Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17

tack boxes from their shoulders and
crouched behind them.
Moments passed and still there was
no sound from the silent jungle.
Then at cool command from Lieut..
Berry the men quietly came to his as
distance.
He was trying to revive Capt. Harris
horne who had fallen with bullet
through his head.
Gallant Hartshorne Dead.
But he was dead.
The first shot struck him suuarely
in the mouth, passing out through the
back of the head. Before he had
struck the ground the second shot
pinked Lieut.. Berry on the cheek.
That was all.
Only two shots were fired.
But the deadly accuracy of the aim
told the story of renegade assassins.
AS First Sergeant Lally and dozen
files had passed by the ambush the
renegades were unquestionably lying
in wait for the officers. The soldiers
say that there were two guns, as there
was not time between the first and
second shots for one man to have fired
them both.
Renegades Escaped by Trail.
| An examination of the thick Jungle
discovered the dead end of blind
trail, where the renegades had laid in
wait, barely ten yards away behind the
bamboos. This trail led down to the
beach and to second trail parallel
with that on which the column was
marching. BY this renegades and
khakiah boleros all escaped.
Captain Hartshorne was taken on
to Hermann. There it was decided to
return to Lanang, which was reached
after dark. Capt Hartshorne was
here buried and subsequently taken to
Bormongan. On the arrival of the
compan vat Bornongan it was discov.
cred that the commission of the dead
officer, appointing him captain, had
just arrived. He was formerly in the
Ninth United States infantry, doing
toric China campaign as a lieutenant.
Holds High Rank.
Kline, deserter, renegade, assassin
is high in authority in the district ex,
tending from Basey, on the southwest
coast, to the Pacific shore. This terri
tory includes Balangiga. He is OF
equal, if not superior rank, to the Fill
ipino chief, Major Eugenio Daza, who
led the Balangiga massacre. The ma
tives assert that Long is with him, and
that four renegade American negroes
have joined forces with these two
whites.
Some of Longs Work.
Long, as already stated in the col
umns of the Manila Times, is accused
by the constabulary of Leyte with hav.
lice of Alang-Alang, when he was &C
companied by another white man and
succeeded in carrying off number OF
rifles. 1t is quite possible that both
of them went to Leyte after the assas.
sination of Captain Hartshorne, and
then planned the Alang-Alang coup.
kIine's Record.
Renegade Kline belonged to the
First infantry. He boldly walked Out
of his company quarters with his COM
rades, to whose interrogatory he in
solently declared that he was on the
way to the mountains. They would
have stayed his desertion, but they
were unarmed and he threatened tc
elbow out their CUTS" if they interior
ed with him. They fastened to the
Igarrison and detachment sent out
returned without having been able tt
intercept him.
Reckless Bravo.
Many acts mark Kline as reckless
wicked bravo. The last story told OF
him is that he sent money in tn a par.
rison about Christmas time, telling the
soldiers to buy Christmas box with
lit, as it would be their last chance tc
enjoy Christmas. He announced thai
the money was to pay for two rifles
and revolvers he had secured from the
Americans.