Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-09-20
SOME AMAZING TALES.

The marine came from Il town with
in twelve miles Of Pittsburgh. When
| met him he was serving his third
"hitch.' lie was Il rather talkativc
person and possessed n deadly hatred
for Dominicans and things Domini-
can. And the same applied to Iayti
and Iiaytians. He was with Butler
and Waller when IIayti was first in
would certainly stir up the good folks
vadcd; and the tales he told OF what
happened in that Negro republic
Of tho States were they made public.
Here is one story told to me by a
marino and which Is offered here for
what 1t is worth: p
Il had Il buddy" said my friend,
of whom l thought the world. We
went through all the rough stun in
Hayt and let me tell you it was
some r0ught after we started to clean
up. We worked together nll tho time
we slept to gcther and we fought for
each other. l tell you, l thought
more Of that buddy than l did of
any other living thing.
During the raid we made through
Hayti when lots Of our fellows were
bumped Off we made an agreement
that if the IIaytians got one Of us
the other would not rest until he had
taken his rcycngc-had Vcngcd mis-
pals death.
And what made me go crazy after
my friend was picked off i'll Puerto
Prince by skulking assassin was
the fact that we had gone through
hell and had come through alive. But
an amigo hiding behind the walls
OF IN adobe shack got Tommic and
ihcn,-wcil l didn't care what became
OF me!
THAT night ! picked up Il few tum
hcrs OF rum and after thinking the
matter over decided ! WAS going to
start Il little war of my own. You
know how they do down III these
countries; how they plaster on the
talcum powder an inch thick and
then start on their paradcs around
the town square on plaza. Somcticcs
there is Il band concert, and some
times there isn't. But concert or no
the natives keep milling and milling
and milling, getting up Il sweat the
stencil of which turns the stomach
OF any honest to goodness American
who happens near them.
'"rhc moon wasn't shining the
night | selected for action" continued
Jack the AVcngcr so ! was in luck.
had determined to get as many blacks
as it was possible to get before they
got me. / firmly expected to so along
with them; but / didn't care.
AT first / considered the idea Of
picking them off with a rifle This
W hn oil +
chine gun would be better. And a
chine gun it was
Il got cighty-ninc Of them before
a marine officer laid me out with a
bump on the head, using his revolv
CT to hand out the bump. There was
excitement to pcddlc and for time
it looked as though there was going
to he hell in general. You know we
really were at war with those IIayti
ans; they were killing us and we
were killing them. I guess | was a
bit hasty; but-wcll it was all in III.
game
7 was court martialled Of course.
But the action against me wasn't very
spirited. Our fellows knew that the
llaytians were taking advantage of
every opportunity to bump off marin
cs and that the greatest trcuc!>.sv was
in evidence on their part at all times.
That's why | guess I was let off with
mere reduction to the ranks"
HE KILLED FIVE.
This same marine it was who kill
ed five Domnicans in the streets of
Santiago some time after his being
transferred to that city. These vic
inns were prisoners and were being
used on street work near the fort
which houses the American forces
there.
Our friend was i'm charge of a bunch
of six prisoners and was given q
Job Of filling in a cut ncar tho road