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TRAVEL OF RIZAL 
EXILE IN DAPITAN
Jose Rizal was ordered to reside at the parish
convent while he was in exile. But he chose to
stay at the house of Commandant Ricardo
Carcinero. Carcinero was a Spanish government
official in Dapitan.
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Jose Rizal established a good relationship
with Ricardo Carcinero. Likewise, Carcinero
also admired Rizal’s intelligence and kindness.
Captain Carcinero gave him the freedom to
live like a free man in Dapitan. As a manifestation
of his gratitude to the Spanish officer, he
composed a poem entitled “A Don Ricardo Carcinero.”
RIZAL IN FORT SANTIAGO
While he was presenting his proposals for socio-political reforms, Governor-General Despujol
presented pamphlets that contained subversive leaflets written by Father Jacinto. One of these
pamphlets was entitled “Pobres Frailes” (Poor Friars), which contained the Dominican friars' luxurious lifestyles.
Jose Rizal denied the accusation of Despujol that neither he nor Lucia possessed the subversive
materials. He argued that they were cleared even before they arrived in the Philippines from Hong Kong.
Three days after his last meeting with Governor-General Despujol, Rizal was arrested and detained in Fort Santiago.
He was a victim of arbitrary arrest. Rizal was escorted by Ramon Despujol (a close relative of Governor-General Eulogio Despujol) in his prison cell.
The Gaceta de Manila wrote an article about the unlawful arrest of Dr. Jose Rizal in Fort Santiago.
This perpetuated violent reactions from Filipinos who admired him.
LUCK IN LOTTERY
Rizal gambled a bit more than usual in Dapitan. He, Ricardo Carcinero, and Francisco Esquilor won the second prize in the Manila Lottery, which amounted to 20,000
pesos. Manila Lottery was the government-owned gambling corporation. The winning lottery ticket
number was 9736.
The result of the Manila Lottery was carried by a mail boat named Butuan. Carcinero mistook it as a
vessel of a high Spanish official. The mail boat was decorated with colored pennants soaring in the sea breezes.
The cash prize was divided into three. Jose Rizal got his share with the amount of 6,600 pesos. Jose
Rizal spent half of the prize money acquiring, tilting, and developing a neglected piece of seaside
property. He sent the other half to his father.
Aside from his gambling hobby, Rizal also engaged in a productive debate about religion with Father
Pablo Pastells while he was in Dapitan.
The debate between Jose Rizal and Father Pastells started when the friar asked him to
refrain from practicing his anti-Catholic beliefs. Father Pablo Pastells was a Jesuit priest and
a former teacher of Rizal in Ateneo.
While in Dapitan, Father Pablo Pastells attempted to bring back Rizal into Catholicism.
The debates, through letter-writing, happened from September 1892 to April 1893.
It should be noted that Jose Rizal had nothing against the Catholic faith. What he protested
was the capricious exercise of the friar’s religious powers and used the Catholic faith as “a
shield, a weapon, castle, fortress armor, etc.” (Zaide: 221).
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