| Show IS TORTURED war aar correspondent subjected to many indignities by bulgar Bul gars was bound to a wheel wheat and accused of being a turkish officer stripped of clothing and narrowly escaped being executed st bt louis mo ito angud hamilton who has returned to adi london adon from t the he near east tells an amazing story of at ilia his capture and torture by the bulgarian gar larr says a london correspondent lie he was acting as war with the turks for tho the central news when he happened accidentally to ride into the bulgarian lines and was taken I 1 prisoner his statement to la as aa follows fallows 1 I had been captured between 10 and 11 in the mor morning and about 2 1 I was waa led past the haltug place ot of tho the officers ot of the infantry where I 1 was stopped and questioned the escorts explanation that I 1 was being taken to the quartier general by gen Popl offs orders was not sufficient tent tor for the colonel commanding who ordered roe me to dismount before I 1 could comply I 1 vas seized by a umber number of people and dragged from my horse a revolver was held to my face a sword to my throat and my arms were twisted behind my lack backi I 1 iwas was again searched and asked ached for my revolver and papers every eting I 1 possessed was taken from me the colonel himself going through my pockets with a delicacy which suggested that I 1 might have been a thief caught red handed in the act of committing some crime the party failed to find the qua rilei general and at nightfall mr air hamilton was taken back to the bivouac of the officers of the thirty sixth infantry ile he says 1 I 1 was at once told to dismount and to sit upon tho ground where my knees and ankles were bound with ropes and the whole wearisome business of ascertaining my identity repeated the ceremony was prefaced with the statement that wa would confess to being a turkish officer I 1 should be given a comfortable bed for the night and a good dinner not being able to comply I 1 nad had necessarily to submit to the treatment which followed I 1 was made to stand up my arms opre twisted behind my back and bound while an officer with a drawn revolver sat just behind me mr air hamilton remained in this ex unpleasant position for something like three hours at the end of which period an officer who had spoken to him during the course ot of the day was attracted by tho the singular spectacle and questioned him as to what had happened after hearing bearing both sides of the case this officer himself went to headquarters for instructions an hour later a mounted orderly arrived from the divisional headquarters headquarter a whither mr air hamilton was wan half led and half dragged across country with a rope around his bis neck reaching his destination at in the morning 1 I was shown into a room where six staff officers were in bed ono of them who apparently was waa expecting me got up appearing to be exceedingly indignant that le I 1 should have hav been bound had my arms and shoulders shoulder deru r rubbed gave roe me some brandy and disappeared into an inner room when he came out lie he was accompanied by another of officer fleer who seemed to be the chief of staff and anc as I 1 understand der stand was attached to the mission that represented bulgaria at the recent coronation ht apologized for the be treatment I 1 had received waived tie ite t ie question of identification until the me a room in which to sleep and provided mo me with blankets |
