: The following official statement
was given out by division headquar-
tiers after it had finished it's prelimi-
nary Investigations of the crime.
Shortly before u o'clock Friday
night young white soldier who has
been in service only about two weeks
was sitting with his fiancee on the
slope just east of Eleventh street and
not far from a number Of trees and
some underbrush. They had been there
for some time.
Two negroes on their way to
Camp Dodge, noticed the couple. On
arriving near Camp Dodge they met
two other negroes and the four talked
the matter over and decided on u
scheme for assaulting the girl. On
the way down the hill they were
joined by fifth negro. One Of the
negroes approached the couple. imper-
sonating a military policeman. The
soldier and he woman then started
toward the barracks.
"One of the negro soldiers struck the
white soldier in the head while an
other struck him a heavy blow in the
stomach. He also received other blows
from which he was dozed and almost
tainted. At the same time the negro
carried the woman off into the bushes
where four Of them outraged her be-
fore the man could gain control of
himself and run for assistance.
His cries were first heard by men
of the 10th infantry brigade head
quarters. A number Of the men dashed
into the underbrush but the negro
soldiers had gone Word was tele-
phOneQ ~3InInSQldtely 10 Lne Hlllltdry
police and ~ officers patrol sent to
the vicinity.
"All organizations in which there are
negro soldiers we're called Immediately
by telephone and within three-quar-
tiers of an hoar one of the negroes had
been brought IN
This man when arrested gave the
name Of another negro soldier who
had been in the affair This man also
was arrested ard brough: in. Both Of
these negroes said they knew the re-
manning three by sight only. Early
Saturday m2rnihg one OF them picked
out two othsr men Of the party. The
fifth man could not be found until
Sunday morning when all colored
troops were assembled in ranks and
the fifth man identified"
In the trial by court martial which.
followed only three or the men were
found guilty. The sentence was re-
viewed and approved by President;
Wilson.
COMPLAINANT DROPS CHARGE.
Dcloit Man, Arrested For Alleged Sc
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