Cry Joh
Cry Joh
His Account:
● Written by Andres Bonifacio’s wife, Gregoria de Jesus, aka the “Lakambini of the
Katipunan.”
● A participant in this event and the keeper of Katipunan’s secret documents.
● After the Revolution in August 1896, she lived with her parents in Caloocan and fled
to Manila to avoid arrest by Spanish authorities.
● P.S: She fled the town at 11 o'clock at night, secretly going through rice fields to La
Lorna to return to Manila. She found out later the people who occupied the houses
she visited were seized and severely punished, and some were exiled. One of them,
an uncle of hers she visited to kiss his hand, died in exile.
● Eventually, she joined her husband in the mountains and shared adversities with
him.
● In her account, the First “Cry” happened in Caloocan on August 25, 1896.
His Account: