Show BY FILIPINOS An American and Two Spaniards Foully Murdered In Manila Charles Charles II it Trotter an American and Vincento Toledo an and Jose Cayanan Spaniards were killed last Wednesday near Lubao in the province of by a party of Filipinos The men were murdered with bolos and their bodies were badly badly badly bad bad- I ly mutilated I Trotter was a contractor and landowner landowner land land- I owner and had had trouble over land I titles with a a. Filipino who led the ilie party which killed Trotter and his Is compan compan- II ions The Filipinos assert that Trott Trotter r rand S and his companions were the aggressors sors tors but American neighbors rs say that tho murder was deliberately plotted by the Filipinos who waylaid the party and provoked a quarrel They hey further claim that the Filipino officials ls are indisposed to properly Investigate investigate In in- the crime and prosecute the murderers and they have therefore sent a representative to Manila Mattila with witha a petition to Governor General Smith to cause a a. special Investigation of the case to be made The American and Spanish residents are strongly incensed incensed in in- censed over the murder |