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Within twenty-four hours after the arrest the two leaders, Baselga and Castillo, were shot. The residents became very much excited over the affair, and feeling against the Spanish officials ran high. From the very beginning the real Porto Ricans, as we shall see hereafter, were in favor of the Americans.
The Spanish postal authorities discovered the conspiracy through a letter written by Castillo to Baselga. General Macias was informed of this discovery, and a quiet investigation disclosed the fact that there were involved in it all of the most prominent residents of the city of San Juan, both native and foreign.
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