Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1909 — FILIPINO OUTLAW AND BAND KILLED [ARTICLE]

FILIPINO OUTLAW AND BAND KILLED

In Desperate Battle American Soldier Is Slain. NAVY ASSISTS THE ARMY Jlklri Finally Burrounded and the Notorious Bandit With All of His Followers Is Put to Death—Casualties Buffered by Forces In Engagement With the Lacfrone Include Three Officers Wounded and a Bailor Injured. Captain Bryam Leads the Victorious Troops.

Manila, July 6.—ln a desperate flgut near Patlan on Jolo Island, Jlklri, the famous Moro outlaw chief was killed and'h|s entire band exterminated hy detachments of regulars and constabulary under Captain George L. Byram of the Sixth United States Cavalry operating In conjunction with a naval flotilla of the mosquito fleet, under Lieutenant Commander Signor. The American loss was one private killed and three officers and twenty enlisted men and one sailor-wounded.

Colonel Hoyt, commanding the troops in the Island of Mindanao, in whose department the operation took place, commends Captain Byram very highly, and In a report to General William P. Duval, commanding the division of the Philippines, stated that Byram’s work In exterminating Jlkiri and his band was worthy of the highest commendation. Colonel Hoyt also thanks Lieutenant Commander Signor for the valuable assistance given the land forces. Jlklri was one of the most notorious outlaws remaining in the islands. Brer since the American occupation fye has fought the whites and has led raid after raid, in which numerous Americans and many friendly natives wete killed.

Private O'Connell of Troop A, Sixth Cavalry, was the one man killed. The officers wounded are Lieutenants Kennedy, Miller and Arthur H. Wilson of the Sixth. Captain Byram’s men located and attacked the outlaws in the mountains not far from the coast. The Moros fled and took refuge in a large cave. The column of troops and sailors surrounded the place, but Jlkiri refused ot surrender. A concerted attack was made, the Moros fighting desperately in the mouth of a cave until the last member of the band was dead.