The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-18
President Diaz's AsSailant
Set Upon and Killed.
LOW CLASS RESPONSIBLE.
Reflective People Deeply DepI0re
the Act.
President Diaz Opposed to Trying
the Man by Court Martial, Hence
stricter Measures Were Not Taken
For His security--Graphic Ac-
count of the Tragedy in Jail.

City Of Mexico, Sept. 1T.-Anulfo Ar
royo, the misereaHt who yesterday
made an attempt on the life of Presi-
dent Diaz. was set upon by a mob Of
infuriated citizens last night and killed
With knife stabs.
General satisfaction was expressed
here today as the news of the lynch
ing spread through the city, although
the more reflective people said they de-
pIored the act Of mob violence and
feared it would be misinterpreted
abroad. Some of the high officials of
| the government said that they were
| wholly puzzled to account for this OUT
burst of popular feeling and regretted
| that measures had not been taken to
guard the prisoner more carefully.
! From the moment Arroyo was arrested
| Yesterday in front Of the Alameda, or
! Central public park, masses OF people
| kept cIamoring for his life, and tainted
/ Lieutenant LaCroix, who had the prls-
| oner in charge, With not using his pIs-
| tolls on the criminal a great crowd
| Of lower people followed tine gen
| d'armes to the national palace, where
| the prisoner was searched, and then,
( despite the reTnOnstrance5 Of the army
! officers, turned over to the civil author
: tiles by request of President Diaz, who
! was opposed 10 having TIE
| by court martial, and in fact advised
| a lenfent policy: and accordingly the
! prisoner was allowed his full consti-
! tutiOnal rights. Acting ON the wish eS-
pressed by President DiaZ the prisoner
! was taken under guard to general po-
! lice headquarters.
! Arroyo evidently felt apprehensiye of
the crowd, who were determined to
| seize and lynch him, and he was care
! fully locked up at headquarters. when
/ he began to feel less fearful. At night
! ne was taken.
CLAD IN A STRAIGHT JACKET
10 the office of the inspector of police.
which consists of two rooms with Two
windows opening on the street. The
prisoner was given a mat to rest on
and was carefully guarded. Near at
hand, in an adjoining apartment, we're
! four officers OF the secret service. AS
! Arroyo laid on the mat ne conVersed
with one Of the officers who had known
him for years. lie was asked how he
| could have come to make the murder
Gus assault on the president. knowing,
as he did, how severe the law would
deal with him, and especially as he had
studied the law Arroyo manifested a
cynical Indifference and was in no way
inclined to regret his act and declared
he had intended to strike down the
president and then. taking the preSi-
Q4IL SlIldll SWOIQ, 10 XIII NlIH- Inc
apartment was very still except for
the murmur of the conversation be-
tween the officers and prisoner. who
seemingly enjoyed smoking his cigar
cite, when suddenly there was heard
the formidable noise Of the tranping Of
many feet on the stairs leading up TO
the floor on which the Office is situated
and there were confused shouts of
Long live President Diazw Long
live Mexico and Death to Anar-
chistsY'
Arroyo shuddered, his fear of the mob
attacking him growing stronger; and
with good reason, for Immediately the
door was burst open and a great crowd
of people, apparently Of the lower class,
entered, the leader bearing a small
Mexican hag on stick. Officer San
chez cried to the crowd to fan back and
advanced on them with his sword,
when the
MOB OYERCAME HIM
And throwing him down, advanced
oyer his body to where Arroyo lay
trembling and at the same time other
mebers of the party tied two gendarms
in the room YeIIs went up Kill him.
He belongs to u.s." and a din arose as
of a horde of sayages. Windows were
broken and the noise aroused the Off
GERS of the secret service in the adjoin-
ing room, who rushed to the scene but
!
might kill some of the comrades of the
police inside, SO they conteuted them
selves with firing shots from the win
dows, thus calling together the police
on neishboring corners, who were or
dered to prevent any person leaving the
city building
Meanwhile in the room above a
FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY
Had been enacted. Many knives were
plunged into the body of Arroyo, who,
of course, Was entirely helpless. In
spector YelasqueZ had just left the ma
tional palace, where he had been &C
companying the family of the governor
of the federal district, when he heard
the firing and went directly there
Over 20 arrests were made, and all
were locked up incommunicado and
have not been released pending a strict
: inquiry which is to be made. The ques-
ton has naturally arisen why the Off
GERS guarding Arroyo did not carry
their reyolvers, but it is explained that
they had nothing to fear from the pris-
T oner, who was quite helpless The body
of Arroyo had been dragged to the bal
cony with the evident purpose Of
throwing it into the street. Arroyo's
s arms were badly cut as ne had evident
= Iy struggled with his murderers.
When the tumuIt had subsidized the
body was taken to the fourth police
S station where an examination was
[ made, showing a great, gaping wound
: in the left lung, a, deep wound in the
e left side, one on the right shoulder and
:. others on the arms and feet. There were
2 nine wounds in all One of the gen.
Y darmes was wounded in the fight with
t the mob officer Sanchez suffered con-
2 tusions from being trampled upon.
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