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This article describes an incident between an African American soldier and a white woman. The article expresses some surprise that more of these sorts of incidents have not happened and blames Senator Joseph Benson Foraker for denouncing President Roosevelt’s handling of the Brownsville incident, wherein African-American soldiers were rumored to have opened fire on citizens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-31
Theodore Roosevelt asks Attorney General George W. Wickersham if the Committee would “have the right to make a row” if it was discovered that Wickersham sent Roosevelt files. Roosevelt requests that Wickersham send the files to the district attorney for a clerk to then deliver to Roosevelt. Roosevelt will review the files but “it is difficult to answer [] by reason” because “the whole assault is idiotic.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-25
President Roosevelt informs Police Commissioner O’Meara he believes the Boston police mishandled the arrest of his son Ted. Despite support of O’Meara, Roosevelt believes “under the best conditions it is impossible to prevent a brute or an occasional fool in uniform from acting badly.” Roosevelt believes Ted has been misrepresented in the press, and that he did not assault anyone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-02
President Roosevelt wishes his son Ted had written sooner “instead of allowing us to inevitably believe that you acted foolishly” as he heard of Ted’s arrest from the newspapers. Roosevelt believes that his son and Arthur Blagden, a fellow student at Harvard, behaved correctly. However, Shaun Kelley, Ted’s roommate, did not. Roosevelt has written Boston Police Commissioner Stephen O’Meara about the plainclothes officer who struck Ted and believes the man “ought to be thrown off the force.” Senator Henry Cabot Lodge also wrote O’Meara supporting Ted in the incident.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-02
Police Commissioner O’Meara explains to President Roosevelt that he felt it was necessary for his son to have a formal trial in order to avoid any appearance of favoritism and to quell rumors in the press. Ted was declared innocent of the charge of assaulting a police officer, but he withheld the name of a friend whom police believed to be the culprit. O’Meara denies allegations that Ted was assaulted by a member of the Boston police force.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-03
John E. Wilkie suggests hiring an attorney for a battery case against a United States Treasury Department employee. Wilkie states the victim, a photographer, has a history of “obnoxious” behavior.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-06
Charles H. Scott protests against the appointment of Leander J. Bryan as marshal, even if Bryan has the backing of Judge Thomas G. Jones.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-15
The article details the testimonies before the Board of Elections against U.S. Marshal Vivian J. Fagin on the charges of violently assaulting Charles A. McCarthy while at the election polls.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09
John J. O’Brien, an expert in jiu-jitsu that has trained President Roosevelt, was assaulted by Michael T. Bodkins and Rudolph W. Bower in Boston, Massachusetts. O’Brien successfully defended himself against the two assailants who were subsequently arrested.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03