Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-06-20
Records in the Cases of Filipino:
Convicted by Military Courts
of Atrocious Crimes.
DETAILS OF SEVERAL NOTABLE CASES.
The Filipino Bandits Prove Them
selves to Re Capable of the Mos,
Horrible Crimes, which Must be
Met with Determined Repressivs
Measures.

the records in II cases wherein Fill
pinos were tried by military commits
sions on charges including murder,
criminal assault, kidnapping, assault
and battery, burglary, and violation
of the rules of war.
An Especially Notable Case.
An especially notable case arose oct
OF the operations of famous oath
bound band Of Filipinos called the So
ciety of the Sandatahans.' The prin-
cipal Office of this society, next to
trlumvirate of chiefs, are Il chief eX-
ecutioncr and assistants, and requi-
site number of grave dggers, who
participate in the sclf.appointed work
of the band. The leaders select their
victim. capture and carry him away
in the night 10 a secret rendezvous,
on 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 ami women, from time to
time, have been 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
CHASTITY work. Ten members of ,ho
band, including two of the chiefs,
were tried before military commits
sion, and eight of them were SEN
fenced TO he hanged.
In appro lhg the sentence, Gen.
Macarthur says:
ITO the re- iewing authority it il
evident tina, there can be no hope o.
peace for the Filipino people. nor Sc
curity for their lives and property,
until they shall learn to unite against
all bands of murderers and assassins,
under whatever name they shall a.
srme. and come TO The assistance of
the officers of the law in their de-
termination 70 bring them all to JUS
tice.'
seven Were Massacred.
In another case an armed band of
about % Filipnos carried away nine
of the inha bitants of the Barrio of
Casantulairan, 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 Cirec-
tion of grove of trees, where, two
days later, their beheaded bodies were
discovered. The members of the band
who We're captured received sentences
of death in some cases, and imprison-
ment at hard labor for varying terms
in others.
-Four native policemen who had been
sent TO gather wood for detachment
of American troops were set upon,
One of their number was killed and
another lost his arm. A member of
the band which attacked them was
sentenced to 20 years Imprisonment.
Tried on Four Charges.
A native named Miranda was
tried on four charges. 4 band, under
his leadership, ambushed, robbed and !
killed two native brothers. Later the !
accused led his band against the coun- |
try house of n native, set it afire, |
looted its contents, and carried off |
INTO the field three daughters of the |
owner. robbing them of their iewelrv. |
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 freuuented n |
gambling house kept byhis inamorata.
for the sole reason that Abelino had |
not paid gambling debt. Miranda |
was sentenced to be hanged.
Murdered an American Soldier.
Three natives were tried, charged |
with the murder of Private Henry +.
Shafer. Co. l., Seventeenth infantry.
lhey were sentenced to be hanged. |
but this was committed by Gen. Mae
Arthur, in the case of two of them.
to imprisonment for life, and in the
case of the other one to imprison-
ment for 20 years.
y TraitOrOus Official
Jose Baligod. the president-elect OF
pueblo OF Tuao, unGer 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 neighbour
ing barrio for the purpose of attack
Ing the small garrison of 10 American
soldiers stationed at Tuao. He trai.
torously co-operated with the lead
er of the band, advised him as to the
most suspicious time to make an at
rack, intercepted a messenger sent to
warn the Americans, and otherwise
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 CARO-
mata "a native vehicle) from Sanni-
colas, Cavite province, was set upon
by native band. They struck the
roachman senselcss, 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
flung his remains on a pile of rocks.
A member of the band, who was cap
tured, was sentenced to be hanged.