Show NEGRO SOLDIER CONFESSES members of twenty fath infantry shot un brownsville Browns ville galveston tex the astery sur rounding the alleged raid of the negro soldiers from the twenty fifth try upon the people of texas on august 13 last year has been cleared up according to a story printed by the galveston news after seven months of investigation by cederel authorities what appears to be the true version of the crime has been secured from D C gray one of the discharged soldiers who admits that he partially participated the man has been living in galves ton a large portion of the time since he mab V aa d sch arged from the army soon after the outrage according to his statement the at tack was not premeditated but was the result of an alleged injury done one of the soldiers by a white man in brownsville Browns ville half an hour before the raid the negro returning to the barracks seized his rifle and an bounced that he was going to kill the white man several other negro so sol diers volunteered to go along and see the work well done and to wipe out other scores which they had against the citizens on account of injuries which they claimed to have suffered the negroes returned to the bar racks after committing the assault on the town and many soldiers assisted in the hurried cleaning of the guns tor for the inspection which followed soon after the shooting in the town ceased apparently the soldiers from only one company participated in the raid al though practically the entire battalion knew the soldiers had done the shoot ing |