Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-17
AGU|NALDO MAY
B SUMMONED
Afuin.ldo. Mabina, Torres and
Other Witnesses May Be
Brought to America.
Serfeant Davis on the Stans
Gives More Sensational
Testimony.

GlveS More SenSatlOns1
Testimony.
Washington, April 1T.-Edward y.
Davis. of Greenfield. Mass. who was
sergeant in Company NJ, Twenty
eighth Volunteer Infantry, was before
the senate committee on the Philippines
today. He was present in the convent
a. Ipbaras on Nov. n, 1900, when the
..water cure" was administered to the
presidente of the town of Igbaras, as
testified to by Sergeant Riley and FIJI
vate smith and related incidents con-
nected herewith. He was sworn be-
fore being examined. He spoke OF the
arrival OF Captain Glenn. He said under
orders from Glenn he, with q squad,
had taken the presidente into custody
en- Nov. 81 and had escorted him to the
convent where the cure" was admins
tered. He repeated the story of the tor
ture of the presidente. adding some de-
tails When the man was taken into
the convent he was asked to give infor-
nation as to whether runners had been
sent out to notify the insurgents of the
arrival OF the scouts In town. Refusing
TO do this, the water detail, consisting
OF two privates of the Eighteenth In
fantry, was ordered by Captain Glenn
to strip him.
The mans clothing was removed
above the waist and his hands were
tied behind him. HE was then," the
witness said, taken to the water tank
and thrown upon his back, while an in
terpreter stood over him. stream of
water was directed into his mouth.
Nhich was held open."
s'Who gave the command for this
treatment ?''
"Captain Glenn"
..How was the mans mouth kept
open?"
''By means of stick. but could not
see just how 1t was done"
Continuing the witness said when the
victim of the cure was filled with water
the members OF the detail were ordered
&c force it out of him by rolling their
flats over his stomach, and that process
was kept up for about ten minutes. He
described the second application of the
"cure" as previously testified to and
acorroborated Sergeant Riley in his
statement that the details of this per-
Torrance were under the charge of
Contract Surgeon Lyons and that Cap
tain Glenn and Lieutenant Conger were
both present when it occurred.
Davis said in reply to a question as to
80 1,a hot
the man "squealed" terribly and his
eyes were bloodshot. but next day he
was able to mount his horse and lead
the scouts. Afterward he was taken to
noilo and placed in prison. N
Witness also repeated the statement
that two police officers of the town OF
Igbaras had been subjected to the
water cure" There was" he added.
"also native school teacher there who
was maltreated at the same time, but
the water cure was not administered
to him. He was taken into one of the
back rooms of the convent by DR.. Ly-
ons, who secured the information he
wanted from him by placing two revol-
vers to his head, thus rendering it un-
necessary to administer the cure"
Davis also gave details of the burn
ing Of the town OF Igbaras, which he
said contained about 10000 people, All
except about fifteen houses were de-
stroyed, and men. women and children
were forced out indiscriminately.
'swho gave the order to burn the
town."
..Captain Glenn"
ITO whom did he give it to?"
ssLieut. Conger."
.'Did you hear him?" ~
II did"
Did he say why it should be
burned?"
.'He did not"
The witness said a neighboring town
containing about 10000 people had been
burned, but he did not know who had
given the order for its destruction. He
stated the torture, in all instances
known to him, had been conducted by
regular soldiers, and that they had not
been participated in by members of
his regiment.
my orders were" he said ITO treat
the natives kindly, and SO far as / OBJ
served the soldiers generally SO treated
them, with exceptions I have men
toned
He added the presidente had been
traitor to the American cause and that
otter natives did not generally seem to
have any sympathy for him. Davis said
he had been in charge of detachment
of fifteen men in Igbaras for several
months before arrival of the regulars;
also for some time afterward. Had
never had any trouble whatever with
the natives. He had talked with regu-
lar soldiers about the water cure and
had been given to understand its ad-
ministration was not of rare occur
renee, but said they had not given the
names of persons or places. He knew
of the murder of several members of
his regiment at another point but 1t
had been his understanding they were
killed by ladrones, rather than by town
authorities, as Colonel Disman had re-
ported.
After Davis was excused the commit
tee went into executive session to con-
slider the advisability of summoning
witnesses from the Philippines ani
other portions of the orient to testify.
Senator Rawlins submitted the follow
ing names as those OF men whom he
thought 1t necessary to call: Aguinaldo
and Mabina, who was one Of Aguinal-