Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-28
0BR|[N IN Bid PLIGHT
His Testimony Before Philippine
Committee Shown to Have
Been False.
Fa9es OF Cruelties Practiced on
Filipinos Not Borne Out
by Facts.
He Was Not With Capt. Melon.
AIDS Command as He
Claimed.

WdSnlnStOTl, May Eo--Sdptaii NJ
Donald continued his statement befor,
the Philippine commission and pre-
sented official statements to refute tn,
testimony of Corporal O'Brien. Senator
Rawlins said the statements We're un'
necessary to refute O'Brien. Senator
Dieterich retorted that if O'Brien':
statement had been suppressed at the
point where the minority wanted it
enough would have leaked out to give
designing politicians an opportunity
to make use of it. Mr.. Rawlins sharp
ly resented this remark, and said if he
could not be protected in the committee
room he would remain away. Chair
man Lodge stated that Senator Diet
rich's remark was not in order and the
latter responded that he did not in
tend to call high minded senators de-
signing politicians. All reference to
the incident was stricken from the rec
ord.
Captain Mcdonald was questioned
concerning the taking of prisoners and
said he gave orders to burn several
towns which We're in hostile country
and sheltred ladrones and insurgents.
Captain Mcdonald stated that he in
tended to ask that O'Brien be prose-
cuted by the federal authorities for
perjury. Senator Lodge, chairman OF
the committee, said there was no doubt
that steps would be taken looking to
the mans prosecution.
Captain McDonald's testimony in the
main consisted Of the presentation OF Of
fetal documents procured from the war
department for the purpose of refutlng
the statements made by OBrien derog-
atory to the character OF Mcdonald
The first of these were a record show
ing that O'Brien had been on duty at
San Joauqin from July IL, 1900, to
February &c, 1901, whereas he had tes-
titled that he was present at 1gbaris,
thirty miles away, when that town was
burned November 2, 1900.
This was the occasion upon which,
according to O'Brien's testimony,
Spanish woman was maltreated by
American ocers and enlisted men. Hav-
ing procured the record Of O'Brien's
absence, Captain Mcdonald remarked:
"This clearly proves that he has lied
In this instance"
The witness also presented COM
plete set of accounts Of Company NJ,
to show he was not a thief" as
O,Brien had charged he was.
The witness related the details of the
execution Of the Filipino bandit Pedro
Gardenero at the town of Guimbal
who, O'Brien had said, was mistreated
by Captain Mcdonald to the extent
that he had been subjected to court
martial. The witness said Gardenero
had been guilty of many hienous Of
lenses against the natives, and. hav-
ing been captured by them, was about
to be executed in the public square
when he was rescued by American SOL
diers and turned over to him. Sub
he had placed Gardenero in
the hands Of Captain Boardman. who
turned him over to the civil author
tiles and by them he was executed.
Captain Mcdonald said he and Board
man had been tried by court martial |
for placing the man in the hands of
the civil authorities. and had been
found guilty of the fact. General |
Hughes. however, had disapproved the
finding as inadequate. saying that no
punishment was preferable to that |
Mcdonald said except on one occa-
sion he never had been witness to the
of the water cure, and
that this occasion was the one in which
the president of Igbaris was subjected |
to this treatment. He said that at that |
time Captain, now Major, Glenn, judge |
advocate of General Hughes depart
ment, was in command. and that he
the prisoner had been given
the water cure upon Captain Glenn's
orders for the purpose of eliciting in
which was secured.
Mcdonald said the water was forced
into the mans stomach with syringe,
but that he was not badly hurt, as he
his horse soon afterwards and
rode into the mountains with the troops.
Captain Mcdonald told of being pres
emit at the burning of Igbaris and of
himself ordering the burning of several
other towns, but he said they We're all
In a hostile country, many of them be-
Ing the homes of ladrones and insur-
gents and the houses generally being
merely nipa huts, valued at not to ex-
coed $40. He never had made any eff
fort to seek out the residences of the
guilty, but generally had included the
entire town in his orders for destruc-
ton.
PRESIDENr OIIREr pI EAeEn