Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-04
DO|NGS Of THE MOROS
GRAND FORKS BOY TELLS SOME
TALES OF MORO CRUELTY.
SOME OF THE BRUTALITY OF THE
NATIVE OF THE ISLANDS.


Philippines Which DO Not Heighten
His Affection For the Natives of the
Islands.
Grand Forks Herald: While the re-
port of General Miles on conditions in
the Philippines may be read with inter
est by the people of this country there
is nothing more interesting than a let
ter from one Of the American soldiers.
who have opportunities to witness con-
ditions that are not within the possi-
biities of the generals who make brief
stays in the possessions of Uncle Sam
across the Pacific.
Alfrd Sanghove, Grand Forks
boy is a soldier in the Philippines.
and the Herald has from time to time
published extracts from his letters
home A recent one written to his
mother contains much of interest. and
in way explains some of the butch
cries" complained of SO strenuously
by General Miles. The letter:
You know told you before in one
of my letters that once in a while a
few Morros run amuck. taking the
cath that they will kill as many Chris
tians as they can, no matter if it costs
item their own lives. There is a town
lust outside the walls of Jolo called
Tulai. The Filipinos and Chinese
have a cockpit there, where they
match game cocks. Last Sunday aft
ernoon about O'Clock there was a
of Chinese, Filipinos and few Nor
ros, watching the cock fights Betting
was running pretty high and every
body was watching the pit and paying
little attention to anything else. when
two of these Morros, both of them
armed with bolos. entered the place,
drew their weapons and commenced
cutting right and left, Two Cinnamon
and one Filipino were badly cut up.
The latter was in the pit getting a
bird ready for the next contest and he
made bolt for the door. Outside he
tried to jump over fence, but in do
ing SO his coat was caught on one OF
the sharp palings. holding him sus-
p.nded In mid-air One of the Morros
sashed him over the hip, making a
tarv;h1o rxosh Npo ~ tho china non
vas so terribly cut and mutilated that
it was almost impossible to recognize
him He had one bad cut from the
forehead down to the right cheek, his
nose was split in two. his back was
cut open from the shoulder downward
across the entire back, and his lungs
were hanging out through this wound
One of the Morros, before going to
the cockpit, went to the home OF an
old Filipino and asked him for drink
of water. The old man brought the
water to him, and as he turned ava!
to replace the cup after the Morrow
had finishd drinking, the MORO drew
his bolo and cut the old man across
the abdomen. He bled to death in a
few moments
"On the day following. Monday,
corps of engineers, a number of native
laborers and a guard of soldiers, went
to a point on the beach three miles
away to get rock to build new pier
The men were all well armed will
pistols and carbines, and each of th'
engineers and soldiers carried a hun
dred rounds OF carbine and twelve
extra rounds of pistol ammunition
After dinner the men were lyini
around. smoking and talking. one
the engineers having fallen asleel
with his rife at his side. A MORO ap
peared. armed with bolo and oil
muzzle-lOading Remington, and whel
within ten yards of the camp, greeted
the company with the Morro Language
for how do you do? He had no sooner
gave this greeting than he dropped hi
gun failed to work and the soldier
and engineers let him have 1t VIII
carbine and pistol. The volley did no
appear to stop him in the least for NJ
drew his bolo and made for the sleep
ing engineer. who by this time ma
wakened and started to get away. H'
would have succeeded had he no
stumbled over a log and fell. the VI
cious bolo catching him across tn
back as he fell. cutting wound MAJ
the length of the back and cuttin'
through nine ribs. The Morro ha'
been shot three times before he struci
The blow and fell by the side OF nj
victim. Even with bullet through
his head the savage rolled over an'