Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-05
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KATE
!. A True story OF the Philippines. .
1. ny AMnRo $. PARK.
Nagasaki. Japan, March %, 1sa--.

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s''.ss is.uiiieo iiepe Aioiii Nieiiiia' anu
4 am JUST oeelnnihs 70 recover my spir-
ii's aitsr my eXpefisAee tiiere. iiaVlns
\ u ietter OF introduction Y joseph hart
1 is'sai', OIL hartman y 5SlaWiora, Whoie-
/ ss'is ue'aiers ~ tle1np ailu 'olaceo' Was
4 t ~ NsIs to'ulaiis ny tiilii.
iiis par,iief' JACK ,faNsiolu' was ms
4 taop'ea son. about - Years Old ana
K . ~ ieHllillhe ny appearance.
lhe HsAt evening allen my arrival
Seaok simmer with MI Hartman at ms
supul',ah residence IN Haiapon, Whlch
| = iNs inlles lfom Malliia ana on lns
/ na sl y loasupan lhltfoad.
.ii. flarthalis la'nlsy consisted OF
sssso eaush'eis' hate ana Vloiet' aged
20 ana ~, Mrs. hartman
\ hsit aieu several years before. hate'
Esi'e siaer daughter, was a stflkinsiy
4 sisii,Vsoiiis Woman OF me pruhel'e 'si's'
ana fesembied Jack CRAWFORD so closely.
ssilfst one would take sthsil' los TWIN pfo-
sissls ana SISTER. Nlesei was a pro
| itet'i'ssl pioilas, ana OF shy ana re-
il,-liss aisposleion.
iaes Gunner passed piea SANITY ana me
lstMp girls retired to the drawing room
, Y, JACK oraWfoFd Win them. MIR
hartman. anu ~ oAf ciears ana lRen'
~ ~ ss'ssse - my qaestioh, ne 'oia me
2, sae eAistllls STATE " AFFAIRS in the
ta,tipi'iiie isIaius.
- slA'l5s Nislse nei'aie, me hsSttVes,
isi's3',isiiis ui'ast 'he hSaNy p'':aen OF eA-
~ saNf'sipii aiia " s.'.tioii oi PCT
ss'sss'. Aitss a'iu loe.,siss, iiau aiiseii ia
. shtiist 'iie sovereign power OF
i3sii' iillis's We're ~ an extremely 'iil-
tssf,e s1tts ana me spanish auNheri-
Ne - 'soisiiis y ~ mos stiii's shp
y. g tii'l'iSss wy a'sAiis
~ iitt' ~ Nas sais' ~ SPAN ~
st''es "s's ~ ~ s1slass VI oclels, anu
titsii "'iu Was s''iiielsi't so coiiNlce Mill
Wy 'iiis toiio''ora az tiNlueies' nus
iliaiis aii iiiAeesht man pecaii'ss ne VIC
sii'l ~ psisoiiat SPIT ~ siiNs anu ,ise
i.lpst ips.al 'nishl pe cnilusihheu upon
s'i,a uilssii'i'ofteu wore " an enemy.
Nihiif ste3iilis me tht1ss Things ho,lceua
Siia1 Nr, hartman Voice cropped 70 q
''.liisseii,issi Ny stisi ne iookei around
2ecasioially as II appHehensiNe ina
usssiestiea listsHSis 5ttisht ne 'iNar, 80;
asfseti MN y ne ieit any uheasitiess on
rs I'M account. ftis answer shocked
me; - : sara
MI idseoil, you are almost a straI-
ger g ms p'e issi that can trust
Snu' ioi. 1 heNet snes an American gen
tteiAth lhai Wauid refuse nus help IN
sAeiiisS calse, ana liiat my cause IS
Noht'ls shai leaVe You to judge, but
iilse must tsit you ~ private siiiairs
s''tshte1sa Wfth my family so tnat you
man iulsN comprehend the situation
among our ;scluanllalces IS u young
ana Wsaitny Spanlafd named Emilio
-Seiiez. itr some time he has been
l}stsssiis e9i}slasiapie attention 70 my
salish'er. Nl9ist and few nights age
iie asked aef 20 marry him. but she re-
fused. because she was engaged 10 Jack
aWiefa. ~ becanle infurlated and
sAore NJ would XIII Jack. In his blind
infE hs siasp PED her roughly by the arm
ara she sereafl3e'S With pain and fright
~ 1llss Drought Jack upon the scene
anu re khSeksts Ntinez doHl NGnez's
arm was broken " the faii. This was
liiaIprt lsaittsss as -NGiieZ IS connected With
We authenllleS mere, anss, ! believe Is
= i3selfllist u N. secret police. While
.Jslek AID | are spanish subjects, w
.naNa seen anu evsfl Experienced such
brutal ihlusllee mat we are thoroughly
aissustsd ard are anxious 10 get out of
thts country q any cost. Time and
again ave nave tfisa TO get passports to-
ffohg l>oits TOR ny daughters and our
selves bur without success They were
perfectly willing to ISSUE passports To-
Jack ana mSseH, but they seemed to-
SUSPECT thar We Were trying 10 get
q way Tor good and refused TO issue
passports Tor my daughters. knowing
that as long as they We're here we could
not escape heir clutches. Once we tried
ssfdirg iil. girls % Hong Kong and
Shen getting away secretly ourselves
out we We're caught and warned that
smother attempt would result disas-
trQHsly 10 US For some time ] have
.betsn looking for outside help, but there
Is no one here whom could trust.
There Is no time N spaie. for any day
NUM- might trump W some charge
against Jack and once IN the clutches
OF tae lay. there would BE- no possibility
% escape Jack has been the same as
2 son 70 me- since his father died. and
mas been brought up along with my
aaugfltsFs There IS ore trait in his
eharaeie7 that mas always worried NE
and that IS seliishFsss lo satisfy his
ossn pleasure ne y prone 70 sacfifice the
tfsiihSs OF others NJ ore time Was
led ip believe by ms actions that he ia
Nnred nly daughter Kate, and, when he