MANY DEATH SENTENCES
Item
- Title
- MANY DEATH SENTENCES
- Date
- 11/26/00
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://lccn.loc.gov/sn84020114
- Crime
- Arson
- Subject
- Arson; Murder
- Race of alleged offender
- Native Filipino alleged offenders
- Stage of the Legal System
- Setenced
- Location
- International, Manila Phillipines
- Length of story
- 210
- Description
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MANY DEATH SENTENCES.
Four Will Be Hanged at Dagupan ThursdayóFuneral or Baron Dumarais.
The funeral of Barou Dumarais, the Frenchman who was killed by the Insurgents while within their lines last year, where he had gone to Intercede with Aguinaldo for the release of the Spanish prisoners, took place Sunday In the great church of San Augustin, In Manila. It was attended by a distinguished concourse. Manila, Nov. 2G.óFour natives will be hanged at Dagupan, Luzon, next Thursday. They are under conviction for arson and murder, the victims of the latter crime including two American prisoners. The military courts are now returning numerous death sentences upon natives. Particulars have just been received from Iloilo of the battle, Oct. 30, at Bugason, island of Panay. when 200 bolomen and two riflemen attacked the Americans, who lost three killedóLieutenant II. M. Koontz, Sergeant Kitchen and Corporal Burns, nil of company F, Forty-fourth infantry. It appears that Corporal Kurils was boloed while reconnoitering and Lieutenant Koontz and Sergeant Kitchen were pierced by spears while going to relieve an outpost. When the garrison force attacked the rebels 40 of the latter were killed. None of the other parties of attacking natives made much of a stand, and the insurgents lost 103 killed all told.
