| Show q COLONEL LOCKWOOD hi IN BROOKS BROOKS' CLASS CliS I Commandant at Fort Refuse I Answer to Formal j 4 I Complaint H. H NO SATISFACTION GIVEN t rc i Hanking Officer tr lias Nothing to St Say S S1 f hut lout Matter Is to 0 B He Be Carried 1 2 0 to a IL IloF A- A AJ J lf i v WIlt JL Captain A A. A S. S Brooks answer to tr n a martial court for fOI h holding up p at th the I 1 of r a n revolver re an automobile carr eart car ear 1 t r Mr Samuel Smuel Newhouse and IH party payI pay par i 1 ty Thursday afternoon I i WIIl Will Cn Captain Brooks apologize for forI forI I I t hl his action aelion win Will VIII Colonel 1 Benjamin Lockwood a Tw ninth nry United States Infantry I stationed at Fort Douglas order an S S e Investigation of the alleged outrage j Will luI Colonel Lockwood reply to the theS S S polIte note noto he received from Samuel SamuelS j I S giving him a detailed ll uc- uc S S count of the gun un play Will the War department at atash Wat ash ath athIr hIngton h- h S Ir S Ington take any action nellon In th the matter J S These rhel qu questions are being asked b by j those Interested In the Incident when i S the he automobile containing Mrs I Samuel Samu SamS Sam Sam- t t u no uel 1 e c her het mother Mrs MIs It Mary Iary daryS S S S A. A Stingley 74 71 years of age l h Mrs Lawre Law- Law 14 5 re rence renco Townsond 1 and daughter Miss lis' lis S. S x onn Jonne Townsend wa stopped byS by I Captain Brooks Drooks at the point of oC a big 1 1 S S army armS revolver le i 5 S S D Bert rl Fuller who was driving th the 1 machine M says ays as ns he Iw turned the auto- auto i f I mobile into the time main street of oC Ih the tort fort torti 1 S 'S 1 i u i at a ct very pry lov rate rol of oC if speed he tie was to leatho tie the machine Those I f i ordered red lea leave I who were ere In lb the auto aulo AA say th they were l 4 S ordered d by the captain to 10 get tt out of if f I I the automobile k Samuel IH who had hacI heCh been y J told b by Colonel Lockwood I that hat any i charges harges hilr e against t Captain Brooks would q have to be made mallo In writing sent II a ai S ki h letter to the colonel t telling of or the tho that the h I i affair In detail anti and stating members members' bc r o of ot tte tH pa party rt attacked b h by S Captain Callan Brooks would appear lk the colonel colon 1 In Jl person on to substantiate I S tile the story n S Ix ck oo Sa s Wood I Up Un to a l late lato to hour last night Mr l had t received ce no nn reply to Ir S his communication Colonel I ock- ock Oo refused c last at night to talk about r 3 the Hie affair Mr Ir Newhouse 1 said I that he lie thought that Colonel Lockwood was n nIn lr In the same saml class I with Captain Brook Brooks When 3 asked k last lat night what steps 7 he had taken to s secure cure redress oI for tl the e earmy army actions Mr Nl Newhouse said ail I wrote Tote Col Colonel Lockwood a aI aS S S I tl r containing the Ilor tory story told by were In the part party He had lund IH lL- lL told mu mo that If I 1 desired direl cl to tomake r h make charges charge against Captain Brooks roI S P r do so o In writing 1 I wrote him hima himS S a polite letter and he ho has not had hall the i- i 5 dt decency to reply I 1 con consider him hUn In Inthe i. i th the Fame cla class a a as Captain Brooks I IS' IS Ido S' S At do donot not ot wl wish h to state at this time what S S p Other ther t. t action will wilt be taken talen in the mat mat- I. I 1 C t t r Captain Brooks Drook ha has said that Bert t j F r the thc chauffeur swore wo I do doS donot S not believe this Is IR true Miss II Town Town- S send end f nd was sitting on the front seat at with Mr ir Puller Fuller I believe hello that Mr S Puller Is a n. gentleman antI and I 1 do 10 not b believe heIo ll o ho he swore when confronted II 1 by Captain Brooks S S f Shortly horth 1 before eight o'clock last S night Colonel Lockwood wood was called U up UI Jy h the telephone and asked what S 5 action ilon he hC would take In Investigating In S life charges He lie refused d to make au any Ft statement S Colonel Lockwood In relation to toS S S the charges made against Captain j S Brooks In a letter written you 1 by Samu SamS Sam- Sam S u I Newhouse N l. l 1 what t to sort lt of an un investigation will you OU male make was asked S him I I 1 have nothing to say RaY replied S U the c colonel Will Vill you 1 0 Investigate th the charges he wa asked I I have hae S nothing to ya say ay he answered S 'S I i Letter Iette of or Complaint 1 Ir The letter written by Mr Ir Newhouse I S to to the thc commandant of the fort is as c f follows U WM I tAs As R suggested t 1 h by you OU I now III make a k complaint corn com t Brooks of tb time United hid Uni 1 plaint against Captain S te ted l Slates arrn army stationed at nt Fort Tort Doug Dons t f S l las afternoon about i I o o'clock loCk loek Mrs N Newhouse wh use with a n party purt of ol i-i i S f tj S 1 entered r tl the grounds sroul of your po IO poet t S. S 1 In an automobile The Time party parl consisted d S t Mr Mrs' of her mother r S 4 1 Mr Stingily y her sister Mrs Ir Con S t C. C Moore loore 1 and Mrs la Lawrence To To r iF 5 and amid her daughter Miss lIs Townsend besides be IT sides kes n Bert rt Fuller th chaun JITt chauffeur ur S L 5 Mrs I la is a u lad lady TS 3 years year ea old J v very ry nervous ml excitable Miss TownS Town row I I S with her hr mother r has hns lately sord who v S f 54 m td ai l c In hi the city has just t reco teco cn- cn l lf f C. from om a long Illness and on account o oh of f t S S h h.- h. r t condition and onil the age of Mrs 1 r SUn Sting Ie ley Mrs irs Ir- rave gave ne to the Uw r- r f fit fiur ut r cial to drive at nt a S 'S S. S S orb jaw OW rate rale of 91 speed When hn the automobile auto lIto i mobile entered the tho gateway it was wa 0 ir at nl a rate lato not hot exceeding three miles mil I i in IU hem haul When the party reached a n aI 5 55 I almost io time the list i an f I within tho the enclosure Captain Brook 1 S r rapidly rl lY approached from Crom th the left hand S S J hie sImle o and und held Id U up 11 11 hit r hand to the S y i four cedr r Indicating he h wished him t to toi 5 1 tap p The rhe stopped ll Immediately i S 5 J an nn I t Captain DI Iron tien In III un an an ry r 11 drew nl hit his and anel i It IL S i S i 4 at l the ur kept It pointed at binand him bin 4 M voice vole ted S. S t and In iii a loud and nii angry m I 1 several times Get act out Get out I tell telli i 1 you youl ou I t 5 f J Miss Mis Townsend was sitting tUn on th time he timer j with the Iho chauffeur ur and wa wait as r L cat at r 1 j I r greatly iro tb frightened d. d d Captain Brooks Brook 5 turned th the Iho point of ot his hi revolver er to iho- iho e 1 tire Iho lie automobile anti and within a few rew J S Inches of or Mrs l fac face anti and then the T T'S who In ln won won- t- t towards the JIll he other oilier women sll Ahl the automobile automo lt shouting In u a Ion loud 3 t f. f a arid and rid angry tone let Ool out got get out Th The chauffeur was backing the machine machne K Kan so S f S an alt l turn lt H t towards the entrance Th Thi az 1 ro roadway was wan loo too narrow to turn without II 4 backing While th the was turnS turn turn- t. t chau 1 S Ine Ing Mr Mrs Newhouse called to lo the 7 ft lr fc dir r lo to slop StOp unit and Immediately nl Mr Mrs also sprang out to hasten haten I Ithe to 10 i i ip- ip th time the a of Miss lIss Town ToWnsend nil wl who S wan In hi a 11 precarious c condition on account recent Illness t of J S D Dy By this time Captain Crooks Brooks was moS mo'S moin mo In away with the revolver still tm In h his his his' S 5 hand Mrs Newhouse approached hi him t S and what he meant J by treating ri av a party parly of defenseless women In that S manner How had hul the they offended 1 Ito He t S replied In an arm I Insolent m manner You Yo fellows ran over my dog dog- this morning morningS i S S While thIs thin conversation convention was going o on on t t'S Mrs rs Stingley was In hysterics crying S f. f out That madman will kill m my daughter daugh daugh- l' l S. S ter terl She was wild with fear and ancl apprehension ap ap- ap for her daughter luchter Mrs fR ro wa was trying to calm Mrs Irs S. S 1 Stingley while Mrs Irs Moore was taking f Miss lII Town Townsend end Captain Woodward Wood ward th thin then n came camo upon the scene cene 1 and andS Drooks n d. d Captain Woodward S J r r- r I S I I t A. A t. t 1 I I coni Inquired as aN to th the cause calise of the he trouble and amid offered assistance lI The Time Thearty party arty then Ihn tho away stopping slopping al nt the Iho first hou house e on their lr way to lo tIme the the city city to obtain sonic some water waler for th lh purpose of r reviving vl ln Mrs r Stingley und and NIts Miss Town fawn end These ladles have suffered anti and are still suffering very ery much front from om th the con con- sequence of or this assault as t s Dr Beatty was called at ul once to lo attend atten Miss lIss Townsend Town- Town send who Is seriously h Ill III from thE nf- nf feet of oC this experience 1 have ha careful careful- I ly y t tl this story from the women bf dr the tho party parly and the chauffeur anti and ha have ha endeavored to lo set ret forth a plain and un tin Impassioned mi recital of or tIme the facts acts no ito that you on ma may take lake such Much action In the Iho uren- uren looes es as you 1 0 may deem br best sl Upon the thC advice of the United Stats States district at attorney nt- nt t- t torne torney I submit thu tho matter to 10 you In Inthe tIme the first Instance a as I am advised that thatis is s the proper r course In support t of or this complaint I will offer the th statement oC ot all nil the parties who will appear before you ou I In n person on For Mrs Mt and Miss To n Townsend end have been attended by Dr 01 T. T B. B since the occurrence Miss ro n who has been recovering reco slowly from Crom a n serious Illness was the thc care of oe the physician when then the display of or Captain Caplain Brooks' Brooks gun caused her hll lo to lo lose e consciousness She has hm suffered greatly greally from flOm tho the shock and ami her hel condition Is being closely looked after by h Dr Beatty She Sho Is 19 the daughter of oC Lawrence Townsend I former United States minister to Belgium and now business J partner of or orI I Mr New house Mr Townsend says s 's that the outrage must be bu investigated and justice done Further steps will willbe willbe be taken In the matter In calling tho thu thoai ai army my to tu account l Capt Captain in Brooks says mR that a n. dog that hl his baby had played pla tl with over since he was a little tot tut was run oV over r anti ami 1 killed l lI by an automobile near the I fort foil ort He lie says n 8 tnt thai rushed 11 through the rounds at a n high rate lato of uC and ho ito was as determined to put a stop Mop to It He lie says SUt that when li ho he called the attention of or Mr Fuller luller to it the sign forbidding automobiles automobiles automobiles automo automo- biles speeding t within the time fort that the chauffeur raid said Damn the sign Ign Captain Brooks i is hi from Arkansas He graduated from the military academy In 1895 an and was commissioned commissioned commis commis- a a. second s lieutenant In the Eighteenth Infantry stationed at Fort FortI Sam Han Houston In Tc f xa In 1901 he I was vas transferred to the Twenty ninth and h he served er a as during tIme the Spanish war ivam He lie Is Js now nou li In command com coni- I mand of or company A at nt Fort Douglas |
