| Show OUTLAWS ABE TO HANG Head of f Filipino I Gang of Murder Sh S entence d I ° VINCENTE PRADo iVlUST DIE Ho Had Established Camp In a Strong Position Near Eosario Two Americans Taken Before Him nc Prisoners Were Ordered to Instant I Death Simply Because They Wero I 1 emi Defenseless Men Were I Boloed He and His Gang Captured Cap-tured and Death Will Be Meted Out Washington Jan 13 Copies of general gen-eral orders from the Philippines received re-ceived here show that a large number I of native Filipinos have been convicted 1 of murder and other crimes and sentenced sen-tenced to be hanged or to long terms of Imprisonment In one case the accused belonged to an organized mob which under the name of Guurdla dc Honor had for Its declared Intention the murder mur-der of peaceful and unoffending vlc Mini I f YVfunil < r rtrtr fcn < i f frt m ri f I ff 4 V QQ u o uJ either a desire for revenge feeling of envy against the rich These inhuman methods says Gen MacArthur remove all the participants partici-pants whether chief or willing follower pf the bands from the pale of the law 1 and place them among that class of cowardly l and secret assassins which nil clvlllised men the world over hold to be enemies of mankind f PRISONERS IMURDERED A native named Vlncente Prado es tablished a camp In a strong position diftlcult of access in the mountainous dlstilct near Rosnrio a Union province There he Intrenched his camp and erected buildings and l a band of armed outlaws gathered about him Recently two Americans WOe taken Into the camp as prisoners ant for no apparent reason other than that they were enemies they were ordered to Instant death Shortly afterward two Iggor rotC a man and a woman were taken bofoie Prado and charged with being American spies Without any attempt at proof or form of trial they were or dared to be executed immediately In both instances Prado personally witnessed I wit-nessed the execution of his orders members of his outlaw band who used their bolos on the defenseless prisoners I On another occasion Prado ordered his band to attack and burn the pueblo of San Jncinto and to arrest and If ho resisted kill the president of Ro f sarlo In pursuance of the orders the president of Rosarlo and his ion were r killed and 103 houses destroyed by fire OUTLAWS SENTENCED Prado and his chief outlaw assistants were sentenced to be hanged Another native sentenced lobe hanged was Pedro Lachlca This man was one of a band of natives who icp MJsentlng themselves to be policemen I entered at night several houses and by II threats and use of firearms induced the natives to come out and surrender suret They then tied the arms of the men behind be-hind their backs and beat them with bolos nnd robbed the house of money jewelry and other valuables r j |
