Evening star., 1901-08-03
iNSURGENT BROTHERHOOD
METHODS OF THE MURDEROUs
KATIPUNAN.
Orders Given for Assnssfnatfon-A
Chief Sentenced to Death, but Glenn
ency d Shown by Macarthur.

Fructuoso Sembrano. a native Filipino.
was recently convicted by military COM
mission at Tarlac, Luzon, Of violating the
rules OF war and sentenced to be hanged.
In reviewing the case Gen. Macarthur
says:
1T appears OF record that the accused
had taken the oath Of allegiance to and
the Office OF presidente. local OF the Pueblo
OF Corona, Tarlac. under the government
OF the United States: that thereafter. in
secret ways. he devoted his abilities to
furthering the cause OF the insurrection,
until being suspected Of treachery and
criminal misdeeds. he fed to the hills and
engaged In active warfare against the gov
ernment he had sworn to support.
For his fidelity to the insurgent cause
no was rewarded with the office of civil
ana military governor OF Pangasinan. In
his new capacity as an insurgent chief, he
from which the following extracts are
taken
Also order all persons in your jurisdic-
ton to employ great astuteness in trying
to capture arms from the enemy. and IL
any OF the enemy are in the habit Of TAX
Ing walk, your people must try to kill
him and take his arms. You will imme-
diately advise me the name of the person
who captured the arms, that / may advise
our government The money that may be
found on the enemy must be given to the
brother {Katipunan). who obeyed this or
der. Return this order and comply. No
vember II, 19OO'
(Translated from Ilocano)
MOUNT. BINGBATO. 8 Sept. 1900.
=" To the chief OF the town OF Pura:
by this present l nominate you chief
OF this town and you may from this date
order its affairs and inhabitants. You will
follow strictly the following rules: 1. Make
out an act signed by all the brotherhood,
using their nicknames, that they will de-
2: Cause all those to disappear who oppose
this measure, or who become traitors to
our holy cause. Z The town that does not
revolt with us will be at once destroyed
and the people punished accordingly. 10.
All secret spies will be killed Cranslated
murdered) or sent alive to this camp
These thinfy veiled orders to assassinate
unsuspecting victims, the evidence plainly
shows. had their intended effect both upon
American soldiers and natives, and In at
least one specific instance the accused di-
rectly instigated and caused the assassina-
tion OF a native policeman of Pura.
That he Is guilty as charged there Is no
reasonable doubt.
The sentence, approved by the depart
ment commander, is confirmed, but is COM
muted to Imprisonment at hard labor for
the period of his natural life. The Preside
de Manila is. designated as the place of
confinement. to which the prisoner will be
sent under proper guard
Four Outlaws Convicted.
LII dHotner case IT appeared that the ac-
cused. Doroteo Orbino, Juan Seraloy, Do
mingoSeraloy and Jose Tambalgui, ma
tives, were members Of a band Of outlaws
operating In the vicinity of Pozorrubio and
terrorizing the inhabitants into submis-
sion to their rule by the assassination Of
various members of the community Dor
deo Orb1no was q captain: Jose Tambal-
guf. lieutenant. and Juan Seraloy and
Domingo Seraloy, so-called soldiers Of this
band.
These four accused, about March 10. 1900.
sequestrated, killed and beheaded with bo-
los. two natives, Vicente de la Cruz and
Felisardo Pasag, accused Of being "Ameri-
canistas," such charge being founded on
the fact that these victims had been in the
habit Of supplying beef for the American
garrison. After the killing, these accused
forced several Of the natives to carry the
bodies to an isolated spot, and cast them
into the mud on the banks Of q stream,
where they were subsequently found and
identified. No denial Of the deed Is made
by these accused, three OF them simply
resting their defense upon the statement
that they were soldiers OF accused Doroteo
Orbino, and that they acted under his or
ders through personal fear.
Orbipo was sentenced to death and the
other three prisoners to long terms OF i'm
prisonment.