Real Fuerza de Santiago, Manila
10 December 1896
SIR INVESTIGATING JUDGE,
Mr. Jose Rizal Mercado y Alonso, 35 years old, prisoner in the Real Fuerza de Santiago on account of the proceedings against him, to Your Lordship respectfully expounds:
That having learned that his name was being used as a war cry by some individuals and having reasons to believe afterwards that some continue still to be deceived, promoting disturbances; as he wished since the beginning to disapprove such ideas and does not want his name to be abused, he requests Your Lordship to please inform him if in his present state he would be permitted to manifest in one way or another that he condemns such criminal methods and that he has never permitted that his name be used. The only object of this step is to undeceive some unfortunate men and perhaps save them, and the undersigned does not wish it to influence the case against him.
God, etc.
Manila. Real Fuerza de Santiago, 10 December 1896.
JOSE RIZAL
04-919 [Misc.]