Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-06-06
WAS GEN. AGUINALD0
SHOT FROM HISHORSE?
Believed Insurgent Leader Has
Been Killed Or Wounded as
He Was Chased by March's
Men.

Mia, June 3.-Maj. March with
his detachment of the Thirty third
regiment overlook what is be-
lieved to have been Aguinaldo's
party on May 10th at Lagat, about
100 miles northeast of Vigan.
The Americans killed or wounded
an officer, supposed to be Agui-
naldo, whose body was removed
by his followers.
Aguinaldo had 100 men, Mai.
March 1875. The American com
mander reached Laboagan, where
Aguinaldo had made his head
quarters since March. on May 7.
Aguinaldo had fled seven hours
before, leaving all the beaten
trails and travelling through the
forest along the beds Of streams.
Toward evening, May 10th, Mai.
March struck Aguinaldo's outpost
about mile outside of Lagat,
killing four Filipinos and captur-
ing two. From the latter he learn
ed that Agunaldo had camped
there for the night. Msi. Mareh's
men entered Lagat when they
saw insurgents scattering into the
bushes over the plateau. A thous-
and yards bepound the town, on
the mountain side, the 25 Filipi,
nos dressed in white, with the
leader ON gray horse, were sill
houetted against the sunset. The
Americans fired volley and saw
the officer drop from his horse.
His followers fled, carrying the
body.
The Americans, on reaching
the spot, caught the horse, which
was richly saddled. Blood from
badly wounded man was on the
animal and on the ground. The
saddlebags contained Aguinaldo's
diary and some private papers,
including proclamations. One Of
these was addressed "To the civ
ilized nations. 1t protested
against the American occupation
of the Philippines. There were
also found copies Of Sena tor Bev
eridge's speech, translated into
Spanish and entitled. "The death
knell of the Filipino people,"
Maj. March believing that the
FilipInos had taken to a river
which is a tributary to the Chico,
followed it for two days, reaching
Tiao, where he learned that
party of Filpinos had descended
the river May goth on raft with
the body of dead or wounded
man upon litter, covered with
palm leaves.
There Maj. March reviewed his
command ,shoeless and exhausted,
and picked out "a of the freshest
men, with whom he beat the sur
rounding country for six days
longer, but without finding any
trace of the insurgents. The
Americans pushed on and arrived
at Aparri May Goth.
The officer shot was either
AguInaldo or his adjutant; and
as the horse was richly ca parison
ed, 1t is a fair presumption that
1t was Agulnaldo.
The Soldiers of Gen. Young's
military governor of Northwest
ern Luzon, captured early last
month an insurgent officer with
papers revealing Aguinaldo'a
whereabouts. Gen. Yonng imme-
diately organized for pursuit,
giving Maj. March a chance to
finish tle work begun in NOvem-
Der. Maj. March left Candon May
10th, hurrying north towards
Laboagan, while Colonel Hare,
with a battalion divided into two
parts, started from Rangued,
province of Abra, covering the
trails westward. The garrisons in
the Cagayan valley were disposed
in such q way as to guard the
avenues Of escape eastward.
Spies heralded the approach Of
Maj March with signal fires. On