The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-15
SENATORS HEAR
o. WA'TER.CUR!E
Sergeant Of Volunteers Testified
Before Committee.
MUST SWALLOW OR GIVE I / 81: UP ,.
Faucet is Put in Victims Mouth and
Water Allowed to Run Until He
Agrees to ConfessTo own Was
Burned on This information.
fRv Associated Prcss.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., April little
Senate Committee on the Philippines pc
gan the work with the intention OF max
Ing an investigation of the charges to the
effect that the 'water-cure, socalled, IS
pract.ced on the insurgents, and sChartes
S. Riley, Of Northampton, Mass. formerly
a sergeant in the volunteers, was the
first witness called. He said he had wit
messed the water-cure at Igboras, In the
Province Of Iloilo, in 1900. 1t was admin
istered to the Presidente. or chief Filipino.
Of the town.
He said that upon the arrival OF his
command ut Ibcras the Presidente was
asked whether runners had been sent OUT
notifying the insurgents Of their presence,
and that upon his refusal to give the IN
formation he was taken to the convent,
where the witness was stationed and the
water-cure was administered to him.
THE PROCESS.
This official was stripped to the waist
and his hands tied behind him. Captain
Glenn and Lieutenant Conger, Of the regu-
lar army, and DR.. Lyons. a contract sur
geon, were standing near. The man, he
said, was then thrown under q water tank
which held about 100 gallons of water ana
his mouth placed directly under the fau-
Get and held open. Over him stood an IN
terpreter repeating one word, which the
witness said he did not understand, but
which he believed to be the native equiva-
lent of confess When at last the
Presidente agreed to tell what he knew
he was released and allowed to start
away.
He was not, however, permitted to es-
cape, and upon refusing to give further
information, he was again taken as ne
was about to mount his horse and the
cure administered for the second time
This time the man was not stripped nor
was he taken into the building. DR.: Lyons
said the water could be brought to the
spot and given there, and when it was
brought in q five-gallon can, one end OF
syringe was placed in it and the other
in the mans mouth. AS he still refused
a second syringe was brought and one
end of it placed in the PROSTATE mans
nose. He still refused and a handful of
salt was thrown into the water. This
had the desired effect and the Presidente
agreed to answer questions.
BURNED THE TOWN.
On cross examination by Republican
Senator's Mr.. Riley said the."cure'' had
been first resorted to to compel the Presl-
dente to reveal his own attitude, and
that it had been learned from his con-
fcssion that while he protested to be
friendly to the United States he was in
and that his police were all soldiers. AS
a consequence of this exposure he was
arrested and the town burned.
Another witness, William L. Smith, OF
Athol, Mass, who was a volunteer pri-
vatc. corroborated Rileys testimony. say
ing he had also witnessed the torture Ct
two policemen Of the town Of 1gboras
Smith said the details of .ths cure" We're
in the hands Of a squad of the Eighteenth
he X 70
ter Cure Detail"
lie also said that he had assisted in
the burning of the town Gf Ihoras, and
that the natives generally escaped from
Their houses only with The clothes they
wore.
The witness said that the country places
in the vicinity were also burned. All
these acts We're done under .ke command
of aptain Glenn, who was, he said, judge
advocate of the Department Of Viscayas
He said the water was kapt running for
four or five minutes, and ii,at the doctor
i'r~charge frequently placed his hand upon
the mans hear: as II to observe its effect