The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-20

and refusing to come down. The in
furiated fellowship below produced
rope and entering the house he
was bound hand and foot and carried
away, no heed being paid to the
pleadings of the bride to desist. The
groom was kept out until late hour
and then permitted to return to his
lady love.
The following interesting letter
from the Philippines tells Of an en-
counter in which a former Paducah
boy, who is now in the army, par
ticipated:
Jolo Jolo, p. l., July 6, 1903.
AS | am Just in from a five days
fight with outlaw Moros l will write
few lines about some real service.
On July first we were called out
about IA miles from here to shell
out a band of seven outlaws, under
the command of the famous chief,
"Jakeris' The place we had to go
TO was a small island, which is moth
ing more than an old crater and
cave. The cavalry could not get
them out, and they could not go in
after them. And, talk about work!
We sure had some of ii to get our
guns in a position to fire. On all
sides there was nothing but bluffs
and plateaus to contend with. And
before we got into action We had
three men wounded, one seriously,
but finally we got about ten or
twelve shots into the cave, and
then made a charge on the place.
And as we did the natives ran at
us, and We had a hand to hand fight
with them. Perhaps you know about
these Moros. They believe they &c
to heaven when they kill a Chris
tian and they come at us to die
They have been known to charge a
whole company or regiment singly
for just so long as he gets one white
man he is satisfied. So they plunged
into us and the result was we had
two men killed and twenty-one
wounded, four seriously. 1t was one
of the lucky ones. not getting a
scratch. They butchered the CHIEF
lup something awful, and after 1t wa:
all over they found out that they
had made a great mistake in charg
ing the cave, for after all the out
laws were killed, they entered the
cave and found that all there wa:
for them to eat was about one peel
lof rice, and absolutely no water
Then they were sorry that they die
not surround the place and starv'
them out. But it was too late then
We had already paid very dearl,
with the lives of two good Ameri
cans, that were more than worth al
the negroes in these islands. And
perhaps, we will have to pay deare
for the four that are seriousl!
wounded have a very poor chance il
this climate, with a cut of a rust.
lbolo and brass bullets in their bodies
But. nevertheless, it Is the fault o
woman's influence in the army, thi
thing would have never happened /
lsome officers that have seen service
here had been let alone. The CT.
is don't butcher the poor, innocen
natives. That's the cry from th'
people who don't know the situation
over in the jungles. And at the sam'
time these poor, innocent natives arr
killing with modern rifles and slash
ing with rusty bolos the lives ant
heads of thousands of American sol
diers. They are all friendly unit
they get within reach of you with /;
bolo. then OF goes your head. Still
our good old U. S. A. allows them Il
run among our soldiers armed witt
bolos, and we are not allowed 4
shoot. Regards to old Paducah ant
Kentucky, where you can shoot
man when he is looking for you
head.
GEO. BROWNNELL BARRICMAN
4 First Sergt. Battery e. 2, F. A
Truant Officer william T. Byrd e,
poets to enlarge the usefulness @
his Office by extending his power :
boys anywhere from 40 years o
up OF course his duties are to Sc
that all children Of proper age are !
school, but after he has the machir
Iery of his Office running smooth!
he will clear of Broadway of the po'
iticians and others of the leisur
class who are opposed to manual Ia
Dor. He has given them fair warn
ling, and declares he intends to sc
THAT they are placed in school o
some place where they cannot ga
so smuch. So far his intended vic
tins have given him the laugh, bu
Byrd says it will not be 30 funny 70
them when they dig down and &c
their states and hunt Che little re
school house.
CouIdn'f Tell Her