The age-herald., 1899-04-08

 WAY OF MURDER

From the New York Journal.
 The story of Attaco is not a strange one for the Philippines, but to us in far away America it possesses many features which render it surprising.
 Attacio was of the north That is, he came from that section of Luzon which les, as the sailor would say, ito tEe north'ard' of Manila.
 Attacio was a "mestizo" or half-caste Tagalo. He was educated and possessed both money and ambition. He liked not the Spanish yoke under which his people were toiling. Revolution was in the air, and one Emilio Aguinaldo was it's chief dis cp,e Attacio liked the idea. He could be a warrior, a general, perhaps and when the victory came he would be of the elect to share in the spells of conquest.
 Perhaps away down in his heart Attaco did not think so much of relieving the peo- pie of their burden as he did of diverting the profits of that burden from the Span ish coffers to share in the spells of con- quest.
 Perhaps away down in his heart Attacio did not think so much of relieving his peo- pie of their burden as he did of diverting
 
 ish coffers to those over which he could maintain partial If not complete control. But it is enough to say that Attacio be- came a patriot. He was not alone in pos sessing that class of patriotism which has a question of revenue closely allied. There were others who, too, dreamed dream of wealth based on revolutions success, and Attacio was but one. Aguinaldo another who induged in financial fantasies. Then there was Paterno, on whose breast gleamed the jewel of the Grand Cross" Truly, these were fit examples for a north ern leader to follow, and so Attacio be- came patriot. His fortune was given to the cause, and in return he became an aide to General Aguinaldo. He labored dili- gently to further the cause. He mustered men. He told them of the joys of liberty, and it is not sure that he did not tell them of the wealth to come when Manila should fall and the Filipnos would be free to loot the storehouses of the hated Spaniards.
 Then there came lull in the revolutions activity. Negotiation were in progress Paterno, Aguinaldo's emissary, was dealing with the Spaniard. The deal pros pered. Aguinado sold his cause, stripped Oll HIS COdl Ol dIlu lOT ltlS tl- low gold of the Castiian agreed to lay down his arms and take himself with his allied chiefs into exile.
 Attacio was one of those whom the treaty called upon to depart from his native isle.
 Attacio did the bidding of his master and joined Aguinaldo's colony at Hong Kong. Attacio knew that money had been paid. Close to a half million had been passed from Spain to Aguinaldo Attacio had no revolution to occupy his mind and became commercial. He discovered that all this coin was banked in Aguinaldo's name. Why had there been no division of the spells? Was not each exile entitled to his share? So though Attacio, and he demanded his share
 Of course, he was refused. Then he set about to find out why. He knew a bit of English law, and English law prevails in Hong Kong.
 It was an English court which gave to this Filipino an injunction which restrained the bank from honoring any more of Agui- naldos checks until Attacio's claim was satisfied.
 Aguinaldo was inclined to take the law upon himself Attacio must be silenced. said the would-be dictator few inches of cold steel and there would be no Attacio to prosecute the case. It took a lot of counsel to convince Aguinaldo that he was no longer in a land where murder settled law suits. But the white mans advice gained the day, and know 1t was a white man who advised for have had the story from his own lips.
 Attacio was negotiated with. His de- mand was 100000 of the dollars for which Aguinaldo had buried his patriotism and sold his cause to Spain.
 While Aguinaldo was debating as to whether he should yield to Attacio's de- mand or risk a trial before an English court, into the harbor came the fleet of the gallant Dewey. From the snowy white of peace to the leaden gray of war were these