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Show I NEGRO SOLDIER CONFESSES. Members of 'Twenty-Ffth Infantry Shot up Brownsville. Galveston, Tex. Tho mystery surrounding sur-rounding tho nllegcd raid of tho negro rioldlers from tho Twenty-fifth infantry infan-try upon tho people of Ilrownsvillo, Texas, on August 13, last year, has ' ifeen cleared up, according to a story printed by tho Galveston News. After seven months of investigation by federel authorities, what appears to bo the truo version of tho crlmo has been secured from D. C. Gray, ono of the discharged soldiers, who admits that he partially participated. Tho man has been living In Galveston Galves-ton a large portion of tho time sinco ho was discharged from tho army soon after tho outrage. Acordlng to his statement, tho attack at-tack was not prcmcdltntcd, but was tho result or an alleged Injury dono ono of tho soldlors by n white man in Brownsville half an hour boforo tho raid. Tho negro, returning to tho barracks, seized his rlllo and announced an-nounced thnt ho was going to kill tho white man. Several other negro sol-I sol-I dlcrs volunteered to go along and sco I tho work well done, and to wijo out other scores which they hnd against the citizens on account of Injuries which they claimed to have suffered. Tho negroes returned to tho barracks bar-racks after committing tho assault on the town, nnd many soldiers assisted in tho hurried cleaning of tho guns for tho Inspection which followed soon after tho shooting In tho town ceased. Aparently tho soldiers from only ono company participated in tho raid, although al-though practically tho cntlro battalion knew tho soldiers had dono tho shooting. |
