Show Lepers Kill 7 Terrorize Island Towns in iJ Flight MANILA May 18 AP The AP-The The bodies of seven men today at attested attested attested at- at tested to the ruthlessness of six desperate Moro lepers after their escape yesterday from Cullon Island leper colon colony The Th lepers lepers km killed d four fishermen seized a a. boat and fled the colony for and neighboring Is Islands Islands islands is- is lands where they spread terror among the Inhabitants Escaping to sea the tho six men headed toward 40 miles to the southwest Stopping at pang on island the marauders maraud maraud- ers era killed three more persons and robbed Chinese stores Witnesses to the attacks on the stores said all an six nix of ot the lepers were armed and under the leadership of ol one who called himself Abdullah Seize Second Boat Bont The rampaging lepers proceeded to where they attacked another Chinese merchant but citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens of the town gathered in f force and them drove awa away They seized another boat and escaped to sea A call for for- brought the soldiers to lo afew afew a afew few hours later They were told that hat tho the lepers said they wera sailing sailing salling sail sall- ing for Borneo The immediately immediate immediate- ly started their hunt on and islands in that vicinity Citizens told the soldiers they I feared to seize tho the lepers because f I they w were re afraid of or infection from the disease Lack of or police forces on the isolated islands left the desperadoes desperadoes des des- a afree hand in Leper Colony Culion Cution island where the leper colony colony col cot ony is situated is 18 about miles southeast of Manila The island is approximately 15 miles long and 10 miles wide Although the more than lepers are in Ina a a segregated community com corn they are not Imprisoned Their community is partly self sustaIning sustaining sus sus- taming through h agricultural enter enter- prise The Cullon Culion island is 15 the largest of its kind in the world Less than a year car ago the Philippine insular legislature just before I Imade it made way for the commonwealth assembly passed a law which would have permitted the release of many of the lepers aU allowing owing their return home I Frank Murphy then governor general of the islands vetoed the measure Shortly after the Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines became an autonomous commonwealth commonwealth com corn with Murphy as as high commissioner a commission began studying plans for decentralization of the |