Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-09-18
MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL PRESI-
DENT DIAZ SLAIN BY A MOB.
HE WAS STABBED TO DEATH.
WAS KEPT UNDER LIGHT GUARD AT
MUNICIPAL PALACE.
RufIdinS Broken Into Shortly After
Nightfan and the WOuld-Be As
susxin DispatcIlcd--Twenty
Members of the Mob
Under Arrest.

City of Mexico. Sept. 17.-Anulfo Arroyo,
the miscreant who yesterday made an at
tenpt upon the life of President Diaz, was
set upon by a mob of infuriated citizens
shortly after midnight and killed with
knife stabs.
General satisfaction WIS expressed mere
to-day over the affair, although the more
reflective people. especially business ana
professional men, said they deplored the
act and feared it would be misinterpreted
abroad. '.-'
From the moment Arroyo was arrested
yesterday in front of the alameda, or CEN
trail public park. masses of people kept
clamoring for his life. and tannted Lieu
tenant La Croix. who had the prisoner in
charge with not using his pistols on the
Criminal. A great crowd of people followed
the gendarmes to the national palace'
where the prisoner was searched. ano then'
despite the remonstrances of the army Oh
ficers turned over to the civil authorizes
by request of President DiaZ, who was oR-
posed to having the man tried by court
martial, and who, in fact, advised len1ent
policy. Accordingly the prisoner was al
lowed his full constitutional rights.
At night he was taken. clad in 4 straight
jacket, to the office of the inspector of po-
Ice, 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, were four officers
of the secret service. AS Arroyo lay on the
mat, he conversed with one of the officers
who had known him for years. He was
asked how he could have come to make the
murderouS assault on the president, know,
ing, as he did, how severe the law woulq
tmdeG aea Tt the hi la ana proyp maniyested n
ical Indifference, and declared he had IN
tended to stun the president and then. TAX.
ing the presidents small sword. TO Kill
Suddenly, while the two were conversing
and the prisoner was smoking cigarette,
leading up to the floor on which the office
Is situated was heard and there We're con.
fused shouts of Long live President D1az!
Long live Mexico and death to an
archists!"
Arroyo shuddered. and with good reason.
for Immediately the door was burst down
the lower classes, entered, the leader bear
ing small Mexican flag on z stick; ; ON OH
and advanced on them with his sword. but
the mob overcame him and. throwing him
down. advanced oyer over his bs body to- to Where ln.
Kill him: he belongs to us!'' and a din
arose as of horde of savages.
o} be ana Service a
the adjoining room, who rushed to the
scene, but did not fire on the crowd. fear r,
of the police inside, so they contented
themselves with firing shots from the Win
dows, thus calling together the police on
neighboring corners, who were ordered to
prevent any persons leaving the city build
ing.
Meantime, in the room above. frightful
tragedy had been enacted. Many knives
were plunged into the body of Arroyo, who,
of course was entirely helpless. sat !
Over twenty arrests have been made, ana
all were locked up incommunicado and
have not been released. pending strict
inquiry which is to be made.
When the tumult had subsided the body
was taken to the fourth police station.
where an examination was made. showing
a great gaping wound in the left lung, a
deep wound in the left side. one on the
right shoulder and others on the arms and
feet. There were nine wounds in all. One
of the gendarmes was wounded in the
fight with the mob. Officer Sanchez suf-
fered contusions from being trampled upon.
A1rayo had been in prison several times,
on one occasion for shooting man. His
aequaintanceS say he was somewhat crazy
and inclined to acts of violence. He drove
his father to despair and death by his con-
duct, having forged his fathers name. He
was 81 years of age, son of tailor, but
was given a liberal education and became
for time military cadet and then took
up law.
President Diaz, in q speech to-day. de-
plcred the lynohing of Arrayo and declared
if there was any fault in the vigilance on
the part of the police it should be investi-
gated and the consequences fall on the
heads of the culpable persons.