The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22
TFETH FELL OUT
FROM TORTURE
&-
Water Cure Had That Effect
on the Old Man.
0FTEN saw IT PRACTICEO
-rzrTEEANT FLINT TESTIFIEs
10 NQUIsITORIAL METHODS.
OFTEN saw IT PRACTICED

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vsshinlton. april 21.-Govefnor ?
r-ank rs. lIunt Of Idaho is here >
~ rssranse 90 the summons G. the 2
pb1inpfnes committee, and VIII ?
= Give testimony relative to the con- ?
ant 81 the war in the Philippines +
5--sar the term of his service ?
= ,5era as captain in the First =
= Idaho infantry
WASHINGTON. April 2L-The sen
III ate committee on the Philippines
" today resumed the examination
~ Witnesses in the investigation OF al
fairs in the Philippines
Grover Flint of Cambridge. Mass.
who served as irst lieutenant IN the
rbfrtv-ffth volunteer Infantry, testl-
nod that early in May, 1900, he mad
hen a witness 20 the water cure as adj
,-f7isrered To- the natives by the MaCa-
tera scouts. and that this was done 20
Cd information as 10 the wherea bouts
- their guns The guns were deliv-
cred The following day some men Of
his own regiment applied the cure. but
their aet was without the authority of
traar commanding officers. The Maca-
nab1s 7t the time referred to We're not
under command of commissioned Of
fra- but under sergeant of the
United States army.
Flint had been he said, a witness to
81 least twenty cases Of water cure. He
rad never seen any one die as a result
az tie cure but had seen hospital
,8rre man working on a native who
had been rendered unconscious IT
also had been reported To him that one
Filipino died from She effect of the
V8-c~ cure.
Ire witness then described the meth
oil Of administering the cure, and said
that in some cases where it was given
60 Did men he had seen their teeth fall
out.
Torture Made Them Tell.
SIR. Flint in response to q question
b. Senator Dietrich. said he was pres |
INT upon these occasions. ITO draw the
Inc on excuses" He did not recon- /
mend TO the major that the practice
cease. nor did be give any orders 10 his
naD TO stop the torture.
Answering "a question by Senator
Burrows the witness declared that the
effect of the cure was immediate. the
victim Invariably turning over his gun
Or a bol0 and giving information as 20
the whereabouts of others. He said it I
vas impossible to- judge whether the
victims were inSurgent soldiers or
PEASANTS bat they appeared 10 be 1
IeaCeablc villagers. Some Of them were /
thrown down by force; others who were
:mid would submit readily. while those 1
who resisted were held the tighter. The
treatment. he said. never got TO the /
point of great brutality
Replying o. q question by Senator /
lodge. witness said ne had been refused J
@ commission i'm the regular army be /
cause his colonel had accused him of 1
using intoxicating liquors 10 excess. ]
Tine witness depl0Ted the raising of this /
question. but senator Beveridge said itI
had an important bearing on the case.
Flint denied that on any of the occa-I
s'cns vixen he Witnessed the water cure
DE was under the influence OF Hquor.
He Insisted that i'm justice TO himself
he ought TO state that he was not drunk ]
but he'd been a careless drfnker. WIFI
ness hae. ne said released several men
VINO I'D not appear to him 10 be insur-
lectoS.
major Never Inrerfered.
Major Earl of his regiment was al
Navs Eear but had not interfered i'm
The administration of the cure. simply
assigning commanding officer TO see
tAal The men did not so too far.
4i-tf considerable questioning the
witness finally admitted that he an
proved OF the water cure. and. respond
l3s % a query by Senator Beveridga
S@ll mat 1T was not an American in
, .Hl9l, but was as old as the "chron-
.-tS or NeWgate-" Asked regarding
I 'hHlAos iB guard houses. he said thar
lley we're treated exactly the same ast
American prisoners.
me witness described the burning OF
/ .-iaH villages. the idea he said. being
" oIie The women TO the woods or tn
'A- Town and concentrate them
nom ala the army borrow that
inquired Senator CuIbers1n.
anew Z in Cuba" answered the
], .',l5sS under the authority Of Cen
no committee then went into execu-
.'e session. The committee. En- axeru-
!. p refused 20 cali Edward Atkinson ]
~ 's-'a as witness. but directed I
-l- q subpoena issue for a number Of
7.4AiS ana privates who were Wit
T or the water cure. The matter
,.. .s..,as SiNto Lopez, Mab.ni ana !
- ----..-.s'a was lcft for future deter ]
.- -.'.o'-.'" The committee then ad-
-L -.-e' until Tuesday. April % oni
.--,- i aaE General Macarthur viii j