CHAPTER 24

LAST HOMECOMING AND

TRIAL
 A Martyr’s Last
Homecoming
 Rizal left Barcelona on
Tuesday, October 6, 1896

 On October 8 a friendly
officer told Rizal that the
Madrid newspapers were
full of stories about the
bloody revolution in the
Philippines and were
blaming him for it.
Confiscation of Rizal’s Diary
Unsuccessful Rescue in Singapore
Sixto Lopez Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
Arrival in Manila
Preliminary Investigation
(November 20)
 Rizal, the accused,
appeared before the Judge
Advocate, Colonel
Francisco Olive.
 He was subjected to a
grueling five-day
investigation. He was
informed. He was informed
of the charged against him.
He answered the question
asked by the judge
Advocate, but he was not
permitted to confront
those who testified against
him.
 15 Documentary evidence
1.  A letter of Antonio Luna to Mariano Ponce, dated Madrid,
October 16,1888, showing Rizal’s connection with the
Filipino reform Campaign in Spain.
2. Rizal’s letter to his family, sdated Madrid, August 20, 1890,
stating that the deportation are good for they will encourage
the people to hate the tyranny.
3. A letter from Marcelo H. del Pilar, implicating Rizal in the
Propaganda Campaign in Spain.
4. A poem entitled Kundiman, allegedly written by Rizal in
Manila, which contained the lines.
Who can give her liberty!
5. A letter of Carlos Oliveros to an identified person, describing
Jose Rizal as the man to free the Philippines from Spanish
oppression.
6. A Masonic documents honoring Jose Rizal for his
patriotic services.
7. A letter signed Dimasalang (Rizal pseudonym) to
Tenluz (Juan Zuleta), stating that he was preparing a
safe refuge for Filipino people who may be persecuted
by the Spanish authorities.
8. A letter of Dimasalang to an identified committee,
soliciting the aid of the committee in the patriotic work.
9. An anonymous and undated letter to the editor of
the Hongkong Telegraph, censuring the banishment of
Rizal to Dapitan.
10. A letter of Eldefonso Laurel to Rizal, saying that the
Filipino people look up to him as their saviour.
11. A letter of Marcelo H. del Pilar to Juan Tenluz,
recommending the establishment of a special organization,
independent of Masonry, to help the cause of the Filipino
people.
12. A letter of Ildefonso Laurel to Rizal, informing him of an
unidentified correspondent of the arrest and banishment of
Doroteo Cortes and Ambrosio Salvador.
13. Transcript of a speech of pingkian (Emilio Jacinto), in
reunion of the katipunan, in which the following cry was
uttered “ Long live the Philippines! Long live liberty! Long live
Dr. Rizal! Unify!
14. Transcript of a speech of ti-tik (Jose Turiano Santiago) in the
same Katipunan reunion, wherein the Katipuneros shouted:
“Long live the eminent Dr. Rizal! Death to the oppressor nation!
15. A poem by Laong Laan (Rizal) entitled “A Talisay” in which
the author makes the Dapitan school boys sing that they know
how to fight for their rights.
 Testimonial evidence
1. Martin Constantino
2. Aguedo del Rosario
3. Jose Reyes
4. Moises Salvador
5. Jose Dizon
6. Domingo Franco
7. Deodato Arellano
8. Ambrosio Salvador
9. Pedro Serrano Laktaw
10. Dr. Pio Valenzuela
11. Antonio Salazar
12. Francisco Quison
13. Timoteo Paez
On November 26, after preliminary investigation, Colonel Olive
transmitted the records of the case to Governor General Ramon Blanco
The letter appointed
Captain Rafael
Dominguez as special
Judge Advocate to
institute the
corresponding action
against Rizal.
 de la Peña’s submitted the following
recommendation:

 The accused be immediately brought to trial

 He should be kept in prison
 An order to attachment as indemnity: and
 He should be defended in court by an army
officer, not by civilian lawyer.