Evening star., 1902-08-07
Questioned as to outrages.

Whether the Patrick Driscoll or Joseph
E. Dugast or both of them, had stated to
O'Brien that such outrages had been COM
mitted upon the woman by the officers or
Driscoll and Dugast and other enlisted men.
Whether Fred Mcdonald, William H. Plum
mer, then lieutenant of Company NJ. and
Frank A. Cook, major of the 26th Regi-
ment, were present at n reception given at
the town of San Joaquin by the chief Off
Ger of the town. called the presidente. and
: a native inhabitant thereof, while O'Brien
was stationed with a detachment of Com
pany NJ at the town of San Joaquin. be-
tween the 9Th of May, 1890 and 26th of
February. 1901, and which reception was so
given on the occasion of the chief officers
marriage.
Whether at the reception Fred Mcdonald,
William Fl. Plummer and Frank A. Cook
drank to intoXication, and while in an in
toxicated condition, took off all their cloth
ing except their trousers and undershirts,
put their undershirts outside of their trou-
sers and then seized ladies' who were pres
ent. native inhabitants of the island, in
their arms and forced and compelled them
against their will to waltz around the room
in which the reception was being held; and
whether OBrfen had seen and witnessed
such conduct on the part of Mcdonald
Plummer and Cook.
Whether upon another occasion. while
OBrien was stationed at San Joaquin, Nc
Donald and Cook went to the house of q
woman of San JOAQUIN. whose name was
lnez and who was a prostitute and who
was the wife of leper. and in the house
each had carnal knowledge of the woman.
Whether O'Brien was with a detachment
of Company M. which entered the town of
La Nog the 2sth of December, 1899.
Alleged Shooting of Old Men.
Whether he was present at the town
when it was burned by the military forces
of the United States on the day last men
toned. Whether upon the occasion Of such
entry he saw an old man shot by Ameri-
can soldiers he came to his door and
looked out and saw the man fall to his
knees and turn around and die.
Whether at the town oe La Nog he saw
two other old men come out of a house
hand in hand, and one of them bearing a
white flag a bamboo stick, and who
were shot down and killed by American
soldiers.
Whether he. while the town of La Nog
was burning, heard the screams of a wo-
man, who was in one of the burning
houses, and saw in the doorway of the
burning house the woman who was so
screaming, and two children one of whom
was baby at her breast. and the other a
child about three years old the latter cling
ing to her skirts; whether he saw the wo-
man and children through the doorway
and through the window of the burning
house, moving around in a room of the
same; and whether the woman and the
said two children were burned to death in
the house.
Whether the day following the burning of
the town. and upon the return of O'Brien
and the detachment to the town of Guim
bal. from which it had started for La Nog,
one Pedro Gargenaro was compelled by
American officers to kneel down at Quinn
bal. and by their direction was hit on the
back Of the neck with a bolo. with the in
tention to behead him, and was. in fact,
then and there killed by the American Of
ficerS.
Whether a price had been put upon the
head of MpDOO3f1 for nd III rba
treatment by him by his direction and
command of such insurrectos and other ma
tiyes of the Island of Panay, and whether
O'Brien saw Mcdonald on an occasion be-
tween the 9th of May, 1900 and the 26th of
February, 1901, and at San Joaquin with
out just cause or provocation, strike vi
cente Tuburan over the head with the butt
of his revolver, Tuburan, who was sup
posed to be officer of insurrectos, being
when SO struck a prisoner in the control
and charge of Mcdonald; and whether at
any time during the service of the regi-
ment and Company NJ in the Island of
Panay Mcdonald or any superior officer of
O'Brien in the company had given COM
mand order to soldiers of the company
to take no prisoners in any engagement,
but to continue the conflict until all the
lnSurrectos were either killed or had fled.
Company Without Food.
Whether O'Brien at any time during the
service of his company with a detachment
thereof. went out In a mountain pass, where
they were almost starved because they did
not receive the rations TO which they were
entitled
Whether during the service any rations
to which O'Brten and the detachment to
which he at any time belonged We're
titled had been fradulently disposed Of and
the proceeds divided among officers of the
company. Whether Mcdonald had ever re-
ceived money sent to him as captain by the
military authorities of the United States to
purchase supplies for the men of Company
NJ. which supplies were not furnished the
men. and which money so sent was fraudu
lently converted and applied to the use of
Mcdonald.
Whether Mcdonald, who had charge of a
fund known as the company fund, derived
from profits on beer and soda and cigars
sold at the canteen, and from allowances
made by the government for savings on
rations. and which fund was intended to be
used in the purchase of articles Of diet not
included in the rations regularly issued by
the United States to the company, had
fraudulently diverted the fund from the
uses to which 1t should have been applied
and fraudulently converted the same to his
use
Whether owing to such misapplication
and fraudulent diversion of the company
fund and failure to expend it for the ben
eft of the men of the company, three of
the sergeants of the company, William
Benthien, John Conway and Harry A.
Partridge, had threatened to resign or ask
to be reduced to the ranks.
Whether, as result of such threat, Cap
tain Mcdonald had had private consulta-
tion with the sergeants, and at such con-
sultation had promised them that the en-
listed men should have at the town OF
Guimbal Christmas day, 1899, big
dinner from the company fund, and which
dinner so promised had not been given to
them, the enlisted men last aforesaid.
Grand Jury's Report.
The grand Jurors present: That OBrien
being sworn, did on the 10th of May last,
falsely, corruptly. knowingly, willfully and
maliciously. and contrary to his said oath.
swear, declare, depose and testify before
the said committee regarding the foregoing
subjects of inquiry.
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