Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-06-24

D. philippines, who had killed vour
l. nichGer, u soldier of his compan q. d,
!. hberately, after two hours ard ;, ba
b Vi Torture, in which he WAS at ia.
strangled to death
t es. >emenber it, said the Ger
s eraI' There has been II great des, y
+ talk about it,.
Apparently not too M uch. General
l Ventnred to say, ''if the repo TT of tn
Case is correct. 1t was what v,e mona
ly call murder"
! 20. this case that you are &c, excite,
about -"
"eheral," | interrupted, al cal
your attention to the fact TIL nj Won a,
not in the least excited. | have mo 90
casion to be.''
" don't mean you espe Gladly, ex
pialned General Corbin, "bnt + hess
anti lmperialists, and people all around.
Inc TACT Seems to be that this mn for.
1unaee young man forgot himself for
1ue ciine being and lost his head-ytud
don't wonder at it in that d-Pbilin
pine climate. Before he made that
mistake he was considered one of the
hhest young men in the army
do you define this offence :m a en,is.
take General 2" l asked. .lDo Won
forget the testimony as TO what Lieu.
tenant Sinclair did, He committed
murder. ~
ou call it murder. said the Gen
eral, but he Was tried for the alleged
oHence, and acquitted
Certainly, General. He was tried
ana acquitted by his comrades who
found that he had done the things with
winch he was charged, and was limo.
cent.
1he General leaned back, asked his
to be seated, and conrinu-
su' w hen L think about it, and nv
ong service in the army, believe. sir.
'oat have done worse things myself. |
man Lieutenant Sinclair is said to |
lave DONE"
You have done worse things (ien.
oral ?''
LES. have When I was out in
ne West among the Indians one of our
men got fighting drunk and came
'nooplng up the company street and
'eiiihg that be wanted to kill the Cap.
aln,-that was me. was not afraid.
lie jumped into my tent and drew a
'nife on me. l stopped and picked up
; root that lay beside my chair and
nocked him with it. 1t might have
Tiled him; if it had, should have been
lst as guilty as Sinclair
our correspondent was astonished.
ie reminded tha General that one case
'as simple self.defence and the other
CELEBRATE mnrder of an imprisoned /.
oldler, and reminded him further that :
Dung Richter was bound upon the /
round; that he was gagged with a
10Th stuffed into his mouth with the i
nd Oh a club; that he was tortured =
nth ice water for two hours, and was 8
nally suffocated and died under the 2
)rture. +
Where do you get these facts ?n +
,ked General Corbin.
There is but one place in the Uni. z
nj States, General" l answered Il
where they can be found. 1 found n
lem In the records of your own office. f;
eneral.' L added that General Cor is
n had friends in the United States.
ID perhaps some enemies, bnt that e,
had not friend or an enemy who III
ould not be astonished and grieved to o.
INK him capable of such a deed as A
lat of Sinclair's. r
well, concluded the General. "vou ne
me tn ihquire about the reputation OF
young Sinclair. l say it was uni to-
rmly good" in
Ii Is known that General COrhin did II,
like his removal from this CITY to an
'vernor's Island last fall, although vi
gracious wife made tor herself
'ure place III the lnnermost circles
New York society. He will have a 70,
# ana half of Service in the Philip. re-,
es, and will then succeed to the ba,
ntenant-Generalship on the retire. adj
ut of General Chaffee.