Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1909 — TORTURED TO DEATH [ARTICLE]

TORTURED TO DEATH

Korean Bound and Then Seared With White Hot Irons. Merida, Yucatan, Feb. 26. —Helplessly bound, and then burned and seared with white hot irons until his screams of agony brought in the police and citizens to batter down the door, a Korean laborer named Yunea Nldo Is dead from his Injuries. Trouble started among Korean laborers. Nldo was seized by one of the factions