My grandfather was stationed at Fort Sam Houston from March 1818 to May 1919 in the 14th Cavalry Regt, Troop F.
I remember him telling me he had the sad duty of escorting condemned Negro prisoners as part of his time there.
DOing research today I think this must have been for the third trial--so-called Tillman trial--of the Houston rioters.
I found a letter in the University of Michigan Clements Library from Alfred Schaller, 14th Cavalry Regt., Troop F, written Sept. 30, 1918:
"I did not see those Negroes as it was dark when they went by in the auto, and I could not see the scaffold as the bushes hid it, but I could hear everything."
I am looking for a newspaper account of that third execution (Tillman trial) that I think took place on Sept., 16, 1918.
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My grandfather was stationed at Fort Sam Houston from March 1818 to May 1919 in the 14th Cavalry Regt, Troop F.
I remember him telling me he had the sad duty of escorting condemned Negro prisoners as part of his time there.
DOing research today I think this must have been for the third trial--so-called Tillman trial--of the Houston rioters.
I found a letter in the University of Michigan Clements Library from Alfred Schaller, 14th Cavalry Regt., Troop F, written Sept. 30, 1918:
"I did not see those Negroes as it was dark when they went by in the auto, and I could not see the scaffold as the bushes hid it, but I could hear everything."
I am looking for a newspaper account of that third execution (Tillman trial) that I think took place on Sept., 16, 1918.
Thank you,
Will Greeley
217-413-0444