Evening star., 1901-09-19
NEW KATIPUNAN SOCIETY.
A Bloody Movement in the Philippine.
Thwarted.

A bloody movement tnc
Thwarted.
From the Manila American, August 1.
A new Katipunan society which con-
trolled the province of RiZal has been
nipped In the bud, and Colonel Pantelon
Torres, the chief of the new insurrection-
lists in the province, together with his aids,
Simeon Rivera. Captain Juan Alberto, Ma
jor Eulalio Santiago, Pedro Vegtorino. Mar
quez Geronimo and Jose Isidro. are now
held by the police department and occupy
cells in the city prisons, and evidence suffi-
cient to hang every one Of them has been
developed The organization had for Its OBJ
1ect the assassination Of all Americanistas,
the murder Of the police and the extermina-
ton of the members Of the white race In
the islands. Unfortunately no evidence was
developed Of the guilt of any outside the
coterie arrested, but 1t Is believed that
general Katipunan movement. lnstlgated Dy
disappointed insurgent officers or inferior
grade is being agitated in every town In
the islands.
The detective bureau of Manila Is reticent
about giving out information In regard to
this new organization, but through native
sources the New American has been In
formed that the movement is far reaching
and no diabolical process Is too mean or
contemplate for the order to stoop to gain
their ends.
The main scheme developed by liberal
investigation means the entire control Of
the islands, and when the time Is ripe the
police were to turn traitors and desert,
with their arms to the insurgent cause.
Colonel Torres has been the leading spirit
among the insurgents of the provinces Of
Manila and Morong... He has never been
recognized during the insurrection, but
when Flo del Pillar and Colonel Santa Ana
were taken in he showed his hand and soon
had following.
He secured for his assistant at Pasig
Captain Simeon Rivera, and through this
individual he established the strongest
branch Of the new order. Rivera had made
his boast that he appointed the entire police
force of Pasig, and that they would at any
time follow him into the camp and fight
the Americans
It was agreed upon by the order that all
native police who would not agree to stand
by them when they were ordered to do so
were to be extermdnated. and by this means
the whole armed native force was to be
won over to the new movement
There was one difficulty which nearly
broke up the new organization. They could
not agree on flag, and many meetings
were held to discuss the subject. Colonel
Torres was in favor Of the late insurgent
banner flag, on which were impressed the
crescent, three stars, and the three KS.
which meant brother, blood and fraternity
Their arrest left the question of the flag
unsettled, but the order was rapidly gain
ing in numbers, and before this date the
bolo and the dagger would have been freely
used in RiZal had 1t not been for the watch
fulneSS Or the QeIectlVe bureau ana those
officers Of the police department who laid
awake nights laying traps for the new
KatipunanS.
The story of the capture of Torres has
come through native sources, and is uncon-
irmed officially, but it is nevertheless true
A sergeant Of police at Pasig was in love
with Colonel Torres niece. Simeon Rivera
was In love with the sister of the colonel
Torres lived out on Dulumbayan and the
lovers lived at Pasig Rivera made some
unpleasant proposals to the sister and she
told her story to the authorities. The SER
geant's name was also brought into the
controversy. Rivera was arrested. Later
the Katipunan movement was discovered
and Rivera was asked to locate Torres He
expressed ignorance. The sergeant was
brought in from Pasig under arrest and by
q clever trick he was duped into locating
Torres, and on the night of July 18 he was
taken in tow In his house on Dulumbayan
There was a great howl, but through this
source over thirty Katipunans have been
taken in and the movement nipped in the
bud in Rizal province.