New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04

DINER pous books and even OF the history or spain.
And as for Senor Javer. l could do no less than
receive him. since besides being in my estimation
a very reputable person believed myself comply
Ing with Christian duty in being hospable
| REASONS FOR THE ACCUSATION.
The father insisted on accusing OF flibustering
| and Masonry. on the ground that Fathers Gaerlan
| and Garces. who had protested under oath their
| innocence OF each charge while al the seminary
had at last confessed themselves guilty at San Fer
| nando on being ,nterrogated by the Governor And
as maintained my innocence and the nantes, I'M
possibility that Catholic priest could take upon
himself the disgrace OF entering the Masonic order
which he knew be condemned by the Church:
then. after insulting with the harshest epitheis
he gave the order TO fog In the very presence
OF the Fathers Superior OF the seminary he who
acted as executioner being the Very Rev Father
Brother Antonio Banco professor of morals phys
| les and chemistry, who twenty-five
stripes with the "hctuco' "a sort of rattan about
| the thickness OF a mans inger) The Provisor not
| content with this. charged the Fathers Superior
that they should give mo twenty five blows every
day until told the truth (cantar las verdades) in
structng them. furthermore. that until that day
was 10 have nothing but boiled rice and water to
| eat. this last order being literally compiled with
| until left the seminary. on November :.
| On the following morning expecting them
70 call me 20 receive the promised beating, but hap
| ply, It did not take place. On the night OF the
| same day the 2Sth. ut about o'clock. Father
| Filipinos improvisng long discourse and in his
| violence he gave me cruel box the He
| then went away for half An hour. returning about
| 10 with a tough. flexible cane (hejuco) in his hand,
| with which ne aroused me by several blows on the
head. His anger thus aaysd. ne pretended to treat
me with great sweetness. telling ne that II would
confess the truth the Bishop would Try 10 save my
| life: II not. should from bad to worse, adding
that Father Gaerlan. IN return for having revealed
| everything would come back 10 tho seminary at
form
| post And as Ne failed TO extract from me any
| thing which satisfied him. he declared that this in
Itself constituted lie which would compromise me.
| But in spite of his threats OF death mingled with
| cajoleries about immediate liberty. he went away
| much disguised. and with the threat his lips
that on the following day should be subjected 10
the scverest torture.
AGAIN DEMANDING THE TRUTH"
n fact on the evil morning Of October q the Pro-
visor came again with the d. mand that should tell
him "the truth" that IS to say. that should belle
n.y conscience by falsely asserting to the charges.
and did rot comply with his desires. he, In ac-
oordance with the Fathers OF the seminary. had
| summoned four Europeans Of the civil Guard 70
| whom they entrusted the degrading task of tort
| uring me Then IN the presence of my execution
ers they returned to their cajoeres and threats
saying falsely. for as was afterward shown thore
| was no such denunciation) that | had been de-
nounced az an accomplice in the rebellion by Sen
| ors Sixto Zandueta, Gabriel Tavora and florenco
| Ratasar when their declarations were taken IN
| Manila. And this. said the Fathers wa All ne
more reason why should dsnounce me @tU,cS'' ~
gentlemen. for l. could not DENY tne tN,,e - on
the conspiracy and it was better TO denounce man
s1,iv +" +" 'ndIctod upon me. Nevertheless their
artihce did escape and therefore a'lsWtrei
as knew nothing about them, or about The con
spiracy In which the Fathers SO. IN TO IvoSo .S
which m4intaingd my ana { tn cn p
| ,,gcf.o o. a
| tractng from me what they wished. They began
70 'oT!H h;s hsrbarons runishment which is not
| ployed even for brutes. is carried out as follows:
bis knees his arms are passed beneath the pro,
,ecng ends Of the cane ana ms w hs Soion h
person 10 be chastised Is utterly HELPLESS and any
him over on the ground The Ilocans cali this pun
! ishment lodongJ $3.50 ,s,, nc :, l.
painful every time thai ans ,E .hom n2 70 1 tf
qussons they 6ea' ,T GT calsd porra which
,eft me horribly mancod and bruised He VINO
SPpeSred b TO Io me with his revolver telling
me that in his hands. ana that ne WAS It,"A
10 10 mStH en n emu AZ his sad ana horrible spectacle
there were present he proXisor sn h "a Ear rom
being Mortified ii my sufferines and cruel 'or,ufe,
Witnessed my WIN i'gS o. To- }rta, M
Win sill create harshness. Thus did The Yer.
Hothemstics) suggesi mat il would be wen TO sur
round me with 6,y0ne,tS 70 sbonld be pierced by
;g over tom pvf the executoner less cruel did
| not carry ont the suggestion
At length the demand Of the Gy 0ysTnSF
9 9nd u" Saerom wa sent TO San Fernando he
provincial capital on NoHemSer me- %" take off the
cjarcal earh and when clad in secular dress WIS
s s"uno o' where was fastened bar When
presented myself to the Governor AZ San rciiaI,",
me- tmmediateIy 10 prison and 10 solitary CONNIE
meni After short time Y631n,ed In san f-er-
! nando had me called to tho office IN Whch No va,
and # he had been Judge eSo' he,vp"n Don
| Fiorencio Baltazar and myself when we were to,
| retter in a conveyance in the town Of Agooi ana
what messages look 10 the Justice or me t'dIe
Of Cava Don Matias Runes wheh ''S''u Ills
answered hat Win rsSPest to the Wiih the
talked Of Indifferent matters nlace in the country
and as for the second took him no meSsagesi avg i
was salute him and TO pSs wyfIredHcaSd people
chia duties took me that Town either TO ss Say
Or 70 adnnstsr the scoraspondcd Nth an
iloian advocate and professor ~ seCondLy IL,
siEgGCp in THIS s"R ba DOB ID Know him
having been educated together. and that cer,ainy
letter os well az Of his answer had nothing what;
to do with politics, re also aSmf h,n my had
deposited them' 70 which answered afirTa,yey
adns ,ha' haE he n IN my h9qS we're bns
Mason and put some ohe5 ghe1t ,Sese and
reference these two charges 90
he represented that. in that case must prepare i,
myself for they were ready 10 XIII me hhe
hog II 7 insisted upon my denial II Is 10 be ODD
served that all these questions were ss' Low" H
pocket OF his coat. From tho questions Whlch ne
put 10 me especially the more trifng ones anu
s-om Thai which the Provisor addressed TO me con
corning Don rineo Javier. ga,hcred ths. r Inc
parish priest Of Aringay, Brother Mariana 'rarcII.
| wns Inc man who suggested them. for couln Snow
that he and he alone was familiar with all the
small details.
KEPT WITHOUT FOOD.
returned 20 my dungeon. Night having coi'''
and being hungry because had been unaoie 10
| eat on the steamer asked the jailer Tor some