waller reported the executions to smith, as he had reported every other event. "it became necessary to expend eleven prisoners. ten who were implicated in the attack on lieutenant williams and one who plotted against me." smith passed waller's report to general adna chaffee. for some reason, chaffee decided to investigate these executions, despite general j. franklin bell and colonel jacob h. smith having carried out similar executions on a much larger scale months before with no subsequent investigations.