The sun., 1901-11-14
THE SAMAR MASSACRE
Details Of Slaughter Of Americans
Told by Lieutenant Allison.
9ONNELL'S TERRIBLE DEATH
.;inth Company's Captain, struck
Down by Many BoIomen, Was Lit
orally Hacked to Pieces-Mu-
tilation of other victims.

Victoria, b. G., Nov. 13.-Among the
arrivals by steamer Empress of China
from the orient is Lieutenant +. r.
Allison of the United States navy, who
is on his way home from Manila.
Speaking of the massacre of the men,
hers of the Ninth infantry at Samar,
he said the natives had grown to like
the colored troops who had been sta
| toned there, and when the Ninth ar
rived it was thought by the American
troops that the same friendly feeling
would be shown to them. and the
guard was not as strictly kept as 1t
otherwise would have been.
The night before the massacre the
village president came to Captain Con-
nell ANA before the padre declared that
1t would take 100 more bombres ina
tive laborers) to do certain pioneer
work He did not have the men and
, begged the indulgence of the army
/ captain. Captain Connell said: do the
best you can. Get any native who will
work, but clear away the underbrush."
Just after daybreak the natives, with
holos to cut underbrush, began coming
into camp. Then the massacre began.
The soldiers were at breakfast below
the floor that held their arms. The in
surgents divided into two parties.
4 Half went up stairs, and the other
q half went into the messroom and MUIR
dcred the unarmed soldiers by force of
g numbers
VaIor of n Sergeant.
" A ,iHn a., tbn hands nf tho first gnr-
: geant of the company rendered ter
:, rble account. The sergeant, who is
: now in the Tocablan hospital, killed
j the faithless president who led the at
n- tack. With six men he fought his way
y to the headquarters building to see if
sc they could rescue or pick up stricken
8 comrade. Despite the mad rushes OF
the savages that surrounded them they
We're able to secure the post colors
u Then they cut their way back to the
beach. where another little knot OF
!" comrades was defending the barotos
and their wounded companions
he Not one of the survivors turned his
i,- back upon the scene of carnage until
ne all was lost, their officers fallen, theil
uS comrades slaughtered and terrible
y" vengeance executed upon the enemy
l., Then they saved themselves and theil
wounded mates.
III Captain Connell apparently was wax
lO ed up in his quarters by the attackers
he pouring i'll. He was alone, SO he jump
KS ed from the window down to hi
nS guards, but they had all been slaugh
= tered.
" How GonnelI Was Killed.
)" He was struck down by many bolo
il, almost as soon as he fell to the ground
mi Not satisfied with killing him, the as
cc sassins hacked his body into inch bits
* scvering the head, upon which the,
,st piled paper and sticks OF wood, sci
IN ting them on fire to render the face III
w recognizable. The body, however, wa
identified by Lieutenant Drouillard'
~ detachment, which came down fror
Basey.
The bodies Of Lieutenant Bumpu
and the doctor were found upon
bridge leading up to the quarters ovt
5 a little stream. The lieutenant had
bolo cut horizontally across the for
head. almost severing the top of Il
~ head, and deep cash down each sit
~ of the face, so that when his body WI
n picked up the face was practically Sc
of cred from the rest ,of the head. TT
he doctors body was not so badly nut
ced lated
fell Separated from their weapons mo
Of the rank and file fought like hero
= with table knives, stones, clubs al
~ such rude weapons as chance threw
j. their way. 1t was a bitter fate that
rbn fell those who closed with the Am,
i leans before they had received tn,
he death wounds
Some of the native dead were buri
by their own crew before they fl,
but Colonel Derussy ordered l60 me
ntly to he thrown into a trench.
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