The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-14
Americans Fought Like Heroes
Against Fearful Odds.
NOT ONE TURNED HIS BACK.
Separated from Their Arms Men Seized
Tabie-Knives, Stones. Clubs or Any
thing Clare: offered-First
sergeau, an Achilles.
fBy Associated Press, !.

VICTORIA, b. c., Noxember 1:.-Lieu-
Ae0ant +. 2. Allison, u. S. A, who ar
rived here yesterday on board the
ctea:ner Empress of China on the way
home from Manila, tells some interest,"
ing details Of the massacre of the mem
bers OF the Ninth Infantry at Samar
Lieutenant Allison says the natives haa
grown to like the colored troops who hau
been stationed there. and when tae
Ninth arrived it was thought by the
American troops that the same lrieHu'a
feeling would be shown to them ana the
guard was not as strictly kept as J.
otherwise would have been. Inc iiisie
before the massacre the village pi est i.,l
came to Captain Connelf and before the
padre declared that it would take loe
more Eombres (,,ative laborers) to do GER
tain pionecr work He did not have the
men and begged the indulgence OF the
army captain.
Honest and true in the Legitimate dis
charge of his duty, Captain Connell SAID:
DO the best you can: get any native VINO
will work. but clear away the under
Brush %
MASSACRE BEGAN.
..Ji,st after daybreak the natives, with
bolos to cut underbr:,sh, began coming
into camp. Then the massacre began.
The last underbrush man killed the SEN
try: the church bell rang; the soldiers
went to breakfast below the floor that
held their arms The insurgents divided.
Half went upstairs and shot down all. ana
others went into the rness-room and muir
dered the unar;ned soldiers by force OF
numbers.
mot one Of the survivors turned his back
upon the scene Of carnage until all vas
lost. their officers fallen their comrades
Slaughtered and terrible vengeance exc
cuted upon The enemy. Then they saved
themselves and thir wounded mates
Captain Connell. apparently, was aW'ak-
cned in his quarters by the attackers
pouring in. He was alone. so he jumped
from the window down in among his
guards but they had all been slaughtered.
lie was struck down by many bolos al
most as soon as he struck the ground NOT
satisfied with killing him, the assassins
hacked his body and severed the neal,
upon which they piled paper and sticiis
OF wood setting them on flre TO rendeT
the face unrecoSnizahle. The body, how
ever. was identified by Lieutenant DToul-
larl's detachment which came down from
Basey.
HORRIBLY MUTILATED.
..Thc bodies of Lieutenant Bumpus and
Che doctor were found upon bridge lead
ing up to the quarters over a little stream.
The Lieutenant had a bolo crt horizon
tally across the forehead almost sever
down each side of the face. SO that When
his body was picked up the face was prac-
tically severed from the rest of the head.
The doctors body was not so badly MI
tilated
separated from their weapons. most OF.
Inc rank and file fought like heroes with
table knives stones. clubs and such rude
weapors as chance threw in their way. 1t
was a bitter fate that befell those who
closed with the Americans before they had
received their death wounds. Some of the
native dead were buried by their own
crew before they fled, but Colonel DeRusy
ordered 16O mere to be thrown into
trench.
FEARFUL EXECUTION.
"A rifle in the hands of the first ser
geant OF the company rendered terrible
account. The sergeant who is now in the
Tocahla Hospital killed the faithless
prcs6cnte, who led the attack With SIX
men lie fought his way to the headauar-
ters building to see if they could rescue
or pick III, a stricken comrade. Despite
the mad rushes of the savages that sur
rounded them they were able to secure
the post colors. Then they cut their way
to the beach, where another little knot
CT comrades we1a defending the Barotos
and their WOUNDED companions.
Lieutenant Allison says there are 1000
trops III Samar. He says there have been
fitted cut il, Singapore and Hong Kong,
mostly by Germans. which in some cases
have succeeded in landing. their contra
captures have been made by the gun