Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-28
WRITER IS TORTURED
War Correspondent Subjected to
Many Indignities by BuIgar&
Was Bound to a Wheel and Accused
Of Being Turkish oh'eer. Stripped
Of Clothing and Narrowly E.
capped Being Executed.


st. Louis, Mo.--Angus Hamilton
who has returned to London from the
near east. tells an amazing story OF
his capture and torture by the Bull
garians, says London correspondent
He was acting as war correspondent
with the Turks for the Central News
when he happened accidentally to ride
into the Bulgarian lines and was TAX
On prisoner. His statement 10 - fol-
lows:
Il had been captured between 10
and II In the morning, and about :
was led past the hating place Of the
Officers Of the 30th infantry, where
] was stopped and questioned. The
escorts explanation that I was being
taken to the quarter general by Cen.
Poploffs orders was not sufficient for
the. colonel commanding, who O..
dered me to dismount.
Before could comply was seized
by number of people and dragged
from my horse. = revolver was held to
my face, sword to my throat, and
my arms were twisted behind my
back was again searched and asked
for my revolver and papers. Every
thing possessed was taken from me.
the colonel himself going through my
pockets with delicacy which sug'
gested that might have been . thief
caught red handed in the act Of com.
uniting some crime.
The party failed to hnd the quarter
general, and at nishtfall Mr.. Hamil.
ton was taken back to the bivouac
Of the officers Of the Thirty-sixth in.
fantry. He says:
II was ut once told to dismount and
to sit upon the ground. whore my
knees and ankles were bound with
ropes, and the whole wearisome bust.
ness Of ascertaining my identity ~
peated.
The ceremony was prefaced with
the statement that II I would confess
to being q Turkish oficer should
be given a comfortable bed for the
night and good dinner. Not being
able to comply. had necessarily to
submit to the treatment which follow.
ed. was made to stand up, my arms
were twisted behind my back and
bound. while an onhcer with drawn
revolver sat just behind me-
Mr., Hamilton remained in this ex.
ceedinly unpleasant position for some.
thing like three hours, at the end Of
which period an oficer who had spok.
en- to him during the course Of the
day was attracted by the singular spec
tacle, and questioned him as to what
had happened.
After hearing both sides Of the case
this oficer himself went to headquar
tiers for instructions. An hour later
Q mounted orderly arrived from the d..
visional headquarters, whittier Mr..
Hamilton was half led and halt
dragged across country with rope
around his neck, reaching his destina,
ton at 1880 in the morning.
D Il was shown into a room where
six STAFF officers were in bed. One Of
them, who apparently was expecting
me, got up, appearing to be exceeding
" indignant that l should have been
bound, had my arms and shoulders
rubbed, gave me some brandy and dis.
appeared into an inner room.
when he came out he was accom-.
panied by another officer, who seemed
to be the chief Of STAFF, and. as .un.
derstand, was attached to the mission
that represented Bulgaria at the re.
cent coronation. He apologized for
the treatment had received, waived
the question of Identification until the
morning, found me q room in which
to sleep and provided me with blank.
cts"