The first to be tortured was Father Labanda.

Villa had him taken to the prison where the priest found his two faithful Filipino servants who had been beaten cruelly and were then hanging from a beam, this having been done in order to make them tell where his money was.
He was tied after the usual fashion and water poured down his nose and throat.

During the brief respites necessary in order to prevent his dying outright he was cruelly beaten.

They finally dragged him out of the prison by the feet, his head leaving a bloody trail on the stones.

After he had been taken back to his companions, one of the men who had tortured him came to beg his pardon, saying that he had been compelled to do it by Villa.
Father Aguado was next tortured in one of the rooms of the _convento_.