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Show TELLS OF WATER CURE Ex-Sergeant Details How It Was Administered. STORY TOLD TO COMMITTEE Witnessed Its Application to n Fill, plno Presldento In Older to Extort n Confession Treatment Barbarous nnd Cruel Doctor Stood by and Watched Effect of the Cure Senator Sena-tor Burrows Asks Whether Any One Shot Him Victim of Cure n-ually n-ually Agrees to Confess. Washington, April II The Pennte Committee nn the Phllllrl""begnn tho week with tho Intention of conducting conduct-ing uu Investigation of the ehugus to the effect that tho 'water cure' so called, Is ptacliccd on the Insurgents, nnd Charles tf Riley of Northampton. Mass, was the Ills witness called with thnt end In view, WITNESSED THE WATER CURE Mr. Rllcj said that he had been In the Philippines from October 2S, lwa, to March 4, 1901 In lepls to questions by Senator Haw tins he said he hid witnessed wit-nessed tho "water euie' at Igbarls In tho ptovlnco of Hollo on November 27, 1000 It wns administered to the presl-dentc, presl-dentc, or chief Filipino official ot the tow n. TRIED ON PRESIDENT!.. Ho said that upon the arrival of his common I at Igbntls the prcsldente wns asked whether runners had been sent out notlf)ltig the Insurgents of their ptesenee, nnd tint upon his refusal to glvo the Information he wns taken to the convent, where tho witness was stationed, nnd the 'water cure' was uddiutnistcied to him. STRIPPED TO WAIST. Tills official wns, he said, a man nbnut 4D scnrH of nge W hen he (the witness) llrst saw him he wns standing In the corildor of the convent, stripped to the waist nnd his hands tied behind him, with Capt. Glenn nnd Lieut. Conger of tin regulir nrmy, and Dr Lsnns, n contract surgeon, Btandlnr ncar, whllo many soldiers stood about. FAUCET IN HIS MOUTH. The man, he said was then thrown under a water tank, which held about 100 gallons of water nnd his mouth placed directly under tho fuueet and held open so ns to compel him to swallow swal-low tho water which was ullowed to ercape from tho tnnk Over him stood nu Interpreter repeating one word, which tho witness said he did not understand, un-derstand, but which he believed to be tho native equivalent of 'confess" ADMINISTERED A SECOND TIME. When at Inst tho presldcnte ugreed to tell what ho knew, ho was released and allowed to start awns. Ho was not, however, permitted to escape nnd upon refusing to give further information ho was again taken as he was about to mount his horso unci tho euro ' administered ad-ministered for tho second lime. This time the man was not stripped nor wns he taken into the building. SYRINGE IN MOUTH AND NOSE. Dr. Lyons said tho water could lx brought to the spot nnd given there, nnd when It wus brought In a live-gallon can, one end of u ssrlngo wns placed in It nnd tho other In tho mnn's mouth As ho still refused, a second sjilnge was brought and one end of It placed in the prostrnte man's nose. Ho still refused and n handful of salt wns thrown Into tho water. This had tho desired effect and tho prcsldente agreed to answer all questions. H11CK8 TO STORY. On cross-examination by Republican Senators Mr. Riley said tho ' cure" had been llrst lesnrted to to compel tho piesldente to reveal his own attitude, und that it had been learned from his confession that while ho professed to be friendly to the United States, ho was In reullty a captain of the insurgent insur-gent forces and thnt hl3 police were nil soldiers. As a consequence of this cxposuro he was arrested nnd tho town burned NO ILL EFFECTS OF DOSE. Ho said that the victim struggled tiercels' whllo tho "cure" was being administered, and that his eyes wero bloodshot, but that the next clay when he eaw tho man he observed no ill effects of tho "dose ' ho hail received. POINTED QUESTION. Senntv Burrows, tcferrlng to Iho surgeon In chaigc, said 'Old any one shoot him'" The witness replied In the negative The second administration had been given to compel tho Information Informa-tion ns to the runnerB Mr. Illley nlso said ho had known of mans cruelties nnd Indignities practiced upon Amerl-eun Amerl-eun soldleis b nntlves. TESTIMONY CORROBORATED. Anothoi witness, William L Smith of Atlinl, Mass who wns a private In company M, Twents-slth volunteer In-fnntrs, In-fnntrs, corroborated Riley s teetlinonj, saslng he had also witnessed the tor-tuio tor-tuio of two policemen of tho town of Iglmrls Smith snld the details of the ' euri ' weio In the hands of a squad of tho Sixteenth regulir Infantry, known as the "Water Cuio detail ' He nlso snld that ho had assisted In the burning burn-ing of th" town of Igbnrls and that the nitlves I'enernlls escaped from their houses only with the clothes they wore. TOWNS HITRNED. Mr. Smith expressed the opinion thnt Igbarls had a population of 10 000. So far ns hu know no llvci. wero lost Tho witness said that tho countrs places In the vlclnlts also wcro burned. All thefeo acts were done under the command of dipt Glenn, who wns, ho said, Judgo-Advocnto of tho Depart-ment Depart-ment of tho Vlsasns. Ho said tho water was was Kept tunning for foui or llvo minutes, und that tho doctor In ehiiigo of the 'cure" frequently placed his hand on tho man k heart, as If to observo Its cltect upon thnt organ. The committee adjourned until to-inoriow |