Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-08
DETAILS RECEIVED or MURDER oP D. c
MONTGOMERY.
WAS NEBRASKA TEACHER
CRUELTY SLAIN by BAND OF PHILIPPINE
NEGR0S
GIVEN CHRISTIAN BURIAL
Six Natives Armed with Boios and Spear,
Surprise and Attack Hlm-Body Re
eelyed by Constabulary

Washington, Jan. 5.-The Insula
bureau Of the war Office has Just re
ceved by the latest mail from Manil
particulars OF the killing OF ID. 9
Montgomery, deputy division super
intendent of SchUols for Oriental Ne
groes. 1t will be remembered tina
Mr., and Mrs Montgomery left thei
home In Nebraska about year age
and took passage for the Philippin,
Islands with a.large number Of schoO
eaCheTs, He was one OF the bes
known educators In Nebraska auC
was making very rapid progress II
the department OF education estat.
lished by the Taft commi ssiun.
Superintendent Montgomery was
attacked and killed on the evening o
October 81, last. by six natives armed
with boIos and spears. lie seems thai
he was on his way to Balcolod, pre-
sulnably with desire to investigate
the workings Of a division Office pre-.
paratory to his transfer to the new
superintcndency to which he had lust
been promoted. He left Dumal uete
Monday, October %, by steamer, via
lloilu, transferred t. steamer for
SHAY, secured a S ddle horse aud car
rier for MS baggage In the latter
town, and was juurneyiug toward
Baccolod, late IN the afternoon of
October 81, preceded by the carrier
with his suit case.
The Journey was over one OF the
most frequented roads in Negroes
A orizzIing rain began to fall about
5 O'Clock and darkness approached
more rapidly than us Ial When about
three miles from BaCOlod. according
to the story told by the carrier, which
there seems no reason to doubt, six
men sprang from the brush and at
tackled Mr. Montgomery. Tn car
rier threw his load to on. side on
bearing Mr.. Montgomery cries, and
seeing the assault ran into the ad-
jacent field, making wide detOur in
order to reach the road some dis.
lance behind the scene Of attack. lie
recovered the flying horse which Mr..
M IntgOmeIy had ridden and hIstened
to SHAY, too frightened to Inform
anyone in the town Of Talisay as he
passed through. About o'clock the
next morning information reached
the president in Bacolud that an
American said tn he a school supcrin.
tendent from Oriental Nerg1s had
been killed and he notified the con-
Stabulary headquarters and this
office, This narrative is written by
g. W. Beattie, division superrintend-
ent OF schools at BacolOd, Negros,
under date Of Novem Der 3.
THE president and Mrg. r. b
Howell FASTENED to the sceEe OF the
tragedy, ana / followed on horseback.
A detachment OF constabulary had
preceded us and had already removed
the body from the ditch into which
IL had been thrown by the aSsailants.
IN reaching the spot the president
md Mr.. Howell made an examina-
Ion Of the contents Of the pockets Of
he dead man and placing the body
IN Stretcher started the carriers
oward BacOlod. | met the carriers
coming down the road and returned
With them. DR.. Turkey, the military
surgeon at this post, sent his hospit-
Il corps to prepare the body for In
erment, a coffin being furnished
trough the kindness Of Colonel
: ank. the commanding OH Ger.
1.-THE funeral services were held
& my house. and conducted by the
Rev. Mr. lIuSe Baptist missionary |
n BaCUlOd. A n the members uf the |
government and "A large |
lumber Of prominent FilipinoS al
ended the services and accompanied |
he remains to the cemetery, where |
he b ,dy was enclosed in one OF the
uiitaIy vaults
"a pOStmurtem examination re.
'eaed ten wounds In the trunk and
I'm, consisting mainly Of lance
trusts. Four Of these were serious
The face was not diSugurcd. The
,udy had lain IN water all night.
lr. Montgomery watch, suit case
evulyrr and belt were taken. but one
undied dollars IN United States cur.
ency, salary check OF one OF III,
eachers, and some loose change were
In his pockets
-Four natives who know something
I the crime have been arrested by
he conslabulary, hut they are nOl
elieved to he the actual murdereIs
ONE persons Il ink that robbery was
be sole motive OF the act