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Show PRISONERS BOASTED. . TREATMENT ACCORDED AMERI. CANS BY FILIPIN08. Sticks Driven Into Man's Body and He Wat Slowly Roasted, His Body Being Thrown to the Hogs. At tho continuation of tho trial of Major Edwin U. Glenn of tho Fifth infantry, in-fantry, who is charged with unlawfully killing seven prisoners of war in Sa-mar, Sa-mar, a Spaniard who wob at ono tlmo held prisoner by tho Insurgents tcstL fled that whllo ho was confined at tho licndquartcrs of General Lukeuam In Samar In May of 1900, ho saw an American prisoner roasted to death. Tho Spanlnrd said Btlckfl wero driven into tho man's body and ho was slowly turned ovur until dead. Tho body was thon left to bo devoured by hogs. Ho did not know the man's nnmo, but thought ho was an officer. Several officers and men wero cap-turcd cap-turcd or missing In Samar In 1900, and tho victim Is bollovcd to havo beon ot these. Other witnesses rovclwed tho Bal. anglga, Qandnra and Catublg massacres. massa-cres. Tho defense produced a letter written by tho Insurgent leader, Quo. vcrra, in which ho admitted that tho Balanglga massacre wob contrary to tho laws of warfare. |