The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-09
T is A HUGE PLOT
Continued from Eighth Pase.)

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ace he was violent and II was believed
there that ne was insane. In order to
restrain him Arroyo had been placed in
a straitjacket by order of Lieutenant
| Cabrera, assistant chief OF detectives,
and two guards placed over him NSith-
er OF these guards had been armed, ac-
cording 10 the Inspector Generals story.
DTSARMED BY THE CRwOD.
When the mob attacked the palace.
/ said the Inspector General, the Palace
] guards were unable to~viihstand the az
/ tack. were disarmed by the crowd and
/ left helpless. The crowd poured through
/ his office into the room where Arroyo
was confined, bound the two guards and
| killed Arroyo as he was lying helpless
, in a strai;jacket. unable 10 raise an arm
/ in his own defense.
! When the MOB entered the palace
subordinate officer fired q revolver from
a window 10 call the police. bur before
assistance arrived Arroyo had been kill
ed and the mob had started 10 retreat.
Then, whmen the polite did arrive, the
Inspector General ordered the charge
into the crowd OF supposed lynchers.
and as many prisoners As possible sEere
taken. These visitors were mostly ped
dlers and fruit sellers, Who lived near
the palace and mad been attracted by the
shot.
Upon Arroyo's body were found more
than score o. wounds. There was one
deep cut through the breast which had
severed the heart, and two frig1tful
slashes in the back, in addition TO cuts
on the face and smaller wounds.
The Inspectors Generals story was
told 70 President Diaz, and the president
Immediately removed him from Office,
paniing an investigation, and ordered
him into solitary confinement in Belem
on the charge of neglect OF duty in no,
properly protecting Arroyo. Lieuten-
ant Cabrera and the Commandant Of the
Police, Mauro Sanchez, were also order
ed into solitary confinement on the same
charge. The military judge who COM
mitted Arroyo 10 the charge OF the po-
lice was reduced 70 the ranks.
This 'lynchins" which was extremely
unusual in OMexico. gave the city. food |
for gossip for several days, until, on !
September %, the startling statement |
was made that General VelazqueZ had |
confessed 10 ordering the dearh OF Ar |
royo. This proved to be true, but the |
extent of Vaiezquez's confession is not !
known. AS officially stated, however.
VelazqueZ confessed to ordering Arroyo
killed because ne believed it would be
for the good Of the republic" There
were no lynchers.
The Inspector General, after having
Arroyo bound in straitjacket, ordered
his secret police OF the Second Ward 20
kill him. This was done brutally and
clumsily, the breaking OF the windows
and doors and subsequent arrest OF in
nocent citizens as iynchers being only a
part of Velazquez's plan to protect him.
self. That the motive OF the crime was
only TO keep Arroyo, who had been used
as a tool in the plot to kill the president.
from talking there IS no doubt, nor does
there seem to be any doubt that VelaZ-
quez was concerned in the conspiracy.
Immediately following the confession
OF VelazqueZ, Colonel Antonio Villavi-
cinco inspector OF the Second. Ward po-
lice station, was arrested and placed in
confinement. charged with COM
plctiy in the death OF Arroyo. Villa
vinco had been frequently accused OF
and petty crimes before his
arrest. but was never found guilty.
While Mexico was wondering what
would be the next developement in this
remarkabl case, ii became known on
%, that Velazquez had been
found dead in his prison in Belem. with
a bullet hole in his head. Beside him
was a small pistol, and everything in
dicated suicide, though how Velazquez
got possession of a pistol was mys-
terry.
According 20 the statement OF Colonel
the warden Of Belem, Gen
eral Velazquez had been placed in the
wardens own private apartments when
ne was committed TO Belem. in order
that a close watch might be kept on him.
was allowed nothing in his cell except a
bed, a chair and toilet adjuncts. How
he obtained possession Of the pistol the
warden could not explain.
CAMPUZANO'S EXPLANATION.
Colonel CampuZana said he entered
the room where V-lsnquez had been
confined about ten o'clock IN the morn
ing. and found him stretched across a
bed. dead. There gas a bullet mole In
his right temple. and beside him was the
pistol from which the bullet had been
fred. The extremities OF the body were
,old when IL was discovered. indicating
that General Velazquez had been dead
several hours.
In view OF the fact that Colonel Cam
ouzano could not explain how Velszquez
got the pistol, and why he had not heard
the shoc when IL was fired. although he
was asleep in tae next room, he Mas
placed incomunicado. charged with neg
igence OF duty. II nothing more serious.
There ere those VINO assert that We
azqIez was killed for the same reason |
ha; Arroyo was - that ne knew TOO |
certain persons not 20 have him tell |
more than ne had. TIE warren IS not
'harged with the murder. bu. a rigid I
Investigation Is under way. a. the aa-
hOrities insist that grave suspicion ,
urr1unds Velazquez's death
Recent Developments nave shown
hat Inspector General Velszquez AMI
'olone. N.llacinco we're extremely in;I- \
nate. that some bond existed between
hem. though Is xac; nature = n,
.nown. unless % the authorities VINO
aIrne5 from Velazquez confession.
In the meantime news from Guate-ra-
a tne: the plot % Kill President Dag
Tas formed there. sni -1at Arroyo.
Tae1 he attacked the president. xAs c
citing under orders, taken into consiS-
ration with a., the other facts n me !.
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