Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-13
! TIE SbNAR MASSACRE
Lieut.. Allison OF the Navy Gives
Graphic Description Of Ma
tive Outbreak.
Natives Had Been Friendly With
the Colored Troops Before
Ninth Arrived.
Attack Was Made Early in Morn.
Attack Was Made Early in Morn.
ins When Troops We're
Breakfasting.

Victoria, B. c., Nov. 1S.-Among the
arrivals by the steamer Empress OF
China from the Orient was Lieut.. F. r.
Allison, of the United States navy, VINO
is on his way home from Manila. Speak
ing of the massacre of members of the
Ninth infantry at Samar he said that
the natives had grown to like the COL
orei troops who had been stationed
there, and when the Ninth arrived 1t
was thought by the American troops the
same friendly feeling would be shown
s to them. and guard was not as strictly
kept as it otherwise would have neen.
The night before the massacre the vii
lage presidente came TO capt. Conneii
and before the padre declared 1t would
take 100 more native laborers to do GER
tain pioneer work. He did not have the
men and begged the indulgence of the
army captain. Honest and true IN the
Legitimate discharge of his duty, Capt.
Conneil said: do the best you can. Get
any native who will work, but clear
away the underbrush." Just before day
break the natives. with boios to cut the
,inderbrush, began coming into camp.
Then the massacre began. The last ur-
derbrush man killed sentry, the
church bell rang, the soldiers went to
breakfast below the floor of that which
held their arms, the insurgents separ-
ated, half went upstairs and shot down
the men there, the other half went to
the mess room and murdered the un-
ahmed soldiers by force of numbers.
Not one survivor turned his back upon
the scene OF carnage until all was lost.
Their officers had fallen, their COM
radss were slaughtered and a terrible
vengeance was executed upon the enc
my. They then saved themselves and
their wounded men. Capt. Connell was
apparently awakened in his quarters by
the attackers pouring in. He Was alone
so he Jumped from window, down
among his guards, but the guards had
all been slaughtered. He was struck
down by many bolcs almost az soon as
he struck the ground. Not satisfied with
killing him the assassins hacked his
body into bits, severing the head, upon
which they piled paper and sticks of
wood, setting them on fire to render the
face unrecognizable. The body, howev-
er, was identified by Lieut.. Brouillards s
detachment, which came down from
Basey.
Separated from their weapons most of
the rank and file fought like heroes
with table knives stones, clubs and
such rude weapons as chanced in their
way. It was bitter fate that befell the
biackamoors who closed with the
Americans before they had received
their death wounds. Some OF the native
dead were buried by their own crew be-
fore they fed, but Col. Derussey ordered
400 more to be thrown into a trench.
Al rifle in the hands of the first SER
geant of the company rendered terrible
account. The sergeant, who is now in
Tocablan hospital. killed the faithless
presidente who led the attack. With six
men he fought his way to the head
quarters building to see II they could
rescue or pick up the stricken COM
iades. Despite the mad rushes of the
oavages that surrounded them they were
able to secure the post colors. Then they
cut their way back to the beach, where
another little knot of comrades were de-
Tending the barotos and a wounded
companion. Allison says there are 1000
troops In Samar. There have been a
number OF fllibustering expeditions fit
4 ted out In Singapore and Hong Kong.
mostly by Germans, which in some cases
have succeeded in landing their contra
band arms and ammunition, but many
captures have been made by the gun