Cristobal must have been named by one of those tortured as a Katipunero, among them was Pio Valenzuela, who identified Cristobal as a Katipunero during his testimony before a military court on September 6, 1896. Valenzuela admitted knowing him since they were both natives of Polo, (now Valenzuela City), Bulacan; that Cristobal was the Secretary of the Katipunan section "Maluningning" and that he was a zealous recruiter of members, one of them "one Braulio Flamenco, who later established the Polo section to which the witness (Valenzuela) paid his subscription."
Si Aquinaldo ay isang politiko, lahat na lang ng sumakop sa ating bayan, siya ay sumumpa sa bandila ng mga ito; Espania, Amerikano, Hapon at pagakatapos ay sa Amerikanong muli. # Gregorio del Pilar - "Hero of the battle of Tirad Pass" papaanong magiging bayani si Del Pilar, kung ang tunay na kasaysayan ay walang naganap na labanan sa Pasong Tirad. Dalawang reporter ng diyaryo ang kasama ng sundalong mga Amerikano at nagsulat ng mala-Hollywood na "digmaan" daw ng mga Gringo at Del Pilar sa Pasong Tirad; John McCutcheon ng "The Manila Freedom" at si Richard Henry Little ng Chicago Tribune, upang mabili ang kanilang pahayagan at maipakita sa mundo ang kagitingan ng mga sundalong mga Amerikano na nasa Pilipinas.