Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-20
RUSsELLS MARROW ESCAPE.
Kills Two filipinos In mn Unequal
Battle aud Wounds Others.


Isaac Russell, the courageous youns
Salt i.atcr, writes TO his mother broth.
eri and sisters. from Manila. under
date Feb. ~. a. follows.
The mail VIII cloac IN few minute
mud ! have iuft time enough 10 writ,
you line 40 tell. you TINT we are nl
Out niger hunting over here. and hav .
Ing u very line hunt NV nnmc was
possibly published among the wounded
nt ioaHt n was In the papers here. nut
| know you win not worry. as you
know this ~ Impossible Last sunday
the war commenced and 7 fell In with
nay battery and won't TO the front The
lighting was pa hot that two ~ our men
were wounded. I cot carriage and
took them 10 camp. but on my way back
I met q company ~ nirgcfr who had
got In behind our limos. Most Of them
had knives and % few had guns. saw
them catch an American IN front ~
me ana began cutting him 10 pieces.
I at once commenced firing my pistol at
the niEEcra near him. This scared
them and they Jet 80 ~ him. lie ran
down the street, leaving blood stream.
ing behind him. Then lot ~ nirgcra
came for me. thinking my pistol wna
empty. ! shot the nrHt one and ut the
same time felt knife hitting me on
lh' lfit ntm. NhIh'h Nhh Hn"e thlH
niggcr. who feli dead. The other nig.
R-r cracked me on the shoulder NJ be
fell dying. Neither " the dagger cuts
lid any more than rip my shirt. Ms
they didn't NO through my garments.
Another Niger Hlnahed me across tho
head with q knife. and ~ my pistol
was empty. 7 commenced 10 run with
the whole mob running after ! load
cd my pistol ~ I ran ana then
-. "a NIVlMH TIN
whole crowd then commenced TO run,
but farther down the street a sec
ond crowd commenced Ia shoot
At me with rifles but company,
Minnesota. heard mN shooting nnd
came down tho street. They shot u
Nniioy ~ HpHugnnidH into the blacks.
killing nfte.n ~ them. The cut on my
head hurt me q little nnd they took
sixteen stitches In II at the hospital.
! am now ali right again and spend
most ~ my time carrying good things
10 the hoys lying In IN. nring line and
I shall stay tlgre ready 10 help the
wounded nt any time. n would not be-
right ~ come home while this trouble
lasts even though " ~ un-Amgrican 30
Kill nifgors 10 mcfcilcrHly. My motto
u XIII every nirRer you see ~ soon
rs you zee him" 4 wounded nigEor
will cry Tor water and then Try 10 stab
ynu NJ you lean over 10 give him the
last drip In your cantccn. They Will
hoist n white iiaR over a house and
when % small detachment comes near
TO accept the surrender. they pump q
Nolloy into them. The only good niger
IL a dead Niger and no quarter II the
motto all along the line. Tho Tonnes
see boys can hunt niggrra with vcn-
H"nncc. I tell you. and u II a picnic 20
see them chare over tho hills. leaving
nothing hut burnt cities and dead Mig
ForH behind.
taking the news OF this Niger trouble
for Il seems odd for America to erect
slaughter house IN this side ~ the
world ana "a republic IN the other. I
hope 10 heaven that Americans protest
and that u II decided TO abandon tho
Philippines. Hoping 60 got q larger
dose ~ mall frum ynu next time. 1 re-
main. Your loving son and brother
IKE.