Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-05
INFLICTION OF
THE WATER CURE
tIIioloos Captured and Tortured
To Secure information
GETTING A CONFESSION
,,,,.,s Ha,Ioek of the Twenty
i,,,, ,u,.n,ry witnessed operate"
Nh, Did Not Participate In i"

washington, May Al b. HallocN
If Boston, formerly OF '"e 'o.aav no .
'',,n infantry, testified yesterday o, W.
aA'" ,,a aonate committee on the Phil-
i iI,. sa' concerning the practice OF wa
ipp' onre in the Philippine arcn'pe'-
ago. He told of the lnilic.'on hon.. =, ar ~
asV' a,,,e upon a dozen natives at
Na'', ..n of Leon, province Of Panay'
'ne , U" % and %. 1900, They were
" ,,,rea and tortured in order 10 Sc
e .ase information of the murder OF rr',
'D's ouoorne Of company |, who mao
'a'' .n,g been killed, but roasted ana
nu' ~,,,. tortured before death ensued'
can't Glenn, in charge of a scouting
party had first secured a confession M. so no. a.
rartIciuaton in this crime by one ma
,,ye who had implicated u DINERS.
NV, we're. the witness said, taken to
,aon where his company under 'he
a"mmaud Of Capt, Gregg was sla-
,,an0a and there the cure was admin
uVnsu bv members Of company i, VINO
su,sI ardored 10 do so by First ser
W. Manning who Is now IN Bus
tes" uaIlook added that he had WIZ
wn, the torture, but had not partl-
c c,nated In IT, And that while II was u
ryogress Capt. Gregg was AZ co,hpan'
Headquarters. less than lVV yarus us
'a mia cant Gregg know Of the tor
,,,,asS senator Rawlins asked. :
Van me command knew H. ana !
,.. ~ ssa how he could have helped
A Sstsd what became Of the Philip
,,rs nrisoners 10 whom the cure Was
administered. he replied that they
were placed in a guardhouse ~ py 20
feet IN size, in which there was one
window and In which there were at
times rs men confined -. Coz
The twelve prisoners were kept ior
four or five months and then they trled
10 escape, The effort had been sue
cessfnl on the part Of some OF them'
hut five or six fleeing prisoners were
shot and killed one OF them was
killed while trying to get away Wnen
the SQUAD was taken to the river TOT
n hath. and the others went out at
work In general rush for liberty
"Were all the prisoners who did not
escape killed. 49,
81 think so, with one exceptloni l
think one was given his freedom :,
MIR Halock also stated that he had
been present when village OF 3OOO
or 1000 had been burned and that the
occupants Of the houses had not had
time to carry out the furniture. He
had known Of three or four other cases
OF such destruction Of property, but
had not been an eyewitness.
In reply to other questions, Mr.. Hal
lock said the report was current among
] -he soldiers that the administration or
the water cure was common when they
4 desired to secure information from the
natives. He also said that during his
entire service In the Philippines he had
lnown Of the killing Of probably 200 or
9OO natives, mostly IN battle and Of the
killing Of probably 20 Americans.
Senator Lodge brought out the de-
tails OF the murder OF Private
0'Hearne The witness said that in
June. 1900, 0'Heaue with two other
members Of the company, had been
sent to IloIlo for mail, and that on
their return on June 30 they were
tmbushei by 100 natives. and
OHearne's companions were captured.
OHearne had made a dash 10 get
away and after escaping from the at
lacking party had fallen In with other
natives supposed TO be friendly, but
mat instead Of proving 10 be so, they
mad devoted the entire next day 10 his
torture and death. beginning at day-
lght and cutting him with hoos and
men roasting him an day by slow
IRE. not finishing until after night All
nese details had the witness said.
leen gathered from the confessions OF
he men to whom they had given the
water cure. Wv
senator Patterson asked a number
questions intended to develop the
hct as to whether the native nris-
ohers had been Informed as IN the
SSnaraeter Of the information sought
uuI lnls did not elicit anything inn
prlant IRON the witness. He did
npoNeIer' succeed IN causing Senator
neverdge to make protest against his
meulod Of inquiry, which brought ON
aVouoquy between the two senator's
M Beverdige declared ,bot 4, = ,.t,,
N, persls'ence IN such questions as
A.. a. a.'eisoh was putting would rem
,.no r,' s attorney liable 10 fine for con-
San SOM ~ III court to which Mr.. Patter-
g, n ,epued mat such Interruptions
Womb ,pVss OF me senator from Indiana
An, N.Y. ~. n .I only render him liable TO a |
On o. ,s sVs contempt but also be the cause
VI ~ sending him to jail" ~ '"''e
~ 'oS exchange Mr.. Burrows added |