The San Francisco call., 1906-05-28
MORO CHIEFTA|N
SURELY SLAIN
Officer Refutes the Story
That Datto Ali Still
Lives.
Tells How His Body Was
Riddled With Fifteen
Bullets.

Notwithstanding contrary reports
from Manila, the fact has been estab.
lished that Datto ALI the Moro chief
tain. was among the slain OF the
rnemora bic battle of October p on the
island Of Mindanao. The troops thai
riddled the body OF the royal savage
were led by Captain Frank R. Mccoy
aide de camp TO General Wood, and
officers that were with him on that
campaign are here TO testify to the
facts.
Among the officers who were with
Captain Mccoy in the expedition
against Ali are First Lieutenant S. B.
West and Second Lieutenant Philip
Remington. both Of the Twenty-second
United States Infantry.
These two officers are now on duty
in this city with their regiment, which
has been stationed here since the
morning Of the earthquake.
In an interview yesterday morning
Lieutenant West who commanded the
provisional company Of 100 picked
men Of his regiment in the expedition,
stated that il was impossible to con-
ceive how such a report could have
been circulated.
He stated further that Captain Nc
Coy. with his command, after a care
fully planned campaign consisting of
forced marches by night and day for
danao took Ali entirely by surprise at
his stronghold, miles away from any
civilization, and with the exception of
one young Moro, who couldn't have
been over 20 years Of ago, every man
there was either killed or mortally
wounded
when the troops reached the Gotta
or rancheria occupied by Ali" said
Lieutenant West, the Moro leader
was found on the ground in front of
the doorway with fifteen bullet holes
in his body. Dr. William Davis. Med
ical Department United States Army,
surgeon of the expedition, immediate
iy made an examination Of his body
and pronounced the chieftain dead.
Ali was recognized by the two
guides, who led the column TO Ais
hiding place, one Filipino, who has
for years been faithful TO the Ameri-
cans, and who knew Ali we'll before
the insurrection of 1898. the other a
Moro, who was Ais half brother.
Dstto EnOk by name.
Sergeant Lewis A. Carr, Company
K, Twenty-second Infantry, who was
recommended for certificate of
merit for the work performed in this
expedition, also recognized the body as
that Of Ali. as the former had known
him well in 1901 and 1902. when Ali
was noted gambler, living in the
NAi being the last Moro Datto hav-
ing in his veins the royal blood OF the
original MaguindanaO race OF Mahom-
medans, who came to Mindanao CEN
tUries ago, naturally had a powerful
Influence over the MOros Of that en-
tire country.
r o. Ina, reason il is natural that
the Sultan Of Ganassi, who is a pow
9rful Moro around the Lake Lanao
country, and who claims TO have been
n comm unicatiOn with Datto Ali re-
gently, should be desirous of trying to
-e...-.4 turs presuge by causing the re-
oort 10 be widely circulated among the
Moro tribes that Ali was still alive
As soon as il became known
throughout the Gotta bato valley last
lall that Ali had been killed, peace
and quietness was the result almost
Immediately, and guns TO the number
u over 500 were turned in by Moros
o the government authorities at Fam
ooanga. Previous to this time the
sntire valley had been in a turmoil
since early in 1908, when Ali went
ntO the field and started to gather
ais warriors about him"
Lieutenant Remington, who fired
he shot that brought Ali TO the /
round, when questioned sbout this I
1anila story. said that il was impos- /
ible for him 10 understand how any
01'- could he alive roday after having
leen shot last October in fifteen diff /.
----it l..aco,. three bullets having en-
cred vital organs.
The story must be false in every /,
farticular, he said.