The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-18
MAYCALL AGUINALDO
OTHER FILIPINO LEADERS MAY BE
SUMMONED.
MORE LIGHT ON WATER CURE.
EYE WITNESS OF THE IGBARAs
AFFAIR TESTIFIEs.

teer Sergeant, Gives Circumstan-
tiaI DetaiIs-The Presidente Not
the Only Sunerer-Capt. Glenn
Gave the Orders-AIso Burned Two
Large TOwns-Senator RawIins
submits Names of AguinnIdO, Ma
bini, sixto Lopez and Others to Be
Summoned.
Washington, April T.-Edward J.
Davis of Greenfield, Mass, who was a
sergeant in Company Nj, 26th Volun-
teer Infantry was before the Senate
Committee on the Philippines to-day.
He was present in the convent at Ig-
baras, Nov. p, 1900, when the water
cure" was administered to the presl-
dente of the town of Igbaras. He said
that under orders from Capt. Glenn he,
with squad, had taken the presidente
into custody on Nov. 81 and had es-
corted him to the convent, where the
cure was administered
He repeated the story of the torture
of the presldente, adding some details
The mans clothing was removed above
the waist and his hands tied behind
him. He was them the witness said,
taken to the water tank and thrown
upon his back and while an Interpreter
stood over. him.. a stream. of water was
directed into his mouth, which was held
open"
who gave the command for this
treatment" asked Senator Rawlns.
Capt Glenn
How. was the mans mouth kept
open?"
by means of a stick"
Continuing, the witness said that
when the victim of the cure" was
filled with water the members of the
detail would force it out of him by
rolling their fists over his stomach, and
that the process was kept up for about
ten minutes.
He described the second application
of the cure as previously testified to-
and corroborated Sergt. Riley in the
statement that the details of this per-
formance were under the charge of
Contract Surgeon Lyons, and that
Capt. Glen and Lieut.. Conger were both
present when it occurred.
Mr.. Davis said in reply to questions
ae to the physical effect of the process
that the man .squealed'' terribly, and
that his eyes were bloodshot, but that
the next day he was able to mount
his horse, and lead the scouts to the
mountain. Afterward he was, the wit
ness said, taken TO Iloilo and placed in
prison.
There Were other "Treatments.-
The witness also repeated the state
ment that two police officers Of the
town of Igbaras had been subjected
to the water cure. There was" he
added, also a native school teacher
there who was maltreated at the same
time, but the water cure was not adj
ministered to him. He was taken into
one of the back rooms of the convent
by Dr.. Lyons, who secured the infor-
nation he wanted from him by plac-
ing two Colts revolvers to his head.
thus rendering it unnecessary to ad-
minister the cure"
Did you see this?''
Il did,"
Mr.. Davis also gave the details of
the burning of the town of Igbaras.
which he said contained about 10000
people, but no business places. All ex-
oept about fifteen houses were des-
troyed and men. women and children
We're forced out Unfortunately
Senator Burrows-who gave the or
der to burn the town?
The witness-Capt. Glenn.
ITO whom did he give it?"
ITO Lieut.. Conger. He told the
lieutenant to burn the town"
Did you hear him?"
Il did"
Another Town Burned.
The witness also said that a neigh
boring town containing about 10000
people had been burned, but that he
did not know who had given the or
der for it's destruction.
He stated in reply TO questions that
the torture in all the Instances mem
toned had been conducted by the reg
ular soldiers and that they had NOT
been participated in by the members
of his regiment
After Mr.. Davis was excused +ha
committee went into executive session
to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of sum-
moning witnesses from the PHILIPPINES
and other portions of the Orient Ia
testify.
Senator Rawlins submitted the fol-
lowing names as those of men whom
he thought it necessary to call: Agui- |
naldo, Mabini, who was one of Ag1Ii-
naldo's principal advisers; Sixto Lopaz
who has been for several years in the |
United States in the interest of Philin-
pine independence; Judge Pic del Pillar
Gen. Torres, Howard w. Brady. an
Englishman who has spent many years |
in the Philippines, and Robert NJ Col !
Inns and Harold Martin, press corre-
spondents.
The committee postponed action I'M
til a full attendance of members of the |
committee could be secured.