Tirona, his officers and his soldiers, promptly pillaged the _convento_.

[276] The officers left the Bishop of Vigan ten pesos, but the soldiers subsequently took them away from him.

Wardrobes and trunks were broken open; clocks, shoes, money, everything was carried off.

Even personal papers and prayer-books were taken from some of the priests, many of whom were left with absolutely nothing save the few remaining clothes in which they stood.
On the same day Villa, accompanied by Victa and Rafael Perea, [277] went to the _convento_ and told the priests who were imprisoned there that their last hour had come.

He shut all of them except the bishop and five priests in a room near the church, then separated the Augustinians, Juan Zallo, Gabino Olaso, Fidel Franco, Mariano Rodriguez, and Clemente Hidalgo, from the others and took them into the lower part of the _convento_ where he told them that he intended to kill them if they did not give him more money.