Show BRITON WANTS DAMAGES < l Claims to Have Been Imprisoned by U Authorities in Manila I Vancouver B C March 20 f Charles Spencer an Englishman has come to Vancouver as British port to IHC San S-an alleged claim for damages against the United States Government Spen cers story is that he was Imprisoned for live months Inn dungeon at Mgij late without civil or military trial and without a charge being made against him He says he wont from Honolulu with the First Tennessee regiment on the City of Pueblu In November 189S At Manila he engaged en-gaged In civil employment for a time and says he eventually became attached at-tached to the hospital corps otho First Colorado with which regiment he says he went to Cal ocarm While temporarily separated from his corps he spy he was arrested and thrown Into an unhealthy Spanish dungeon After five months confinement confine-ment he was liberated and placed his caae In the hands of Manila attorneys JJe was then qffered free transportation transporta-tion he says to San Francisco where he again took legal advice but nothing noth-ing coming oC his attempts to secure a I wettlenient of his claim he was advised ad-vised to go to a British port and press his claim through his own Government Govern-ment He has retained exPremier Joseph Martin ns his attorney |