Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-07
Maj. Glenn Declares He Was
Ordered by His Superior to
Torture Natives
CAUSES SENSATION AT TRIAL
Charges That the Records of the Sixth
Brigade Have Been Tempered With
andAIso Important Documents Have
Been Tempered With-second Trial
at Manila Just Begun.

| Manila, Jan. 7.-Major Edwin f.
second time placed on trial yesterday on
the charge of killing seven Filipino
prisoners of war by torture.
| Major Glenn created sensation by
declaring that he was authorized to tor
ture his prisoners by written orders
from Major General Adna r. Chaffee.
He presented one of these orders to the
tcourt and declared that other official
orders and documents had not been re-
tcorded at division headquarters.
He charged that tile records of the
Sixth brigade, commanded by General
Jacob Smith, had been tempered with
and that important documents had been
Iabstracted. The defense wished to ex-
anime General Smith as to these doca-
ments and certain written and verbal
orders for the purpose of showing the
character of the campaign General
Smith desired to have waged.
Major Glenn had already requested
from the United States as Witness
es, but Secretary of War Root refused
and ordered Major Glenn to submit 81
list of questions to be submitted to
those generals. Major Glenn yesterday
refused to submit these questions and
renewed his request that the generals
be sent from the United States.
1t was also declared in Major CLIENTS
argument that General Chaffee had sent
a telegram to the department of south
tern Luzon, where CaDalle's force was
operating, clad in American uniforms.
The text Of this telegram is given as
follows:
"The division commander directs that
no matter what measures be adopted
information as to the whereabouts Of
this force must be obtained
The defense argued that this order
was an authorization for the applica-
ton of. the water cure, and said that
officers in the field so Interpreted it. If
this Interpretation was proper, the de-
Tense said, General Chaffee was entitled
to the opportunity to show why he had
failed to interfere to prevent the court
martialing of officers for executing the
order.
The defense produced copy of tel
egram sent by Secretary Root to Cen
eral Chaffee when the former thought
that Major Gleen's trial for applying
the water cure would take place in SAN
Francisco and in which General Chaffee
was directed to send 10 San Francisco
any witnesses Major Glenn desired.
The defense pointed out that when this
message was sent war existed, but now
peace prevails, and asked why this
policy had been changed, why it was in
compatible with the public interest to
send General Smith, now retired, and
Mr. Conklin, civilian. to Manila.
If witnesses were denied. the defense
asked to have the documents enumer-
ated in the witnesses subp9naes. 1t
claimed it could not properly defend
Major Glenn without witnesses and
raised the question of the constitutional
right to have them.
Major Lewis e. Goodier, for the
prosecution, held the decision given by
Secretary Root in the matter of wit
nesses to be final, ana charged the de-
Tense with seeking to force the court to
go on record as disappearing Secre-
tary Roots decision. Major Goodier
said the document sought could be at
tached to the depositions, and that the
present was not proper time to raise
a constitutional question.
The testimony Of the first witnesses
will be heard today.