New-York tribune., 1902-05-27
ATROCITY STORIES DENIED.
CAPTAIN MDONAID DECLARES THAT
CORPORAL OBRIEN LIED.

Washington. May 26-Captain Mcdonald formerly
Of the 26th Volunteer Infantry. one of the officers
accused in Corporal O. 'BriCu's testimony, was be
fore the Senate Committee on the Philippines to-
day. Captain Mcdonald. who is from Charles
town. Mass. said he had doubt that he was the
Captain Frederick Mcdonald referred to I'm
O'Brien's testimony. He admitted having seen the
water cure administered at Igbaras but as
serted that O'Brien was at San Joaquin. thirty
miles away, at the time. Witness said he went to
the Philippines in 1899, and had been there eieh-
teen twenty months. The case named was
the only time he the water cure" ad-
ministered
DO you know anything of the violation Of the
person of Spanish woman by American officers
testified to by O'Brien?" asked Senator Lodge
mo such circumstance. that ever occurred
at that time any other from the beginning TO
the end of my stay in the Philippines and have
never known of Spanish or any other
woman being violated by an American officer" re,
piled Captain Mcdonald.
The witness went on 70 say that he supposed
the woman that O'Brien had I'm mind was the wife
of a OF the Mayor of Igbaras A brother OF the
womans husband he said, had been made a crippIe
for life by Montours band of Iadrones and the body
OF the husbands father when he died had been
dragged about the streets by Montour himself
This woman, he said. had given valuable informa-
tion TO Sergeant Davis, of his company concerning
the movement of the insurgents. But this woman
never had been matreated by the Americans
Regarding O'Brien's statement that Mcdonald
gracefully at native dance at San JOAQUIN Can
tain Mcdonald said: THAT statement is a de-
Hberate lie from beginning 10 end Major Cook
whose name Is given that of one of the officers
present on that occasion duty at the town
OF Jaro, sixty miles distant. the time the dance
is said 10 have occurred and 1 was on duty AT
MigOon."
rms dance was said TO have occurred at the home
or the presidente Of the town of San Joaduin and
the mention of that individual brought to the mind
OF Captain Mcdonald an incident which he said
occurred when he first visited the town The
presdente invited him to breakfast and after par
taking Of that meal he became violently ILL A
Ihyslcian declared the symptoms due To poisoning
nut as some of the members of the presidente' IS
Iathlly were also made ill II supposed AT the
ulhe Ihat the poisoning was accidental, and the
matter was dropped II state that as a reason
why could not have been the dance" he said
that this native official contributing 10 the in
suTgent cause " 80
o.3Taptain Mcdonald also hatly contradicted
- brlens statement to the effect that he or any
vtlet u oIncers or the company had withheld from
tle troops the Fatons To which they were entitled.
~ tNdl connection he called attention to the fact
snat me captain or company never handles the
LuHu Ior the purchase of the supplies needed by
ms command He also declared IL was not true
t|Lds | the 6fead received for the company had been
, suIu. The soldiers he said. had fresh bread
wy uay IN the week that could bake it,"
~S " the statement that the insurgents had