The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-22

I'm the Observation-Disclosures
of Former Testimony Before the
Senate Committee as to the Tor
ture of the P~residente at ISbaras.
Others Subjected to Some Torture. |
The Burning of Towns-Shootinr
OF Prisoners by w~aIIer's Order.
Washington, April IL Eward J..
Davis. Of Greenfield, Mass, who was a
sergeant in company NJ, T~wenty-Sixth
volunteer infantry, waJ before the sem
ate committee on the Philippines TODAY
He was present in the convent at
Igbaras, November p. 1900, when the
water cure was administered TO the
president Of the town Igbaras. He said
that under orders from Captain Glenn,
he, with a squad, had taken the presi-
dent into custody on November 9th
and had escorted him to the convent
where the cure" was administered. He
repeated the story of the torture of the
president, adding some details. He
was then" the witness said, taken to
the water tank and thrown upon his
back and while an interpreter stood
over him. a stream OF water was d.
rected into his mouth. which was held
open.
Who gave the command for his
treatment?" asked Senator Rawlins.
Captain Glenn"
How was the mans mouth kept
open?"
by means Of a stick"
Continuing, the witness said that
when the victim of the Cure was fill
ed with water the members of the de-
tail force it out of him by rolling their
fists over his stomach, and that process
was kept up for about ten minutes
He described the second application
OF the cure as previously testified to
and Sergeant Riley III the statement
that the details of his performance
were under the charge of Contract
Surgeon Lyons and that Captain Glenn
and Lieutenant Conger were both pres
ent when it occurred.
Mr.. Davis said in reply to questions
as to the physical effect of the process
that the man '~squealed" terribly n
that his eyes were b~loodshot, but that
the next day he was able to mount his
horse and lead the scouts to the noun
tain. Afterward he was, the witness
said, taken to Iloilo and placed in
prison.
The witness also repeated that two
police officers OF the town Of Igbaras
had been subjected to the water cure. y
There was" he added, "also a native
school teacher there VINO was maltreat-
ed at the same time. but the water
cure was not administered to him. He
was taken into one>of the back rooms
OF the convent by DR.. Lyons who Sc
cured the information he wanted from
- -
his head, thus rendering it unnecessary
to administer the cure"
Did you see this?"
81 did"
, Mr.. Davis also gave rhe details Of the
burning of the town Of Igbaras, which.
h said, contained about 5000 people.
but no business places. Allexcept about
fifteen buses we're destroyed and men,
women and children were forced GU tin
discriminatory.
: Senator Burrows-'who gave the Or
! der to burn the town."
The Witness-"Captain Glenn"
ITO whom did he give 1t"
ITO Lieutenant Conger. He told the
lieutenant to burn the town
Did o hear him."
81 did"
The witness also said that a neigh
boring town, containing about 10000
l people, had been burned, but that he
! did not know who had given the order
for it's destruction.
He stated in reply TO questions that
the torture in all the instances men
toned had been conducted by the regu-
: lar soldiers and hat they had not been
participated in by members OF his regi-
ment.
After Mr.. Davis was excused the com
: mittee went into executive session &c
consider the a~dvisabiiity OF summon,
ing witnesses from the Philippines ano
other portions of the Orient to TESTIFY
Senator RawlinS submitted the FOL
lowing names as those of men whom ne
thought necessary to call:
Aguinaldo Mabini, who was one OF
Aeuinaldo's principal advisers; S1xtt
Lopez. who has been for several year:
In the United States IN the interest o
Philippine Independence: d Pho DE
Pillar. General Torres, Howard w
Rrav' an Englishman who spent man!
years in the Philippines; and Robert NJ
Collins and Harold Martin, press cor
4 RESPONDENTS. -.
The committee postponed action unit
a full attendance Of members of TIL
I committee could be secured.
The Waller Trial.
Manila, April 1.-THE mixed court
martial, which tried Major Littleton w
T. Waller. of the marine corps, on TN
charge of executing natives Of Sauna
without trial. today began he trial o
Lieutenant John II. A. Day, OF the ma
rine CORPS, on the same charge. Lieu
tenant Day testified lit his own defense
He said the man shot January 18th wa
a SPY. who was shot by Major Waller
orders, and added:
ST ordered Private Kresge to fre a
his head and ordered Mcgee to fire a
the center OF his back. After the shoot
ing I saw a convulsive shudder OF tn
mans shoulders, placed my own revoi
yer to his forehead and shot him deac
I ordered the police 10 leave the bod
on the ground as an example tothe ma
tives."
Major Waller testified that he ordere
the shooting Of eleven men Januar
goth but denied ordering the execute
of a man January 18th. He admitte
he was i'll at the time.
SURGEON Love testified that MAO
Walters temperature January 18th wa
los. His Illness then was such that n
wa