The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-09
.AE.F. 0UTRAGES.
SOUL-SH0CKING'
cou,hern Senator Intro
duces More Affidavits
as Haning Proof
yNORE CRIMES LISTED
Sergeant Killed Private With
Bayonet; Another Shot for
Being Late, 1t Is Said

WAsWNGTON Dec s.-The af-
H ,5oyl, Of Philadelphia ex-service
+ man who swaro he saw IL Arneri-
A 20, nrIyate soldiers hanged while
4 to was member OF the military
4 ,oli,e AZ Is-Sur- Tile. bhance. In
,st9 was submitted today by sena-
\ ,or watson. democrat OF Georgia,
4 "a the senate committee investigating
n HE charges that American soldiers
v.re hanged and shot without trial
; ,,erseas during the war.
The affidavit sworn TO by George
. Tsylor OF 27s7 South Builah street,
+ philadelphia. was ono OF a large
, number OF letters, kilograms ana
otber documents Watson presented
In support OF his charges.
\ Tayior averred that whom he left
Is.sur.Tile he understood several
more American soldiers were to be
hanged.
Al DiOd In Uniform.
AN ot the condemned men were
srecuted In uniform" Taylor swore.
u 90 IlNN hII'N Nb'AAi'l AAl'N NVi'
all condemned by courtmartisl or
not
II was at Is-Sur-Tiile that several
. negro soldiers were hanged for at
lacks on French girls. the war de-
partment admitted recently.
"On April Is, 1919, / saw two ne
gro soldiers and a white sergeant
hanged" TAYLOR added. "The SER
, reant was tried by "a French court
martial on Wednesday, ATAril %.
1915 on charge of rape, found
guilty and hanged on the following
Friday
TAYLOR further alleged that the
condemned white sergeant told him
that the girl he was charged with
attacking had OF her own volition
come 10 his bed after he had re-
tired and gonc TO sloop and had
awakened him He denied that he
had ATTACHED her and declared she
had accepted money from him, Tay-
or said
DO you believe American soldiers
were executed when they were In
n rccent?" Senator Brandegee, repub-
4 llcan. Connecti0It the committee
chairman asked Watson.
q do I'll show that" Watson
answered
Watson was the first witness
called
F1.Yanks Fear To Testify.
There are eX-service men who
are afraid to come hero lest their
compensation he cut" Watson said.
when BrandeGee asked him II he
A wanted the committee. to summon
4 anv Witnesses.
Some OF those men had their
very souls shell shocked by the hor-
r'ble ontraces they were subjected TO
hv their officers in France" Wat
son continued
W9tson read ftom Waco, Texas
newspaper charges he said were
made by John j. Forbes. an ex-
mariHe of Cleveland. Ohio. when
crarly showed" that American
soldiers we're hanged on Common
f'hbo's' In France "If the Ameri-
'an neonle don't know that Ameri-
can boys were hanged on gallows In
France during tho war, Il Is high
l,me The real truth was revealed 70
mem Watson quoted Forbes as
stating
r The committee decided. with
Watson's consent. 10 summon Forbes
10 apnear before Il.
o., TWal ENcCutcd Was "11"
ne total number of United states
,oldierS executed In France was II,
Do, Walter A Bethel, who was
,dge advocate general 81 the A. T..
=" ana attached 10 Pershing's head
'l1r'''S testified Be'hel gavo q
1pmptte list of the II executions.
stated only ono man had been
Ahged At Gicvres, where, accord
sng to Witnesses quoted bv watson.
time. NJ o"e
"A total OF GO death sentences
.eIe imposed IN France" said
fInel General Pershlng disap-
oro'ed II, commuted II and an
proved H. The others were changed
wy otner authority, In some cases by
PRESIDENT Wilson.
~, ! would be willing Ia swear tha,
F. r man was hanged without trial in
ca"a,, "ue stated Bethel in reply to d
',1.lon bl Senator Brandegee.
,,H,tiS death sentence was not
,,, approved hv General head
az 'sIS hui had to he reviewed nv
me- 'uutpendeni representative Of tho
h, u,uepdrtm'nt. either in France or
p" washington he added.
r,N y true there are seven graves
yo'' tne gaUows at Glevres where
SoS,ia "a, 9nlE one man was hanged?
p.,h eVuldn say as to that" was
IN ,t' answer. "You'll have Ia
"'a aJ,ie tae Officers In command there"
q, .Wny Do they hang men instead
81. Snooting them?" asked Brande.
ne custom Is 10 shoot for mill