Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-20
BY THE PHILIPPINE MAIL.
Records in the Cases of Filipinos
Convicted by Military Courts
of Atrocious Crimes.
DETAILS OF SEVERAL NOTABLE CASES.
The Filipino bandits Prove
selves to Be Capable OF the NO"
Horrible Crimes. Which NUS
Met with Determined RePressiso
Measures.

Met WIN
Measures.
Washington, June 1S.-A Philippine
mail brings 10 the war department.
the records in IL cases wherein rhf-
pinos were tried by military commas
sions on charges including murder
criminal assault, kidnapping.
and battery, burglary, and VIOLATION
of the rules of war.
An Especially Notable Case.
An especially notable case arose out
of the operations of a famous oath-
bound band of Filipinos called the 30
ciety of the Sandatahans." The prln-
cipal office of this society. next TO q
triumsirate of chiefs, are a cher ex-
ecutioner and assistants, n a requl-
site number of grave diggers, VINO
participate in the self appointed work
of the band. The leaders select their
victim. capture and carry him away
in the night to a secret rendezvous,
on a sandy beach covered with very
tall grass, where the diggers already
have prepared the grave. Here. in the
presence of the assembled band, help
less men and women, from time to
time, have beer stabbed to death and
tossed into the graves. The members
of the band then dispense, and trust
to the rise and fall of the nearby WA
tiers to hide the evidence of their
ghastly work. Fen members of The.
hand, including VIC of the chiefs,
were tried before a military commits
sion, and eight of them were sem
fenced to be hanged.
In approving the sentence, Gen.
Macarthur says:
I the re- iewing authority it is
evident thaf there can be no hope ot
peace for the Filipino people, nor Sc
cErity for their lives and property,
until they shall learn to unite against
all bands of murderers and assaSsins,
under whatever name they shall a.
scme. and c'pme to the assistance of
the officers of the law in their de-
termination TO bring them all to JUS
tice."
Seven Were Massacred.
In another case an armed band of
about 25 Filipinos carried away nine
of the inhabitants of the Barrio of
Ca~santulairan, and by repeated blows
from the butts of their rifles drove
them to the presidencia of Cabaruan.
Here all hands drank freely of vino,
and the prisoners were made drunk.
Then, according to the testimony of
two of the %prioners, who escaped, the
other seven were led off in the direc-
ton of a grove of trees, where, two
days later, their beheaded bodies were
discovered. The members of the band
who were captured received sentences
of death in some cases, and imprison-
ment at hard labor for varying terms
in others.
Tried ON -Four Charges.
A native named Miranda was
tried on -four charges. A band. under
his leadership, ambushed, robbed and
killed two native brothers. Later the
accused led his band against the coun-
try house of a native, set it afre
looted its contents, and carried off
into the field three daughters of the
owner, robbing them of their jewelry.
Three days later his band attacked
the town residence of the same native
and thoroughly sacked it. His last
crime was the murder of a native
named Abelino, who f~requented a
gambling house kept by his inamorata.
for the sole reason that Abelino had
not paid a gambling debt. Miranda
was sentenced to be hanged.
a T~raitor0us OaiciaI
Jose Baligod, the president-elect of
pueblo of Tuao, un6er the system es-
tablished by the American govern
ment, while exercising the functions
OF his office, became cognizant of the
organization of a band in a neighbor-
ing barrio for the purpose of attack
ing the small garrison of 70 American
soldiers stationed at Tuao. He trail
torously co~-operated with the lead
er of the band, advised him as to the
most suspicious time to make an AT
tack, intercepted a messenger sent to
warn the Americans, and otherwise
treacherously abused the trust of his
Office. He was sentenced to be con-
fined at hard labor for 20 years.
Set Upon by Natives.
Severino de Guia, vice-president OF
Bacoor. while returning in a CARO-
mata Ca native vehicle) from Sann;-
colas. Cavite province, was set upon
by a native band. They struck the
senseless, and carried Of
the vice-presidente and his two young
sons. who were with him at the time.
Some distance off they shot him dead
before the eyes of his children. and
Hung his remains on a pile of rocks.
A member of the band, who was can.
tured, was sentenced to be hanged.
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