The sun., 1912-07-07

Several informants declared that 'hev had
Witnessed Indians 'hajuan round the arms
hauled M to the ceiings of houses or to
trees. and the chain then suddenly loosed
so that the victim fell violently 10 the
ground. Among other practices one ot the
rubber collectors cut the ears IN living
Indians a pastiiue thai 20 my knowledge
was also indulg.d in by another -uhor
diuate stili employed by the company q;
the date of my visit
some men had lost all sight or seu>c
Of rubber gathering: the were s.rplv
beasts OF prey who lived upon the Indians
and delighted III shedding their blood.
| met no old Indian iueu or women and iew
had got beyond mddleage The old i,~opl".
both ;n-n and women. respected for char
a"'er and ability to advise wisely. had bsen
marked from tho first as dangerous. and
in the early stages oi IA" occupation were
done to death. Tim. | i-lrned Of an old
woman who was beheud-d solely for this
reason.
Some of the wives nr ~. agents were
turned into usurderers oi their own p.ope
4 younR Indian woman Was ordered by su
. oversc-r to TAX. his rife and 20 and shoot
! an Indian man. "A prisoner at the tin.t.
and this order the girl had obey-d. She put
the rifle to his head and killed him
OTHERS CONFIRM CHARGES
, The unr.lieved barbarity disclosed III
! this report does not rest alone on the
/ stimony of the Barbados men wno-e
depositions accompany il. Ii is amply
confirmed 10y independent stat enenI-,
Sir Roger Easement adds the evidence
OF these Barbadlan witnessa-. from whose
! evidence two extracts only are append VI.
! for they are typical of the rest Here
is one by Stanley : Lewis. a native Of
Barba1o-:
! have scen Indian. Killed for sport. ted
up to trees and shot al by Ionscca ton. OF
! the oNorsr"rsl and the others After they
were driukin. they would sometimes DO
This They would tahe "A man out OF the
| 'cspo" and tie him I" "a tree and shoot AT
him Tor targei have often seen the
! Indians killed thus. and also shot after they
had been rogg-d. Others have seen Killed
/ by the 'cholitos." Tia" small Indian boys
being trained INTO -muCha'hos" These
I boys were armed with iaachrtes and they
would cut their irads OF against the tree
stumps. ! saw Fon.eca do IN" follow ing
thing Ne had an Indian nur SO ylrl u,nd!n. /.
q child oi his. q baby he had by one al his
! Indian women. THIS nilr>" was uuit. =
young girl. and sh" wa carrying the brhy
and II packed up a leaf of tobacco and pat
i, in its mouth Fonscca came along iust
thcn and because he bahy was orViug, aud
! he saw NnN, Ns DeHf IN" girl WIN MS N-'s.
and when she WAS knocked about a lot and
her mouth was cut he sent her down 10 the
river to wash. and then when She cam" up hs
drew his revolver aud shot her. and one oi
his men. named sChicOdino" "a nickname
his right name was Or-avIo or Miguc
Rengitot. came out and drew h,s revolver
and shot the girl too and so they killed her
Her body vas buried
BRIIE MILLS GINi.
Another thing there saw wns tins R"n = if'
kill u .lrl. This was a girl that he had. anC
she WAS friends with me TOO. and witt
several of US. She was sent by Reugilo 10
wash clothes, and she went toa stream IN th'
forest whore hc had told her not 10 go, so h'
took his gun and shot her right through tn
back and belly. and she fell down and crieC
out aud Law thrr" on ia" ground CRYING AN,
: died Both these things | saw with my
own eyes, inst as saw Indians tied to th'
trees and shot at or shot after they had berl
: logged. or killed with machetrs
Another witness. Il Rarhadian nanec
Westsrman l.eavine. whose evidence j.
given in the third person. confirmed th
statement made by Genaro Caporo. rea,
out TO him, who had declared what he say
in 1907. Caporo had been on the spot an,
made a statement on leaving the co,intr,
at an earlier period. The statemcn
made 10y Caporo that thre" old INDIAN
anu TWO young WoiiltU, IntlT ullHitpFS
. were tortured by Nornnand an overs-er
in cold blood, was corroborated b.
, Leavine. He saw this take place. As I
r the starving to death of Indians in tn
, "cepo." il was a common occurrence. an,
the dead and sinking bodies left ther
\ alongside still living prisoners he q"
= clares he more than once witness ed
, The statement made hv taporo ns 10 u
!. Indian chief who wns burned alive in IN
, pr-s ence Of his wife and two children. AM
!. the wife then heheadrd, Ienvine say
: ne remembers and was Il witness TO. !!
also remembers the occurrence nirrate
hy Caporo of an Indian woman who wa
: cut to pieces by Normand himself, b.
CAUSE she refused to live with one Of hi
Z employees as he direct "d her tn do, II
= was a witness TO the woman beng set fir
n to with the Paninsular flag soaked /
o kerosene wrapped round her. and Of hs
t. then heing shot 4 statement made b
A Caporo as 10 tho ground round Andokr
b. being snwn with sk,!ls was then read o.,
, hy 'hc Consul G,n"r,,l tu l.aNuI,
, With regard To IN" ,t1'e'l"ut of Pos
tspanu, another mdn WOO hPd mad" ~
earlier statement, he ~lv on" rilih rIn
" n,,.i i,-,,i hts, ,,~,I ,nu ui inr upin~ n'in
u dug tor the hour" ti'nh"rs lie mof
J. than once saw Normand have an In