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Show FILIPINO BUTCHERS TERRIBLE TORTURE INFLICTED UPON' CAPTURED SOLDIER8. Tonxnesand Hearts of the Men Cut Out Ears and Nos ltemoved sndUnla Hacked to Flecea, New York, May 31 A letter received In Paterson, N. J., from Alexander Culross, now In the Fourth Infantry, In tho Philippines, tells of tortures Inflicted In-flicted upon captured Americans by tho Filipinos. 'Vo of our men," says Culross, "strayed from the camp yesterday and did not return. Liter wo found them In tho woods. Their foreheads wore slashed in tho form of a cross, tho skulls being split. Tho tongues and hearts of tho men had been cut out and their logs hacked to pieces. "The boys of tho Fourth Infantry have resolved to give no quarter hereafter, here-after, for they have reached tho conclusion con-clusion that everyone elso will soon reach that the only good Filipino Is n dead Filipino. They cannot fight In the open, but steal on us at night, and pick off our men. They seem to bo better shots at night than In tho daylight." day-light." American Dead Mutilated. Washington, May 31. Information received hero In prlvato lerters from officers serving In the Philippines state tho Filipinos show no respect to tho American dead. In ono Instance an officer who was on the firing lino says ho was shocked to see thrco bodies bod-ies of American soldiers who had been killed In an advanco and wero brought within the American lines, badly mutilated. mu-tilated. Tho cars of each of the corpses had been removed, tho noses cut off and tho hearts torn out. Such mutilation mutila-tion disproves Agulnaldd's claim that the Insurgents are conducting a civilized civil-ized warfare. The American troops gtvo tho Philippine dead a decent burial bur-ial and provide overy comfort and medical treatment posslblo for the wounded. |