The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-27
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| abebes Give Ii TO them"
The poor little Macs" were In
such a nervous state from their ex-
element over the strange drama that
they were playing part in that they
were pretty badly ratified. They had
loaded their pieces and were stand
| ing at order arms" as were the men
OF the escort facing them on the other
side of the little square.
They fired a ragged volley, killing
two men OF the escort and severely
wounding the leader of Aguinaldo's
band, who happened to be passing be-
tween the lines when fire was opened.
Aguinaldo, hearing the firing, and
! thinking that the men OF his escort
| had broken loose TO celebrate the ar
/ rival OF the reinforcements, stepped
| to the window, and called out, stop
that foolishness. Don't waste your am
munition." Before he could turn
around Hilario had grasped him about
the waist and thrown him under a
table, where he literally sat on him,
and Hilario was fat man.
| had given the most positive or
ders to the effect that under no cir
cumstances should Aguinaldo be
killed, and that no lives should be
taken unless II was absolutely neces-
sary. But as Segovia dashed back
into the room several OF the officers
started to draw their revolvers, and
he opened 1re on them, hitting villa
three times, who was tugging to get
Mauser automatic pistol out OF his
holster, and also wounding Maj. AL
hambra Villa surrendered, as did
Dor NV-c aatNr ~ ~
so-called republic. Alhambra and the
other officers leaped from one of the
windows into the river, the house
standing on the bank, and escaped by
swimming.
AS Hilario grasped Aguinaldo, he
had said, You are a prisoner OF the
Americans" so that the fallen "Dic-
tator," as he now called himself, had
some sort of a vague idea of what
had happened TO him.
In the meantime we Americans
with our supposed guard had reached
the river, jumped into the banca
waiting for US, and had padded
across in frantic haste. Running up
| the bank toward the house, we were
met by Segovia, who came running
out, his face aglow with exultation
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blood OF the men he had wounded.
He called out in Spanish, at is
all right We have him."
We FASTENED into the house, and
introduced myself to Aguinaldo. tell
American army, that the men with us
were our troops, and not his, and
that he was a prisoner OF war. He
ertu hot N
| fear no bad treatment.
| He said In dazed sort OF way "ls
this not some joker" / assured him
that 1t was not, though. as a matter
, of fact, Il was pretty bad one on
him. While naturally agitated, his
bearing was dignifled, and in this mo-
ment Of his fall there was nothing OF
the craven. He is a man OF many ex-
cellent qualities, far and away the
best Filipino | ever was brought in
contact with.
1t was we'll known that he was a
man OF humane instincts, and had
done all he could to prevent the hor-
rible atrocities committed by some OF
the guerrilla bands that now made
up his force.
We supposed prisoners now took
command Aguinaldo, Villa. and Bar
celona we're confined in room In the
house and made as comfortable as
possible.
Aguinaldo, whose gameness and
general bearing won our hearts, wrote
and handed to me a brief note con-
graduating me on the outcome OF the
perilous expedition.
We had made careful estimates of
the distance marched each day, esti-
mating at the rate OF mile and a
half per hour. certainly conservative
enough. and found that since landing
from the Vicksburg we had covered