He was incarcerated for nine months in Fort San Felipe. Felipe was born in Cavite City on Jan. 28, 1861. He studied in a public school in the town (now a city) and later in Binondo, Manila.

The opposing versions of the contending camps in situ bring to mind the historic Cavite Mutiny. On Jan. 20, 1872, about 200 soldiers, laborers, and residents of Cavite rose in arms, assassinated the ...