Evening star., 1945-10-31
Manila Jap Victims
Last February TotaIed
Thousands, Court Told
BY the Associated Press.


MANILA. Oct. 31.-Mariano del
Rosario, Manila City undertaken,
took the stand against 1t. Gen
Tomoyuki Yamashita today and
testified that victims of japanese
troops during their orgy of blood
last February mounted to the
thousands.
Other witnesses already had told
in incident after incident how the
Japanese troops, when it was GER
tain they would no longer hold the
city. had run wild, slaughtering
men. women and children alike.
From February 3 to the end of
March, Del Rosario testified, he
and his burial crews collected and
buried more than 5000 victims, some
of them badly multilated.
The defense questioned Del Ro-
sario's figures and asked for proof
of the number buried.
Billed U. S. for 10000 Pesos.
The witness strongly asserted his
records were correct, and added:
Il billed the Government of the
United States for 10000 pesos-and
I am still not paid"
The comment was permitted to
remain in the records.
Witnesses at the trial continued
through their third day to detail
atrocity after atrocity which was
committed by troops under Yama-
shita while he was supreme COM
mander of the Philippines.
+ The largest incident of the days
presentation of six cases OF atrocity
was the massacre of st. Paul's Col
lege on February 9, when nearly
1000 civilians were wounded or
killed.
Luisa Borohona, 30-year old
Spaniard, testified how the jap
anese forced us all into the dining
hall, where all the windows were
closed.
Il noticed huge black balls hang
ing from the center of the ceiling.
I thought they were blackout lights.
Then the Japanese brought in
candy and drinks and placed them
in the center of the room. When
the people rushed up to the center
there were great explosions from
the black balls, killing and wounding
many"
Roof Blows Off.
Then, she said, japanese opened
the doors and began firing and
throwing grenades among the
panic-stricken survivors.
Sister Anna de Jesus said the ex-
plosion blew the dining hall roof
more than three blocks and left the
ancient college mass of wreckage.
Through repetition of similar in
stances of bestial brutality the
prosecution hopes to establish that
the japanese acts followed a set
pattern of which Yamashita should
have known, and that he did moth
ing to stop them.
The defense, following its own
pattern, continued to object to all
afhdavits and dispositions offered by
the prosecution, examining and
questioning all offerings.
Other Atrocity Incidents.
Highlight of the third days reci-
tation was the testimony of Mrs.
Rosario Yulo, who told of being in a
home last February z, where more
than 100 civilian men, women and
children were shot and burned. Mrs.
Yulo's daughter, son and husband
were among those slain.
Other testimony of japanese atroc-
tiles included:
The killing and burning of %
patients, all civilians, at the Ma
tional Psychopathic Hospital on the
outskirts of Manila was described
by series of witnesses. =,
Lucio Mariana, hospital admins
trative officer, said five or six Japa-
nese officers rushed into the build
ings and started shooting. They
ordered every one outside. One
woman screamed and was felled
with blow and then kicked.
Another patient was given the
Judo" treatment-picked UP and
hurled headflrst onto the floor.
Medical Officer Toribio Joson
testified that he had seen patients
hurled over cliff behind the hospi-
tai and then set afire.