Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-04
The Evening Story
Anew Method
Of Torture
By ALBERT r. KENYON

WAS sent with uetacnInenC OF tWelVe
men to regulate some unruly natives.
He found a larger number than he had
expected, and. instead of regulating
them. they regulated him and his men.
There were about fifty of them. and
they had good arms and ammunition.
| They drove the soldiers into a sort of
pocket, where they killed most Of them
and put the rest to the sword, except
the lieutenant, whose leadership had
resulted In the slaughter of nearly one
| third their number. This and their
hatred for Americans generally decided
them to put him to death by as fright
full means as could be devised.
Being near the seashore, four of their
number were deputed to take the Off
Ger to the beach and bury him to his
chin in the sand, where an incoming
tide would drown him. The four men
were well armed. while Winward was
defenseless. The Filipinos had pos
sessed themselves of a demijohn of
whisky and quinine which the soldiers
had brought with them as protection
against malaria. This the execution
ers, after giving every man left behind
drink. took with them, but, being
aware Of its effect, prudently determin-
ed to abstain from 1t till they had ac-
complished their purpose.
When they reached the seashore
there was discussion among them
which Winward, not understanding
their language, could not interpret, but
by their gestures he inferred that some
were In favor Of giving him short
time to live by placing him far from
the incoming tide, while others pro-
posed that he should be placed near It,
He also believed that the latter wish
ed to make quick work with him in
order to get at the liquor. he hoped
they would prevail, since the longer
the contemplation of such a death pin
ned In the sand the more agonizing it
would be. A compromise was made
by placing him at half tide, the waters
recedlng. This would give him till the
return of the food tide to live.
A hole was dug In the sand deep
enough to place him in the proposed
position. When they attempted to put
him In he made a desperate fight hop.
ing to force them to shoot him. But,
seeing his intention, they refrained,
and, being powerful men while Win
ward was small and slight, notwith-
standing that horror gave him
strength, they had no great difficulty
In burying him. His arms were placed
against his sides and the sand packed
close about him by the men tramping
upon 1t. He was placed with his face
to the ocean In order that he might
suffer the greater mental torture by
seeing 1t slowly crawl upon him
No sooner had he been buried than
some of the Filiplnos began to show
signs by their actions that they were
in favor of taking pull from the demi-
John. Winward could not see how it
could make any difference to him
whether they were drunk or sober
Had the desires of those who wished
to drink at once prevailed they would
have had time to get drunk and sober
again before the tide receded and re-
turned to their victim, but there was
one who seemed to be leader among
officer could not understand. At any
rate he was enabled to keep them from
the liquor till the tide had turned and
passed half the distance between the
ebb and the man it was to drown.
Then one of the men seized the demi.
John and took a drink. That started
the rest, including the leader. and they
all got drunk.
When the last one had succumbed
the waters had advanced to within a
few feet of the buried man. The ST.
lence permitted his mind to concen-
trate upon the approaching death. His
despair led him to make an effort to
free himself. which he knew would be
futile. Slowly came the tide, now and
again a wave advancing nearer his
chin. till at last ripple broke against
his mouth.
Winward was enabled to put of the
evil moment by holding his breath as
the edge Of the waves rolled past him.
Presently he began to feel that the
pressure of sand against the front of
his neck had diminished. The water
was washing it away from there and
piling 1t up behind. Each wave in
creased this change. A wild hope
sprang within him. Would enough
sand in front Of him be displaced to
enable him to free himself? He could
bend forward slightly. The water had
softened the sand. and by doing 40 be
found he could assist in the displace-
ment. 1t was not long before his
arms were free. Using his hands Wig
orously. he scooped away part Of the
sand, while the waves continued to
displace the rest. His body was loos-
ened. BY an effort he freed his legs
and was saved.
His first act was to possess himself
of the arms Of the Filipinos. and. re-
tanning those he could use. he threw
the rest into deep water.
Winward has never told the rest of