The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-12
HAD TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
Lieutenant Hendryx Tells of
His Battle in Samar.
SHOT IN THE ARM
And Death Almost Came While
in Sight of Friends.


and terrible experiences of Aylmer E.
Hendryx, formerly of this city and well
known here comes in the form of an in
terview with him in the Manila papers.
Young Hendryx was constabulary in
spector with rank of lieutenant in the
island of Samar, and was reported killed.
an account of which appeared in the
Eagle at the time. The account was
very meager and nothing was known
further until the Manila papers brought
the news that he is still alive. A letter
dictated by him was also received here
which stated that the physicians in the
Manila hospital despaired of saving his
arm, but now expect to be successful. A
recent word by cable to Washington In
dicates that Lieutenant Hendryx is now
on his way home, and if this is true he
may stop in Wichita on his way TO the
present home of his parents In Indian
apolis.
The following is his own account of his
experiences After describing the con-
ditions that led up to his engagement
with the natives. who were band of
cutthroats under Antonio Anogar, Hen
dryx said:
haQ nreQ one SnOt ana ndu MY aim
extended to fire another, when | re-
ceived wound in the arm. the ball en-
tering above the elbow of the right arm
about three inches above the joint. and
coming out beside the elbow joint. en-
tered again on the front of the forearm.
passed along between the bones of the
forearm and came out on the back or
the arm at point over half way toward
the wrist.
AT once everything grew black. and
tainted When I regained consciousness
there was none of my men upon the
scene. / had just got upon my knees as
one of the natives discovered me and let
out a yell.
Their officer called to the force, some
fifteen in number. to advance. The first
man had come within twelve or fourteen
feet of me when / shot him. The officer
stood some thirty-five or forty feet away
from me. and l fired upon him, but do
not know whether I hit him.
II then endeavored to get into the
brush to hide but plunged headlons
down steep embankment at almost the
first step / took.
NV head struck against log, which
nearly rendered me unconscious again.
and gave me a throbbing headache. In
addition a terrific thirst came upon me.
This was late in the afternoon OF the 26th
of November.
II made my way back up the bank TO
the trail that led to Erenas where my
post was located, and proceeded carefully
until stopped by the darkness. when l
sat down at the foot OF a tree for the
night.
about o'clock a heavy rainstorm
came up and continued for about four
hours, from which / was unable to have
any protection at all.
sunrise nrocaadad along
through the brush and made my way
as best l could. judging from the position
Of the sun, toward Erenas. 1t was per-
haps in the middle of the forenoon that
came to the first stream. Here / drank
copiously of the water and endeavored
to dress my wounds. 1t proved diff
cult undertaking.
Being DESTROYS of saving my blue shirt
on account of its protection from the
cold, l endeavored to extract my white
undershirt from the opening in the front
of my blue shirt BY using my teeth
and left hand l secured enough of the
undershirt to bind my arm after / had
washed it in the stream.
Having lost my hat the first day
was obliged to proceed without any head
covering. At this time nv right hand
and arm necessitated being supported
slightly in front of the body by the left
hand. so that l was unable to even hold
branch of leaves over my head
AT this time the wound had begun to
attract mosquitoes and flies. The annoy
ance from these and the pain was so
great that when night came l slept very
little. During the night another rain
storm came up.
ION the 2Sth l had made considerable
but was very weak In the
afternoon l lay down in the shade of the
brush to rest. Shortly after | had done |
so. heard voices and raising upon nv
elbow. saw three Filipinos with bolos and !
daggers come arOuEd the brush OF these I
two were killed and the other escaped 4
They had found my trail farther up the /
and were tracking me. For |
for me they found me awake.
After this | proceeded a short dis |
lance. until I found another stream Of !
water, where | proceeded 10 dress my /
wounds and washed the old bandages as |
best I could. At this time my wounds /
were greatly infected. and I made every /
possible effort to cleanse them. This was /
almost impossible, as the Infection had 1
extended under the cords. nerves and 4
muscles.
The wound had become matted with |
maggots. but l got bits Of reed. which /
inserted into the wounds. Then taking a |
CT water | blew a. into the
wounds through thu reed
All this time I had been without a bite
Of food. and l was fast growing weaker.
L stopped for the night. pulling as hest /
could with my hands and teeth the
grass for my bed. 1t also rained again
this night.
When woke up on the morning of the
9th | had almost persisted with cold
Nothing OF any consequence happened
that day.
''on the morning of the seth my real
suferincs began; rnaggots were all over
ny clothes. and / had II even take of
my legginss. as they were full Most OF