The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06

Boston, Mass, formerly q eoroaon. 80
then a private in Comnanv Twan,w
sixth volunteer Infantry testided ,oaa,
before the Senate on the
Ihiiipplhes concerning the practice of
'he water cure in the PhiliDpine archi-
pelagO.
VT. failock told Of the infiction of
me cure upon a dozen natives in the
'o"H :" Leon, province of Panay. He
Sald they were capturerd and tortured in
order 10 secure information of the mur-
Ger OF Private O'Herne. of ComDanv
VINO mad been not only killed but roasted
ana otherwise tortured before death en-
SUED. capt. Glenn, IN charge Of a scout
iHs party, mad first secured a confession
= participation in this crime by one
ba'iVe' VINO had implicated twelve
Others. These We're, the witness said
taken 20 Leon. where his company, under
command OF Capt. Gregg, was stationed,
ana there. on the 21st and again on the
ztrd OF August, 1900, the cure was ad-
ministered.
Who inflicted the cure"
Member Of Company l."
we're they ordered to do so?"
lhey We're; by First Sergeant Man
nlng, Who IS now in Boston,
Haliock added that he had witnessed
the torture but had not participated in
II, and that while it was in progress
Capt. Gregg was at company hcadquar-
tiers. less than 100 yards away.
DID Capt. Gregg know of the tor
ture2 Senator Rawlins asked.
All the knew it. and 7 don't
see how he could have helped knowing
What was the effect of the punish
ment?"
THE stomach would swell up and in
some cases | witnessed blood come from
the mouth
Asked what became of the Philippine
prisoners to whom the cure was admin
istered he replied that they were placed
in a guard house 20 by 25 feet in size, ia
which there was one window and in
which there were at times eighteen men
confined. The twelve prisoners We're
kept for four or five months and then
they tried to escape. That effort had
been successful only on the part of some
Of them, five or six fleeing prisoners hav-
ing been shot and killed.
Were all the prisoners who did not
escape killed?'
Il think so. with one exception. |
think one was given his liberty"
Mr.. Hallock also stated that he had
Deen present Wnen q village Oh 5,Uou or
4 600 had been burned, and the occupants
of the houses had not had time to carry
out the furniture.
In reply to other questions, Mr.. Hal
lock said the report was current among
the soldiers that the administration of
the water cure was common when they
desired to secure information from ma
tives.
Senator Lodge brought out the details
of the murder OF Private O'Herne. The
witness said that in June, 1900, O'Herne,
with two other members of the COM
pany. had been sent to Iloilo for mail
and that on their return on June 80 they
were ambushed by 100 natives and
O'Herne's companions captured. O'Herne
made a dash to get away and after es-
Gaping from the attacking party had
fallen in with other natives supposed to
be friendly, but instead of proving to be
SO they had devoted the entire next day
to his torture and death, beginning at
daylight by cutting him with bolos and
roasting him all day by a slow fire, not
finishing up until night. All these de-
tails had, the witness said, been gath
cred from the confessions of the men
whom they had given the cure.
Replying to other questions, he said
he had not known any one to die under
the water cure.
The committee decided not to request
the appearance of Maj Gardiner, pending
the investigation of the Philippines.