New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

all night with my friendly Moros to help matters matters
along so I not at all surprised whe1 a tpras
Of the murderers to turn over This was done, anu
the talking fast and furious All the +e five
toid obo,t each other: told where the other Ino
men We're working and told where the guns were
buriedn two almost o r,Ins The chiefs and
Moros strongly advised against sending soldiers S
the woods for the five. the murderers , woutu
SURELY see them and escape in the deep FOREST
so a party Of villagers and my bohgoa MOTIFS Th ali
an, and GOT them about six miles away. Ihey an
tod The Story of the murder and the share each
man took in Il to the minutest uetdis' 'eii -
sons for il, etc
THE MURDERERs ALL SLAIN.
One Of the rnurderers was then sent with party
to get some weapons and the other nine were Sent
with guard to get wood ana Gea ws'e some e firing
sent detail TO investigate this, and they returnsa
prisoners had made III advised attempt to es+
cape. but fortunately all had been tho ex
In.dition to treat the wounded. II any. but they
were ali dead when he reached the sp 0 Aioros
returned with the news that the murderer IN men ~,
escape I then had The entire population FOUNDED
up the fort and gave them a stralsht lh a9o ~
intentions toward them what we expeCte9 t, IN
them friendship for friends ana our ceTLa1,
and dreadful punishment OF enemies onded men
who had been shot while escaping from ls Io"t w
white shrouds for the dead and their, burial ac-
cording the rites of Islam; and me
broke up with great good feeling The inhao1tants
furnished me with three large prans to ering PACK
some of the soldiers from our oyerloaaeq ooar5 Az
fy and other effects and the remainder returned TO
| Bongao, arriving there at p NJ having oeen
gone about thirty-one hours. -, -,
without going into the multitudtnous details that
learned during many hours talk with the Iud
derers survivors and the inhabitants of Bilmoing'
will briefly state the following daGIs work almost
entirely wood and hence are of TWO classes.the
and several hundred fierce, strong and most unin-
telligent men who work in the forest, ana 1or lne
most part live there. The murderers were all OF
second-Thc murder was planned for the sole
] IF TING he sold CIR
that the guns had to be buried at once in the for
to appear with them, and that they did not kill the
corporal because he had gun with him., and
shows the starting ignorance Of the murderers
Third was not able 20 ind one inhabitant of
The nurderers had kept their secret We'll. and the
chiefs obtained confessions from the men during
the night by means know nothing about. 1t was
my ultratum 20 produce the murdereTs.
| limbing this group OF islands As I said above,
the lowest classes of people are ignorant and there
been and viii be fewer than among an equal mum
Der Of people in any civilized city in the world.
FRIENDLY CHIEFS.
Fifth-The two Paullmas of Bilimbing who had
returned. Natal and Onsing and the young son,
Waja, of the absent Paulima Djena assisted with
up the criminals. request that letters be writ
nizing their efforts Their disposition and inten-
tons are undoubtedly friendly and benefcent but
but that did not prevent my having distinct
Wltn lheIn that they must put their
tribe in order or would transport them to another
| island and put il in order myself
SiXth-The two DattOS of this island. TantOn and
! Sakilan, with their followers, made the expedition
! possible by the offer of their boats and their
! vices bOatmen. They were so that
they had TO be continually restrained.
SeVenth-The actions of the soldiers who consti-
| tuted the hunting party worthy of the best
| traditions Of the American soldier The story of
the struggle of Private Gibbons after his head was
split, as told by the survivors and murderers, is
| simply heroic. He seemed have lost no whit of
his strength or sense after the blow, but could
| see very well. and never had a chance reach
| perfectly upright position 1t the opinion of
| axe or knife. or some simple weapon instead of
| gun, he could have fought them all off. He
lived about fourteen hours aud remained conscious
! TO the last, although he was hacked almost TO
Eghth-The moderate. quiet behavior of the SOL
dlers on the expedition to Bilimbing most not
| able. Their kind treatment OF the innocent in
habitantS OF the town and their generally lust and
| ignorant, cruel
Ninth-The names of the murderers were Carl
| 6l-ing Augsa, Alebangsa. Doc, Patimgsin. Coma
| Mushari, Asale and Malahun. Corporal Mygatt
was OF the opinion that there more but
| as ne was very uncertain to the appearance of
! the man. and as the murderers, who freely CON
Iessed everything. said there but ten I iudre
| this to be the entire list. " 'e0
Tenth.Some. if not all, of the murderers have
VISITED this post at various times for the purnose
! OF trading and attending market sat aro1ind "a
talked with the soldiers etc. and were narfacti,
cognlZant of the acceptance Of our sOvereipnty
| other significance ~ "i'h'ut
Eleventh. need not state that the provisions Of
the treaty have been observed in every dean boro
particularly Articles ", TX. XI and MI Hintin,
| parties VIII continue usual "'4AS