The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-11
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After being brought here the officers
l decided to turn him loose and furnished
him transportation as far as Enid. o. T.,
as he is on his way home and wished to
get TO New Orleans in order to sail for
Ireland He claims that he left that
country when u years of age and has
only been home once since.
4 The lad tells Of being in South America
and of being with the soldiers at Manila
and also in Cuba
| When seen yesterday by a reporter for
the Eagle he was at the county jail talk
ing to the prisoners. When asked to give
a history of himself, he related. the af-
fair at Derby and then commenced telling
of his leaving his home in Ireland. His
1 father is a lace maker in Waterford, but
formerly lived in England, although the
boy was born in Ireland. He said: Il
left home when I was IL years OF age.
l ran away to go to sea and on my first
trip went to South America. 7 went
on board the ship as a stowaWay but
had no difficulty with the men, probably
on account Of my age. The boat was
| loaded with coal and was expecting to re-
turn with cattle. We visited the principle
| cities in Argentine Republic and Brazil.
Before our return I left the ship and Sc
cured passage on another ship, the Irdoi,
with Captain Whitby. This was the only
time 1 visited home since leaving, and
then I was only there for a short time.
THE next time I went away l secured
passage on a ship bound for New York
and arrived there just at the outbreak CT
| the Spanish-American war. Having a de-
| sire 10 see the fun I secured a place as
| a body servant to Captain Steinman of
! the Thirty-hrst Michigan. We were i'm
mediately sent to Cuba. but this did not
| suit me- as We did not see any of the
heavy fighting. I soon left the captain
and returned to this country with Lieu
tenant Johnson of the First Texas.
| Soon after arriving in Texas 1 had de-
sire to go to the Philippines, so beat my
way to San Francisco, where the troops
were embarking. I had no trouble IN Sc
| curing passage and stayed five months in
the Philippines as a servant of Captain
Waterman. We saw a great deal of fight
ing and in one of the skirmishes received
five buckshot in my left foot one of
which tore away a greater part of my
heel. 1 soon got tired of the life there
and decided to return to the United
States. 1 had some difficulty in getting
back and only got away from Manila by
stealing on board one Of the transports
and hiding until we were under way.
Arriving at San Francisco 1 found a
number of the volunteer regulars ready
to sail so went back with them. This
time I was a body servant to Captain
Bickham Of the Twenty-eighth United
States regulars. We did not see much
fighting and 1 wanted to see more fun, so
left the regiment and struck out for my
self"
Here the reporter asked him to say
something about Manila and the lad said:
Manila is pretty place and has many
stone houses. The streets are very neat
looking and some of the churches are
very large The native huts are bamboo
and are very cool, as they are usually
built up in the air. The natives use a
pole with notches in 1t to reach the top
and at night do not fail to pull the pole
up after them, in order that they will not
be molested. Luzon i. a swampy place
After leaving the regiment went out
into the mountains with prospectors for
gold. l had an idea that 1 could get some
gold myself, but did not find anything
The prospectors get disgusted as gold
does not seem very plentiful Here Is
where we find the Inglatas, the wild men
of the islands. They go about naked and
have often been employed by the United
States troops to carry messages. They
often run so and 40 miles a day They
never bother the white people, but are
constantly at war with the Tagals They
live on dogs. rats and fish and it is
almost impossible for the people who
have dogs to keep them unless they are
locked UP. as the Inglatas steal them and
run off with them. When night comes
they commence to yell and keep ON yell
ing until a number of other Inglatas
come and then they eat the dog up. If
one dog is not enough they send some of
their men out to get another one
When asked if he was ever molested,
he said he got along all right with the
natives, but would not care to live there
for any length Of time
The lad claims to have been brought
back to the United States on the Trans
port Sherman and had enough money to
pay his way from the west to Pueblo,
Colorado From there he beat his way
on the trains to Kansas City and from
the latter place here.
He is quite anxious to get home and
says that he viii have no difficulty in
securing passage on a cattle ship after
reaching New Orleans
The boy was closely questioned by the
reporter concerning his story, and there
seems to be no doubt as to its being
genuine He even drew mans very regu-
larly Of Manila and told where the differ
ent buildings were located, which would
be hardly possible if he had not seen
them. He speaks Spanish fuently and
also has a smattering of the Filipino Ian
glIaga