Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-13
.ALLISON'S STORY
He Tells How The Americans were Deceived and Murdered
CAPTAIN CoNNELL's DEATH.

He Was Literally Hacked to Pieces
 The Natives Came on the Pretense
 of Cutting Underbrush With Their
 Bolos-Soldiers Were at Breakfast
 Without Arms When They Were At
 tackled from Two Sides.
 Victoria. B. C.. Nov 13.-Among the arrivals by steamer Empress of China from the Orient yesterday was Lieu tenant +. F. Allison of the Inlteu States navy, who is on his way home from Manila. Speaking Of the mas sacre of the members of the Nlntn lh- fantry at Samar, he said the naIlN-s had grown to like the colored troops who had been stationed there ana when the Ninth arrived it was thought lDy the American troops that the same friendly feeling would Joe shown TO them and the guard was not as stflct- 1y kept as it otherwise would nave been. The night before the massacre the village presidente came to Captail Connell and before the padre declared that it would take 100 more native la borers to do certain pioneer work. lie did not have the men and begged the Indulgence of the army captain. Lieu tenant Allison cOntinued-
 Honest and true ill the legitimate discharge of his duty, 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 bolos to cut undefbrush began coming into camp. Then Tne massacre began. The last underbrush man killed the sentry; the church bell rang; the soldiers went to breakfast below the floor that held their arms. The in- surgents split. half went upstairs and shot down and the other half went in the mess room and murdered the un- armed soldiers by force of numbers
 'eNot one of the survivors turned his back upon the scene of carnage until all was lost. their officers fallen, their comrades slaughtered and terrible vengeance executed upon the enemy. Then they saved themselves and their wounded mates.
 Captain ConnelI apparently was walked up in his quarters by the at- tackers pouring in. He was alone, so he jumped from the window down i'll among his guards. but they had ali been slaughtered He was struck down by many boloS almost as soon as ne struck the ground. Not satisfied with killing him. the asSassins hacked his body into inch bits. severing the head, upon which they piled paper and sticks of wood. setting them on fire to render the face unrecognfzable. The body, however. was identified by Lieutenant DrOuillard'S detachment, which came down from Basey.
 'sThe bodies of Lieutenant Bumpns and the doctor were found upon T bridge leading up to the quarters. The lieutenant had q bolo cut horizontally across the forehead, almost severing the top of the head. and deep gasiI down each side of the face, so that when his body was picked up the face was practically severed from the rest Of the body. The doctors body was not 50 badly mutilated.
 Separated from their weapons. most of the rank and file fought like heroes with table knives. stones. clubs and such rude weapons as chance threw in their way. It was a bitter fate that befell those who closed with the Americans before they had re ceived their death wounds. Some of the native dead were buried by their own crew before they fled. but Colonel Deroussey ordered 160 more to be thrown into a trench"