The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-18

from Every Hill--The Story OF
Phineas Foutz, Who Escaped While
Under Death Sentence
of One of the Ninth Infantry
Companies.
The first letter which The Tribune
has received in many months from its
Philippine correspondent, Corporal
William j. Boyce, of Company *, Nine
teenth United states Infantry, who Is
now located at Loboe. Bohol, Philip
pine Islands. arrived yesterday. and
contains many interesting features. He
writes as follows:
Loboe, Bohol. p. J.. Oct. %. 1901 We
arrived on the island of Bohol January
1, 1901, and have been very busy ever
since. As this is one of the worst ISL
ands of the group. the insurgents keer
us on the go. nearly all of the time
They seem to be in their glory here
now, and fire at us from every hill
SO 1t keeps us guessing all of the time
The Island of Cebu. Samnr, and
Bohol. have given us more trouble the
last six months than all of the islands
put together. But Cebu has surren-
dered. Generals Luga and Mariloan
have come in with their forces. and
are now running around Cebu, as
though they had always been friends.
1t is stated that Luga brought in sew
eral Americans as prisoners.
Up to the present time we do not
know who the Americans are. But it is
supposed some of them are men that
Captain Smith lost before, he was
killed. And that they belong to G
company Of the Nineteenth infantry.
DoBBs A DEsERTER.
Dobbs the deserter from I company
this regiment did not come, but cs-
capped to the island of Negros. He
(Dobbs) had been made IL colonel IN
the Philippine army. and knew it would
go hard with him if the American
forces should get hands on him. He is
one of the worst rascals that we have
had to contend with, and no punish
ment would be too severe for him.
You probably have heard of the case
of Phincas I'outZ. q member of oui
company. He killed Il native girl at
Mandaue. November IL last. and was
tried for murder at Cebu. convicted and
sentenced to be hung. President Nc
Kinley approved of the sentence which
was the first death sentence that he
ever approved of. FoutZ was to be
hung at Ctbu on September 90 last
but on the night Of September 10 he
escaped from Fort san Pedro and ur
to the present time has never beer
heard from.
His friends in * company We're all
glad to hear of his escape. While We
thought he ought to be punished, death
seemed Il little too severe. I was inter-
ested in his case some. on account OF
him being in the volunteers. He be
longed to Company l., Tenth Ohio vol,
unteers. and was near the Thirteenth
camp ut Camp Meade. Pa. and Camp
Mackenzie. Augusta. Ga
Lieutenant W. w. FiscuS returned
here on August 2G last, after nearly
fourteen months in the states. He is
now in command of our company. lie
was on duty some time at West Point
ana is one of the ablest officers of the
United states army. I predict for hin
Il bright future.
INSCRGENT STRONGHOLD.
is one of the worst insurgent strong.
holds of the southern group. On Sep
tember 4 fifty men of our company
fifty of NJ company and fifty Of I. com
pany. Nineteenth infantry, started OF
a tour of the island. We We're out con.
tinunlly until October 20. and nearly
every day had a round with the insur,
gents
We visited every town on the is and
and where we had positive evidenc,
that they We're insurgent towns, W,
burned them. SO up to the present
time. the towns of Carmen, Vilar. De-
meau, Valencia, Garcia, Jagna, Drere
| and Loon have gone up in smoke, ant
many smaller towns have also heci
burned.
You no doubt have heard of the mas
sacre of one of the companies of The
Ninth infantry on the island of Samar
They We're supposed to be in n friend
ly town, and We're quartered in con
vent near the church. Women of tn,
town carried boloes in the church. ans
then the insurgents charged on then
during the meal hour. killing all of til,
officers and lifty-siX men. ana captur
ing nearly all OF tn" rifles, ana every
thing that belonged to the men.
1t was Il hard blow for the boys t(
get, but the inhabitants of Samar vii
pay dearly for it. General Hughes Il
| over there now ana il is giving the ma
tives u lesson in what real warfare i,
that they will not soon forget War il
terrible ana General Hughes propose.
to bring that fact home 10 the natives
who refused to accept the kindnesses
that Uncle sam would shower upon
them. When he gets through Will
that island he is coming over here nni
will do the same ON this island unles,
the insurgents surrender
EXPECTING TROUBLE.
! Here in l.oboe we are daily expect
ing something of the Samar kind /,
| break out, We are not allowed out uf
| ter y. m, and in the day time ar,
| allowed to go only three squares. A
night the sentres have the strictest or
ders to shoot first ana halt afterwards
in case of anything serious.
| The Forty-fourth volunteers used [,
be over here and it was through then
! that the insuuection started, as the,
used to go in towns and rob people %
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