The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-04-23
HE ADMITS IN HIS ExAMINA-
TIoN THAT METHODS OF
"BuTcHER" WERE ADOPTED
BY SOLDIERS.
WITNESS SAYS THAT THE WATER
CURE NEVER FAILED TO MAKE
A VICTIM or SOLDIERS TRACT
ABLE.
Washington. April z2.-The senat

Washington, April 2z.--Ihe senate
committee on the Philippines today
resumed the examination of witness
j in connection with the investiga-
4 hon Of affairs III the Philippine is
zssshds.
Grover Flint, OF Cambridge, Mass,
y who served as first lieutenant in the
D Tnitty stfth volunteer infantry, testi-
fed thai early in May. 1900, he had
been III waEness to the water cure, as
administered to the natives by the
Maccabebe scouts. and that this was
done 10 get information as to the
whereabouts Oh their guns. The guns
weres~delivered. One day some men
OF his own regiment applied the cure.
Of taeir commanding ofiicer. Thel
hut their act was with the authority
Maccabebes referred to at the time
were not under the command Of
commissioned officer. but under ser
geant of the United States army.
THnt had been. he said. witness
10 at least twenty cases Of water
cure. He never had seen any ono die
as a result oG the cure. but hal seen
hospital corps man working on
native who had been rendered un-
conscious.
Effect of Cure immediate.
MIR. Flint. in response to question
by Senator Dietrich, said he was pres
ent upon these occasions. Ito draw
the line on excesses, He did not
recommend to his rIaior that the
practice ceaae, nor dii he give any
orders to his men to stop the tor
ture
Answering a question by Senator
Burrows the witness declared that the
effect Of the cure was immediate. tie
victim invariably turning In his gun
or holo and giving information as to
the Whereabouts of others.
Replying to question by Senator
Lodge, the witness said that he mad
been refused commission in the
regular army because his colonel had
reported him as using intoxicating
liquors to excess. Flint denied that
on any Of the occasions when he had
witnessed the water cure was he un-
der the influence of liquor. Major
Geary of his regiment, was always
near, but had not interfered in the
administration of the cure, simply as
signing a commissioned officer to see
that the men did not go too far.
Borrowed From WeyIer.
After considerable questioning the
witness finally admitted that he ap-
proved Of the water cure, and respond
ing to query by Senator Beveridge,
said that 1t was not an American IN
yention. but was as old as the "chron-
icles OF Newgate"
The witness described the burning
OF small villages, the idea being, he
said, to drive the people to the woods
or to the towns and concentrate them.
Whom did the army borrow that
from?" injured Senator Culberson.
81 saw II in Cuba" answered the
witness under the authority of Gen
eral Weyler"
The committee, in executive ses-
sion. refused to call hdward Atkin-
son. Of Goston. as witness. but di-
rected that subpenas issued. for a
number of sergeants and priyates who
were witnesses OF the water cure.
The matter Of calling sixto Lopez,
Rablni and Aguinaldo wes left for fu-
tu-e determination.
Tortured by Fire and Water.
Norfolk, Va April 21.-John Nick
elson. a returned Philippine soldier,
SAYS That he as frequently seen the
water cure administered. and states
that on one occasion a detachment of
soldiers gathered around the victim
and burnt nis body WITH cigars. hop
ing to make nm reveal the spot where
the bodies Of five American soldiers