"Further statements were from time to time received from James Chase in the course of the journey made by Mr. Casement in the company of the commission, and finally on the 5th of November at La Chorrera he gave still further testimony in the presence of several of his countrymen. He states that amongst other things he saw Fonseca do was to kill an Indian man who was at the time confined in the stocks, or _cepo_, at Ultimo Retiro. The Indian in question had run away from working rubber, but had been caught and brought in a prisoner. Fonseca said to him, 'I am going to kill you.' The man protested, and said he had done no harm. He had not killed a white man, he had not injured any one or killed any one, and could not be killed for running away. Fonseca laughed at him, and had him hung up by the neck first with a chain drawn tight, and then when let down from this torture he had him put in the _cepo_ with one foot only, the other leg being free. Fonseca came up to the _cepo_ with a stick with a club head much bigger than the handle of the stick. He put one of his legs against the Indian's free leg and stretched it apart from the confined leg. He then pulled off the man's _fono_, or loin-cloth made of beaten bark, so that he was quite naked, and then struck the man many times with the club-end of the stick on his exposed parts. These were 'smashed,' and the man died in a short time. Deponent described the occurrence fully, declaring that he was an eye-witness. "This statement was confirmed by the Barbados man, Stanley S. Lewis, who stated he also saw Fonseca commit this deed. "Chase states that Fonseca at Ultimo Retiro would shoot Indians with a long rifle which he had. He thinks it was a Mannlicher. Sometimes he shot at them whilst they were actually prisoners in the stocks, and others were taken out in the open ground round the house, and he shot at them from the veranda. The last case of this kind that Chase witnessed was that of a young girl. Fonseca bandaged her eyes and face so that even her mouth and nose were covered. She was then made to walk away, and whilst she was thus blindfolded Fonseca shot her 'as a sport for his friends.' "Chase further states that he has seen Aquiléo Torres cut the ears off living Indians for sport. Torres took deponent's own knife from him. It was an open knife, and he used this knife for the purpose. He saw him do this several times. Once he cut off a man's ears and then burned his wife alive before his eyes. This was done by Torres.