Show I REBEL OFFICIAL CAUGHT Gen Garcia Captured by Americans at Jaen Manila Bay May 7Gen Pantelon Garcia the highest Insurgent officer except Agulnaldo was captured yesterday yes-terday by LlouU E P Smith ot Gel Funstons staff In the town of Jacn three miles northeast of San Tsldro province of New EcIJa Garcia personally directed the guerrilla guer-rilla operations and Gen Funston had spent weeks In trying to capture him several companies beating tho whole country at night Often the Americans caught messengers bearing Garclas order The people protected him and burned signal lights whenever tho American soldiers appeared Recently Gen Funslon surprised him and his staff while dining at Amy at at dusk The Filipinos leaped through the windows and escaped leaving their papers and everything except the clothing they wore < Tim strain of being hunted finally exhausted ex-hausted their endurance Gen Funston who came to Manila to bid farewell to Gen Oils will return re-turn and endt avor to persuade Gen Garcia to secure tho surrender of his forcti which number several thousand thous-and Most of them live In the mountains moun-tains Tan Is the largest ungarrlsoned town In the province Spies reported that Garcia wu wick and had been compelled to hide there and Lieut Smith with Lieut Day and forty cavalry surrounded the town The spies led them directly to the house where Garcia was disguised as a peasant peas-ant only a Major and two servants being with him These also were captured cap-tured Garcia commanded all the Insurgents In-surgents In central Luzon several Generals Including Plo del Pilar and Mascardo being under him |