Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1899 — ACCUSE COLONEL METCALF. [ARTICLE]

ACCUSE COLONEL METCALF.

SoUiera Swear He Shot a Helpless Fili-

Seriotts charges were made at Topeka, Kia. against Col. Wilder S. Metcalf, recently brebetted brigadier general for gallantry in the Philippines. Private Harris C. Husky and Lieut. Arthur M. Ferguson, members of the late Twentieth Kansas, make affidavit that Col. Metcalf shot a defenseless Filipino while he was a prisoner of war. The affidavit of Husky is dated at Manila, July 24, and alleges that at the battle of Calooran a prisoner was brought to Maj. Metcalf, who without provocation drew his revolver and shot the insurgent soldier. The prisoner was unarmed and on his knees when the shooting occurred. CoL Metcalf, who is now in Elyria, Ohio, denies the charges. He says he does not know either of the men who accuse him and declares the charges are absolutely false.