The telegram which could prove the involvement of Él Presidente, Emilio Aguinaldo, to the death of General Antonio Luna in 1899 will be put into auction in December.
According to a Philippine Star column written by Leon gallery curator Lisa Guerrero-Nakpil, the said telegram “summoned Gen. Luna to his fatal appointment in Cabanatuan.”
Guerrero-Nakpil said the telegram was recovered from Luna’s own son and will be up for auction in the gallery next month.
“Emilio Aguinaldo is said to have cabled these urgent instructions to his impetuous commandant dressed ‘only in an undershirt and shorts,’ so disheveled was he from a sleepless night contemplating a monstrous decision,” Guerrero-Nakpil said.
“Antonio Luna would receive El Presidente’s telegram while having supper in Tarlac on June 4, 1899 and would dash off a reply, unknown until now with the telegram’s appearance,” she added.
Luna died one day after receiving the telegram.
Up to this date, his death remains a subject of debate among historians.
