The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-04-04
AGUfNALDO A PRISONER.
Gen. Funston's Clever Strategy
Lands the Filipino Chief.
FUNSTON RECEIVES HIS REWARD,

Appointed q Brigadier General 4.
the Regular Arny-AEuinaldo May
he Exiled to An Island Of the sa-
moan Group.
Manila, March 29.-Gen. Emilio
Aguinaldo, who was captured by Gen.
Funston and brought to Manila on the
United States gunboat Vicksburg, was
brought ashore at $40 p. m. yesterday
and taken before Gen. Macarthur at
the Malacanang Palace. He talked
freely, but seemed ignorant concerning
recent events. He appeared to be in
good health and was even cheerful.
He lunched with the officers of Gen.
MacArthur's staff and was then es-
corted to the Anda street Jail.
Gen. Funston led company Of 7s
Macabebes. all Of whom spoke Tagalog
huently, and was accompanied by only
four Americans-Capt. Russell T. Haz-
zard, Lieut. Oliver p. M. Hazard, Capt.
Harry w. Newton and Lieut.. Burton
J. Mitchell. The Macabebes were dress
ed mainly as Filipino laborers, though
20 wore the insurgent uniform. As
they passed through the enemy's coun-
try 1t was given out that they were
loyal Filipinos ordered to join Agui-
naldo at Palanan, and forged sigma
ture OF Gen. Lacuna was shown. They
had met and defeated a company of
Americans, they said, and exhibited the
1--WE Americans as prisoners. The reputed
Filipinos were presumably under COM
mand of four ex-insurgent officers, one
Spaniard, who had surrendered.
AS the company entered Palanan on
March % Aguinaldos household troops,
80 men in neat uniforms of blue and
white, and wearing straw hats, lined
up to receive the newcomers. The
Tagalos entered the house where
Aguinaldo was met Suddenly the
Spanish officer, noticing that Agui-
naldo's aide was watching the Amer
leans suspciously, exclaimed: Now,
Macabebes, go for them" The Maca-
bebes opened fire, but their aim was
rather ineffective, and only three in
surgents were killed. The rebels re-
turned the fire. On hearing the firing
Aguinaldo, who evidently thought his
men were merely celebrating the ar
rival of reinfOrcements, ran to the
window and shouted: Stop that fool
ishness! Quit wasting ammunition"
Hilario Placido, one of the Tagalog
officers and former insurgent major,
who was wounded in the lung by the
fire OF the Kansas regiment at the bat
tie Of Caloocan, threw his arms around
Aguinaldo, exclaiming: "You are
prisoner Of the Americans"
Col. Simeon Villa, Aguinaldo's chief
of staff, Maj. Alambra and others at
tackled the men who were holding
Aguinaldo. Placido shot Villa in the
shoulder. Alambra jumped out Of the
window and attempted to cross the
river. 1t is supposed that he was
drowned. Five other insurgent officers
fought for few minutes and then fed
When the firing began Gen. Funston
assumed command and directed the at
tack on the house, personally assist
ing in the capture Of Aguinaldo. The
insurgent body guard fed, leaving 20
rifles. Santiago Barcelona, the insur-
gent treasurer, surrendered withou,
resistance.
The expedition rested March - and
then marched 16 miles the following
day to Palanan bay, where Gen. Funs-
ton found the Vicksburg, which
brought the expedition and the pris-
oner to Manila.