Show GARDNER INQUIRY CnpL Steele Sixth Cavalry Testifies Before Hie Board Miinlhi Juno 25Capt Matthew P Steele Sixth cavulry testified before the board which Is inquiring Into the charges of cruelty etc brought by MaJ Cornelius Gardner Governor of Tayabus province against Aincrlcuii ofllccrs mid coldlcra lie ald lie left Tnyabas In 1001 nt vhlch time he did not consider the province pacified or trannulllrcd The witness WILD in Mnj Gardners regiment the Thirtieth volunteer infantry In-fantry At that time no American dared to go through the town unguarded unguard-ed He said that acting under MaJ Gardners orders and after protesting he placed the principal resldcnta ot Luchan under guard during the vote for local prcsldoiue and that they complained com-plained bitterly of the action taken Witness left them and whun he returned re-turned he found they had voted for a criminal xvho wns In Jail Flu told thorn they inuat elect another man Witness Irmly believed they voted for the man they moit hutod The man olccte pio tested and pleaded to be relieved but lie wna compelled unJ3r threat of bc Inff put In the guardhouse to accept the olllco Continuing Cnpt Steele said that among his brothcrolllccrs MaJ New berry formerly oC the Thirtlotluregl fluent of volunteers who teatlilod before the board i on Wednesday was reputed to have used a perfectly unjdrupuloua mothod of obtaining Information from natives Once the witness asked him If lie hud killed five native with his own Kind omit got the understanding that hii had killed Huveral men with his Mauser pistol Witness did not ask the reason for this and wan not prepared pre-pared to say that Newlierry had uc tually killed them but that was witness wit-ness Impression Mnj Gardner then testified us to his policy In dealing with the natives of layabns Baying It was what he understood under-stood It was what was desired by the authorities at Washington namely to crnsc from the minds of the peacefully Inclined thft groundless fears they en tertained of the solUicrs and to show them where they were wrong in the meanwhile pursuing the hostile na tives with relentless activity At lotmyji session of the board which Is Inquiring Into the cJianrea of cruelly etc brought by MaJ Cornelius Gardener Garde-ner Governor of the province of Tay abas iifjHlnsi American ofllcors and sol illers MnJ Ganlonyr continued his tes timony the first part of which was pre sentcd yesterday Ths recorder objected object-ed to uxlrnncmrs evidence and said the witness was not entitled to special privileges priv-ileges Counsel for MaJ Gardener admitted ad-mitted that the point wns well taken but said he thought the grave question Involved called for more than ordinary inquiry The recorder replied that it was a matter of routine and that the record showed that MaJ Gardener had ts1 ways been given every tulvmilage He had long felt and he balluvcd thla feel In was that of the rest of tIme board thnt regardless of whatever they did Mnj Gardener would accuse the board of unfairness For thlw reason the board lad given tho Major every privilege priv-ilege His privilege to throw mud was certainly notegranlcd to soldiers and ofllcers and so tho Major was erdeav orlng to besmirch thorn The Major had been represented at the hearing as Governor of Tayabaa by the chief supervisor su-pervisor the fiscals assistant tIe At lorney < rnenil and his first assistant The recorder lid not profess to be a lawyer lie thought however that such an array of talent was not likely to be Imposed upon |