Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-25
NO CLEMENCY
Shown to This Brutal Murderer
of American Soldiers.
Gan. ChafFee Approves Death Sentence
Of a Filipino Commahdant.
Mad Aroused The Natives 10 Buichey Of Five
American capiives.

| ashington, Dec. 2i.-The war de-
partment has received from the Philip
pines the records OF cOurtmartial by
! which three natives were tried for i'm
| plication in the murder of five Ameri-
can soldier prisoners. One of the Fiji
pinos was Timoteo Dahlan. a comman-
dante of the insurgent forces. who o.
| dered Manuel Gonzales a lieutenant Of
| insurgents to kill the president of the
| Pueblo of San Miguel de Mayumo pro-
vince of Bulacan.
Gonzales, in command of "A band Of
! insurgents. successfully ambushed Il
| detachment of the 3Jth Volunteer In
fantry. taking five of the American SOL
diers prisoners. The Americans had
been acting rs a guard for the pres
derte of Miguel de Mayumo and he. too.
passed into the hands of the insurgents.
The Americans captured and after
wards killed We're Privates John T.
Hickman. co. Il: Wm. a. Smith, 90. G:
Hamlet Jarvis. 60. &: Elmer Lane. 60.
T.: and Frank VI. Wilson. 90. f.. The
presidentc was stabbed. The Amcrl
cans We're placed in charge y. a scr
geant. taken away ana killed with
holos.
Their. was AN attempt on IN" part Of
each of the three Fiirinos Ia shit thr
responsibility for the crimes It the
trial. II was developed that C"pman
dante Dahian, in ordering the ambus
cade gave the following directions to
Lieut.. GunzdlaS:
"Separatn lose Bucncamio tthr presi
;ienD from the Americans. and with
these Americans do as If YOU were to
take them L. the general. but when you
reach the tall grass. d" with them what
We are accustomed To do
lie finished his directions for the
murders with these words: You will
receive fire pesos for the soldiers. God
keep your life many years.
Ir passing upon the findings in the
case of the insurgent commandante.
Gen. Chaffee said His open appeal to
the base instincts OF his -s0Ydiers by
promising reward for the execution of
his inhuman command. aggravates his
offense and marks the accused as one
so lost to the better instincts of his race
as to preclude an appeal to clemency.
In Dahlan's cases that of GonZalas.
Gen. Chaffee approved the sentences of
death by hanging imposed by military
| commission. Ill that vi SleIIicut lD' i<d
Cruz. the sergeant. who personally di-
rected the murder of the prisoners. he
commutcd the death sentence to inn
prisonment for life at hard labor
Civic Gov. Taft left here. this morn
ing. for San Francisco on board the
United States army transport Grant.
There was popular demonstration in
honor of mis- departure.
The health o: Gov. Taft has consid-
eraDly improved. He was able to walk
on board the Grant
The Filipino Gen. Samson and all the
other insurgent chiefs on the island OF
BohoI have surrendered. with $ cannon
and 45 guns.
During an engagement in Batansas
province between the insurgents and a
detachment Of the 2lst Infy. under Lieut..
Edgar r. Conley. one American private
was badly wounded while number of
the enemy were killed
The column under Col Dougherty Is
making Il clean sweep of Laguana pro.
vince. burning all insurgent barracks
found and number of small native ham
let's. Col. DouSherty has taken many
prisoners and the insurgent loss of life
during his operations has been heavy.