The sun., 1901-05-01
CAPTAIN REEDS TRIAL.
Witnesses Allege Bribery In Testi-
mOny Before Manila Court.
GENERAL TINIO SURRENDERS
He II Was who Held Lieutenant Gill
more and the. Yorktown Men
Prisoners and Accorded Them
Inhuman Treatment.

Manila, April 30.-The trial Of Cap
tain James C. Reed, ex-depot commits
sary at Manila. charged with soliciting
and receiving bribes and other official
misconduct, is on and is fiercely con-
tested.
Thomas Harries, bookkeeper of the
firm of Robinson & Aacondray, testi-
fled that Mr.. Robinson paid Captain
Reed SSS1. The firms books contained
entries TO that effect.
Mr.. Fred Macondray testified that he
arranged to give Captain Reed 10 per
cent commission on the sales Of yege-
tables furnished TO transports.
Before testifying Mr.. Barry Bald
win, formerly United States marshal
for California and now manager of the
Macondray company. shipping mer-
chants, made q statement to the court.
He said that attempts had been made
to intimidate him. and he asked for the
protection of the court. He had an af-
fidavit prepared, which he offered TO
the court but the latter declined to re-
ceive it and returned the same to Mr..
Baldwin unread.
Mr.. Baldwin testified to having a
S200.00O beef contract. Captain Reed
rame to his office and claimed there
were slight shortages in the beef de-
liveries. on account of which Mr.. Bald
win gave Captain Reed S34S.
Adjutant General darlington testi-
fled that Captain Reed said Major Da-
Wis was short l4.5oO pounds of beef
FIe admitted receiving money from Mr.
Baldwin. but said the sum he received
would be applied to the beef shortage.
Wolf. partner in the firm of Castle
Bros, testified concerning attempts to
secure commission for Captain Reed
out of the sales Of vegetables. etc.
General Tinio surrenders.
General Tinio. the Filipino leader in
the Abra province has surrendered.
The report that General Aleiandrino
has surrendered is confirmed. lie was
looked upon aS the possible successor
Of Aguinaldo.
General Tino has long been active in
Abra province. 1t was Tinio who held
Lieutenant Gilmore of the United
States gunboat Yorktown and his com
panions prisoners ana treated them
| very harshly. eventually turning them
| adrift in the hope that they would he
killed by the savage Filipinos. They
We're left on tile banks Of n stream
without weapon Of any kind and mt
the mercy of savages of whom the
Tagalos Were afraid. But these saw
| ages assisted Gilmore and his party to
construct q raft on which they pro-
posed 10 float down the river They
We're eventually found by detachment
While in captivity Gilmore was twice
on the point of being put to death.
| The party, which was captured in
April, 1899, near Baler. on the east
coast of Luzon, reached Manila ian. Z
! 1900. Lieutenant Gilmore spoke very
bitterly of the treatment he and his
companions We're subjected to at the
hands of General Tinio.
| Aguinaldo was subpnnacd as wit
ness for the defense in n ray-TaN
| (province of Morong) Mando Ducat
murder case, but later it was decided
that Aguinaldo was not available as ;
witness.
Captain John Il. Mcdonald. with Q
men Of the Third cavalry, recently at
tackled GO insurgent ritirmcn and Il
bolomen in the mountains of Abr;
province. The insurgents We're defeat
ed. Captain Mcdonald was wollndc,
in the lungs, and a private was killed