The times., 1898-12-25

persisted in my denials. AT this sad ana |
horrible spectacle there were present the /
provisor and the seven fathers superior
of the seminary who, far from being |
Mortified at my sufferings and cruel tor
ture, WITNESSED my martyrdom with |
signs of joy, going so far as to urge on |
the exeooloners to treat me with still
greater harshness Thus did the Very |
Rev Father Brother Gabino Olazo (pro- |
fessor of mathematics) suggest that 1t
would be well to surround me with bay
onets so placed that when / fell over
from exhaustion ! should be pierced by |
their points. But the executioner, less
cruel did not carry out the suggestion.
AT length, on the demand of the civil
governor of the Province of Union. !. like
Fathers Garces and Gaerlan, was sent
to San Fernando, the provincial capital,
on November Z. On leaving the seminary
the fathers ordered me to take of the
clerical garb, and when clad in secular
dress i was bound by two civil guards
and conducted to the steamer, where 1
was fastened to bar. When i presented
myself TO the governor of San Fernando,
at about 4 o'clock on the same afternoon,
he sent me immediat tely to prison aifdtO
solitary confinement. After short time
volunteer, Don Enrique Lete, a Spanish
half-breed domiciled in San Fernando,
had me called to the Office in which he
| amined me as to what passed on a GER
| tain occasion between Don Florencio Bal
| tazar and myself when we were together
| in a conveyance in the town of Agoo, and
| what message j took to the justice of
| the peace of Cava, Don Matias Runes,
| when ! visited his house.
~ answered that, with respect to the
| first, we talked of Indifferent matters. un-
connected with the events which are now
| taking place in the country; and as for
the second, / took him no messages, and
| If / sometimes called upon him. my only
| object was to salute him and to pass an
| hour of relaxation, courtesy observed
| by well-educated people, taking occasion
| to call upon him when my parochial
duties took me to that town, either TO
say mass or to administer the sacra-
| ments. He asked me whether | knew and
| corresponded with an lloian advocate
| and professor of secondary instruction in
this capital Don Ignacio Villomor, to
| which ] answered that ! did know him,
| we two having been educated together,
and that j certainly had written to nim,
but that the object of my letter, as well
as of his answer, had nothing whatever
to do with politics lie also asked me II
| l possessed revolver and saber, and
| where ! had deposited them, to which /
| answered afIirmatively, adding that ! had
them I'm my house when | started for
| Vigan. Lastly he inquired IL ] We're
| filibuster Mason, and put some other
! questions with reference to these two
charges. l denied these, and he repre-
| sented that, in that case, l must prepare
! myself. fer they We're ready 10 kill me
like hog If ! insisted upon my denial.
| 1t is to be observed that all these ques-
| tions were set down some sheets of
paper which Lete took from the pocket of
| his coat. From the questions which he
put to me, especially the more trifiing
ones, and from that which the provisor
addressed to me concerning Don lrineo
Javier, / gathered that the parish priest
of Arigay Brother Mariana Garcia, was
the man who suggested them, for could
show that he and he alone was familiar
with all the small details.